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
Explore all our conversations
BRENDAN WENZEL INTERVIEW
Brendan Wenzel visits the IUCN Red List nine times a day. That probably tells you everything. The Caldecott-honored illustrator — best known for They All Saw a Cat — has spent years drawing the wild creatures of Southeast Asia not as decoration but as documentation, collaborating with conservation groups in Vietnam and Cambodia to make visible what is quietly disappearing. This is the interview we did with him, and it still resonates.
Meet Melissa Pinto, the Designer Who Turns Every Space into a Story
Colombian-born, Diamond Baratta–trained, New York–refined — Melissa Pinto on jet planes, grandmother's clocks, and why every second in this city is a precious inspiring moment.
“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.”
Every project, image, and story is about framing a series of questions that are deeply important to me as a human being.- Shirin Neshat