Matters of the Art

In this episode, Tali Zeloof (@tzeloof) talks to Sarit Shani Hay (@saritshanihay), a multidisciplinary artist and award-winning designer who for nearly three decades has dedicated her life to designing for children. A pioneer in her field who persistently puts children’s emotional and developmental needs at the heart of her work, Sarit’s designs are both visually captivating and deeply attuned to...

In 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 Col...

In 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 pere...

In 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 s...

In 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...

In 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 mu...

In 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 woodla...

In 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 t...

In 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 curren...

Matters 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. Follow us: Tali Zeloof @tzeloof Artwork by @see.aiche Music by @LiranDonin Sound Editing by @sohosonic Th...