In this interview, Mandana Karimi reflects on her journey from a shy, artistic child in Tehran to a model, actress and art consultant. She discusses finding freedom through the camera, embracing her identity, navigating different cultures, and building a creative practice that connects art, people and spaces while championing women’s voices.
In this interview, Truls Blaasmo reflects on advising collectors across art markets, curating with emotion, and creating exhibitions shaped by architecture. From Fotografiska Shanghai and OMA to Gucci projects, Blaasmo discusses cultural dialogue, collecting, and his belief that art should create unexpected experiences, encourage curiosity, and invite visitors to dream.
Ghazal Marvi paints Tehran through youthful energy, imagination, and an instinct for joy. Her figures inhabit a world where surreal gestures meet everyday reality, while friendship, memory, freedom, and boredom shape the atmosphere. Across Homa exhibitions, Marvi has developed a distinctive visual language that treats painting as celebration and resistance.
This interview traces Holly Terry’s path from studying politics to full-time abstract painting after burnout. She discusses her two Sunshine Coast studios, slogans and motifs in her work, formative years with fellow artists, rapid early exhibitions, growing international shows, her yoga-rooted interest in contentment, and her Substack writing practice.
In this interview, Fanny Robin traces her curatorial path from a formative visit to the Fondation Maeght through art historical and business training, her fifteen years directing Fondation Bullukian, founding Campagne Première, and her BMW ART MAKERS
This interview traces Tara Aghdashloo’s journey from a creative Tehran upbringing through journalism, curation, poetry, and painting into filmmaking. She discusses mentors Makhmalbaf and Naderi, her shorts The Ride, Bridge, and Empty Your Pockets, themes of systemic entrapment.
