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1 week ago | culturedmag.com | John Ortved

Liev Schreiber, Taylor Neisen, and Eileen Guggenheim at the New York Academy of Art. All photography by Matteo Prandoni/BFA and courtesy of the NYAA. “Did you feel the energy in this place?” asked Eileen Guggenheim, Ph. D. and Chair of the Board of Trustees for the New York Academy of Art, at the organization's annual Tribeca Ball on Tuesday evening. “It took a lot of it for the New York Academy of Art to gather tonight.

1 week ago | culturedmag.com | Johanna Fateman

Keisha ScarvilleHigher Pictures | 45 Main Street #723, BrooklynOn view through May 3, 2025In 1967, at age 16, Keisha Scarville’s father obtained a passport in order to leave his native Guyana for the United States, where he has lived ever since. In 2012—after conducting interviews that explored his relationship to his adopted home—Scarville made a copy of the photo from that passport and adorned it. Thus began an ongoing series, now on view at Higher Pictures in Dumbo.

1 week ago | culturedmag.com | Annabel Keenan

“My process is very organic,” Ilana Savdie tells me from her studio. “It’s a constant, unceremonious thing.” The abstract artist, known for her kaleidoscopic paintings combining oil, acrylic, and beeswax—a material that allows her to build layers of texture—was in the midst of putting the final touches on the works that will make up her solo show at White Cube, opening May 2 in New York.

1 week ago | culturedmag.com | Colin King

John Chamberlain’s works have always defied stasis—his crushed metal sculptures, electric in form and color, seem to be perpetually in motion, bending and folding under the weight of time. Living with Chamberlain, a new book published by Assouline, reveals how the artist’s material legacy has suffused the homes of his collectors, offering a poignant examination of its reach beyond museum or gallery walls.

2 weeks ago | culturedmag.com | Sophie Lee

Skaters like Tony Hawk are almost synonymous Old Skool Vans. But the sneaker has also been worn by the likes of Kendrick Lamar, Rihanna, and A$AP Rocky, as well as Kim Kardshian, Kristen Stewart, and Emily Ratajkowski. It’s the kind of classic shoe—one color, one side stripe, white laces—that's permeated every echelon of culture. Still, this Milan Design Week, the brand's OTW by Vans line managed to make it new again.