Alain Elkann Interviews

A COLOURFUL CONVERSATION. Paris based interior designer India Mahdavi is internationally known for her expressive mix of colours that argue with each other and for her furniture design.

A LAWYER IN KABULA LAWYER IN KABUL. Kimberley Motley a public defender from Milwaukee trained lawyers in war-torn Afghanistan, then represented prisoners in Afghani courts.

WHAT MATTERS MOST IS NOT THE WHAT BUT THE HOW.

The artist David Salle was born in 1952. He divides his time between his studio in Brooklyn, New York City and his studio in East Hampton, Long Island. His eclectic talent encompasses being a painter, a photographer, a printmaker, a stage designer, and a writer.

GLOBAL ART. The art dealer Larry Gagosian has evolved his business into a global network of seventeen exhibition spaces with a vibrant contemporary program that features the work of leading international artists.

PRODUCTIONS FOR PRISONERS. Wasfi Kani OBE is the founder and CEO of Grange Park Opera and Pimlico Opera, through which she enriches the lives of British prisoners and primary school children by exposure to music.

DOYENNE OF DESIGN. Nina Yashar founded the famous Nilufar gallery in Milan, the reference point to lovers of historical design as well as to people following the evolution of contemporary design.

MADE FOR ALL. John Jay is the President of Global Creative at Fast Retailing, the parent company of Uniqlo, a Japanese casual wear designer, manufacturer and retailer.

THE PRADO AT 200. Miguel Falomir is director of the Prado Museum in Madrid and is celebrating the Prado's Bicentenary in 2019 with exhibitions and activities.

THE GENIUS OF LIGHT. Trained as a philosopher and gardener, the Spanish garden designer Fernando Caruncho began his career 40 years ago and has made private and public projects all over the world. His two sons, Fernando and Pedro, trained as architects and now work with their father, embodying a new generation raised in gardens and brought up in the importance of the connection between landscape, garden, architecture and humankind.

A COLLECTION OF BIOGRAPHY AND HISTORY. Dr Nicholas Cullinan was appointed Director of the National Portrait Gallery in London in 2015.