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On Ep. 157 of our Time Sensitive podcast—our Season 14 opener and first-ever fully filmed conversation, now available to watch on YouTube—the Dutch fashion designer Iris van Herpen discusses “Sculpting the Senses,” a sweeping exhibition of her boundary-defying haute couture designs currently on view at the Brooklyn Museum (through Dec. 6); the importance of carving out meditative time for creative exploration; and why going slower actually allows her to do more, with greater depth. Watch in full on YouTube or listen at timesensitive.fm. 🎧 Special thanks to our Season 14 presenting partner, L’ÉCOLE, School of Jewelry Arts, supported by Van Cleef & Arpels.

On Ep. 156 of our Time Sensitive podcast, our latest “site-specific” recording, we meet with Dries Van Noten inside his recently established Fondazione Dries Van Noten in Venice, Italy, to discuss his lifelong fascination with making; beauty as an essential force in one’s life; and his conviction that, in our frenzied, fragmented world, craft offers a gateway to greater meaning and human connection. Listen at timesensitive.fm or wherever you get your podcasts 🎧 Special thanks to our Season 13 presenting partner, Van Cleef & Arpels.

On Ep. 153 of our Time Sensitive podcast, our latest “site-specific” recording, we visit Sheila Hicks inside her courtyard in Paris’s Saint-Germain-des-Prés neighborhood to learn about the 91-year-old Nebraska-born artist’s lifelong relationship with textiles, weaving, and perception through materials and environments; her formative travels in South America, Morocco, India, and Japan; and how chance encounters can shape one’s life. Listen at timesensitive.fm or wherever you get your podcasts 🎧 Special thanks to our Season 13 presenting partner, Van Cleef & Arpels.

On Ep. 145 of our Time Sensitive podcast, the artist Jennie C. Jones talks about her two current exhibitions at the Pulitzer Arts Foundation in St. Louis (on view through Feb. 1, 2026) and her 2025 “Ensemble” The Metropolitan Museum of Art rooftop installation, what listening as a conceptual practice looks like in action, the art of putting together a playlist, and her deep love of all things analog. Listen at timesensitive.fm or wherever you get your podcasts 🎧 Special thanks to our Season 12 presenting sponsor, Van Cleef & Arpels.

On Ep. 144 of our Time Sensitive podcast, Art Basel CEO Noah Horowitz details his ambitious agenda for the international art platform, renowned for its best-in-class fairs in Switzerland, Miami, Hong Kong, and Paris, with a Qatar edition launching in February 2026; shares his long-view perspective on the economics of art; and reflects on the centuries-old history that, in a roundabout way, helped lead to—and continues to inform and shape—today’s art world. Listen at timesensitive.fm or wherever you get your podcasts 🎧 Special thanks to our Season 12 presenting sponsor, Van Cleef & Arpels.

On Ep. 143, our latest “site-specific” recording, the artist Theaster Gates joins us from his personal library on the South Side of Chicago to talk about the exhibition “Unto Thee” at the Smart Museum of Art, The University of Chicago (on view through Feb. 22, 2026), his first-ever solo museum show in his home city; his forward-looking vision for the Rebuild Foundation's recently opened arts incubator The Land School; his deep, ongoing connections to Japan and the coastal city of Tokoname; and the vast, alchemic impacts of music on his life and work. Listen at timesensitive.fm or wherever you get your podcasts 🎧 Special thanks to our Season 12 presenting sponsor, Van Cleef & Arpels.