Evan E. Lambert is a journalist, travel writer, essayist, and short fiction writer with bylines at Thought Catalog, Business Insider, Mic, 

, Queerty, BuzzFeed, Going, The Discoverer, and many more. You can check out his other work at 

Experience Hunters

People want their identities to be reflected in mainstream culture

Collective Equity

Nina Blumberg is a social media specialist and an art consultant with the New York City-based firm Samuels Creative. She is also the founder of 

, an Instagram account that documents the contemporary art world of NYC and beyond. She received a BA in Art History from the University of Virginia and an MA from the Fashion Institute of Technology’s Art Market: Principles and Practices graduate program.

Gemma Rolls-Bentley is a curator, writer, and creative consultant who has been at the forefront of contemporary art for nearly two decades. Curating exhibitions internationally, her curatorial practice amplifies the work of female and queer artists. Her debut book 

Queer Art: From Canvas to Club, and the Spaces Between,

 was published in spring 2024. Gemma is a visiting lecturer at the Royal College of Art and has taught at numerous institutions, including Goldsmiths and Glasgow School of Art.

Global

Japan

Luxury

TV, film, and social media video

Masterworks

ARTnews

Seminal

Interview with Gemma Rolls-Bentley conducted by the author

Interview with Nina Blumberg conducted by the author

Art Basel and UBS

Art Basel

Tokyo Art Beat

Varsity

Vogue Business

The New York Times

Retail Boss

Medium

Jing Daily Culture

MyArtBroker

Hindustan Times

Statista

Passport-Photo Online

Business.com

Yayoi Kusama is one of the world’s most successful living artists – partly because of her philosophies and partly because of her Instagram-friendly aesthetics. Her collaborations with luxury brands show how the powers of art and the opulent can work together to elevate each other.