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<description><![CDATA[<p class="MsoNormal">JOURNEY OF RESILIENCE. <strong>Gilda Moratti</strong> is the daughter of the founder of San Patrignano, one of Europe's most important rehabilitation communities that for over 40 years has offered free help to thousands of girls and boys with addiction problems. In Gilda's journal titled <em>Terra</em>, published by Francesco Brioschi Editore, the protagonist Terra is the founder of humanitarian and educational foundations. Terra is a strong, enterprising and determined woman. She fights to protect the environment and animals. Her mission is to track down criminals, smugglers and traffickers and, one by one, bring them to justice. Over the years, dangerous intelligence operations take her to the four corners of the world, until one morning when the course of her life changes forever.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Inspired by her own true story, Gilda's diary <em>Terra</em> recounts the suffering caused by illness and an almost miraculous rebirth. After being diagnosed with terminal cancer, she must find the strength within herself to survive. Alongside conventional treatment, she embarks on a path to healing: she practices meditation, lives in close contact with nature, and revisits and reworks her past through her travel diaries. Over time, she learns to let the pain wash over her, to recognise it as necessary; and at the same time, she must first fall apart if she is to put herself back together again.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">"When I was first diagnosed, I was told I might have two months. It has now been five years."</p> <p class="MsoNormal">"I am surrounded by love. For me, that is enough. More than enough. It is beautiful."</p> <p class="MsoNormal">"Crying is important, of course. But sometimes you can also turn something into a laugh. It is good for the heart."</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><a href= "https://www.alainelkanninterviews.com/gilda-moratti/" target= "_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl= "https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.alainelkanninterviews.com/gilda-moratti/&source=gmail&ust=1790496767125000&usg=AOvVaw0_u1mlibtCJGlbQVUsyaXI"> https://www.<wbr />alainelkanninterviews.com/<wbr />gilda-moratti/</a></p>]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[<p class="MsoNormal">ICONIC ITALIAN ACTRESS & FILMMAKER. <strong><span class= "il">Valeria</span> Golino</strong> is an acclaimed Italian actress and filmmaker. Born in Naples, Italy, she grew up between Greece and Italy and is one of the most internationally recognized Italian figures in cinema, fluent in Italian, Greek, French, and English. To English-language audiences, she is most famous for her prominent roles in late '80s and early '90s American films, including <em>Rain Man</em> (1988), <em>Big Top Pee-wee</em> (1988), and the parody comedies <em>Hot Shots!</em> (1991) and <em>Hot Shots! Part Deux</em> (1993). She holds the rare distinction of being one of only four actresses to have won the prestigious Volpi Cup for Best Actress twice at the Venice Film Festival (for <em>Storia d'amore</em> in 1986 and <em>Per amor vostro</em> in 2015). She has starred in celebrated European projects such as <em>Portrait of a Lady on Fire</em> (2019) and prominent television series like Apple TV+'s <em>The Morning Show</em>. Golino has also found critical success behind the camera, directing well-received films like <em>Miele</em> (2013) and <em>Euforia</em> (2018), as well as the 2024 drama series <em>L'Arte della Gioia</em> (<em>The Art of Joy</em>).</p> <p class="MsoNormal">"I became an actress by Chance, but I continued by Choice. I like being an actress, and now I like directing even more."</p> <p class="MsoNormal">"You feel that you've done something that may be useful — not practically, perhaps, but useful to the soul. Cinema can make you change your mind."</p> <p class="MsoNormal">"I think if you lose childhood and innocence, somehow you lose yourself. A lot of my childhood has stayed with me. It never left, and I don't think that's necessarily a bad thing."</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><a href= "https://www.alainelkanninterviews.com/valeria-golino/" target= "_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl= "https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.alainelkanninterviews.com/valeria-golino/&source=gmail&ust=1789910638950000&usg=AOvVaw3wDMuDwdCwJF9_r4Swaljn"> https://www.<wbr />alainelkanninterviews.com/<wbr /><span class= "il">valeria</span>-golino/</a></p>]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[<p class="MsoNormal">A LIFE IN TRANSLATION.<strong> Alastair McEwen</strong> was born in Dunfermline, Scotland, in July 1950. He is a man of letters, a former teacher and, above all, one of the most distinguished translators of Italian literature into English. To date, he has published over 100 book-length translations (novels and non-fiction), essays, articles, and poems, plus several feature film scripts and operatic librettos. He has translated some of the most important Italian writers of our time: Umberto Eco, Roberto Calasso, Antonio Tabucchi, Fleur Jaeggy, Alessandro Baricco, Aldo Busi and many others.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">"One of the great pleasures of translation: you are constantly learning about subjects you previously knew nothing about."</p> <p class="MsoNormal">"Translations change because language changes."</p> <p class="MsoNormal">"If you stop reading for a month, the modern world moves so quickly that you can fall behind to an extraordinary degree."</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><a href= "https://www.alainelkanninterviews.com/alastair-mcewen/" target= "_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl= "https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.alainelkanninterviews.com/alastair-mcewen/&source=gmail&ust=1789227978289000&usg=AOvVaw071tKRGfO_PZHwXHueLHCm"> https://www.<wbr />alainelkanninterviews.com/<wbr />alastair-mcewen/</a></p>]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[<p class="MsoNormal">FEARLESS, ALWAYS EVOLVING. <strong>Michelle Yeoh</strong>, the Malaysian actress born in 1962, is considered to be one of the greatest female action movie stars. In a career spanning over four decades, she has acted in film and television productions covering a wide range of genres and received various accolades. Yeoh gained global recognition in the James Bond film <em>Tomorrow Never Dies</em> (1997) and starred in Ang Lee's <em>Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon</em> (2000). Her versatility continued in <em>Memoirs of a Geisha</em> (2005) and <em>The Lady</em> (2011), a biopic about Aung San Suu Kyi. In 2023 she became the first Asian performer to win the Academy Award for Best Actress for <em>Everything Everywhere All at Once</em> (2022) and she received the Honorary Golden Bear for lifetime achievement at the 76th Berlin International Film Festival in February, 2026.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">"When I set out to do a movie, the main intention is to do a good movie, to be very satisfied that it's something that you will be proud of."</p> <p class="MsoNormal">"The movies and the characters that I have done are not the same, and I tried my very best to do that so that I am constantly evolving and learning."</p> <p class="MsoNormal">"I do believe that the harder you work, the luckier you become, so that when the opportunity does arise you are prepared for it."</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><a href= "https://www.alainelkanninterviews.com/michelle-yeoh" target= "_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl= "https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.alainelkanninterviews.com/michelle-yeoh&source=gmail&ust=1788629441645000&usg=AOvVaw1dlamzCra8RqgzwvRpEpC5"> https://www.<wbr />alainelkanninterviews.com/<wbr />michelle-yeoh</a></p>]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[<p class="MsoNormal">THE MASTER OF ECLECTIC DESIGN. <strong>Jacques Grange</strong> is a world-famous French interior designer, renowned for his eclectic style, high-profile celebrity clientele, and classical training. Born on June 27, 1944, in France, Jacques studied at the École Boulle and the École Camondo in Paris. He worked under legendary designer Henri Samuel, assisting on major restorations like the Grand Trianon at Versailles. Jacques opened his own Paris-based design firm in 1970. Known for seamlessly blending traditional and contemporary tastes, he combines high art, antiques from the 18th and 19th centuries, and modern statement pieces with a touch of wit.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">"A room should never be entirely predictable. If everything is perfect, it becomes boring."</p> <p class="MsoNormal">"I have never believed that everything should come from the same century."</p> <p class="MsoNormal">"I don't separate my life from my work."</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><a href= "https://www.alainelkanninterviews.com/jacques-grange/" target= "_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl= "https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.alainelkanninterviews.com/jacques-grange/&source=gmail&ust=1786884924688000&usg=AOvVaw367Y_1aJ2fTMGWYGxHvLgD"> https://www.<wbr />alainelkanninterviews.com/<wbr />jacques-grange/</a></p>]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p class="MsoNormal">THE MASTER OF ECLECTIC DESIGN. Jacques Grange is a world-famous French interior designer, renowned for his eclectic style, high-profile celebrity clientele, and classical training. Born on June 27, 1944, in France, Jacques studied at the École Boulle and the École Camondo in Paris. He worked under legendary designer Henri Samuel, assisting on major restorations like the Grand Trianon at Versailles. Jacques opened his own Paris-based design firm in 1970. Known for seamlessly blending traditional and contemporary tastes, he combines high art, antiques from the 18th and 19th centuries, and modern statement pieces with a touch of wit.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">"A room should never be entirely predictable. If everything is perfect, it becomes boring."</p> <p class="MsoNormal">"I have never believed that everything should come from the same century."</p> <p class="MsoNormal">"I don't separate my life from my work."</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><a href= "https://www.alainelkanninterviews.com/jacques-grange/" target= "_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl= "https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.alainelkanninterviews.com/jacques-grange/&source=gmail&ust=1786884924688000&usg=AOvVaw367Y_1aJ2fTMGWYGxHvLgD"> https://www.alainelkanninterviews.com/jacques-grange/</a></p>]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Ralph Toledano: Failure, Memory and the Lost World of Tangiers - 298 - Alain Elkann Interviews</title>
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<description><![CDATA[<p class="MsoNormal">TALKING ABOUT A LOST WORLD. <strong>Ralph Toledano</strong> is an art historian and a writer. He recently published <em>La Lune dans le Tourbillon</em>, the fourth volume of a series of novels that explores the lives, questions of identity and spirituality, failures and hopes of members of the Sephardic elite of Moroccan origin: <em>Un Prince à Casablanca</em>, <em>Revoir Tanger</em>, <em>Le Retour du Phénix</em> were the previous ones.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">"Forgiveness is the key to hope and to reconstruction."</p> <p class="MsoNormal">"One has to take the best of the past and project it in the future, because the future is hope of bettering life as a whole, and not only for oneself."</p> <p class="MsoNormal">"A collapse is sometimes necessary for a rebirth"</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><a href= "https://www.alainelkanninterviews.com/ralph-toledano" target= "_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl= "https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.alainelkanninterviews.com/ralph-toledano&source=gmail&ust=1786281530764000&usg=AOvVaw2jv66VqUeXGV2kG75eb90_"> https://www.<wbr />alainelkanninterviews.com/<wbr />ralph-toledano</a></p>]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p class="MsoNormal">TALKING ABOUT A LOST WORLD. Ralph Toledano is an art historian and a writer. He recently published <em>La Lune dans le Tourbillon</em>, the fourth volume of a series of novels that explores the lives, questions of identity and spirituality, failures and hopes of members of the Sephardic elite of Moroccan origin: <em>Un Prince à Casablanca</em>, <em>Revoir Tanger</em>, <em>Le Retour du Phénix</em> were the previous ones.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">"Forgiveness is the key to hope and to reconstruction."</p> <p class="MsoNormal">"One has to take the best of the past and project it in the future, because the future is hope of bettering life as a whole, and not only for oneself."</p> <p class="MsoNormal">"A collapse is sometimes necessary for a rebirth"</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><a href= "https://www.alainelkanninterviews.com/ralph-toledano" target= "_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl= "https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.alainelkanninterviews.com/ralph-toledano&source=gmail&ust=1786281530764000&usg=AOvVaw2jv66VqUeXGV2kG75eb90_"> https://www.alainelkanninterviews.com/ralph-toledano</a></p>]]></content:encoded>
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<description><![CDATA[<p class="MsoNormal">IN LOVE WITH LITERATURE. <strong>Caroline Michel is</strong> since 2007 both the CEO of literary agency Peters Fraser and Dunlop (PFD) and has served as Chair and previously Trustee of Hay Literary Festival. She is a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE), a high-ranking official award that is the female equivalent of a knighthood and given by the British monarch to women for major national service. Among Dame Caroline's many appointments, she is also a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, a Vice President of the London Library and a Trustee of Historic Royal Palaces, as well as having been a member of the Booker Prize Advisory Committee.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">"People see truth and authenticity in a book and they love the object."</p> <p class="MsoNormal">"The cultural power of language and books from anywhere in the world is very exciting"</p> <p class="MsoNormal">"Now, as an agent, you work alongside the publisher the whole way to make sure that the process doesn't slip off everybody's attention."</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><a href= "http://www.alainelkanninterviews.com/caroline-michel/" target= "_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl= "https://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.alainelkanninterviews.com/caroline-michel/&source=gmail&ust=1785670225867000&usg=AOvVaw0pKrtkIsNJ-Ul8pkMyUOQw"> www.alainelkanninterviews.com/<wbr />caroline-michel/</a></p>]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[<p class="MsoNormal">MANAGER OF A MASSIVE CULTURAL LEGACY. <strong>Barbara Jatta</strong> is an Italian art historian and the Director of the <a href= "https://www.museivaticani.va/content/museivaticani/en.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl= "https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.museivaticani.va/content/museivaticani/en.html&source=gmail&ust=1785000578632000&usg=AOvVaw1qgWXqoKoFgd-pzpyN-ZLv">Vatican Museums</a>. Appointed by Pope Francis in 2017, she made history as the first woman ever to lead the prestigious institution. A highly respected expert in the history of drawing, engraving, and graphic arts, before her directorship she built a long career at the Vatican, notably serving as the head of the prints department at the <a href="https://www.vaticanlibrary.va/en/home.php" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl= "https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.vaticanlibrary.va/en/home.php&source=gmail&ust=1785000578632000&usg=AOvVaw26JLeVMiKFp5yTZCpf6It8">Vatican Apostolic Library</a>. As Director, she manages a massive cultural legacy that spans 7 miles of exhibit space, including the Sistine Chapel and a huge collection of artifacts. Her leadership focuses heavily on conservation, education, and modernising visitor experiences across the Vatican's various museums and galleries.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">"While the Vatican Museums are the museums of Popes and of the present Pope, we take care of worldwide and universal collections and it is our responsibility to share them with our visitors."</p> <p class="MsoNormal">"We have tried to make people understand that the Vatican Museums have so much more to offer beyond Raphael and Michelangelo."</p> <p class="MsoNormal">"It is extremely important to offer our visitors a journey to the collections which is not only artistical or historical but also spiritual."</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><a href= "https://www.alainelkanninterviews.com/barbara-jatta/" target= "_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl= "https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.alainelkanninterviews.com/barbara-jatta/&source=gmail&ust=1785000578632000&usg=AOvVaw0B_DJQ-yjeHUTEiW8wlbK5"> https://www.<wbr />alainelkanninterviews.com/<wbr />barbara-jatta/</a></p>]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p class="MsoNormal">MANAGER OF A MASSIVE CULTURAL LEGACY. Barbara Jatta is an Italian art historian and the Director of the <a href= "https://www.museivaticani.va/content/museivaticani/en.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl= "https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.museivaticani.va/content/museivaticani/en.html&source=gmail&ust=1785000578632000&usg=AOvVaw1qgWXqoKoFgd-pzpyN-ZLv">Vatican Museums</a>. Appointed by Pope Francis in 2017, she made history as the first woman ever to lead the prestigious institution. A highly respected expert in the history of drawing, engraving, and graphic arts, before her directorship she built a long career at the Vatican, notably serving as the head of the prints department at the <a href="https://www.vaticanlibrary.va/en/home.php" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl= "https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.vaticanlibrary.va/en/home.php&source=gmail&ust=1785000578632000&usg=AOvVaw26JLeVMiKFp5yTZCpf6It8">Vatican Apostolic Library</a>. As Director, she manages a massive cultural legacy that spans 7 miles of exhibit space, including the Sistine Chapel and a huge collection of artifacts. Her leadership focuses heavily on conservation, education, and modernising visitor experiences across the Vatican's various museums and galleries.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">"While the Vatican Museums are the museums of Popes and of the present Pope, we take care of worldwide and universal collections and it is our responsibility to share them with our visitors."</p> <p class="MsoNormal">"We have tried to make people understand that the Vatican Museums have so much more to offer beyond Raphael and Michelangelo."</p> <p class="MsoNormal">"It is extremely important to offer our visitors a journey to the collections which is not only artistical or historical but also spiritual."</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><a href= "https://www.alainelkanninterviews.com/barbara-jatta/" target= "_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl= "https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.alainelkanninterviews.com/barbara-jatta/&source=gmail&ust=1785000578632000&usg=AOvVaw0B_DJQ-yjeHUTEiW8wlbK5"> https://www.alainelkanninterviews.com/barbara-jatta/</a></p>]]></content:encoded>
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<description><![CDATA[<p class="MsoNormal">PATTI SMITH – WORKER. <strong>Patti Smith </strong>was born in Chicago in 1946. In the 1970s the American poet, songwriter, singer, and visual artist blazed a trail for punk rock artists, especially women. Patti Smith earned herself such titles as "godmother of punk" and "punk's poet laureate" with her androgynous appearance, intense live performances, and penchant for writing lyrics that often blend poetry with subversive themes, She retreated from public view in the 1980s but made a successful return to performing in the 1990s. Following her comeback, she has published several acclaimed memoirs about her life and career as one of rock's most avant-garde artists.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">"I don't want to be rich and famous. I want to be great."</p> <p class="MsoNormal">"I'm for children. That is my number one concern."</p> <p class="MsoNormal">"Have I earned all this adulation?"</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><a href= "https://www.alainelkanninterviews.com/patti-smith" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl= "https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.alainelkanninterviews.com/patti-smith&source=gmail&ust=1784318565274000&usg=AOvVaw3wowlBNYA5U1aIwPdVe9B1"> https://www.<wbr />alainelkanninterviews.com/<wbr />patti-smith</a></p>]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[<p class="MsoNormal">PIONEER OF VIDEO ART AND CULTURE. <strong>Marco Brambilla</strong> is a leading figure in contemporary video art, internationally recognised for his pioneering use of digital imaging technologies and immersive moving image installations. The Italian-born Canadian artist and film director is best known for work that re-contextualizes archival imagery into visually elaborate, often satirical spectacles that explore the excesses of contemporary culture. His work has been exhibited at major global institutions.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">"In the 1980s Francis Coppola famously said that at some point he would be able to dictate his films and out will come <em>Lawrence of Arabia</em>."</p> <p class="MsoNormal">"I thought it was appropriate to imagine a world which is not chronological, not geographic, but could only exist in the mind of a machine."</p> <p class="MsoNormal">"If you make things that can be broadcast, that can be projected, that can be re-performed, people are very well versed, and there's a thirst for this right now."</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><a href= "https://www.alainelkanninterviews.com/marco-brambilla/" target= "_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl= "https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.alainelkanninterviews.com/marco-brambilla/&source=gmail&ust=1783844750391000&usg=AOvVaw0EHzbnt7DieZwRjYOKuuYt"> https://www.<wbr />alainelkanninterviews.com/<wbr />marco-brambilla/</a></p>]]></description>
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<title>Patrick Kinmonth on Beauty, Art, and the Meaning of Creativity - 293 - Alain Elkann Interviews</title>
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<description><![CDATA[<p class="MsoNormal">AN INDEFINABLE PERSONALITY. <strong>Patrick Kinmonth</strong> is an Anglo-Irish opera director and designer, film maker, writer, painter, interior designer, art editor, creative director and exhibition curator. He is widely known for his many stage, costume, interior and architectural designs and recognised internationally for the breadth and depth of his creative interests. His many collaborations have yielded landmark opera, ballet and dance productions, books and exhibitions. Kinmonth's earlier role as arts editor at British Vogue included creative direction for fashion and portraiture shoots. He is perhaps "one of the most indefinable personalities of contemporary art".</p> <p class="MsoNormal">"Something happened that was like a key turning in a lock, where I realised, 'yes! this particular story, for whatever reason, I can make really exciting in the theatre', and it proved to be the case."</p> <p class="MsoNormal">"<span class="il">David</span> Hockney draws a line which travels and which is not always anatomically accurate, but which traces precisely the feeling of <span class="il">David</span> as he drew the person."</p> <p class="MsoNormal">"You have to decide in your life what brings joy."</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><a href= "https://www.alainelkanninterviews.com/patrick-kinmonth-2" target= "_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl= "https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.alainelkanninterviews.com/patrick-kinmonth-2&source=gmail&ust=1783182666230000&usg=AOvVaw0RFmA9Ikx74YlwepsHXdxg"> https://www.<wbr />alainelkanninterviews.com/<wbr />patrick-kinmonth-2</a></p>]]></description>
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<title>Gabriella Cortese: The Founder of Antik Batik on Travel, Craftsmanship & Fashion - 292 - Alain Elkann Interviews</title>
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<description><![CDATA[<p class="MsoNormal">AN ODE TO CRAFTSMANSHIP AND AUTHENTICITY.<strong> Gabriella Cortese</strong> made her mark on the fashion universe when she founded Antik Batik in 1992. The <strong>Antik Batik</strong> fashion house stands out for its collections of chic, bohemian clothing and accessories that emphasise craftsmanship and artistic techniques. It was the alluring scent of adventure that set Gabriella Cortese on her travels and inspired her to create Antik Batik, thus it reflects its designer's ever-renewed desire to explore the world with boldness and curiosity, and to share her discoveries. Fiercely committed to freedom and open-mindedness, Gabriella has built her Antik Batik brand – which has now gone global – as a true ode to craftsmanship and authenticity.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">"Antik Batik has always had a soul"</p> <p class="MsoNormal">"Every time that I feel through my intuition, I do the right things, and when I go far from my intuition things go wrong."</p> <p class="MsoNormal">"I need a lot of nature to calm down"</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><a href= "https://www.alainelkanninterviews.com/gabriella-cortese/" target= "_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl= "https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.alainelkanninterviews.com/gabriella-cortese/&source=gmail&ust=1782470795004000&usg=AOvVaw1iEokF7VfDWYdaIvPgwO3n"> https://www.<wbr />alainelkanninterviews.com/<wbr />gabriella-cortese/</a></p>]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p class="MsoNormal">AN ODE TO CRAFTSMANSHIP AND AUTHENTICITY. Gabriella Cortese made her mark on the fashion universe when she founded Antik Batik in 1992. The Antik Batik fashion house stands out for its collections of chic, bohemian clothing and accessories that emphasise craftsmanship and artistic techniques. It was the alluring scent of adventure that set Gabriella Cortese on her travels and inspired her to create Antik Batik, thus it reflects its designer's ever-renewed desire to explore the world with boldness and curiosity, and to share her discoveries. Fiercely committed to freedom and open-mindedness, Gabriella has built her Antik Batik brand – which has now gone global – as a true ode to craftsmanship and authenticity.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">"Antik Batik has always had a soul"</p> <p class="MsoNormal">"Every time that I feel through my intuition, I do the right things, and when I go far from my intuition things go wrong."</p> <p class="MsoNormal">"I need a lot of nature to calm down"</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><a href= "https://www.alainelkanninterviews.com/gabriella-cortese/" target= "_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl= "https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.alainelkanninterviews.com/gabriella-cortese/&source=gmail&ust=1782470795004000&usg=AOvVaw1iEokF7VfDWYdaIvPgwO3n"> https://www.alainelkanninterviews.com/gabriella-cortese/</a></p>]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Erri De Luca on Aging, Freedom, and Living Intensely - 291 - Alain Elkann Interviews</title>
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<description><![CDATA[<p class="MsoNormal"><strong>ACTIVELY AGING. <span class= "il">Erri</span> De Luca</strong> was born in Naples in 1950. A widely celebrated Italian novelist, essayist, poet, and translator, he has been hailed as "the writer of the decade" by Italian critics and his work has been translated into over thirty languages. He has written around 80 books – some say 100 – and is also a translator of important works. He has studied ancient Hebrew, Swahili, Russian and Yiddish, and has translated several books from the Old Testament, such as Ecclesiastes, Exodus and the Book of Jonah. He has also appeared in films and documentaries, including <a href= "https://youtu.be/ixsLaotUPJo?si=5-vDiJU5ECW3PtE3" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl= "https://www.google.com/url?q=https://youtu.be/ixsLaotUPJo?si%3D5-vDiJU5ECW3PtE3&source=gmail&ust=1781980870659000&usg=AOvVaw3uaWf071lBhU6Cs5VOJmR1"><em>L'età sperimentale (2024)</em></a>, which Feltrinelli subsequently published as a book. It has also recently been published by Gallimard in Paris, where <span class="il">Erri</span> is known for having won several major literary prizes.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">"I don't believe I'll live for long, but my aim is to live the present day as intensely as possible."</p> <p class="MsoNormal">"I don't consider writing a job. For me, it has always been that saved time, and today it is a happy part of my day, but it is a <em>small, </em>happy part of my day."</p> <p class="MsoNormal">"We are in this uncertain time, where there is vagueness and resentment, and in this time I am quite out of the ordinary, out of place, because right now I feel more compassion, more feelings of brotherhood than feelings of hostility."</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><a href= "https://www.alainelkanninterviews.com/erri-de-luca/" target= "_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl= "https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.alainelkanninterviews.com/erri-de-luca/&source=gmail&ust=1781980870659000&usg=AOvVaw2S59ZVl38WfwAGCGtIwlIU"> https://www.<wbr />alainelkanninterviews.com/<wbr /><span class= "il">erri</span>-de-luca/</a></p>]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p class="MsoNormal">ACTIVELY AGING. Erri De Luca was born in Naples in 1950. A widely celebrated Italian novelist, essayist, poet, and translator, he has been hailed as "the writer of the decade" by Italian critics and his work has been translated into over thirty languages. He has written around 80 books – some say 100 – and is also a translator of important works. He has studied ancient Hebrew, Swahili, Russian and Yiddish, and has translated several books from the Old Testament, such as Ecclesiastes, Exodus and the Book of Jonah. He has also appeared in films and documentaries, including <a href= "https://youtu.be/ixsLaotUPJo?si=5-vDiJU5ECW3PtE3" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl= "https://www.google.com/url?q=https://youtu.be/ixsLaotUPJo?si%3D5-vDiJU5ECW3PtE3&source=gmail&ust=1781980870659000&usg=AOvVaw3uaWf071lBhU6Cs5VOJmR1"><em>L'età sperimentale (2024)</em></a>, which Feltrinelli subsequently published as a book. It has also recently been published by Gallimard in Paris, where Erri is known for having won several major literary prizes.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">"I don't believe I'll live for long, but my aim is to live the present day as intensely as possible."</p> <p class="MsoNormal">"I don't consider writing a job. For me, it has always been that saved time, and today it is a happy part of my day, but it is a <em>small, </em>happy part of my day."</p> <p class="MsoNormal">"We are in this uncertain time, where there is vagueness and resentment, and in this time I am quite out of the ordinary, out of place, because right now I feel more compassion, more feelings of brotherhood than feelings of hostility."</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><a href= "https://www.alainelkanninterviews.com/erri-de-luca/" target= "_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl= "https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.alainelkanninterviews.com/erri-de-luca/&source=gmail&ust=1781980870659000&usg=AOvVaw2S59ZVl38WfwAGCGtIwlIU"> https://www.alainelkanninterviews.com/erri-de-luca/</a></p>]]></content:encoded>
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<description><![CDATA[<p class="MsoNormal">CHINA FIRST. <strong>Dr. Yu Jie</strong> is Senior Research Fellow for China, Chatham House. She focuses on the interplay between China's domestic political economy and foreign policy and is a seasoned commentator in major international media outlets, including BBC News, the <em>Financial Times</em> and <em>Foreign Policy. </em>She regularly briefs senior policymakers from G20 governments and leading intergovernmental organisations. In July 2025, Project Syndicate recognised her as 'one of the most notable female voices' in global affairs.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">"It is very much a self-centred way of looking at the world and its position in the rest of the world."</p> <p class="MsoNormal">"Both China and Russia would prefer a world led by multipolar order"</p> <p class="MsoNormal">"Chinese young people no longer consider the West is the absolute one and only destination they want to go to."</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><a href= "https://www.alainelkanninterviews.com/yu-jie-2/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl= "https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.alainelkanninterviews.com/yu-jie-2/&source=gmail&ust=1781425197867000&usg=AOvVaw2ytQ5Dl6B6IPWTpM6nUG3H"> https://www.<wbr />alainelkanninterviews.com/yu-<wbr />jie-2/</a></p>]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[<p class="MsoNormal">SEAMLESSLY BLENDING ART DECO AND CONTEMPORARY DESIGN. <strong>Benoist F. Drut</strong> is managing partner of <a href="https://www.maisongerard.com/" target= "_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl= "https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.maisongerard.com/&source=gmail&ust=1780602397952000&usg=AOvVaw1i9TyuVzd5TJBwLw0v04YZ"><strong>Maison Gerard</strong></a>, a leading source for French Art Deco furniture, lighting and objects, and — more recently — postwar and contemporary design. Founded in 1974 by Gerardus Widdershoven, Maison Gerard maintains two premises on East 10th Street in Manhattan and is an elegant presence at both The Winter Show and at Salon Art + Design.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">"I always have my eyes open. I have to stay curious, aware, and inquisitive, that's my job."</p> <p class="MsoNormal">"Being based in New York, your main competitors are in London and Paris, but we sell everywhere. Shipping is not difficult these days."</p> <p class="MsoNormal">"I am known to spend more time with people that may not be able to afford some of our goods but are passionate about our material than with people who have the means!"</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><a href= "https://www.alainelkanninterviews.com/benoist-drut/" target= "_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl= "https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.alainelkanninterviews.com/benoist-drut/&source=gmail&ust=1780602397952000&usg=AOvVaw1s-FBxyBEldbP1Z-y5tD1Q"> https://www.<wbr />alainelkanninterviews.com/<wbr />benoist-drut/</a></p>]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p class="MsoNormal">SEAMLESSLY BLENDING ART DECO AND CONTEMPORARY DESIGN. Benoist F. Drut is managing partner of <a href="https://www.maisongerard.com/" target= "_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl= "https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.maisongerard.com/&source=gmail&ust=1780602397952000&usg=AOvVaw1i9TyuVzd5TJBwLw0v04YZ">Maison Gerard</a>, a leading source for French Art Deco furniture, lighting and objects, and — more recently — postwar and contemporary design. Founded in 1974 by Gerardus Widdershoven, Maison Gerard maintains two premises on East 10th Street in Manhattan and is an elegant presence at both The Winter Show and at Salon Art + Design.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">"I always have my eyes open. I have to stay curious, aware, and inquisitive, that's my job."</p> <p class="MsoNormal">"Being based in New York, your main competitors are in London and Paris, but we sell everywhere. Shipping is not difficult these days."</p> <p class="MsoNormal">"I am known to spend more time with people that may not be able to afford some of our goods but are passionate about our material than with people who have the means!"</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><a href= "https://www.alainelkanninterviews.com/benoist-drut/" target= "_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl= "https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.alainelkanninterviews.com/benoist-drut/&source=gmail&ust=1780602397952000&usg=AOvVaw1s-FBxyBEldbP1Z-y5tD1Q"> https://www.alainelkanninterviews.com/benoist-drut/</a></p>]]></content:encoded>
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<description><![CDATA[<p class="MsoNormal">A CREATIVE ENTREPRENEUR. <strong>Marcantonio Brandolini d'Adda</strong>, born in 1991, is a Venetian entrepreneur and artist with diverse creative pursuits. The family business, Laguna~B, specialises in contemporary Murano glassware, and from this base Brandolini d'Adda is now expanding his activities into a universe of complementary ventures, including a design studio, a restaurant, and a magazine called EVERYTHING that serves as a communication platform for the various projects of his group of companies.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">"EVERYTHING reflects the creative and cultural environment where it was born."</p> <p class="MsoNormal">"EVERYTHING is a collaborative endeavour: even though I've initiated it."</p> <p class="MsoNormal">"I'm an artist, and the relationship between artist and entrepreneur is always complicated."</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><a href= "https://www.alainelkanninterviews.com/marcantonio-brandolini" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl= "https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.alainelkanninterviews.com/marcantonio-brandolini&source=gmail&ust=1780215369012000&usg=AOvVaw3BIeMAVGfTjkZ7XjZcIWE4"> https://www.<wbr />alainelkanninterviews.com/<wbr />marcantonio-brandolini</a></p>]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p class="MsoNormal">A CREATIVE ENTREPRENEUR. Marcantonio Brandolini d'Adda, born in 1991, is a Venetian entrepreneur and artist with diverse creative pursuits. The family business, Laguna~B, specialises in contemporary Murano glassware, and from this base Brandolini d'Adda is now expanding his activities into a universe of complementary ventures, including a design studio, a restaurant, and a magazine called EVERYTHING that serves as a communication platform for the various projects of his group of companies.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">"EVERYTHING reflects the creative and cultural environment where it was born."</p> <p class="MsoNormal">"EVERYTHING is a collaborative endeavour: even though I've initiated it."</p> <p class="MsoNormal">"I'm an artist, and the relationship between artist and entrepreneur is always complicated."</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><a href= "https://www.alainelkanninterviews.com/marcantonio-brandolini" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl= "https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.alainelkanninterviews.com/marcantonio-brandolini&source=gmail&ust=1780215369012000&usg=AOvVaw3BIeMAVGfTjkZ7XjZcIWE4"> https://www.alainelkanninterviews.com/marcantonio-brandolini</a></p>]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Dr. Wong Siew Te: The Man Who Dedicated His Life to Saving the World's Rarest Bear - 287 - Alain Elkann Interviews</title>
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<description><![CDATA[<p class="MsoNormal">CHOSEN TO SAVE SUN BEARS. <strong>Dr. Wong Siew Te</strong> is a Malaysian wildlife biologist, wildlife conservationist, tropical forest ecologist and nature lover. He studied veterinary science in Taiwan and later wildlife biology at the University of Montana where he began his focus on the rare and little-known Malayan sun bear, the endangered smallest species of bear in the world. In 2008 Wong founded the <a href="https://www.bsbcc.org.my/" target="_blank" rel= "noopener" data-saferedirecturl= "https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.bsbcc.org.my/&source=gmail&ust=1779549280470000&usg=AOvVaw11WarAINQyeGrVhP_dVdYl">Bornean Sun Bear Conservation Centre (BSBCC) in Sabah, Malaysia</a>, and he still runs it today. A CNN Hero, Wong received the President's Award from the International Association for Bear Research and Management.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">"The bears are very shy animals. They all know that humans are the most dangerous animal that has ever been created on planet Earth"</p> <p class="MsoNormal">"The orangutan receives a lot of conservation attention, but not the sun bear. That's why the idea of setting up the sun bear centre first came about."</p> <p class="MsoNormal">"I think I was the chosen one to help and to save sun bears. My professor chose me to study wild sun bears, and I accepted. Everything happens for a reason."</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><a href= "https://www.alainelkanninterviews.com/wong-siew-te" target= "_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl= "https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.alainelkanninterviews.com/wong-siew-te&source=gmail&ust=1779549280470000&usg=AOvVaw1iuYrrYiSwCSEehSFMJCBn"> https://www.<wbr />alainelkanninterviews.com/<wbr />wong-siew-te</a></p>]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p class="MsoNormal">CHOSEN TO SAVE SUN BEARS. Dr. Wong Siew Te is a Malaysian wildlife biologist, wildlife conservationist, tropical forest ecologist and nature lover. He studied veterinary science in Taiwan and later wildlife biology at the University of Montana where he began his focus on the rare and little-known Malayan sun bear, the endangered smallest species of bear in the world. In 2008 Wong founded the <a href="https://www.bsbcc.org.my/" target="_blank" rel= "noopener" data-saferedirecturl= "https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.bsbcc.org.my/&source=gmail&ust=1779549280470000&usg=AOvVaw11WarAINQyeGrVhP_dVdYl">Bornean Sun Bear Conservation Centre (BSBCC) in Sabah, Malaysia</a>, and he still runs it today. A CNN Hero, Wong received the President's Award from the International Association for Bear Research and Management.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">"The bears are very shy animals. They all know that humans are the most dangerous animal that has ever been created on planet Earth"</p> <p class="MsoNormal">"The orangutan receives a lot of conservation attention, but not the sun bear. That's why the idea of setting up the sun bear centre first came about."</p> <p class="MsoNormal">"I think I was the chosen one to help and to save sun bears. My professor chose me to study wild sun bears, and I accepted. Everything happens for a reason."</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><a href= "https://www.alainelkanninterviews.com/wong-siew-te" target= "_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl= "https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.alainelkanninterviews.com/wong-siew-te&source=gmail&ust=1779549280470000&usg=AOvVaw1iuYrrYiSwCSEehSFMJCBn"> https://www.alainelkanninterviews.com/wong-siew-te</a></p>]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Piero Lissoni on Design, Architecture & Creative Freedom - 286 - Alain Elkann Interviews</title>
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<description><![CDATA[<p>MILANESE MASTER OF CONTEMPORARY DESIGN.<strong> <span class= "il">Piero</span> Lissoni</strong> is a multi-award-winning-architect, designer and art director. One of the masters of contemporary design, he has an almost forty-year history in the development of projects the world over in the fields of architecture, landscape, interior, product and graphic design. He is art director for Alpi, Boffi, Living Divani, Lualdi, Porro and Sanlorenzo as well as being the founder and director of the interdisciplinary studio Lissoni & Partners.</p> <p>"When you're born in Milano and grow up in the polytechnic of Milano it becomes quite natural to control 360 degrees of everything."</p> <p>"I think it was a disease, and I became an architect."</p> <p>"We need to live in our own times, even if sometimes they are imperfect."</p> <p><a href="https://www.alainelkanninterviews.com/piero-lissoni/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl= "https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.alainelkanninterviews.com/piero-lissoni/&source=gmail&ust=1779017341951000&usg=AOvVaw1Qr5FhbmtGHoVye0ZwADCF"> https://www.<wbr />alainelkanninterviews.com/<wbr /><span class= "il">piero</span>-lissoni/</a></p>]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>MILANESE MASTER OF CONTEMPORARY DESIGN. Piero Lissoni is a multi-award-winning-architect, designer and art director. One of the masters of contemporary design, he has an almost forty-year history in the development of projects the world over in the fields of architecture, landscape, interior, product and graphic design. He is art director for Alpi, Boffi, Living Divani, Lualdi, Porro and Sanlorenzo as well as being the founder and director of the interdisciplinary studio Lissoni & Partners.</p> <p>"When you're born in Milano and grow up in the polytechnic of Milano it becomes quite natural to control 360 degrees of everything."</p> <p>"I think it was a disease, and I became an architect."</p> <p>"We need to live in our own times, even if sometimes they are imperfect."</p> <p><a href="https://www.alainelkanninterviews.com/piero-lissoni/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl= "https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.alainelkanninterviews.com/piero-lissoni/&source=gmail&ust=1779017341951000&usg=AOvVaw1Qr5FhbmtGHoVye0ZwADCF"> https://www.alainelkanninterviews.com/piero-lissoni/</a></p>]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Paolo Colombo on Love, Greece, and Making Time Visible Through Art - 285 - Alain Elkann Interviews</title>
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<description><![CDATA[<p class="MsoNormal">A PASSION FOR GREECE.<strong> Paolo Colombo</strong> is an Italian artist and poet. Born in 1949 in Turin, Italy, he lives and works in Athens, Greece. He was a curator between 1986 and 2017 in Philadelphia, in Geneva, in Istanbul, in Torino and in Athens. His works of visual poetry are exhibited widely.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">"Greece is my world"</p> <p class="MsoNormal">"Language is very connected with painting, regardless whether I make a painting of a poem or not."</p> <p class="MsoNormal">"I love the language, I love the music, I love the dances"</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><a href= "https://www.alainelkanninterviews.com/paolo-colombo-3/" target= "_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl= "https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.alainelkanninterviews.com/paolo-colombo-3/&source=gmail&ust=1778242835057000&usg=AOvVaw0qoGqQX2b9R29AeSjUwzc5"> https://www.<wbr />alainelkanninterviews.com/<wbr />paolo-colombo-3/</a></p>]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p class="MsoNormal">A PASSION FOR GREECE. Paolo Colombo is an Italian artist and poet. Born in 1949 in Turin, Italy, he lives and works in Athens, Greece. He was a curator between 1986 and 2017 in Philadelphia, in Geneva, in Istanbul, in Torino and in Athens. His works of visual poetry are exhibited widely.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">"Greece is my world"</p> <p class="MsoNormal">"Language is very connected with painting, regardless whether I make a painting of a poem or not."</p> <p class="MsoNormal">"I love the language, I love the music, I love the dances"</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><a href= "https://www.alainelkanninterviews.com/paolo-colombo-3/" target= "_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl= "https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.alainelkanninterviews.com/paolo-colombo-3/&source=gmail&ust=1778242835057000&usg=AOvVaw0qoGqQX2b9R29AeSjUwzc5"> https://www.alainelkanninterviews.com/paolo-colombo-3/</a></p>]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Nathalie Droulers: Architecture, Taste and the Balance of Opposites - 284 - Alain Elkann Interviews</title>
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<description><![CDATA[<p class="MsoNormal">COMBINING ARCHITECTURE AND INTERIOR DESIGN. <strong>Nathalie Droulers</strong> and her twin sister <strong>Virginie</strong> were born in Milan in 1973. Nathalie graduated in Architecture from the Polytechnic University in Milan in 1997. She worked in New York as a Creative Director in product design development and in 2000 returned to Italy, where she collaborated with the Milan-based Dstudio as a Project Manager. In 2005 she founded Nathalie Droulers Studio, developing residential and commercial projects internationally. Her sister Virginie graduated in Graphic Design from Parsons School of Design in New York in 1999. She worked in New York from 1997 to 2000, and when she returned to Italy she founded Kv Design, a graphic and packaging firm. In 2007, Nathalie and Virginie founded Droulers Architecture together, with the aim of creating an international studio developing residential, commercial and leisure projects, now also specialised in architecture and interior design for luxury yachts. Droulers collaborates with a team of specialised and skilled professionals in a concerted effort to achieve these ambitious goals.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">"Naturally and luckily, we gradually moved into our respective roles."</p> <p class="MsoNormal">"One of our most important qualities is our ability to listen to what our clients want."</p> <p class="MsoNormal">"Getting the new generation on board is probably the biggest success we could achieve."</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><a href= "https://www.alainelkanninterviews.com/nathalie-droulers/" target= "_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl= "https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.alainelkanninterviews.com/nathalie-droulers/&source=gmail&ust=1777800113827000&usg=AOvVaw1kJtdLw0jG_kEycMKDHUQL"> https://www.<wbr />alainelkanninterviews.com/<wbr />nathalie-droulers/</a></p>]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p class="MsoNormal">COMBINING ARCHITECTURE AND INTERIOR DESIGN. Nathalie Droulers and her twin sister Virginie were born in Milan in 1973. Nathalie graduated in Architecture from the Polytechnic University in Milan in 1997. She worked in New York as a Creative Director in product design development and in 2000 returned to Italy, where she collaborated with the Milan-based Dstudio as a Project Manager. In 2005 she founded Nathalie Droulers Studio, developing residential and commercial projects internationally. Her sister Virginie graduated in Graphic Design from Parsons School of Design in New York in 1999. She worked in New York from 1997 to 2000, and when she returned to Italy she founded Kv Design, a graphic and packaging firm. In 2007, Nathalie and Virginie founded Droulers Architecture together, with the aim of creating an international studio developing residential, commercial and leisure projects, now also specialised in architecture and interior design for luxury yachts. Droulers collaborates with a team of specialised and skilled professionals in a concerted effort to achieve these ambitious goals.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">"Naturally and luckily, we gradually moved into our respective roles."</p> <p class="MsoNormal">"One of our most important qualities is our ability to listen to what our clients want."</p> <p class="MsoNormal">"Getting the new generation on board is probably the biggest success we could achieve."</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><a href= "https://www.alainelkanninterviews.com/nathalie-droulers/" target= "_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl= "https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.alainelkanninterviews.com/nathalie-droulers/&source=gmail&ust=1777800113827000&usg=AOvVaw1kJtdLw0jG_kEycMKDHUQL"> https://www.alainelkanninterviews.com/nathalie-droulers/</a></p>]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Jay McInerney on New York During COVID: A City Without People - 283 - Alain Elkann Interviews</title>
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<description><![CDATA[<p class="MsoNormal">COVID REFLECTIONS.<strong> Jay McInerney</strong> is a well-known American writer, one of the most gifted of his generation. Novelist, screenwriter and wine connoisseur, McInerney recently published See You on the Other Side, the eagerly anticipated final volume of his stunningly accomplished and profoundly affecting fictional tetralogy: Brightness Falls, The Good Life, and Bright Precious Days.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">"The stories that I'm interested in ultimately are the personal ones."</p> <p class="MsoNormal">"The people who come here are ambitious and energetic and they come here because it's the biggest stage in America that there is."</p> <p class="MsoNormal">"There is something special about the voices of people in their 20s, which we need."</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><a href= "https://www.alainelkanninterviews.com/jay-mcinerney/" target= "_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl= "https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.alainelkanninterviews.com/jay-mcinerney/&source=gmail&ust=1777135333218000&usg=AOvVaw2kXzc_kYaIvuihFqz1jT_f"> https://www.<wbr />alainelkanninterviews.com/jay-<wbr />mcinerney/</a></p>]]></description>
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<title>Andrew Graham-Dixon: The Hidden Meaning of Vermeer - 282 - Alain Elkann Interviews</title>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p class="MsoNormal">LUMINARY IN ART CRITIQUE. Andrew Graham-Dixon is a leading art critic and presenter of arts television in the English-speaking world. With a long history of public service in the field of the visual arts he has won numerous awards for writing and broadcasting. His book "Caravaggio A Life Sacred and Profane" is a Sunday Times Bestseller, and his recent title "Vermeer: A Life Lost and Found" paints a dramatically new picture of Vermeer. Graham-Dixon reveals many of the painter's hitherto unknown friendships, as well as his previously undetected allegiance to a radical movement driven underground by persecution.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">"Vermeer is the first really great religious painter of introspective post-Reformation religion."</p> <p class="MsoNormal">"The Dutch Golden Age is probably the worst name ever given to a period in history by historians. It's not a golden age. It's an age of blood."</p> <p class="MsoNormal">"I'm a profound Collegiant. There's not many of us now. I believe in universal tolerance."</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><a href= "https://www.alainelkanninterviews.com/andrew-graham-dixon/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl= "https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.alainelkanninterviews.com/andrew-graham-dixon/&source=gmail&ust=1776587626887000&usg=AOvVaw3HonRhASXcARdpfwDJE2ht"> https://www.alainelkanninterviews.com/andrew-graham-dixon/</a></p>]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Valerie Steele: Fashion Is More Than Clothes, Here's Why - 281 - Alain Elkann Interviews</title>
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<description><![CDATA[<p class="MsoNormal">TAKING FASHION SERIOUSLY. <strong>Valerie Steele</strong> is an American fashion historian and the Director and Chief Curator of The Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT) in New York City. A pioneer in the field of fashion studies, she has been instrumental in establishing fashion as a legitimate intellectual and cultural subject.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">"Both the allure and the problematic aspects of fashion attracted and interested me."</p> <p class="MsoNormal">"Although most people don't get any exercise, they want to look sporty."</p> <p class="MsoNormal">"The body is central to fashion."</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><a href= "https://www.alainelkanninterviews.com/valerie-steele/" target= "_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl= "https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.alainelkanninterviews.com/valerie-steele/&source=gmail&ust=1775909719889000&usg=AOvVaw0MXNnJUTcWN0HX3UTKMWZP"> https://www.<wbr />alainelkanninterviews.com/<wbr />valerie-steele/</a></p>]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p class="MsoNormal">TAKING FASHION SERIOUSLY. Valerie Steele is an American fashion historian and the Director and Chief Curator of The Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT) in New York City. A pioneer in the field of fashion studies, she has been instrumental in establishing fashion as a legitimate intellectual and cultural subject.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">"Both the allure and the problematic aspects of fashion attracted and interested me."</p> <p class="MsoNormal">"Although most people don't get any exercise, they want to look sporty."</p> <p class="MsoNormal">"The body is central to fashion."</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><a href= "https://www.alainelkanninterviews.com/valerie-steele/" target= "_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl= "https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.alainelkanninterviews.com/valerie-steele/&source=gmail&ust=1775909719889000&usg=AOvVaw0MXNnJUTcWN0HX3UTKMWZP"> https://www.alainelkanninterviews.com/valerie-steele/</a></p>]]></content:encoded>
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<description><![CDATA[<p class="MsoNormal">CHAMPION OF ITALIAN OPERA. <strong>Alvise Casellati</strong> was born in Padua, Italy, from a Venetian musical family with important ties to the top classical music scene in the 19<sup>th</sup> and 20<sup>th</sup> centuries. He is currently serving as Artistic Director of the Teatro Massimo of Palermo, one of the most prestigious opera and dance theaters in Italy and in the world. He is the Founder and Music Director of Opera Italiana is in the Air (OIA)<em>, </em>created in 2017 to bring superstar singers and the young talents in iconic locations in the air such as Central Park, New York, to give everyone the opportunity to appreciate Italian Opera.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">"The locals look at Teatro Massimo as a myth, as the centre of cultural gravity in Palermo."</p> <p class="MsoNormal">"We wanted to give young people and people who could not afford to go to the Met Opera the opportunity to fall in love with Italian opera"</p> <p class="MsoNormal">"What I adore about this theater is the investment in the young generation."</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><a href= "https://www.alainelkanninterviews.com/alvise-casellati-2/" target= "_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl= "https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.alainelkanninterviews.com/alvise-casellati-2/&source=gmail&ust=1775378120161000&usg=AOvVaw2romYbBvPJU1MNMZN7EJFB"> https://www.<wbr />alainelkanninterviews.com/<wbr />alvise-casellati-2/</a></p>]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p class="MsoNormal">CHAMPION OF ITALIAN OPERA. Alvise Casellati was born in Padua, Italy, from a Venetian musical family with important ties to the top classical music scene in the 19th and 20th centuries. He is currently serving as Artistic Director of the Teatro Massimo of Palermo, one of the most prestigious opera and dance theaters in Italy and in the world. He is the Founder and Music Director of Opera Italiana is in the Air (OIA)<em>, </em>created in 2017 to bring superstar singers and the young talents in iconic locations in the air such as Central Park, New York, to give everyone the opportunity to appreciate Italian Opera.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">"The locals look at Teatro Massimo as a myth, as the centre of cultural gravity in Palermo."</p> <p class="MsoNormal">"We wanted to give young people and people who could not afford to go to the Met Opera the opportunity to fall in love with Italian opera"</p> <p class="MsoNormal">"What I adore about this theater is the investment in the young generation."</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><a href= "https://www.alainelkanninterviews.com/alvise-casellati-2/" target= "_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl= "https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.alainelkanninterviews.com/alvise-casellati-2/&source=gmail&ust=1775378120161000&usg=AOvVaw2romYbBvPJU1MNMZN7EJFB"> https://www.alainelkanninterviews.com/alvise-casellati-2/</a></p>]]></content:encoded>
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<description><![CDATA[<p class="MsoNormal">DEFENDER OF JUSTICE AND HUMAN RIGHTS. <strong>Bianca Jagger</strong> is the Founder, President, and Chief Executive of the Bianca Jagger Human Rights Foundation (BJHRF), a UK-based human rights organisation that defends human rights and civil liberties, promotes international justice, campaigns to end violence against women and girls, addresses the threat of climate change, and advocates for the rights of Indigenous peoples and future generations.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">"Being born in Nicaragua shaped my understanding of repression, injustice and inequality."</p> <p class="MsoNormal">"I have dedicated my life to the defence of peace, justice and human rights."</p> <p class="MsoNormal">"At the end of the day, what matters is not fame or public perception. What matters is whether you stood on the side of justice when it was needed."</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><a href= "https://www.alainelkanninterviews.com/bianca-jagger-2/" target= "_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl= "https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.alainelkanninterviews.com/bianca-jagger-2/&source=gmail&ust=1774792208169000&usg=AOvVaw2y07msl4DfqEdXIbLwFv0K"> https://www.<wbr />alainelkanninterviews.com/<wbr />bianca-jagger-2/</a></p>]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p class="MsoNormal">DEFENDER OF JUSTICE AND HUMAN RIGHTS. Bianca Jagger is the Founder, President, and Chief Executive of the Bianca Jagger Human Rights Foundation (BJHRF), a UK-based human rights organisation that defends human rights and civil liberties, promotes international justice, campaigns to end violence against women and girls, addresses the threat of climate change, and advocates for the rights of Indigenous peoples and future generations.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">"Being born in Nicaragua shaped my understanding of repression, injustice and inequality."</p> <p class="MsoNormal">"I have dedicated my life to the defence of peace, justice and human rights."</p> <p class="MsoNormal">"At the end of the day, what matters is not fame or public perception. What matters is whether you stood on the side of justice when it was needed."</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><a href= "https://www.alainelkanninterviews.com/bianca-jagger-2/" target= "_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl= "https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.alainelkanninterviews.com/bianca-jagger-2/&source=gmail&ust=1774792208169000&usg=AOvVaw2y07msl4DfqEdXIbLwFv0K"> https://www.alainelkanninterviews.com/bianca-jagger-2/</a></p>]]></content:encoded>
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<description><![CDATA[<p class="MsoNormal">REVIVIFYING ROME. <strong>Thomas Clement Salomon</strong> is the director of Rome's Baroque Palazzo Barberini and the Galleria Corsini since January 2024. Palazzo Barberini is home to the National Gallery of Ancient Art, with a collection of paintings by Caravaggio and other Caravaggesque painters that now includes the very recently acquired Caravaggio Portrait of Monsignor Maffeo Barberini. Thomas studied art history and archaeological heritage protection law, for many years he helped organize major exhibitions at the Scuderie del Quirinale in Rome and the Palazzo Reale in Milan, worked at the Galleria Borghese with the Director Francesca Cappelletti, and was Scientific Director of MondoMostre Skira, the world's leading producer of exhibitions. He has travelled extensively between the United States and Europe, managing the loans for dozens of important exhibitions.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">"No one knew where this Caravaggio was or who the owners were."</p> <p class="MsoNormal">"Bernini: Now you have to become the new Michelangelo."</p> <p class="MsoNormal">"Poussin is a great painter of course but Velázquez is enormous."</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><a href= "https://www.alainelkanninterviews.com/thomas-clement-salomon/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl= "https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.alainelkanninterviews.com/thomas-clement-salomon/&source=gmail&ust=1774189338555000&usg=AOvVaw23mMV-vda6uPbggEp2v_SS"> https://www.<wbr />alainelkanninterviews.com/<wbr />thomas-clement-salomon/</a></p>]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[<p class="MsoNormal">PIONEER OF BAROQUE SCULPTURE. <strong>Jennifer Montagu</strong> LVO CBE is a highly regarded British art historian whose emphasis is in the study of Italian Baroque sculpture. A daughter of Ewen Montagu, a British lawyer, writer and Naval intelligence officer, and granddaughter of painter Solomon J. Solomon RA, she studied under Sir Ernst Gombrich at the Warburg Institute, London where she received her PhD degree. Montagu lectured in History of Art at Reading University 1958–64, then was assistant Curator 1964–71, and Curator 1971–91, of the Photographic Collection at the Warburg Institute. She was Slade Professor of Fine Art and fellow of Jesus College, Cambridge 1980–81, Andrew W. Mellon Lecturer at the National Gallery of Art, Washington in 1991, and Invited Professor at the College de France, Paris in 1994. She was a trustee of the Wallace Collection 1989–2001 and of the British Museum 1994–2001. In 1990 Montagu delivered the annual A. W. Mellon Lectures in the Fine Arts at the National Gallery of Art. She is an honorary fellow of her <em>alma mater</em>, Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford, and of the Warburg Institute. She has been honoured in France as a Chevalier of the L<em>é</em>gion d'Honneur and a Commander of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, and in Italy as an Officer of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic. Her books are <em>Bronzes </em>1963, <em>Alessandro Algardi</em> 1985, <em>Roman Baroque Sculpture – The Industry of Art</em> 1989, <em>The Expression of the Passions</em> 1994, and <em>Gold, Silver and Bronze: Metal Sculpture of the Roman Baroque</em> 1996. Her latest book, on the sculptor Giovanni Battista Maini, was published in 2025.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">"I was brought up being rather anti-Baroque; and then I got interested in Le Brun and the 17th century."</p> <p class="MsoNormal">"The basic problem, of course, is who painted it and why and when, but there are all sorts of other more interesting questions you can ask about it."</p> <p class="MsoNormal">"Sometimes there's a connection, something about the painting which grabs you. The hairs on the back of your neck rise up, as they say, and there isn't any particular explanation."</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><a href= "https://www.alainelkanninterviews.com/jennifer-montagu" target= "_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl= "https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.alainelkanninterviews.com/jennifer-montagu&source=gmail&ust=1773567852969000&usg=AOvVaw2ZloFZGpBQeWueUYUw_lvz"> https://www.<wbr />alainelkanninterviews.com/<wbr />jennifer-montagu</a></p>]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p class="MsoNormal">PIONEER OF BAROQUE SCULPTURE. Jennifer Montagu LVO CBE is a highly regarded British art historian whose emphasis is in the study of Italian Baroque sculpture. A daughter of Ewen Montagu, a British lawyer, writer and Naval intelligence officer, and granddaughter of painter Solomon J. Solomon RA, she studied under Sir Ernst Gombrich at the Warburg Institute, London where she received her PhD degree. Montagu lectured in History of Art at Reading University 1958–64, then was assistant Curator 1964–71, and Curator 1971–91, of the Photographic Collection at the Warburg Institute. She was Slade Professor of Fine Art and fellow of Jesus College, Cambridge 1980–81, Andrew W. Mellon Lecturer at the National Gallery of Art, Washington in 1991, and Invited Professor at the College de France, Paris in 1994. She was a trustee of the Wallace Collection 1989–2001 and of the British Museum 1994–2001. In 1990 Montagu delivered the annual A. W. Mellon Lectures in the Fine Arts at the National Gallery of Art. She is an honorary fellow of her <em>alma mater</em>, Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford, and of the Warburg Institute. She has been honoured in France as a Chevalier of the L<em>é</em>gion d'Honneur and a Commander of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, and in Italy as an Officer of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic. Her books are <em>Bronzes </em>1963, <em>Alessandro Algardi</em> 1985, <em>Roman Baroque Sculpture – The Industry of Art</em> 1989, <em>The Expression of the Passions</em> 1994, and <em>Gold, Silver and Bronze: Metal Sculpture of the Roman Baroque</em> 1996. Her latest book, on the sculptor Giovanni Battista Maini, was published in 2025.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">"I was brought up being rather anti-Baroque; and then I got interested in Le Brun and the 17th century."</p> <p class="MsoNormal">"The basic problem, of course, is who painted it and why and when, but there are all sorts of other more interesting questions you can ask about it."</p> <p class="MsoNormal">"Sometimes there's a connection, something about the painting which grabs you. The hairs on the back of your neck rise up, as they say, and there isn't any particular explanation."</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><a href= "https://www.alainelkanninterviews.com/jennifer-montagu" target= "_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl= "https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.alainelkanninterviews.com/jennifer-montagu&source=gmail&ust=1773567852969000&usg=AOvVaw2ZloFZGpBQeWueUYUw_lvz"> https://www.alainelkanninterviews.com/jennifer-montagu</a></p>]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Francesco Billari on Population Decline, AI & Identity - 275 - Alain Elkann Interviews</title>
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<description><![CDATA[<p class="MsoNormal">LEADING AN INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY.<strong> Francesco Billari</strong> is Professor of Demography at Bocconi University in Milan, Italy. He became Rector in November 2022 after having held the role of Dean of the Faculty. He has worked at the University of Oxford Department of Sociology, at Nuffield College, and at the Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research. His recent book <em>Domani è Oggi</em> offers a demographic lens to shed light on the potential futures shaped by today's choices.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">"The important thing is that all young people should think that going to university is a wise and desirable idea.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">"We want to change the world by research."</p> <p class="MsoNormal">"We still have to learn how to deal with this diversity that comes with demographic change. It is completely new for humanity."</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><a href= "https://www.alainelkanninterviews.com/francesco-billari/" target= "_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl= "https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.alainelkanninterviews.com/francesco-billari/&source=gmail&ust=1772389727604000&usg=AOvVaw2phu7TYPWGD4FRjYuRvhQU"> https://www.<wbr />alainelkanninterviews.com/<wbr />francesco-billari/</a></p>]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p class="MsoNormal">LEADING AN INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY. Francesco Billari is Professor of Demography at Bocconi University in Milan, Italy. He became Rector in November 2022 after having held the role of Dean of the Faculty. He has worked at the University of Oxford Department of Sociology, at Nuffield College, and at the Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research. His recent book <em>Domani è Oggi</em> offers a demographic lens to shed light on the potential futures shaped by today's choices.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">"The important thing is that all young people should think that going to university is a wise and desirable idea.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">"We want to change the world by research."</p> <p class="MsoNormal">"We still have to learn how to deal with this diversity that comes with demographic change. It is completely new for humanity."</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><a href= "https://www.alainelkanninterviews.com/francesco-billari/" target= "_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl= "https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.alainelkanninterviews.com/francesco-billari/&source=gmail&ust=1772389727604000&usg=AOvVaw2phu7TYPWGD4FRjYuRvhQU"> https://www.alainelkanninterviews.com/francesco-billari/</a></p>]]></content:encoded>
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<title>David Trickey on Childhood Trauma: Why the Same Event Affects Kids Differently - 274 - Alain Elkann Interviews</title>
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<description><![CDATA[<p class="MsoNormal">CHANGING THE QUALITY OF TRAUMA IN CHILDREN AND FAMILIES.<strong> <span class= "il">David</span> Trickey</strong> is a Consultant Clinical Psychologist who has specialised in working with traumatised children, young people, and their families since 2000. He is Co-Director of the UK Trauma Council, chartered by the British Psychological Society and registered with the Health and Care Professions Council. Across all of his roles, he draws heavily on the published research literature, to which he has made his own contribution.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">"An important part of getting through traumatic events is being able to make sense of them, to think them through, and as social beings we will often do that with others."</p> <p class="MsoNormal">"It can be incredibly powerful for people to hear an apology even decades later."</p> <p class="MsoNormal">"As a therapist, my work is regaining enough trust for them to be able to share the details of what happened."</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><a href= "https://www.alainelkanninterviews.com/david-trickey/" target= "_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl= "https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.alainelkanninterviews.com/david-trickey/&source=gmail&ust=1771693004672000&usg=AOvVaw2uy3afiV99R36hC4ik6RSl"> https://www.<wbr />alainelkanninterviews.com/<wbr /><span class= "il">david</span>-trickey/</a></p>]]></description>
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<title>From War Zones to Cultural Diplomacy: Claudio Pagliara on Peace, Power, and a Changing World - 273 - Alain Elkann Interviews</title>
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<description><![CDATA[<p class="MsoNormal">PROMOTING ITALIAN CULTURE AND BRIDGING CULTURAL DIVIDES. <strong>Claudio Pagliara</strong> is a journalist who became the Director of the Italian Cultural Institute on Park Avenue in New York in September 2025, soon after he completed his term as head of the RAI Radiotelevisione italiana correspondence office in the United States. With enormous international experience that includes living in Jerusalem for almost 10 years, he was foreign desk chief at Tg2 — Italy's second state channel — for seven years. His recent book <em>L'imperatore </em>is a journey through America's transformation and the challenge it poses to the world. Pagliara holds a degree in linguistic philosophy from Rome's La Sapienza University.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">"My first mission is to enlarge the love for Italian culture among Americans."</p> <p class="MsoNormal">"We want to build a big family together with Italians and the American lovers of Italy."</p> <p class="MsoNormal">"Maybe not everybody knows that Italy is the most important contributor to peacekeepers around the world."</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><a href= "https://www.alainelkanninterviews.com/claudio-pagliara" target= "_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl= "https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.alainelkanninterviews.com/claudio-pagliara&source=gmail&ust=1771148971535000&usg=AOvVaw2_l6Xy-sedwatJFzv4r4DP"> https://www.<wbr />alainelkanninterviews.com/<wbr />claudio-pagliara</a></p>]]></description>
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<title>The Uffizi: Simone Verde on The Hidden Galleries, New Acquisitions, and the Future of Florence's #1 Institution - 272 - Alain Elkann Interviews</title>
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<description><![CDATA[<p class="MsoNormal">THE REGENERATION OF THE FRICK. <strong>Axel Rüger</strong> is a German art historian, curator and museum director. Director of the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam from 2006 to 2019, he previously worked as a curator of Dutch art at the National Gallery in London. He led the Royal Academy of Arts in London from 2019 through 2024, and in March 2025 assumed the directorship of The Frick Collection in New York City.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">"You get a sense of how the Fricks lived at the time, even though we do not really talk much about their daily life."</p> <p class="MsoNormal">"For the first time, the Frick now also has a café and a dedicated space for education activities."</p> <p class="MsoNormal">"The library has always been a vital part of the museum."</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><a href= "https://www.alainelkanninterviews.com/axel-ruger/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl= "https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.alainelkanninterviews.com/axel-ruger/&source=gmail&ust=1769885957458000&usg=AOvVaw2t_C2Yj8bGvZW6eUjA9PTG"> https://www.<wbr />alainelkanninterviews.com/<wbr />axel-ruger/</a></p>]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p class="MsoNormal">THE REGENERATION OF THE FRICK. Axel Rüger is a German art historian, curator and museum director. Director of the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam from 2006 to 2019, he previously worked as a curator of Dutch art at the National Gallery in London. He led the Royal Academy of Arts in London from 2019 through 2024, and in March 2025 assumed the directorship of The Frick Collection in New York City.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">"You get a sense of how the Fricks lived at the time, even though we do not really talk much about their daily life."</p> <p class="MsoNormal">"For the first time, the Frick now also has a café and a dedicated space for education activities."</p> <p class="MsoNormal">"The library has always been a vital part of the museum."</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><a href= "https://www.alainelkanninterviews.com/axel-ruger/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl= "https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.alainelkanninterviews.com/axel-ruger/&source=gmail&ust=1769885957458000&usg=AOvVaw2t_C2Yj8bGvZW6eUjA9PTG"> https://www.alainelkanninterviews.com/axel-ruger/</a></p>]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Colin Bailey: The Caravaggio Masterpiece New York Rarely Gets to See - 270 - Alain Elkann Interviews</title>
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<description><![CDATA[<p class="MsoNormal">REALISING WONDERFUL IDEAS. <strong>Colin Bailey</strong> is a British art historian and Director of the Morgan Library & Museum in New York City. He is a scholar of eighteenth and nineteenth century French art, with a specific interest in the artist Pierre-Auguste Renoir. For the first time ever in America, Caravaggio's Boy With A Basket Of Fruit is on show at The Morgan.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">"Renoir Drawings is a survey of Renoir working on paper, drawings, pastels; and then how some of those drawings relate to paintings and even sculpture.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">"We also are a teaching institution, so we want to put a light on Caravaggio in a slightly different way.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">"My first job is just keep telling everyone how interesting and lively and rewarding The Morgan is and making sure that it is."</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><a href= "https://www.alainelkanninterviews.com/colin-bailey-2/" target= "_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl= "https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.alainelkanninterviews.com/colin-bailey-2/&source=gmail&ust=1769269574125000&usg=AOvVaw3a0G8-P6TYgWnF65idJa_k"> https://www.<wbr />alainelkanninterviews.com/<wbr />colin-bailey-2/</a></p>]]></description>
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<title>Professor Eugene Rogan: The Arabs - How the Modern Middle East Was Shaped- 269 - Alain Elkann Interviews</title>
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<description><![CDATA[<p class="MsoNormal">HISTORIAN OF THE ARABS. Professor <strong>Eugene Rogan</strong> is Director of the Middle East Centre at St Antony's College, University of Oxford. He has a B.A. in economics from Columbia, and an M.A. and PhD in Middle Eastern history from Harvard. Among many other titles, he is author of <a href= "https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/187/187098/the-arabs/9780141986548.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl= "https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/187/187098/the-arabs/9780141986548.html&source=gmail&ust=1768743265631000&usg=AOvVaw3tD8YJd_KjyLaLv6aOp5el"><em>The Arabs: A History</em> </a>which has been translated into 18 languages and was named one of the best books of 2009 by <em>The Economist</em>, <em>The Financial Times</em>, and <em>The Atlantic Monthly</em>.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">"The Arab peoples were never reconciled to being colonised by the British and French."</p> <p class="MsoNormal">"The idea of united Arabs has been enormously appealing to Arab peoples right through the 20th century."</p> <p class="MsoNormal">"Almost all the governments right through the Middle East are nation states governed by constitutions. The opposition is Islamist, but not the form of government."</p>]]></description>
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<title>Is Design Art? Inside the Gallery Shaping the Icons of the 21st Century: Clémence and Didier Krzentowski - 268 - Alain Elkann Interviews</title>
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<description><![CDATA[<p class="MsoNormal">VISIONARY IN DESIGN. <strong>Clémence and Didier Krzentowski</strong> founded Galerie kreo in 1999. Today Galerie kreo is located in a very beautiful building in 31 rue Dauphine in the centre of Saint-Germain-des-Prés. It is a gallery of 20th and 21st century design and they are preparing a very important exhibition that will take place at Christie's in Paris from January 14 to January 28, 2026, when they will present the masterpieces of their collection, 65 iconic pieces from the gallery.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">"We call ourselves a research laboratory, because the idea is not to produce just another chair or table, but to give the designers a possibility to produce a complete collection and exhibition."</p> <p class="MsoNormal">"That's what interests us most of all: not seeing the object first, but having designers share with us what they are thinking."</p> <p class="MsoNormal">"We are lucky we're working with people who are so talented and who surprise us each time."</p>]]></description>
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<title>Marco Delogu on Facing Antonello da Messina as a Photographer - 267 - Alain Elkann Interviews</title>
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<description><![CDATA[<p class="MsoNormal">INTIMATE DIALOGUES WITH ANTONELLO DA MESSINA. <strong>Marco Delogu</strong> is an acclaimed Italian photographer, publisher, and cultural director whose work focuses on portraits of groups sharing common languages and experiences. He served a successful four year term as the Director of the Italian Cultural Institute in London from 2015 to 2019, noted for his innovative approach as the first photographer leading such an institute. Since 2022 Delogu is President of the <a href="https://www.palaexpo.it/" target= "_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl= "https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.palaexpo.it/&source=gmail&ust=1767276530518000&usg=AOvVaw1rfXv33nUejv1k-0nLGsmw">Azienda Speciale Palaexpo</a>, an instrumental body of the city of Rome that manages an integrated system of cultural spaces and events, capable of reaching a large and attentive audience.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">"Antonello was in my mind, so I photographed four Antonello paintings, starting with L'Annunciata di Palermo."</p> <p class="MsoNormal">"If you want to get into these two pictures, you have to enter and then to get away from these eyes."</p> <p class="MsoNormal">"I want to finish my work with Antonello da Messina and then I just want to go on and be open."</p>]]></description>
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<title>"Identity Is Something You Choose" — Simone Fattal on Art, Exile, and Belonging - 266 - Alain Elkann Interviews</title>
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<title>Why Culture Matters More Than Ever - Cardinal Tolentino de Mendonça's Call to Humanity - 263 - Alain Elkann Interviews</title>
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<title>Inside Global Power: Giuliano da Empoli on Trump, Putin & the New Tech Elites - 262 - Alain Elkann Interviews</title>
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<title>Coco Brandolini: Building Dada. Small-Batch Luxury, Big Identity - 257 - Alain Elkann Interviews</title>
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<title>Inside Design Miami: Jennifer Roberts on Paris, Miami, and Beyond - 256 - Alain Elkann Interviews</title>
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<title>Amos Gitai: "Our Voyage on This Beautiful Planet Is Short - Do What You Love" - 255 - Alain Elkann Interviews</title>
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<description><![CDATA[<p class="MsoNormal">INSCRIBING IDEAS TO MEMORY. <strong>Amos Gitai</strong> is an Israeli film-maker, internationally known for his documentaries and feature films about the Middle East, the Arab-Israeli conflict, and personal and collective memory. Born in Haifa, Israel in 1950, Gitai was wounded during the Yom Kippur War in 1973, when a medical evacuation helicopter in which he was travelling was hit by a Syrian missile. He has drawn on biographical, familial and generational themes throughout his career, as well as the trauma of war and the celebration of life in the face of adversity.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">"You have to inscribe some ideas in memory"</p> <p class="MsoNormal">"We have to always take into account the other, because if we will only think about us it will never bring reconciliation"</p> <p class="MsoNormal">"The human answer to mechanical reproduction is to propose a non-linear association that AI cannot predict"</p>]]></description>
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<title>Caravaggio, Vermeer & the Power of Museums – Dr Caroline Campbell - 254 - Alain Elkann Interviews</title>
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<description><![CDATA[<p class="MsoNormal">ART FOR PUBLIC PURPOSE.<strong> Dr Caroline Campbell</strong> was born and educated in Belfast, and became Director of the National Gallery of Ireland in 2022. She studied Modern History at University College Oxford, and has an MA and PhD from the Courtauld Institute of Art, University of London. A former Fellow of the Center for Curatorial Leadership, New York, before joining the National Gallery of Ireland, Caroline was Director of Collections and Research at the National Gallery, London. Earlier in her career she held curatorial positions at the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, the Courtauld Gallery, London, and the National Gallery. Caroline has published widely on European art from the Middle Ages to the twentieth century, particularly on the Italian Renaissance, most recently <em>Mantegna & Bellini</em> and 14<sup>th</sup> Century Siena.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">"<em>The</em> <em>Taking of Christ</em> is an absolutely astonishing painting because of the moment of drama in it, and that, as much as the name Caravaggio, is what really excites our visitors."</p> <p class="MsoNormal">"Irish art is really strong, but it is much less known outside of Ireland. I would love people to be able to appreciate it more, as part of the more widespread European and Western tradition."</p> <p class="MsoNormal">"I love the connection that people have with the gallery."</p>]]></description>
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<title>Antonio Monfreda: A Life in Art, Fashion & Photography - 253 - Alain Elkann Interviews</title>
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<title>Will AI Replace Writers? André Aciman on Love, Writing, and the Future of Literature - 250 - Alain Elkann Interviews</title>
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<title>Christine Orban: Inside the Heart of Princess Diana - 249 - Alain Elkann Interviews</title>
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<title>International Comfort Food & Social Media Fame: Jeremy Scheck's Culinary Journey - 248 - Alain Elkann Interviews</title>
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<description><![CDATA[<p class="MsoNormal">COOKING SMARTER.<strong> Jeremy Scheck</strong> has charmed a new generation of home cooks with his simple tasty recipes and reliable culinary know-how. He is the author of <em>ScheckEats―Cooking Smarter: Friendly Recipes with a Side of Science </em>and has been featured on the Today show, The Washington Post, Bloomberg, BBC Radio, People, and Access Hollywood, among others. A graduate of Cornell University with a double major in Spanish and Italian, and significant coursework in food science, Jeremy was brought up in Washington D.C.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">"The book evolved into being accessible more broadly and not directed only for students."</p> <p class="MsoNormal">"I consider it a big honor for a stranger to follow my recipes."</p> <p class="MsoNormal">"When I travel, I like to take different food classes and I like to learn from people who live there."</p>]]></description>
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<title>Barry Diller: Either You Are or You Aren't – A Life of Bold Decisions - 247 - Alain Elkann Interviews</title>
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<description><![CDATA[<p class="MsoNormal">WHO KNEW.<strong> Barry Diller</strong> is an American businessman and philanthropist who recently published his life story in his book<em> Who Knew </em>with Simon and Schuster. The chairman and senior executive of IAC and Expedia Group, he founded the Fox Broadcasting Company with Rupert Murdoch and USA Broadcasting. He was inducted into the Television Hall of Fame in 1994. Barry Diller is married to the fashion designer Diane von Fürstenberg.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">"You fake it until you make it"</p> <p class="MsoNormal">"It became the number one network, and when there were only four networks that was some achievement."</p> <p class="MsoNormal">"Serendipity struck again"</p>]]></description>
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<title>David McDermott on Living in the Past: I Time Traveled Through Art - 246 - Alain Elkann Interviews</title>
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<title>The Future of Travel with David Prior - 242 - Alain Elkann Interviews</title>
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<title>Sir John Chipman on the New Global Threats: We Are Not Ready for What's Coming - 241 - Alain Elkann Interviews</title>
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<description><![CDATA[<p class="MsoNormal">PORTRAYING THE DESTRUCTION OF CULTURE.<strong> Piers Secunda</strong> studied painting at Chelsea College of Art in London. Since the late nineties he has developed a studio practice using paint in a sculptural manner, rejecting the limitations imposed by the canvas. Piers' work examines some of the most significant subjects of our time, such as the deliberate destruction of culture.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">"I make the work so that in the future people can learn from them"</p> <p class="MsoNormal">"Sometimes people come into art galleries and see my work and cry"</p> <p class="MsoNormal">"The bottom line is a level of awareness"</p>]]></description>
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<title>Dr Virgilio Sacchini - 218 - Alain Elkann Interviews</title>
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<description><![CDATA[<p class="MsoNormal">BREAKING THE MIRROR. Michelangelo Pistoletto is one of the most celebrated artists in Europe. Born in Biella, Italy, in 1933 and a leading figure of the radical Italian Arte Povera movement, Pistoletto created his first Mirror Paintings in 1961–62. These influential works earned him international acclaim and have become a hallmark of his oeuvre. Robilant+Voena's recent exhibition in Dover Street, London, presented works by Pistoletto divided across two rooms: the first room showcasing black and white mirror pieces, and the second offering mirror works in bold colours.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">"I do not call it black and white because the mirror doesn't have the colour white. I call it light: light mirror."</p> <p class="MsoNormal">"You are already in the painting."</p> <p class="MsoNormal">"We have to decide if we want peace or war."</p>]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[<p class="MsoNormal"><strong>James <span class= "il">Snyder</span> </strong>was Deputy Director of MoMA from 1986 to 1996. He then led the Israel Museum in Jerusalem through 22 years of dramatic growth, securing its stature as one of the world's foremost museums. In 2023 <span class= "il">Snyder</span> became Helen Goldsmith Menschel Director of the Jewish Museum in New York, which has been located in the former Warburg Mansion at 1109 5th Ave at 92nd Street since 1947. The Jewish Museum maintains a unique collection of nearly 30,000 works of art and archeology, ceremonial objects, and media reflecting the global Jewish experience over more than 3,500 years......</p> <p class="MsoNormal">"We are all foreigners, wherever we are. Even at home, we are foreigners."</p> <p class="MsoNormal">"....an important point about the history of the region is to understand how, during the Ottoman Empire, there were not countries but rather cultures...."</p> <p class="MsoNormal">"...there does not have to be a disconnect between your core identity and your cultural identity."</p>]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[<p class="MsoNormal">COMPLETELY FRESH. <strong>Ai Weiwei</strong> is a contemporary artist, writer and humanitarian activist. Born in China in 1957, from 1981 to 1993 he lived in the United States. He currently has three exhibitions in New York: <em>Child's Play</em> is at the Vito Schnabel Gallery at both 455 W 19th Street and 360 W 11th Street, and <em>What You See is What You See</em> is at Faurschou New York, 148 Green Street, Brooklyn. Ai Weiwei's exhibitions run to late February 2025.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">"I don't belong to anywhere at all or to any group, and I'm still trying to find out what is left, as a human and as an individual."</p> <p class="MsoNormal">"Prison is one kind of human condition."</p> <p class="MsoNormal">"You have to act out what you believe and make some actions, not just to change the world, but it's really self-teaching to change yourself. I change daily."</p>]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[<p class="MsoNormal">STILL PUSHING THE BOUNDARIES. <strong>Sir Norman Rosenthal </strong>celebrated his 80th birthday on November 8th 2024. A curator and art historian, he was Exhibitions Officer at Brighton Museum and Art Gallery, a curator at the Institute of Contemporary Arts and for many years Exhibitions Secretary at the Royal Academy in London. Recently he curated <em>Georg Baselitz: The Last Decade</em> at the Sabancı Museum in Istanbul. His <em>Roberto Matta 1911-2002</em> opened at Ca' Pesaro, Venice on October 25<sup>th</sup> 2024, and he is curating <span class= "il">David</span> Hockney's April 2025 exhibition at Fondation Louis Vuitton, Paris.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">"Art is a complex story, and one has to pick out the great artists who have their own vision of the world."</p> <p class="MsoNormal">"I always liked to do things with other people."</p> <p class="MsoNormal">"I'm very proud to be having a dialogue with <span class="il">David</span> Hockney"</p>]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[<p>IN MEMORIAM.<strong> Joseph Rykwert CBE</strong> died on October 18<sup>th</sup> 2024 at the age of 98. One of the foremost architectural historians and critics of his generation, Rykwert spent most of his working life in the UK and the USA. He was the Paul Philippe Cret Professor Emeritus of Architecture at the University of Pennsylvania and taught the history and theory of architecture at several institutions in Europe and North America. His many influential works on architecture include <em>The Idea of a Town</em> (1963), <em>On Adam's House in Paradise</em> (1972), <em>The Orders of Architecture</em> (1982), <em>The Dancing Column</em> (1996), and <em>The Seduction of Place</em> (2000). All of his books have been translated into several languages.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">I visited Joseph often at his house in London's Hampstead, and on 9<sup>th</sup> July 2021 he generously agreed for our conversation to be recorded and to take part in what would become this final interview. We publish it here for the first time because it was made to be able to remember and celebrate Joseph's 'gloriously erudite', light-hearted voice at the time of his passing. Sadly, even if he lived to a considerable age, that time is now upon us.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">"I don't think there's one outstanding figure in my generation, there are a lot of second rank figures but there was not one figure of the stature of Corbusier."</p> <p class="MsoNormal">"Frank Lloyd Wright was a genius. Some of Wright's buildings are impressive. I met him once, but not as a pupil. He was very a<em>ntipatico</em>, very exploitative of all the people who came to learn from him."</p> <p class="MsoNormal">"I think of myself as superficial and ignorant, because I just haven't read enough."</p>]]></description>
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<title>Alexandra Mousavizadeh - 210 - Alain Elkann Interviews</title>
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<description><![CDATA[<p class="MsoNormal">INDEXING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE.<strong> Alexandra Mousavizadeh</strong> is a Danish economist and CEO of Evident, an intelligence platform that benchmarks and tracks Artificial Intelligence (AI) adoption across the financial services sector. Prior to June 2022 Alexandra was a partner at Tortoise Media in London and creator of The Responsibility 100 Index and The Global AI Index. Alexandra specialises in index creation, using data to build benchmarks that rank nations and companies on key social and technological issues.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">"We have never seen technology change this quickly."</p> <p class="MsoNormal">"Implementing AI in a business is a difficult task and requires a compete re-think of how the business is organised."</p> <p class="MsoNormal">"The race has never been this intense before."</p>]]></description>
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<title>Thomas Persson - 209 - Alain Elkann Interviews</title>
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<description><![CDATA[<p class="MsoNormal">AN HOMAGE TO FRIENDSHIP. <strong>Thomas Persson</strong> is a creative director, editor and brand consultant. His understanding of fashion, culture and corporate identity is a resource for global fashion and beauty companies in their visual communication and brand building projects. He created "Acne Paper" an acclaimed magazine published by Acne Studios. He art directed global advertising campaigns for leading fashion brands including Armani and he made two books on the legendary photographer Snowdon. Today he is once again at the editorial helm of a reborn "Acne Paper".</p> <p class="MsoNormal">"A magazine is a beautiful way to connect with the world."</p> <p class="MsoNormal">"There is something about the book and some magazines that, when they are well done, the Internet and social media can't really compete with it, because it's an object."</p> <p class="MsoNormal">"There's always one favourite image that sings to me, so it's not a difficult choice, it stands out."</p>]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[<p class="MsoNormal">CELEBRATING INDIVIDUAL SELF-EXPRESSION. Erdem Moralıoglu is a British fashion designer and the eponymous founder of London-based fashion label Erdem, which he established in 2005. His Spring Summer 2025 collection was shown at the British Museum's South Entrance amidst its 45 feet high columns. The show was based on The Well of Loneliness by Radclyffe Hall, published in 1928 and banned in the same year. The book gives voice and form to the love of two women at a time when the idea of gay love between two women was not even illegal, its very existence was denied as impossible. For Spring Summer 2025 Erdem pays homage to this story of the love of Stephen Gordon, a woman living as a man, and her relationship with Mary Llewellyn.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">"I wonder if Radclyffe today would be considered non-binary or trans."</p> <p class="MsoNormal">"When you see someone wearing something that you've designed that might be almost 20 years old, but it's absorbed into their life and they wear it in their own way, I find that really wonderful!"</p> <p class="MsoNormal">"You can't help but look backwards when you're about to turn 20, but it also feels like the beginning."</p>]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[<p class="MsoNormal">A MISSION TO MAKE PEOPLE LAUGH. Gad Elmaleh is a stand-up comedian. Born in Morocco, after attending French schools in Casablanca he went to Montreal for 4 years. He was a political science student for a year, worked on radio, wrote humorous stories and played them in night clubs. In 1992 he took The Cours Florent theatre course in Paris. Through his one-man shows Décalages and La Vie Normale Gad was revealed as a humorist, and he is an actor who starred in various movies. Gad has two sons: Noé with actress Anne Brochet, and Raphael with Charlotte Casiraghi.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">"I love doing movies, but there is nothing I found in my life that can equal and get to the same level of intensity, excitement, adrenaline as the madness of the live performance."</p> <p class="MsoNormal">"We experienced such a peaceful relation and fraternity in Morocco with Jews and Muslims. This is quite unique in an Arab country."</p> <p class="MsoNormal">"Making people laugh is a great thing, but also is a therapy for a lot of people."</p>]]></description>
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<title>Leonardo Ferragamo - 203 - Alain Elkann Interviews</title>
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<description><![CDATA[<p class="MsoNormal">REINTERPRETING HERITAGE IN THE NEW WORLD. <strong>Leonardo Ferragamo</strong>, the fifth son of Salvatore and Wanda Ferragamo, is the Chairman of Salvatore Ferragamo S.p.A. since 2021. He studied economics at the University of Lausanne (UNIL), then at Columbia University. He started working for Ferragamo in menswear, and created Ferragamo Men Division. Today, he is also President of the Lungarno Collection of hotels in Florence, Rome and Milan, and CEO of Palazzo Feroni Finanziaria, one of the Ferragamo family's two holding companies, which operates in real estate and other diversified businesses. Leonardo Ferragamo is also President of Sawa SRL, which has to do with his personal love of sailing boats and in particular the Nautor Swan yachts, to ensure whose future on August 1<sup>st</sup> 2024 he sold to Sanlorenzo, a worldwide leader in the production of made-to-measure yachts.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">"Heritage is one side of a river from which to build the bridge into the future."</p> <p class="MsoNormal">"I want to make sure that the long-term future of a company and a brand like Swan, loved by so many people around the world, has a route over perennity, supported by a very credible group so as to launch it in the long-term future."</p> <p class="MsoNormal">"You have to know what you're going towards, what can happen to you, and you have to be aware of the unexpected things that can happen, and when they happen be prepared how to face them and not be scared because they are happening."</p>]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[<p class="MsoNormal">AN ARCHITECTURE OF OPTIMISM.<strong> Amanda Levete CBE</strong> is a Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) Stirling Prize winning architect and founder and principal of AL_A, an international award-winning architecture studio in London. Since its formation in 2009, AL_A has refined an intuitive and strategic approach to design and urban thinking.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">"There's only one thing in life that you cannot design, and that is heritage."</p> <p class="MsoNormal">"We are using architecture to message the technological optimism of fusion."</p> <p class="MsoNormal">"A historic context has this built-in resistance that forces you to think in a certain way."</p>]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[<p class="MsoNormal">A FIGHTER FOR EGALITARIANISM AND JUSTICE. Judy Chicago is an artist, author, feminist, cultural historian, and educator who lives and works in New Mexico, USA. In 2018 she was named one of Time Magazine's most influential people, and she has garnered an enduring stature. Born Judy Cohen in 1939, and known briefly after her first marriage as Judy Gerowitz, Chicago attended the Art Institute of Chicago and the University of California, Los Angeles. In 1970, she adopted the surname 'Chicago' and initiated the United States' first Feminist Art Programme at California State University, Fresno. Chicago became particularly well known for her 1970s installation The Dinner Party. In 2024 her show Revelations is at London's Serpentine and Herstory is at LUMA Arles.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">"Feminist art promotes diversity. I believe that every voice counts."</p> <p class="MsoNormal">"I look at the history of art as the history of men's art, and so feminist art opens the way for a history of women's art."</p> <p class="MsoNormal">"I don't think people quite understand how much work it is for an artist to have three shows within one year."</p> <p class="MsoNormal"> </p>]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[<p class="MsoNormal">WHO WE ARE AND WHERE WE ARE. Sir <strong>Steve McQueen</strong> CBE is a British film director, film producer, screenwriter, and video artist. Over the last 30 years he has created some of the most innovative works of moving image designed for gallery spaces. He has also directed critically acclaimed feature films, including the Academy Award-winning <a href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/12_Years_a_Slave_(film)" target= "_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl= "https://www.google.com/url?q=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/12_Years_a_Slave_(film)&source=gmail&ust=1712321033736000&usg=AOvVaw2EzaPoOQRIAUoaYIfaiZ_l">"12 Years a Slave"</a>, as well as <a href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hunger_(2008_film)" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl= "https://www.google.com/url?q=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hunger_(2008_film)&source=gmail&ust=1712321033736000&usg=AOvVaw2TUcfe6rObt5Bhepec-BlY">"Hunger"</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shame_(2011_film)" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl= "https://www.google.com/url?q=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shame_(2011_film)&source=gmail&ust=1712321033736000&usg=AOvVaw1LOYrn36x4ozu7jUdhHTji">"Shame"</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Widows_(2018_film)" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl= "https://www.google.com/url?q=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Widows_(2018_film)&source=gmail&ust=1712321033736000&usg=AOvVaw1uCS1-Kxu6_VEDJzsbFYjb">"Widows"</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blitz_(upcoming_film)" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl= "https://www.google.com/url?q=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blitz_(upcoming_film)&source=gmail&ust=1712321033736000&usg=AOvVaw2HmfSBIzTvsHcKlEMjdGpf">"Blitz"</a>, and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occupied_City" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl= "https://www.google.com/url?q=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occupied_City&source=gmail&ust=1712321033736000&usg=AOvVaw1E46qywl1DTCrvBZsb0WNh">"Occupied City"</a>.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">"It's always good to have some kind of understanding of where you are now and why you're here now."</p> <p class="MsoNormal">"I'm not a slave to the medium."</p> <p class="MsoNormal">"The only reason I do what I do is because I can somehow reflect on who we are or who we want to be."</p>]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[<p><strong>CONNECTING HUMANS AND NATURE.</strong> I interviewed the eminent Japanese architect <strong>Tadao Ando</strong> at <a href= "https://chateau-la-coste.com/en/" target="_blank" rel= "noopener noreferrer"><span class="st">Château</span> La Coste</a>, the beautiful hotel and vineyard located near <a href= "https://www.britannica.com/place/Aix-en-Provence" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Aix-en-Provence</a>, where Ando was opening a show of his drawings in the art centre that he built in 2011. Afterwards, Ando was going on to Paris, as he is restoring and rebuilding the <a href= "https://en.parisinfo.com/paris-museum-monument/176761/Bourse-de-Commerce-Pinault-Collection" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Bourse de Commerce</a> building to become a museum that houses the Pinault Collection.</p>]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[<p>A MOMENT OF TRANSITION.<strong> </strong>Minouche Shafik is Director of the LSE, The London School of Economics and Political Science. She was the youngest vice-president in the history of the World Bank where she worked for 15 years, returning to the UK in 2004 as the UK Permanent Secretary of the Department of International Development. In 2011 she became Deputy Managing Director of the IMF and from 2014-2017 was Deputy Governor of the Bank of England. Alain made this interview with Dame Minouche in her office at the LSE in early 2018.</p>]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[<p>A CHARMED LIFE. The renowned photographer <span class="il">David</span> Bailey was born in 1938 in East London. His first published portrait was of Somerset Maugham for Today magazine in 1960, and he famously met the supermodel Jean Shrimpton while he was at Vogue. Since then Bailey has made many iconic images of legendary and diverse personalities, including Queen Elizabeth II, the Rolling Stones, Mother Teresa, the Kray twins, Damien Hirst, Desmond Tutu and Kate Moss. Bailey provided the inspiration behind Antonioni's 1966 mystery-thriller Blow-Up and is still working. Alain and he made this highly entertaining interview in Bailey's studio in December 2018, just a few days before his 81<sup>st</sup> birthday.</p>]]></description>
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