Art That Stirs Creativity: Rufus Wainwright, Eric Wareheim, Alexandra Petri, 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.
Meredith MonkAvant-garde vocalist, creator of the opera Atlas, winner of 2015 National Medal of Arts…
…on Ann Hamilton, The Event of a Thread (2012) [pictured above]
The Event of a Thread was a huge installation mounted in the Park Avenue Armory in New York. It was multisensory and co