Alain Elkann Interviews

CIAO! The photographer Mario Testino has created his personal love token for Italy's people, art, food, and fashion in the form of a new book published by TASCHEN.

REBUILDING THE JEWISH COMMUNITY IN RUSSIA. Berel Lazar is a Jewish Orthodox, Chabad-Lubavitch Hasidic rabbi. He became Chief Rabbi of Russia in 2000.

RETURN TO GENOA. Carlo Clavarino is the Executive Chairman of AON insurance company's EMEA region. He recently bought & restored the Palazzo Spinola in Genoa.

THE IMPORTANCE OF FLORENCE. Paola D'Agostino is Director of the Musei del Bargello, a new five museum group put together in Florence after the 2014 reforms.

INDEPENDENT, INCLUSIVE AND INSPIRATIONAL. Marlene Taschen is the CEO of the international publishing house TASCHEN that was founded by her father Benedikt, who is also a collector of contemporary art.

CONNECTING THE WORLD. The sculptor ANTONY GORMLEY is perhaps best known for his large installations in public space. A major exhibition of his work was recently held at the Royal Academy of Arts in London. His next exhibition is at Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris Marais.

BUILDING VESSELS OF LIGHT. Renzo Piano is an Italian architect whose notable buildings include the Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris, The Shard in London, the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York City, the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center in Athens etc. Renzo Piano won the Pritzker Architecture Prize in 1998. In 2013 he was made a Life Senator in Italy.

AN EYE FOR THE REAL. The London based photographer, filmmaker, and author Mary McCartney's photographs have been shown at leading international institutions and galleries. Mary's editorial work has featured in GQ, Vogue, and The Sunday Times, and she has been a guest editor of National Geographic Magazine. Mary McCartney was selected to take the official photograph of her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II in 2015 when she became the longest-reigning British monarch in history.

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A PASSION FOR PROUVÉ. Patrick Seguin is the founder of Galerie Patrick Seguin in Paris. He has a particular love for the work of the French designer Jean Prouvé.

DISRUPTIVE RESEARCH. Fabiola Gianotti is Director-General of CERN which works to uncover what the universe is made of & how it works by providing particle accelerator facilities.