Public oral history · est. 2025

Every artist leaves a trace.

Traceable is recording how artists, educators, curators, and collectors are thinking about creativity and whether generative AI is reshaping how art is made, taught, and valued.

Seema Kohli seated in conversation during her recorded interview for Traceable.
What’s here

Three ways in.

The research prompted the interviews. The interviews formed the project. The collection grows by referral, and participation is encouraged.

Spotlight interview

Manjari Sihare-Sutin

Manjari Sihare-Sutin standing with arms crossed, wearing a black sweater and an orange patterned scarf, against a plain white background.

Worldwide Head of Modern & Contemporary South Asian Art, Sotheby’s

Emotional and cultural significance ultimately comes from intention, context, and lived experience—not from the technology itself.Manjari Sihare-Sutin · in conversation

Traceable’s first conversation from the market side of the art world: on finding a creative calling beyond making art, championing South Asian artists globally, and protecting scholarship and nuance in an era of accelerating technology and commerce.

The standing question

“Whose voice should be in this collection?”

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