Neil Koenig, ideaXme Board Advisor and former Senior BBC Series Producer interviews Artist, Anthony McCall. Neil comments: In the face of today’s flood of information from the internet and social media, it can sometimes take courage to retain belief in the strength of self-generated ideas. But for some, it can pay off. As the […]
Category Archives: Art
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Apr
Apr
Neil Koenig, former BBC Producer/Director and now ideaXme board advisor interviews artist Shahzia Sikander. Neil Koenig comments: One aim of the ideaXme platform is to Move the human story forward™. Is that something that art can help with? The artist Shahzia Sikander believes it can: “art is something that we learn to tell stories with. […]
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Mar
Mar
Neil Koenig, ex BBC producer and current ideaXme board advisor and guest interviewer, interviews Mohammed Afkhami, philanthropist and art collector. If asked to name a country associated with modern art, few people today might think of Iran. The collector Mohammed Afkhami is working hard to change that perception. In recent years he has amassed a […]
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Feb
Feb
Neil Koenig, ex BBC producer and current ideaXme board advisor and guest interviewer, interviews curator Marcello Dantas. ALIVE Art | Making Art Relevant To Wide Audiences Are humans the only creatures who can appreciate art? Perhaps not, says Marcello Dantas. His latest project aims to create “art that’s meaningful to other species”, such as birds, […]
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Feb
Feb
Neil Koenig, former Senior BBC producer and current ideaXme board advisor and guest interviewer, interviews Daniel Birnbaum, artistic director Acute Art. Art’s New Frontier The pandemic has had an impact on most aspects of our lives, and the art world is no exception. With many galleries and museums closed, there’s an urgent need for new […]
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Nov
Nov
Neil Koenig, ideaXme interviewer, senior television producer and journalist, interviews Rachel Goslins, Director of the Arts and Industries Building, at the Smithsonian Institution. What does the Future Mean to You? What does the future mean to you? A forthcoming exhibition in America’s capital city will attempt to help visitors to answer this question. The Arts […]
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Jul
Jul
Andrea Macdonald, founder of ideaXme interviews Adam Rogers, who is Senior Correspondent at WIRED magazine and a New York Times best-selling author. They talk of Adam’s new book: Full Spectrum: How The Science Of Color Made Us Modern. “To the extent this book has a single take away, I hope that colour is more widely recognised as this […]
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Jan
Jan
Xie Rong, Artist and ideaXme Eco Art Ambassador interviews Betsy Damon Artist, Environmental Activist and Founder, Keepers of the Waters. Please scroll down for the complete transcript of the interview. A journey with water The supreme goodness is like water. It benefits all things without contention. In dwelling, it stays grounded. In being, it […]
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Jun
Jun
Sheefali Asija, award-winning artist and ideaXme humanism ambassador, interviews Patricia Weltin, founder of Beyond the Diagnosis, a nonprofit organization utilizing art and science to inspire research and innovative treatments for people living with rare and neglected diseases. Creating a Community After Patricia Weltin’s children were diagnosed with Hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome, a disease affecting the connective […]
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Aug
Aug
Maeve Millwood, ideaXme rising fashion ambassador, interviews designer Corie Ruochen Fan who graduated from Central St Martins in Fashion Design with Marketing, BA Hons in 2018. She has produced a vivid, exquisite collection, rich in texture. Inspiration drawn from a nostalgia for China of the past Corie’s inspiration is drawn from an opposition to the […]
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