Cultured Magazine

CULTURED is a leading voice for inspiration and a trusted vehicle for discovery at the intersection of art, design, and style. Since its founding in 2011 by Sarah Harrelson, CULTURED has become a bellwether showcasing emerging talents before they become household names.

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CRASH AND BURN • ARTIST SARA CWYNAR’S NEW FILM TAKES ON CAR CULTURE, TO DIZZYING EFFECT.

HUDSON VALLEY HERO • DESIGN AND LIFESTYLE MAVEN JENNI KAYNE OPENS THE DOORS OF HER LATEST PASSION PROJECT: A BLISSFUL RETREAT IN UPSTATE NEW YORK.

GARTH GREENWELL’S THIRD ACT • WITH HIS FIRST TWO NOVELS, THE AUTHOR MADE HIS NAME AS AN UNFILTERED, INTOXICATING ALCHEMIST OF GAY PHYSICALITY. HIS THIRD BOOK, OUT THIS SEPTEMBER, SEES HIM ENTER NEW TERRITORY.

DRESS UP • Before a character in a film even utters a line, their clothes are speaking volumes. For out-of-focus extras, sometimes clothes are the only way to do the talking. Here, the costume designers behind three major fall releases share the stories, challenges, and inspirations behind their most revealing looks.

BLINK TWICE BY KIERSTEN HARGRODER • In Zoë Kravitz’s directorial debut, a group of young women (including Naomi Ackie and Alia Shawkat) are swept off to the private island of a charismatic playboy and legendary party host (Channing Tatum). Upon arrival, the women are given clothes—white swimsuits, wide-brimmed sun hats, and gowns—curated off-screen by costume designer Kiersten Hargroder (You, Supergirl, and Borat Subsequent Moviefilm). Here, she discusses the sweat-soaked fever dream in Mexico—part The Row, part rope play—that led to the blockbuster film.

BEETLEJUICE BEETLEJUICE BY COLLEEN ATWOOD • In the 36 years since the release of Tim Burton’s Beetlejuice, Winona Ryder’s young character has grown up and had a daughter of her own—played by Jenna Ortega in this year’s sequel. To bring the film’s fantastical characters to life, Burton tapped his longtime costume designer and four-time Academy Award winner Colleen Atwood. Here, she discusses the art of maintaining a decades-long collaboration and how she reimagined Michael Keaton’s infamous striped suit.

FLESH, MUSCLE, BONE, AND SOUL • OVER THE LAST DECADE, ROBERT WUN HAS MADE A NAME FOR HIMSELF BY EMBRACING THE LABORIOUSNESS AND PRECARITY OF HIS CRAFT. THE HONG KONG–BORN COUTURIER HAS NO INTENTION OF SLOWING DOWN.

NOT TOO PRECIOUS • ARCHITECT ELIZABETH ROBERTS AND FASHION DESIGNER CECILIE BAHNSEN PRIZE INTUITION AND RESOURCEFULNESS OVER PERFECTION. HERE, THEY COMPARE NOTES ON CREATING OPPORTUNITIES FOR “ACCIDENTAL BEAUTY.”

THOMAS HOUSEAGO’S GRAVITY AND GRACE • THE ARTIST WENT THROUGH HELL TO FIND PEACE. HIS LATEST SHOW IN NEW YORK CAPTURES THE JOURNEY WITH WRENCHING SINCERITY.

MEANS OF PROVOCATION • Victor Barragán and Betsy Johnson straddle the worlds of fashion and conceptual art, making work that tests the culture’s appetite for extremity. Here, the kindred provocateurs sit down to discuss the rewards of risking it.

MERIEM BENNANI’S TRAGICOMIC SWAG • The New York–based artist sits down with her longtime co-conspirator Orian Barki to discuss her latest caper: an ambitious exhibition at the Fondazione Prada.

THE HEAD, THE HEART, AND THE HANDS • YVONNE WELLS HAS BEEN MAKING QUILTS FROM HER ALABAMA HOME FOR OVER FOUR DECADES. THIS FALL, HER RENEGADE PRACTICE GETS ITS DUE WITH A NEW MONOGRAPH AND TWO EXHIBITIONS.

AN UNBRIDLED ARTIST GETS HIS DUE • Thomas Schütte hasn’t had a major U.S. museum exhibition in over two decades, but the category-defying creative’s influence looms large. A new MoMA show is setting out to prove it.

LET’S MANIFEST • JOSÉ ESPARZA CHONG CUY AND GUILLERMO RUIZ DE TERESA WERE ARCHITECTURE STUDENTS IN GUADALAJARA WHEN THEY FIRST HEARD OF THE STOREFRONT FOR...