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Matters of the ArtYifat Bezalel – ArtistIn this episode Tali Zeloof talks to Yifat Bezalel, an artist, teacher and profound spiritual thinker. Influenced by Jewish mysticism, feminism, philosophy and literature, Yifat’s ethereal drawings and evocative videos invite us to enter a mysterious realm.
Her work can be found in prestigious public and private collections worldwide including the Victoria & Albert Museum, the Deutche Bank Collection, the Tel Aviv Museum of Art, the Wirth Private Collection and the Art Partners Fund NY.
Embedded within Yifat’s compositions are familiar figures from children’s literature, references to masterpieces by Michelangelo and Bernini as well a...2025-02-0400 minMatters of the ArtAllen Jones - ArtistIn this episode Tali Zeloof talks to legendary British painter and sculptor ALLEN JONES! Among the luminaries of the first generation of British Pop Art, Jones has been working from the 1960s right through to the present day, with unwavering devotion to rethinking the representation of the female figure and challenging constructs of what fine art could be.
An early example of Jones posing the perennial question ‘What is Art?' were his sexually provocative furniture sculptures from 1969 – a series of fibreglass female mannequins wearing fetish clothing posed to act as a Table, Chair, and Hatstand. While thes...2022-07-0424 minMatters of the ArtKamiar Maleki - Collector, Curator, Director of VOLTA Art FairsIn this episode Tali Zeloof talks to KAMIAR MALEKI, an art collector, curator, patron, and Director of VOLTA Art Fairs.
A defining moment in Kamiar’s career came in 2015 when he curated #Abstract, a paradigm shifting show, exploring how we research and buy art via Instagram. In some ways, this was the seed of the world’s first NFT Artist Residency, he would eventually curate 6 years later in the summer of 2021. Entitled ‘Present the Future’ the residency represented a melting pot of creative visions and industries with rapper Tinie Tempah, painter Sassan Benham-Bakhtiar and digital artist Vector Meldrew...2022-06-2630 minMatters of the ArtArch Hades - Bestselling PoetIn this episode Tali Zeloof talks to ARCH HADES, a bestselling poet who made history in 2021 when she sold ARCADIA an NFT for $525,000 at Christie’s making her the highest paid poet of all time.
The first fine art interdisciplinary NFT of its kind, ARCADIA combines poetry, music, and graphic art in a 10-minute film that journeys through our collective existential crisis. Arch’s words speak to the complexities of the modern mind with tenderness and truth. She asks life’s big questions, delving deep into the human experience of love, loneliness, pain, and fear but in a way...2022-06-1933 minMatters of the ArtNatasha Arselan - AucArtIn this episode Tali Zeloof talks to NATASHA ARSELAN, the Founder and CEO of AucArt the world’s first online auction house specialising in early career artists.
Featured in prestigious publications including Harper's Bazaar, Vogue, Forbes, and The Art Newspaper, AucArt become the digital hunting ground for collectors to discover emerging artists and buy works directly from the studio.
It was so much fun speaking to Natasha at her apartment in London. We discussed her triumphs and tribulations as a young, female tech entrepreneur, why inclusivity is at the heart of her business, and why sh...2021-11-1526 minMatters of the ArtCyrus Mahboubian - PhotographerIn this episode, Tali Zeloof talks to CYRUS MAHBOUBIAN, a British-Iranian photographer based between London and Oxfordshire. He has exhibited widely in the UK, United States, Europe & Middle East, and has taught photography workshops at prestigious institutions including the Tate Britain and The Photographers' Gallery.
Known for his atmospheric black and white Polaroids capturing rugged woodlands, sublime seascapes, mystical trees, and the male and female nude, Cyrus sources his subject matter from nature. She is his muse.
His photographs of remote landscapes are the result of long meditative walks in nature, where he trusts an...2021-11-0839 minMatters of the ArtSara Berman - ArtistIn Episode 2 of Matters of the Art, Tali Zeloof interviews SARA BERMAN, a multidisciplinary artist, former fashion designer, wife, mother, and pug dog lover.
After founding and running her own fashion brand for 15 years, Sara turned her attention to visual arts, completing her MFA Slade School of Fine Art where she was awarded the prestigious Audrey Wykeham prize for painting. I was lucky enough to see Sara’s brilliant degree show and have been following her career ever since.
Working across painting and textiles, Sara’s practice unpicks the threads (quite literally in some cases) of t...2021-11-0138 minMatters of the ArtChris Levine - Light ArtistIn Episode 1 of Matters of the Art, Tali Zeloof interviews CHRIS LEVINE, an internationally acclaimed artist working with light as a conduit for expanded perception and spiritual revelation.
With presentations at the National Portrait Gallery and Royal Opera House, international exhibitions commissioned by MoMA, collaborations with luxury fashion brands including Chanel and Swarovski, AND a current solo show at Houghton Hall, Chris is an indistinguishable creative light across diverse cultural spheres.
I was lucky enough to host a group of collectors at Chris’ studio back in 2019 and was struck by his enlightened musings on the tr...2021-10-2534 minMatters of the ArtMatters of the Art TrailerMatters of the Art is a podcast about the emotive power of creativity. Presented by art world insider, Tali Zeloof, this podcast ebbs and flows between the personal and professional, interviewing today’s leading creative minds on their careers, and the power of art to externalise our emotions.
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