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Lindsey Adelman on the Transformative Nature of Light
Season 10 Episode 120
To the lighting designer Lindsey Adelman, light is at once ubiquitous and precious, quotidian yet miraculous; it can be easily overlooked or taken fo…
1 year, 11 months ago
Paul Goldberger on Architecture as an Act of Optimism
Season 10 Episode 119
In the eyes of the architecture critic Paul Goldberger, a building is a living, breathing thing, a structure that can have a spirit and even, at its …
1 year, 11 months ago
Francesco Clemente on Painting as Poetry and Performance
Season 10 Episode 118
The artist Francesco Clemente may have been born and raised in Naples, but—having lived and worked around the world, including in Rome, India, New Yo…
2 years ago
Sarah Lewis on “Aesthetic Force” as a Path Toward Justice
Season 10 Episode 117
In her new book, The Unseen Truth: When Race Changed Sight in America (Harvard University Press), the historian and Harvard professor Sarah Lewis unp…
2 years ago
Rita Sodi on Food as a Reflection of Home
Season 10 Episode 116
For Rita Sodi, cooking isn’t so much an art or a science, but rather an intuitive way for her to channel her Tuscan roots and provide a profound sens…
2 years, 1 month ago
Edwina von Gal on Gardening as an Antidote
Season 9 Episode 115
To the landscape designer Edwina von Gal, gardening is much more than just seeding, planting, weeding, and watering; it’s her life calling. Since sta…
2 years, 3 months ago
Hiroshi Sugimoto on Photography as a Form of Timekeeping
Season 9 Episode 114
While he may technically practice as a photographer, artist, and architect, Hiroshi Sugimoto could also be considered, from a wider-lens perspective,…
2 years, 3 months ago
Ramdane Touhami on Why He Will Never Slow Down
Season 9 Episode 113
Soon to celebrate his 50th birthday by journeying from Paris to Tokyo by car along the Southern Silk Road, the French Moroccan creative director, art…
2 years, 4 months ago
Viet Thanh Nguyen on the Need to Recognize Coexisting Truths
Season 9 Episode 112
At age 4, following the fall of Saigon, in 1975, Viet Thanh Nguyen and his family fled Vietnam and came to the U.S. as refugees. Throughout the turmo…
2 years, 4 months ago
Thaddeus Mosley on Making Art to Be Appreciated for Centuries
Season 9 Episode 111
Born and raised in Pennsylvania, the 97-year-old Pittsburgh-based artist and sculptor Thaddeus Mosley has a deep and enduring obsession with wood. In…
2 years, 5 months ago