Hikari Yokoyama's guest appearances

Hikari Yokoyama

Between Worlds

the crossroads podcast

Marco Tempest

David Epstein

Wade Foster

Michael Bungay Stanier

Austin Grossman

Calum Chace

Charlene Li

Chris White

Dave Johnson

Cindy Gallop

Jamie Metzl

Sean Gourley

Jeremy Heimans

Maria Konnikova

Aaron Dignan

OwlTail

In this episode we fly to London to meet Hikari Yokoyama, an art consultant, entrepreneur, curator and philanthropist. Hikari was born in Tokyo but grew up in Chicago, studied in New York, and later settled in London. Her career in the art industry began as a gallery intern, but she was soon making waves and was one of the founders of Paddle8, a revolutionary online auction site designed to break down the exclusivity of buying and selling art.

Art and fashion maven Hikari Yokoyama, is one of the world’s leading thinkers on the intersection of the art world and technology. A curator and art consultant, she was part of the founding team at online auction house Paddle8, the news platform Art Observed, and in her advisory business, connects artists with brands like Audi and Miu Miu. Over coffee in London, we spoke about the impact of globalisation on collecting, the evolving relationship between art and luxury brands, the death of art movements and how, in a digital age, the way we consume images is changing.

Hikari Yokoyama on art and brands in the age of Instagram