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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VIRGINIA VILLARI PRESENTS MUSIC ON THE GO
They've played in hundreds of cities across the globe for over a decade. Audiofly on the golden age of air travel being over, listening to Coltrane not techno on flights, and Tulum when it was just you, a stray dog and the pelicans.
DEEP IN THE HEART OF THE PERUVIAN AMAZON
She arrived burnt out, skeptical, and carrying back pain she hadn't been able to shake. Eight days later, deep in the Amazon with the Shipibo healers of Ani Nii Shobo, she left feeling the strongest she had in years. Leila Antakly on ayahuasca, Mama Ida, and why the plant always knows.
Kim Mee Hye: Architectural Jewelry for the Modern Woman
Belgian-Korean jewellery designer Kim Mee Hye on wearable architecture, hidden mechanisms, the click of a clasp, Antwerp craftsmanship, and jewels for women who don't consider fine jewellery suited only to a particular occasion.
CHEN FEI
Chen Fei likes to paint bad taste. He believes the not-so-pretty things leave a longer lasting impression than beauty ever would. What impresses him most are the rogues, not the upstanding citizens. He was trained at the Beijing Film Academy, found the industry too limiting, and turned to acrylic on canvas instead — treating every painting like a film still, rendered with photographic precision that reads as digital or animated until you get close. He was at Centre Pompidou in 2024. Galerie Perrotin represents him. He is not yet a household name outside contemporary art circles. That is the point.
“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.”