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Acclaimed fashion designer and curator Grace Wales Bonner is joined by the scholar and curator Horace D. Ballard. In a... more
In this very special episode, artist and legendary record collector R. Crumb visits his friends and fellow rare music enthusiasts... more
Artist Cauleen Smith and Michael Govan, Director of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, join Helen for a live... more
An episode on the art and life of Hilma af Klint featuring art historian Briony Fer and af Klint’s biographer,... more
For the third interview in her series with creative couples, Helen spoke to the first couple of American fiction: literary... more
Writer and critic Hua Hsu received the Pulitzer Prize for his 2022 memoir Stay True. Helen and Hua discuss the challenges of... more
In the second episode in Helen’s interview series with creative couples, the artist Hank Willis Thomas and curator Rujeko Hockley... more
Was Vermeer really the artist behind some of his most well-known works? The question has lingered at the margins of... more
Ira Sachs's 2023 film Passages won wide acclaim for its portrayal of human desire. Helen goes deep with the filmmaker... more
In the first episode of Helen’s series of interviews with creative couples, artists Laurie Simmons and Carroll Dunham give an... more