Wynton Marsalis on Jazz as a Tool for Understanding Life
Trumpeter and composer Wynton Marsalis, the managing and artistic director of New York’s Jazz at Lincoln Center (JALC), is a man bursting with endless energy. Throughout his four-decade career, he has...
15 Dec 20211h
Siri Hustvedt on the Value in Embracing Ambiguity
When Siri Hustvedt was 12 years old, she began reading 19th-century novels by Jane Austen, the Brontë sisters, Charles Dickens, and Mark Twain that were given to her by her Norwegian mother, and soon ...
1 Dec 20211h 23min
Daniel Humm on the Plant-Based Future of Fine Dining
Throughout his life, Daniel Humm has constantly pushed himself to the edge. So when Covid-19 arrived, he understood the importance of a quick pivot. Forced to close Eleven Madison Park—his three-Miche...
17 Nov 20211h 19min
Elizabeth Alexander on Moving Forward in the Face of Adversity
The poet, educator, and scholar Elizabeth Alexander, president of the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, views her work as an urgent political act. Following in the footsteps of her father, who was a civil ...
3 Nov 20211h 2min
Debbie Millman on the Importance of Playing the Long Game
Artist and designer Debbie Millman has been fascinated by the power of branding for most of her life. And as the host of the Design Matters podcast (which was recently translated into a book, out next...
20 Okt 20211h 20min
Glenn Adamson on Craft as a Reflection of Ourselves
For curator and scholar Glenn Adamson, craft isn’t a quirky hobby that sits on the outskirts of contemporary culture. Rather, it’s a vital, timeless tool for teaching us about one another, and about h...
6 Okt 20211h 25min
Trevor Paglen on Art in the Age of Mass Surveillance and Artificial Intelligence
Trevor Paglen aspires to see the unseen. The artist explores the act of looking through various angles—such as how artificial-intelligence systems have been trained to “see” and categorize the world, ...
22 Sep 20211h 12min
Maira Kalman on Walking and Looking as a Way of Life
When describing experiences, New York–based artist and author Maira Kalman almost always goes for the extremes: an instance can be at once stupid and smart, miserable and hopeful, sad and delighted. A...
8 Sep 20211h 10min
