That's very much what I was trying to do with these books – to take that finite number of suspects – the genuine whodunnit style, but make it very contemporary, make it up to date and make sure this is a credible person and a credible back story".
"What I love about what he's doing with The Paris Review is that he's pulled back in the tradition of it and made it very contemporary at the same time," Mr. Galassi said.
"They made very careful selections on their own," said Mr. Glimcher, who began working with them early on, when contemporary-art collectors were rare.
It is all written through their diaries, so there's no authorial voice, which makes it feel very contemporary.
The "Maschinenmensch" robot based on Maria is a brilliant eroticisation and fetishisation of modern technology and the current crisis in Dubai, whose economic boom was founded on a colossal import of globalised labour, makes Metropolis seem very contemporary.
We really wanted this kid to be a modern kid, living in New York City, taking care of his aunt who works and just making sure they feel very contemporary in their relationship.
They have a very contemporary outlook.
"The human content of their work is very contemporary".
What you see, here and throughout the show, are not just romantic ruins or contextless fragments; Ms. Bhabha has a raw and sometimes violent approach to sculpture that feels very contemporary but makes you think about the way we excavate and display the art of past civilizations.
There will be "colonial furniture, but also very contemporary furniture made within the last 30 or 40 years," said Richard Barons, the society's executive director.
