COMPELLING is a podcast newly launched from Paris in September 2025, exploring the dynamic worlds of art, culture, and luxury. The series features in-depth conversations with visionary artists, cultural leaders, and brand innovators, to uncover how storytelling, mastery of craft, and creative collaboration come together to build community, engage audiences, and create lasting legacies. COMPELLING offers listeners fresh perspectives on the ideas and aesthetics shaping luxury businesses and contemporary culture.

Hosted by Katy Wellesley Wesley An art world veteran with over 18 years of diverse leadership experience, Katy spent a decade at blue-chip commercial galleries, Pace and Gagosian, as well as with Villa Lena Foundation in Italy, and as part of the founding team at ROKBOX, an environmentally led art logistics startup.  Katy is now a Paris-based consultant to brands, galleries, foundations, artists and collectors.

THE COMPELLING PODCAST

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