Mia Goth Tells Kid Cudi Why She Wants Every Role to Feel Like Her Last
No two Mia Goth films are alike—unless you count the X trilogy, a cerebral twist on slasher cinema hatched by horror auteur Ti West and A24 films—and even that is irrevocably radical. Following collaborations with the likes of Lars von Trier, Luca Guadagnino, and Claire Denis, the discerning actor fronts dual roles in the series’ titular film, and co-wrote its prequel, Pearl. As CULTURED's February/March cover star prepares for X's third and final installment, MaXXXine, she ruminates on artistic vulnerability, creative challenges, and evolving her craft with her castmate, Scott Mescudi aka the multidisciplinary performing artist Kid Cudi.
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Emily Ratajkowski Grew Up Surrounded by Art. Now, It's Key to Her Parenting Philosophy.
When Emily Ratajkowski was around the age that her son, Sylvester (“Sly”), is now, she regularly found herself under the care of her father, the multidisciplinary artist John David Ratajkowski. Today, CULTURED’s April/May cover star makes collages in her own time, a pursuit born from being a student in her father’s art class—which, for any other high schooler, would have been a nightmare. The pair remain each other’s critic and confidante, sending their thoughts on one another’s work in place of texting pleasantries. On the eve of Sly’s second birthday, the father and daughter take an opportunity to reflect on the art of parenting, Emily’s foray into the art world, and how art became inseparable from their family life.
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At the start of the summer season, Joel Mesler, guest editor of CULTURED's June Hamptons issue, brought together a group of artist friends to reflect on their chosen community out East. Multigenerational, multidisciplinary, and multifaceted in every way, this group of era-defining artists—which includes Eric Fischl, Sheree Hovsepian, Hank Willis Thomas, Sanford Biggers, Mary Heilman, Sarah Aibel, Joel Mesler, and Rashid Johnson—is the embodiment of this moment in time in the East End’s great artistic legacy.
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Inside Designer Kelly Behun's Private Hamptons Retreat and Rituals
The guest editor of CULTURED's July/August Hamptons Issue, Kelly Behun, has made the area her beach retreat for more than 25 years and has brought her signature style to numerous other East End homes. Here, Behun opens up about her own serene Southampton space with the magazine’s Editor-in-Chief, Sarah Harrelson. “Here in Long Island, I am reminded of the overwhelming beauty of nature, the realization that the ocean we are fortunate to be near could, without too much effort, just wash away everything we’ve built and amassed and are so impressed with, and that’s a powerfully humbling reminder,” says the designer.
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Musician Shygirl Tells Playwright Jeremy O. Harris Why She’s Not Afraid of Losing Fans
Shygirl is forming her own sultry, silky brand of experimental pop. The 30-year-old Londoner released her debut album, Nymph, just a year ago, but in that short time has become a bona fide artist’s artist—a stalwart, self-guided world-builder who eschews categorization in her work and persona alike, earning nods from the likes of Rihanna and Arca. This spring, CULTURED’s June/July/August cover star released Nymph_o, the deluxe edition of her debut, showing us that reinvention is her resting state. Here, she speaks with the playwright, cultural critic, and actor Jeremy O. Harris, fresh off of the red carpet at Cannes, about Tumblr, losing fans, and embracing vulnerability.
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Gucci’s Fall/Winter 2023 Collection Crystallizes the House’s Generations-Deep Legacy of Daring Style
Gucci’s enduring legacy is grounded in constant revitalization. The Italian house’s Fall/Winter 2023 Women’s collection is an homage to the lush ecosystem of designers and artisans who have pooled their knowledge over the course of the brand’s first century. Rather than an individual take on the house’s historic legacy, this runway show presented a unified vision of who the Gucci woman has always been: eccentric, daring, and effortlessly elegant. Photographer Drew Jarrett, with his affinity for cinematic lighting and emotionally evocative staging, captures the collection on models Isha Senghore, Xue Huizi, and Julia Belyakova. The bold presentation of heritage codes is filtered through the prism of shared memory, bringing the house’s legacy to life in new, colorful ways.
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Hari Nef Tells Troye Sivan How She Schemed Her Way Into Her First New York Fashion Week
When they meet on Zoom, Hari Nef and Troye Sivan are in different worlds—Nef bronzed and bright-eyed from a month-long retreat to Fire Island, and Sivan perched by the radiator, cranked full blast, in his Melbourne home. The pair became friends amid the political tumult of 2016, when CULTURED’s September/October cover star had just landed her breakout television role, and Sivan, a newcomer to New York, was fresh off his first international tour. As Sivan prepared for the release of his third album, Something to Give Each Other, and Nef prepared for a busy fall, the pair connected to reflect on the strength of their friendship, the eras—personal and stylistic—that they’ve seen each other through, and the art of saying less.
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Nicolaia Rips, who published a memoir about her New York upbringing at 17, explores the enduring and intergenerational appeal of CULTURED’s winter cover star, the 73-year-old writer and consummate New Yorker, Fran Lebowitz. While listening to her talk at Kings Theater, questions arise of just what is so alluring to a younger generation about a writer who doesn’t write, an evergreen icon who walks the streets of New York unencumbered, an anti-celebrity who’s managed to maintain relevance despite waging a decades-long campaign against the concept.
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