Art That Stirs Creativity: Roxane Gay, Westside Gunn, Jónsi, and More on Work That Inspires Them

For “Touchstones,” ARTnews asks creative figures from different disciplines—writers, musicians, filmmakers, chefs, and so on—about one artwork that has inspired them.
Westside GunnRapper, creator of albums including Pray for Paris and Who Made the Sunshine, founder of Griselda Records…
…on Caravaggio, David with the Head of Goliath (1610) [pictured above]
It was Virgil Abloh’s idea to use David with the Head of Goliath for my album Pray for P