This episode reflects how early summer days are full of promise. We meet Swiss born Kia Schwaninger, whose jewellery collection is inspired by the art deco architecture of Miami, sit down with Sudanese-Dutch musician Gaidaa in Amsterdam and discuss colour and the meaning of home with purveyor and creator of paint Cassandra Ellis. Plus: historian Hiba Alobayd ... Show More
Mar 6
Obsession, precision and performance, with Richard Mille at the International Concours of Elegance St Moritz
A special episode of Konfekt Korner, brought to you in collaboration with luxury watchmaking brand Richard Mille. We step onto frozen Lake St Moritz to immerse ourselves in the spectacle of beautiful classic cars.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
46m 30s
Jun 2024
“I’m an art pragmatist. You need a balance.” Hashem Montasser talks to Caroline Louca about growing up around art, themes in his current collection, and how The Lighthouse fits in with his mission to support Arab artists.
This week, we’re flipping the script. Art consultant Caroline Louca gets behind the host’s mic to chat with Hashem the art collector! As a long-time friend of Hashem’s, an art advisor, and former Managing Director of Christie’s Dubai, Caroline digs deep into Hashem’s passion for ... Show More
56m 29s
Mar 2024
Building with a Future Vernacular | Wael Al Awar
<p><a href="https://www.instagram.com/wael.al.awar/" target="_blank">Wael Al Awar</a> is an architect and founder of waiwai alongside Kazuma Yamao — an architectural, landscape, urban, interior and graphic design studio with offices in Dubai and Tokyo. Waiwai takes a highly conte ... Show More
1 h
Aug 2021
[Feminist Art] Katy Hessel talks to artist Eva Jospin, responsible for the huge embroidered work at the most recent haute couture show
Welcome to this 11th episode of the Dior Talks podcast ‘Feminist Art’. This series explores the connections between Creative Director of Women’s collections Maria Grazia Chiuri, and contemporary women artists and curators. In this episode, series host Katy Hessel, a London-based ... Show More
37m 11s
Aug 2022
Selene Wendt, "Beyond the Door of No Return: Confronting Hidden Colonial Histories Through Contemporary Art" (Skira, 2021)
In Beyond the Door of No Return: Confronting Hidden Colonial Histories through Contemporary Art (Skira, 2021), art historian and curator Selene Wendt presents lesser-known tales of anticolonial defiance in artworks and marginal histories worldwide. The artists featured in this bo ... Show More
1h 4m
Jul 2025
Tadao Andō - L’esprit des murs
<p>L’architecture contemporaine peut-elle nous faire trembler de joie ? Dans son travail, devenu un art, Tadao Andō réconcilie ce que l’on croyait inconciliable : le béton et la lumière, le passé et le présent, le bouillonnement de la modernité et la terre. Né dans le O ... Show More
19m 27s
Oct 2021
Ancient Nubia and the Kingdom of Kush: Interview with Dr. Geoff Emberling
<p>Located to the south of Egypt, in today’s Sudan, ancient Nubia had a complicated relationship with the old state of the Nile, and scholars have traditionally understood it through the shadow of its much better understood northern neighbor. But, as Dr. Geoff Emberling of the Un ... Show More
40m 37s