ART interview by OLIVIER ZAHM portraits by JONATHAN FRANTINI all artwork by LOLA MONTES SCHNABEL copyright and courtesy of the artist escaping the big apple, where she was raised in the frenzied eye of the art scene, lola traveled the world before finding a place where she could become the artist she always wanted to be: the island of sicily, land of milk and honey. OLIVIER ZAHM — So, Lola, tell us how you ended up in Sicily, an island. Because you were living in Milan before, right? LOLA MONTES SCHNABEL — Yes, but I knew, going to Milan, that I really wanted to have a studio in nature. Then Covid-19 happened, and I was locked in my apartment for a month and a half, and I realized that I didn’t want to be indoors breathing paint. What originally brought me to Sicily, though, was that five years ago I…