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
PHOTOGRAPHER TOMMY KHA
Tommy Kha is a left-handed, Queer, Asian American photographer from Memphis who is not supposed to exist. Interview on Half, Full, Quarter, Nan Goldin, his mother's immigration photographs, and photographs as currency.
PHOTOGRAPHER MONDHER MEJRI
He found refuge in art. Now photographer Mondher Mejri — Tunis to Lyon, shaped by a feminist mother and a painter uncle — invites you to go beyond appearances. A conversation about music as an image stimulator, 360° artists, and why anyone who puts themselves forward is already making a difference.
JESSICA LICHTENSTEIN'S PERFECT STORM
We first featured Jessica Lichtenstein for G1RL5. Now she's back with Perfect Storm — a 3-wall installation of tree nymphs blown by hurricane winds, hearts compiled from quarantine poetry, and a show that reads as a diary. The art world is changing. She already changed with it.
Scott Archibald: Photography and the Observer Effect
The Observer Effect says the act of seeing veils the true nature of reality. That almost sounds like art theory — and to London photographer Scott Archibald, it basically is. A conversation about Caravaggio being a card, Cardi B being queen, and a year that turned out to be surprisingly freeing.
“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.”