Hi, This is Jon M. Chu and I am the director of “Wicked.” “And Elfie. Can I call you Elfie?” “Well, it’s a little bit perky.” So we’re about midpoint in the movie. And these two roommates, who are very different from each other, have moved into this semi-small dorm room. And it’s Glinda and…
If Ana Mendieta were alive today, she would be 76. One can’t help but be curious as to the works she might have made—and be making still. A new exhibition at Museo Jumex in Mexico City considers artists who have picked up where she left off and testifies to Mendieta’s enduring impact by arguing, uncontroversially,…
Post-meal dining tables are instantly evocative of companionship and revelry. For the Swiss artist Daniel Spoerri, who died on November 6 at the age of 94, the chaotic mess of stained cloths, crumpled napkins, and food-smeared plates was rich material for art making. He began his “Snare Picture” assemblages in the 1960s, preserving the remains…
Good morning: One of the most likely impacts of AI will be a massive explosion of new art — books, music, images, video. This will be brought about by AI tools making it easier to create work. Here’s a good early example: A new company called Spines, automates the process of getting a book into…
With tension mounting surrounding her solo show at Berlin’s Neue Nationalgalerie, Nan Goldin delivered an impassioned speech at the exhibition’s opening in which she called on Germany to take seriously those who are seeking a ceasefire in Israel’s war in Gaza. Goldin’s show there, a traveling version of a survey featuring her photographs and films,…