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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“COULD YOU WRITE WHAT YOU WRITE IF YOU WEREN’T SO TINY?” • In 2021, Lili Anolik discovered the correspondence of two of Los Angeles’s literary titans: Eve Babitz and Joan Didion. The revelations they sparked are the subject of the writer’s gripping new book.

ANDRÉ HOLLAND DIGS IN • The decorated actor is no stranger to stepping into a character’s shoes. His latest turn—in artist Titus Kaphar’s debut feature Exhibiting Forgiveness—required an entirely new approach.

WITH NICKEL BOYS, RAMELL ROSS EXCAVATES SOUTHERN WOUNDS • THE DIRECTOR ADAPTED COLSON WHITEHEAD’S PULITZER-WINNING NOVEL INTO AN EXPERIMENTAL PORTRAIT OF LIFE IN THE JIM CROW SOUTH.

SIMON KIM’S BANNER YEAR • The mastermind behind Cote and Coqodaq lifts the curtain on his rambunctious brand’s inner workings and shares the childhood hijinks that made him fall in love with food.

CHARLES ATLAS MAPS HIS LIFE AND WORK • “About Time,” the title of Charles Atlas’s first career retrospective at the ICA Boston, is both a joke and completely serious.

SUNA FUJITA GOES DEEP • LOEWE FIRST CONTACTED THE KYOTO-BASED ARTIST DUO, KNOWN FOR THEIR WHIMSICAL AND DELICATE CERAMICS, ON FACEBOOK. IN THE SECOND YEAR OF THEIR CREATIVE PARTNERSHIP, THE SPANISH HOUSE AND JAPANESE STUDIO PLUMBED THE DEPTHS OF SEA AND SKY TO CRAFT THEIR MOST OTHERWORLDLY COLLABORATION YET.

THE CROWD PLEASER • SHAWN LEVY IS KNOWN FOR HIS CHART-TOPPING BLOCKBUSTERS. BUT WHILE HIS FILMS ARE BREAKING BOX OFFICE RECORDS, THE FILMMAKER IS QUIETLY LAYING THE GROUNDWORK FOR A SECOND PASSION: COLLECTING.

AN INSTANT CLASSIC

FOR MIU MIU, ONE FILMMAKER WANDERS THE PAMPAS • Argentine director and producer Laura Citarella has emerged as one of the most exciting voices in contemporary cinema. Now, she joins the all-star list of female filmmakers commissioned for Miu Miu’s Women’s Tales initiative.

HEJI SHIN TAKES OFF • “THE SHOW WAS SUPPOSED TO BE ABOUT AMERICA,” HEJI SHIN SAYS OVER ZOOM, “BUT IT TURNED OUT TO BE A BIT MORE METAPHORICAL.” FOR HER FIRST INSTITUTIONAL SOLO EXHIBITION IN THE UNITED STATES, ON VIEW AT THE ASPEN ART MUSEUM THROUGH MARCH 2025, THE CULT IMAGE-MAKER HAD PLANNED TO DRIVE ACROSS THE UNITED STATES. SHIN ENDED UP HOMING IN ON FLORIDA, TRAINING HER LENS ON NASA’S KENNEDY SPACE CENTER IN CAPE CANAVERAL AND THE STATE’S COASTLINE, WHICH WAS RECENTLY STRUCK BY TWO CONSECUTIVE HURRI-CANES. “I WAS LEFT WITH ROCKETS AND WAVES,” SHE SAYS WITH A LAUGH. ANYONE EVEN VAGUELY FAMILIAR WITH SHIN’S OUTPUT OVER THE PAST DECADE KNOWS A VEER INTO LANDSCAPE PHOTOGRAPHY IS UNEXPECTED. THE KOREAN-GERMAN PHOTOGRAPHER HAS EMBRACED SHOCK FACTOR—COPS COPULATING, BABIES CLAMBERING THROUGH BIRTH CANALS, KANYE WEST MID-DOWNFALL—UNTIL NOW. IN THE DUAL SERIES ON VIEW IN ASPEN, SHIN STRIPS A POCKET OF AMERICA DOWN TO ITS ELEMENTS. THE OUTCOME IS, IN HER WORDS, “EPIC.” HERE, SHE UNPACKS THE STORY BEHIND ONE IMAGE IN THE SHOW, SHARED EXCLUSIVELY WITH CULTURED, AND WHY SHE’S LEAVING TRANSGRESSION BEHIND—FOR NOW.

THE NEXT ART-WORLD WATERING HOLE OPENS ITS DOORS • AT CLEMENTE BAR, A NEW SPACE FROM PAINTER FRANCESCO CLEMENTE AND CHEF DANIEL HUMM, REVELRY IS AS IMPORTANT AS CRAFT.

JUST KEEP PAINTING • THIRTY-FIVE YEARS AFTER HER LAST NEW YORK SOLO SHOW, LORETTA DUNKELMAN IS EMBARKING ON THE LATEST CHAPTER OF HER CAREER AT POLINA BERLIN GALLERY.

GIORGIO ARMANI TRANSFORMS A MILANESE PALAZZO INTO A TEMPLE FOR GLOBAL DESIGN • The designer’s latest furniture collection is a love letter to travel, craft, and...