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.
Interviews from the Archive
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YIM TAE KYU
Korean contemporary art is not a trend. It is the product of a specific and irreducible national experience — Han, Gwangju, the DMZ, the speed of modernisation — that is now being recognised by the world's most important institutions at exactly the moment the global art market is hungry for it. Yim Tae Kyu has been painting the Marginal Man on hanji paper with Indian ink and cartoon precision for years. Mire Lee just filled the Tate Modern Turbine Hall. The world caught up last. The artists were already there.
SORELINA: Handcrafted Luxury with a Wild Spirit
Defiance is elemental. That is the first thing Priscilla Franco Asturias says about Sorelina, the jewelry studio she founded with her sister Andrea in Los Angeles in 2011. A reaction between heat and pressure which creates something new and beautiful. Lava meets diamonds. Raw wood meets rubies. The result is jewelry that feels like it was made by the earth itself and then finished by a very careful hand.
KALMANOVICH INTERVIEW
She walked into a fabric shop as an economics student and felt something she couldn't ignore. Julia Kalmanovich has been following that feeling ever since — through a mentorship with the Patriarch of Russian fashion, a solo debut in 2009, and a sparkling red gown that sold out before the season even began. We caught up with the designer on clients, icons, and the art of dressing spontaneously
“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.”