The Three Bells

Hilary Knight speaks with Matthew Niederhauser, Managing Director of Onassis ONX, and Prodromos Tsiavos, Head of Digital Development and Innovation at the Onassis Foundation, about what it takes to build a transatlantic platform to support artists working at the edge of art and technology.

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External links:

• Onassis ONX
• ONX Relay
• ONX Screens
• Onassis ONX at Under the Radar 2027 / TECHNE
• Behind The Screen
• WIPO – Artificial Intelligence and Intellectual Property

About our guests:
Matthew Niederhauser is an artist, educator and Managing Director of Onassis ONX. His practice explores emerging technologies across a range of media, with a particular focus on immersive storytelling and the creative possibilities of AI. At ONX, he helps lead its work supporting artists through production resources, technical expertise, institutional partnerships and opportunities to bring their work to audiences. +

Prodromos Tsiavos is Head of Digital Development and Innovation at the Onassis Foundation. His work spans digital culture, emerging technologies, intellectual property and innovation, including the development of Onassis ONX and its network of artistic, academic and institutional partnerships. +

In this latest Reflections, Adrian Ellis looks at the maintenance challenge facing cultural institutions, the funding structures that have allowed backlogs to grow, and the consequences of building without planning for upkeep.

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External references: 

• Stewart Brand, Maintenance: Of Everything, Part One
• French Senate – Christophe Leribault on the future of the Louvre Sénat
• Cour des comptes – The public establishment of the Louvre Museum
• UK Public Accounts Committee report on museums, security and resilience
• DCMS — England’s cultural infrastructure: repair, maintenance and renewal
• U.S. Government Accountability Office — deferred maintenance of federal buildings

About our contributor:

Adrian Ellis is the founder of AEA Consulting (1990) and the Global Cultural Districts Network (2013). He has worked in senior management and as a board member in both museums and the performing arts and as a strategy consultant to leading clients in the cultural, public, and business sectors around the world. + 

Adrian Ellis speaks with cultural strategist Jorge Pinto about a career spent creating the conditions for culture to thrive – and what decades of cultural investment in the Gulf can teach us about moving from buildings to institutions, ecosystems and human capacity.

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External Links

• European Commission – Culture and Creativity
• Department of Culture and Tourism – Abu Dhabi
• Saadiyat Cultural District
• Zayed National Museum
• Guggenheim Abu Dhabi
• Sharjah Art Foundation
• Guggenheim Museum Bilbao

About our Guest

Jorge Pinto is a senior cultural advisor and strategist whose career spans cultural policy, strategy, institutional development, and the creative economy across Europe and the Middle East. Trained in economics and management, he began his career at PwC before moving into cultural policy at the European Commission. He has since worked across government, consulting, and major cultural development programmes, bringing together experience in policy, cultural infrastructure, institutional development, and capacity building. +

In her latest Reflections, Hilary Knight explores the recent trend of Gen Z turning to analogue experiences, and asks whether it represents a true rejection of digital life or a search for a more meaningful relationship with it.

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External Links

• Why Gen-Z Is Bringing Back Physical Media – Forbes
• ‘I spent a week in 2004, and here is what I found’: On Gen Z’s obsession with going analogue – Epigram
• Cultural Shifts 2026 Trend Report – Margaret
• Vinyl Bars, Film Cameras, and the Rise of Asia’s Analog Revival – RADII
• Analogue Revival | A Cultural Pendulum Swing – MIDiA Research
• The Analog Revival Did Not Take Place – Eugene Healey
• New Year, Old Stuff: Is Physical Media Making a Comeback in 2026? – Trill Mag
• Fact Check: Is 2026 the Year of ‘Analog’ Living? – Diplotic
• Why Physical Media Is Making a Comeback in 2026 – Fstoppers
• Why Physical Media Is Making a Comeback – Unplugged
• Digital Detox Retreats UAE: A Growing Trend in Wellness Tourism – UAE Stories
• How Museums Are Using Immersive Approaches to Shape Experiences – Blooloop
• New generation of British artists helped UK recorded music market in 2025 surpass £1.5 billion in annual revenue for the first time – BPI
• 36 million adults read trusted editorial brands every month – PAMCo & Magnetic Media

About our contributor:
Hilary Knight is a creative leader with over 20 years of experience driving strategy, innovation, and digital transformation for cultural organisations worldwide. Currently a Senior Associate with AEA Consulting, she has held senior roles at the BBC, Channel 4, Film4, and Tate, where she led pioneering initiatives that embedded digital thinking and expanded audiences. +

Hilary Knight speaks with Mutanu Kyany’a, Director of Research & Programs for African Digital Heritage about using technology to reclaim and preserve African histories – and why questions of consent, ownership, access, and power need to come before digitisation, especially in the age of AI.

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External references:

• African Digital Heritage: https://africandigitalheritage.org/
• Mutanu Kyany’a – African Digital Heritage: https://africandigitalheritage.org/mutanu-kyanya/
• Skills for Culture: https://africandigitalheritage.org/skills-for-culture-strengthening-capacity-in-the-cultural-heritage-sector/
• A Toolkit for Cultural Heritage Practitioners: https://africandigitalheritage.org/a-toolkit-for-cultural-heritage-practitioners/
• WIPO – Traditional Knowledge and Traditional Cultural Expressions: https://www.wipo.int/en/web/traditional-knowledge
• WIPO – Documentation of Traditional Knowledge and Traditional Cultural Expressions: https://www.wipo.int/en/web/traditional-knowledge/resources/tk-and-tces

About our guest:
Mutanu Kyany’a is a digital society scholar and cultural heritage practitioner at African Digital Heritage, a Nairobi-based nonprofit working at the intersection of culture and technology. With a background in computer science and a specialisation in digital cultures and community development, her work explores digital storytelling, cultural heritage, gender, and community participation. She works with communities across Africa and the African diaspora to use technology to preserve, reclaim, and represent their histories on their own terms. + 

In this latest Reflections, Stephanie Fortunato asks what arts and culture can learn from sport about participation, belonging, and civic life – and how to widen the circle of participation.

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THE BEAUTIFUL GAME... BY GREG SCARPELLA

Stephanie Fortunato speaks with Kristina Newman-Scott, VP of Arts at Knight Foundation, about engaging artists as civic partners, building durable cultural ecosystems, and what people increasingly seek from the cities they call home.

External references: 

• Knight Foundation – Arts
• Kristina Newman-Scott: The Arts Are Not a Luxury: They’re a Blueprint for Thriving Cities
• Creative Cities Initiative
• Springboard for the Arts
• The Together Project
• New World Symphony – WALLCAST Concerts
• Americans for the Arts – Arts & Economic Prosperity 6
• New England Foundation for the Arts: Creative Economy
• Real Art Ways

About our guest:

Kristina Newman-Scott, Kristina Newman-Scott is VP of Arts at Knight Foundation, where she leads work at the intersection of arts, civic life, and community development. An artist and cultural leader born and raised in Kingston, Jamaica, she previously served as President of BRIC, inaugural Executive Director of The Greene Space at New York Public Radio, and Director of Culture for the State of Connecticut. Her career spans visual arts, media, government, cultural institutions, and philanthropy. + 

In this latest Reflections, Stephanie Fortunato reflects on visits to the Crocker Art Museum in Sacramento and the Studio Museum in Harlem, exploring how museums can root themselves in place, build living relationships with artists and communities, and practise relevance rather than simply declare it.

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Adrian Ellis speaks with Kendra Whitlock Ingram, President and CEO of the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, about stewarding a 14-block cultural district, balancing the roles of presenter, property owner, and neighbourhood curator, and opening Arts Landing as a new civic space for Pittsburgh.

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External references:

• Pittsburgh Cultural Trust
• Pittsburgh Cultural District
• Arts Landing: The new outdoor civic space developed by the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust 
• Arts Landing facilities page: Visitor information for Arts Landing
• Dollar Bank Three Rivers Arts Festival
• The Art Newspaper article on Arts Landing
• Field Operations: The landscape architecture firm behind Arts Landing
• LACNA Foundation
• Performing Arts Venues Alliance

About our guest:
Kendra Whitlock Ingram is President and CEO of the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust. She previously served as President and CEO of the Marcus Performing Arts Center in Milwaukee and has held senior leadership roles at the Newman Center for the Performing Arts, Omaha Performing Arts, the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, and the Detroit Symphony Orchestra. +

In her second Reflections of Season 6, Hilary Knight explores how digital twins are moving from engineering and urban planning into museums, galleries, and heritage sites – supporting everything from access and conservation to research and climate resilience.

Transcript: https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ffdc6706aed0b20d49b81e9/t/6a32f8f6a929e500c8bc523b/1781725430731/3bells_Transcript_S6Ed6.pdf 

External references: 

• Smithsonian Digitization Program Office
• Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History Virtual Tours
• St. Peter’s Basilica digital twin
• UNESCO Virtual Museum of Stolen Cultural Objects
• Charles H. Wright Museum digital twin case study
• Andrew Tallon and Notre-Dame
• CyArk