Over 1,000 interviews · Since 2003
Curious about
their work,
not the moment.
Leila Antakly has spent over twenty years in conversation with artists, musicians, designers, filmmakers, and thinkers all over the world who are making work that matters. These are the conversations.
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ISMAIL ZAIDY USES PHOTOGRAPHY TO EXPLORE NOTIONS OF SPACE AND FAMILY
Marrakech-born self-taught photographer Ismail Zaidy on growing up watching women in djellabas, shooting abstract minimalism on a Samsung S5, and publishing in GQ, Vogue Arabia and Dazed.
ARTIST CLEMENT MANCINI
He pours liquid plaster onto canvas laid on the floor, pulls it with a spatula, and lets the gesture make its own decisions. Painter Clément Mancini — inspired by Joan Mitchell, COBRA, and the rust on iron curtains — on the freedom of not knowing where a canvas will go.
“Visibility has never been our measure of significance. We seek out artists and inspiring individuals whose work sparks curiosity, challenges assumptions, and leaves a lasting impression.”