Latest Features
Ottessa Moshfegh: Novelist & Screenwriter on "the Art of Living"
"My work is a product of my personality but it’s also a construct, and I make lots of decisions when I’m writing – it’s not as if I’m just letting it all out"
read: Gallerist, restaurateur & music executive Harley Wertheimer On the art of creating space
"I like the idea of a space where you can come to learn about an artist, hospitality, a neighbourhood, or even just something unexpected. There’s something about that exchange, that layered experience, that feels more authentic"
read: World-renowned graphic designer Lorraine Wild on the art of contemporary book design
“I once overheard someone say to an artist whose book I’d designed, “oh, I thought you designed your own books,” and that meant I got it right.”
read: Independent film insider Caroline Von Kuhn On the art of keeping independent film alive
“My advice to filmmakers was always to view any meeting with an investor as the start of a long-term relationship, not just someone to fill a gap in their budget”
read: Writer & Influencer Camille Charrière On the art of Authentic Influencing
"This obsession with keeping everybody in their box is detrimental to creating electricity and inventing new ways of communicating with each other and doing things"
read: DH-PR Founder Daisy Hoppen On the Art of Sustainable Public Relations
“There's this emphasis on growth, growth, growth, growth. Small can be very beautiful...I don't think growth should always be the barometer for success”
read: Photographer Indigo Lewin on the art of photographic intimacy
"The way things are framed by different people says a lot about them - not necessarily in a negative or positive way, but through the way they might 'see' and how they go about capturing 'that' moment"
read: Model, Artist & Activist Amrit On the Art of Bridging the Gap
"Punjabi culture reminds me to stay grounded and have faith in life, which in turn allows me to have faith in myself"
read: Photographer & Visual Artist Steph Wilson On the Art of Interrogating the Norm
"I really now look for the authentic mishaps, or the surprise lighting of the sun bouncing a certain way, or the models being street-cast and bringing their lives into the work"
read: VISUAL ARTIST Amanda Charchian ON THE ART OF LOOKING AT ART
"My mother never got to express herself. So it became my duty to become obsessed with women's freedom. I made an entire book about creative women"
read: EDITOR & WRITER NICK HARAMIS ON THE ART OF THE HIGH-LOW
"Pop culture has always just been culture. It could mean a really obscure show by an obscure artist, an inscrutable poem next to a politician, and then you flip the page and there's a porn star. It's the tapestry of the lives we live – a mix of high and low"
read: Writer, critic & curator Kristine McKenna on the art & life of David Lynch
"I think one of his central themes is the drug of love – that initial hit and then the mess that comes after. I think that's certainly been part of his life"
read: Photo Editor Sara Morosi on the art of photographic matchmaking
"Some experiences are not just photo shoots, you’re creating a collaboration that can’t easily be replicated. The pieces just come together"
read: IRON Founder Stefan Siegel On the art of Reinventing Rodeo
"These are ideas I come up with at night, and then the next day I turn them into reality...I’ve had experiences in finance, fashion, business, and showcasing creativity, so IRON brings all of this together for me"
read: Artist, filmmaker, photographer & curator Zak Ové on the art of creating culture on your own terms
"A lot of my art today is looking at invisible histories and making them visible, because if they are neglected for too long, they disappear"
read: Film Director POSY KAI DIXON on the art of balancing passion & pragmatism
"I like introducing new people to each other through my film-making"
read: Independent cook & grower Johnnie Collins on the art of the urban vegetable garden
"When you pull a carrot from the earth, the difference in taste between that and one you’ve bought on a supermarket shelf tells you everything. It's sweet. It's utterly carrotty because it's still got its nutrients"
read: TALENT AGENCY GAME-CHANGER Valentine Avron ON THE ART OF STANDING OUT & CELEBRATING PETER LINDBERGH'S LEGACY
"Lindbergh developed many projects people don’t know about. One of his biggest was interviewing and filming US prisoners on death row"
read: SINGER-SONGWRITER Douglas Dare ON THE ART OF TRYING ON DIFFERENT SELVES
"Feeling like you're still striving for success or you're trying to get on to the next rung of the ladder is such a driving force"
read: artist Stephane Sednaoui ON THE ART OF CREATIVE TRANSFORMATION
"With the camera, I could do creatively what a writer or journalist does with a pencil and paper"
read: MAKEUP ARTIST Kay Montano On the art of navigating creative freedom
"I enjoy the challenge of making the work look beautiful under the unforgiving flash photography of the paparazzi"
read: creative director Lee Swillingham ON THE ART OF STAYING ONE STEP AHEAD
"Are you connected, plugged into it, or making it happen? That’s the million-dollar question"
read: Editor & writer Lena Felton On the art of surviving journalism
"It is an inexplicable high when you get a tip from a source. I chase that feeling. When you're young, you have all the energy in the world"
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podcast: Emma Westenberg
"I think only the crazy ideas are the brilliant ones. I like things that are unexpected, or that rattle you in some way. You want art to do that, to show you something new or exciting"
podcast: Emerson Miller
"Angelina Jolie said 'buddy your job here is literally 99% of the marketing and if you want me to climb a tree, I probably will, because we are helping each other"
podcast: Shantell Martin
"For those of us who didn’t grow up going to museums and galleries, the museum is the postcard on your fridge, it’s the t-shirt you’re wearing, it’s the sneakers you’re wearing"