I remember seeing my first Ai Weiwei installation in person. It was his collection of porcelain sunflower seeds at the Tate Modern and it was a sight to behold. It gave me my first sense of the scope and scale in which the Chinese artist works. His latest exhibition, in New York, is no less as ambitious. It’s called Good Fences Make Good Neighbours, and features site-specific works dealing with the theme of migration and people moving across borders and space. The two largest pieces of the public art showing (which also celebrates the 40th anniversary of New York’s Public Art Fund) are located in Central Park and in Washington Square Park.…
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Entertainment Express: Johnny Depp, RZA, Drake, Scarlett Johansson, Ai Weiwei
* Johnny Depp‘s been promoting his new movie Transcendence in China, his first time to the country. Seems he’s making it count, taking in the sights and jamming with a local rockstar – naturally. * Last week, Wu-Tang Clan announced details of the one-of-a-kind album The Wu – Once Upon a Time in Shaolin, and this week, RZA told Billboard they’ve already been receiving offers for it in the $5 million range. * Drake‘s two for two this week, dropping Draft Day on Wednesday and then Days in the East on Thursday. Some say the track is about his relationship with Rihanna, which is apparently getting serious, but either way,…
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Entertainment Express: Jimmy Fallon, London Fashion Week, Pussy Riot, Ai Weiwei, Kelis
* It’s a new era for American TV as Jimmy Fallon officially took over the reigns of the Tonight Show last night – with the help of some of his friends – a little band called U2, performing on the Top of the Rock at with a glorious sunset backdrop, and that guy known as Will Smith, who helped him illustrate hip hop dancing. Mariah Carey, Sarah Jessica Parker, Robert De Niro and even Joan Rivers, who had been banned from the show, dropped by. * Amidst the relentless rain, London Fashion Week is trying to bring rays of sunshine to the UK. On Monday, Tom Ford showed off a…
