Interview

August 15, 2025

Designers of Shakira’s New World Tour Bring Giant “She Wolf“ to the Stage [Interview]

When a pop star goes on tour, there are many elements that need to be pieced together by a creative team. This usually includes booking venues, hiring dancers and musicians, choreographing performances, creating shiny costumes, coming up with a hit-filled setlist, and designing a memorable stage. For Shakira’s latest tour, Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran World Tour (“Women No Longer Cry”)

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July 28, 2025

Artist Meditates Upon Postcolonial Identity With Hybrid Paintings [Interview]

Throughout the three years that he attended art school, Sid Pattni never learned how to paint his own skin tone. Representing white skin came more naturally to him than brown skin, and it was only after his program that he began questioning why. It was at this point that the Australian artist laid the foundations for his creative practice, veering toward post-colonial frameworks that could more adequately address his concerns with diaspora and displacement.

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July 16, 2025

Surreal Sculptures of Fragmented People Inspiring Self-Reflection [Interview]

South African artist James Cook’s sculptures weren’t always grounded in abstraction. Before he began creating the fragmented, dreamy sculptures for which he’s become known, he mostly stayed within the lines. At first, this was an attractive option for him: there was a “technical challenge” implicit in “capturing the human form with precision,” the artist tells My Modern Met, yet he often felt that the final results remained “static.

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July 14, 2025

Street Artist Shares Personal Meaning Behind Powerful Mural About Life and Death [Interview]

French street artist Enzo is a busy guy. As a muralist and organizer, he’s always planning, painting, or traveling. And sometimes, he’s doing all three. Enzo recently took part in this year’s Bushwick Collective, an internationally recognized art event in Bushwick, Brooklyn, that invites artists from around the world to paint walls in the neighborhood.

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My Modern Met

Celebrating creativity and promoting a positive culture by spotlighting the best sides of humanity—from the lighthearted and fun to the thought-provoking and enlightening.