Ben Thomas
Ben Thomas is Chair of the Museums & Exhibitions Group of the Association of Art Historians, and co-curator with Catherine Whistler of Raphael: The Drawings at the Ashmolean Museum (1 June – 3...
View ArticleCaroline Moorehead
Caroline Moorehead is a human rights journalist and the biographer of Bertrand Russell, Freya Stark, Iris Origo, Martha Gellhorn and Lucie de la Tour du Pin. She wrote two bestselling books on the...
View ArticleRobin Lane Fox
Robin Lane Fox is an English classicist, ancient historian and gardening writer known for his works on Alexander the Great. At the University of Oxford he serves as Garden Master and as Extraordinary...
View ArticleRoger Cohen
“With Donald Trump we are playing with fire.” Roger Cohen is a journalist and author who joined The New York Times in 1990. He worked as a foreign correspondent in fifteen different countries before...
View ArticleTimothy Radcliffe
Dominican friar Timothy Radcliffe is a member of the community at Blackfriars, Oxford, and was Master of the Order of Preachers from 1992 to 2001. He is the author of a number of very popular books...
View ArticleStanley Johnson
The British politician and author Stanley Johnson is an expert on environmental and population issues. As a United Kingdom (UK) Member of the European Parliament (MEP) he was also a dedicated believer...
View ArticleRoberto Mottola
President of Circolo del Remo e della Vela Italia (The Rowing and Sailing Club Italia) in Naples’ Santa Lucia neighbourhood. You participated in the 1972 Olympics in Munich as a member of the Italian...
View ArticleLuisa Beccaria
The designer Luisa Beccaria’s aesthetic and style has taken shape through beautiful dresses, often shown among art galleries and enchanted gardens. Her haute couture collections with lustrous fabrics...
View ArticleGianandrea Noseda
We have scrambled eggs with the conductor Gianandrea Noseda in the Lincoln Center restaurant. Noseda is a tall man with an athletic look and he has very polite manners. Live from the Met. “I am in New...
View ArticleBella Freud
Fashion designer Bella Freud was born in London and studied in Rome. She is renowned for her signature jumpers Je t’aime Jane, Ginsberg is God and 1970. Fans of Bella Freud include Alexa Chung, Laura...
View ArticleNatasha Fraser-Cavassoni
Natasha Fraser-Cavassoni is the author of Sam Spiegel, Tino Zervudachi, Loulou de la Falaise, Monsieur Dior, BiYan and Vogue on Yves Saint Laurent. Fraser-Cavassoni was the European Editor for Harper’s...
View ArticleJean Doumanian
The producer Jean Doumanian is the founder of Jean Doumanian Productions, an Academy Award and Golden Globe nominated, and Tony Award winning, film, television and theatrical production company. You...
View ArticleOlivier Berggruen
You are the curator of the show “Picasso. Between Cubism and Classicism: 1915-1925” that will open in Rome on September 20th at the Scuderie del Quirinale and at Palazzo Barberini. What is so special...
View ArticleKeith Christiansen
Keith Christiansen is the John Pope-Hennessy Chairman of the Department of European Paintings at the Metropolitan Museum in New York. What’s happening in your department at the Metropolitan Museum at...
View ArticlePierre Berge
Pierre Bergé was the business-partner and companion of the couturier Yves Saint Laurent. In 1961 they co-founded the eponymous fashion-house, and they became legal civil partners shortly before the...
View ArticleChristopher Niquet
Christopher Niquet is the creative director at the New York fashion house of his partner, the American designer Zac Posen. A few months ago you published “Models Matter”, a book of photographs and...
View ArticleCarl Bernstein
Carl Bernstein is an American investigative journalist and author. Carl, why is it your motto that a reporter has to give the best obtainable version of the truth? That’s what reporting is. Good...
View ArticleMario Tavella
Mario Tavella is Chairman of Sotheby’s Europe, and President General Director of Sotheby’s France. You have worked at Sotheby’s since 1991, so you must have a loyal personality type? Let’s say that it...
View ArticleCarole Hubscher
Caran d’Ache, the Swiss manufacturer of writing instruments and color products, has Carole Hubscher at the head of its Board of Directors. Caran d’Ache is a jewel in Switzerland’s manufacturing...
View ArticleAchim Borchardt-Hume
We go to see Achim Borchardt-Hume at Tate Modern where he is the Director of Exhibitions and Programmes. On this date in 1881, 25th October, Pablo Picasso was born. Achim Borchardt-Hume is the curator...
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