Laugh And Cry Keep One Alive
Art Historian, Berlin
CEO of Ephemeral Dinner Yulia Belousova proves herself to be a whip-smart alpha girl. Born in Moscow, the Berlin-based art curator excels at everything that captivated her upon graduating from University of Hamburg and University of Naples L’Oriental. Stretched her flair from working at several galleries and in advertising field, the entrepreneur is now merging food and art as one at Ephemeral Dinner – re-enacting the human instinct of social gathering to discover emerging artists while sharing a table of made-by-artists surprise menu, that’s how food stimulates art!
In this Style Talk, we spoke to the industrious art-world-shaper about wearing pyjamas 24/7, phone charger, and watch out to watch out!
My ideal working outfit looks like…
PYJAMA. The most comfortable and I can wear it 24/7.
Heels or flats… Which brand or style…
Run, run, run – Nike, Puma, Vans are my feet saviors (with heels in the bag).
My favourite art-related blog/app is…
App? Blog? Art-related? I’m old school – I go to museums, galleries, art schools or just look around to stay informed. My favorite duty is to go to visit artist at their studios. But, Instagram sometimes is helpful to stay informed about what’s going on. But again, my own eyes are the only one prove after all.
The last thing I bought and loved was…
You can’t buy what you love.
Most ridiculous thing I ever bought…
iPhone.
My necessary extravagance is…
I’m afraid I already mentioned this one.. I love pyjamas. Best item to build a collection about.
Three things/products I always need to have in my purse…
Phone charger, a notebook and a simple film camera.
My ultimate beauty secret after long working hours…
After an hour in a swimming pool I feel as a newborn.
My favourite collision of the art- and fashion world…
The Organza Dress With Painted Lobster (1937) and the Tear Dress (1938) by Elsa Schiaparelli in collaboration with Salvador Dali; the Mondrian Dress by YSL in 1965.
My most admired art world influencer…
Trite but true: Duchamp, Malevitch.
In the art world currently I find most exciting that…
Nobody really knows what’s going on, but everybody pretends to know.
Art makes me…
Laugh and cry and it’s what keeps me alive.
My next art trip/travel will be…
Every day is already an art travel for me by walking the streets, taking underground, watching people passing by… The next art destinations are Milan, Cologne, Brussels and back to Berlin.
The most arty city is…
Naples. Not only the history of the city and it’s surrounding, but the atmosphere and the way the Neapolitan’s live. It’s unique. I love to walk up on the hill all way to Capodimonte and to go watch Caravaggio’s all by myself (the museum is always empty). Sometimes I feel the need to touch the paintings there – sorry, but nobody is watching out. And I didn’t say I ever did 😉
The perfect art-world gentlemen is…
Joseph Beuys. With his felt hat and fishing jacket.
Artist(s) we should have on our watchlist is/are…
Watch out to watch out.
Instagram: @yuliamoscow and @ephemeraldinner
Website: http://www.ephemeraldinner.com/
Photos: by Tony Haupt and Yulia Belousova
