Cultured Magazine

142 CULTURED As if a new book marking the 10th anniversary of Commune wasn't enough to celebrate, Steven Johanknecht is also flourishing as an artist churning out strikingly balanced abstractions. BY MAXWELL WILLIAMS PORTRAIT BY FRANÇOIS DISCHINGER PRODUCED BY MICHAEL REYNOLDS ESCAPE ARTIST

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• Contributors: We asked our contributors which artist, architect or designer they'd most like to meet.
• Cultured 25: What to do, where to be and what to see this fall.
• Appetite for Design: Cultured debuted its lecture and lunch series at the Rubell Family Collection.
• A Room of One's Own: With a brand-new space and a 10-year lease, dealer Patrick Parrish is stepping out under his own name.
• The Man with the Golden Gavel: SImon de Pury breaks the mold with "FIRE!", an exhibition of contemporary ceramics at Venus Over Manhattan.
• Snap Shot: A new exhibition of Saint Laurent creative director Hedi Slimane's photography debuts at Foundation Pierre Berge.
• The Maverick: In a new show at R & Company, Steven Volpe thoughtfully dismisses design rules to shed a new light on historical works.
• Art Omnivore: With an all-encompassing approach, art-world It Girl Maria Baibakova shows no sign of slowing down.
• Cultural Exchange: Sculptors Nick van Woert and Fernando Mastrangelo discuss their craft, fame and the problem with branding.
• In the Studio: Gaetano Pesce, New York: 10012
• Shaping the Show: With equal parts emotional nuance, viewer experience and good old-fashioned architecture skills, Cooper Joseph Studio is reshaping exhibition design.
• Twist in Fate: Textile designer Inigo Elizalde had it all figured out- until he got locked inside a room full of poms.
• Changing the Dialogue: As the appetite for art continues to grow, curators around the world are conjuring up new ways for audiences to experience and think about it.
• Crossing the Seine: Beatrice Saint -Laurent captures both sides of Paris with Galerie BSL Rive Gauche.
• Art and Commerce: MZ Wallace celebrates 15 years of accessorizing with a new bag in collaboration with Glenn Ligon.
• Game Changer: Peter Marino's career began when Andy Warhol hired him. And it hasn't slowed down since.
• Why Not? Kulapat Yantrasast may have gotten his start as Tadao Ando's translator, but it's his own architectural language that has the art world lining up.
• Heart of Glass: Thirteen years in the making, architect Frank Gehry ushers in a new enlightenment in Paris with the Foundation Louis Vuitton.
• An Object in Motion: Jean-Michel Othoniel creates an epic dreamscape with Les Belles Danses, giving the gardens of Versailles his signature Murano-glass treatment.
• Force of Nature: With a new exhibition of his drawings at Hauser & Wirth Somerset- where he also designed the garden-- we get to know Piet Outdolf the artist.
• Escape Artist: Steven Johanknecht is flourishing as an artist churning out strikingly balanced abstractions.
• Higher Ground: Jose Parla tackles his largest work yet-- a soaring mural for the new World Trade Center.
• Courts of Appeal: Thomas Phifer, renowned for his tranquil, Modernist approach, brings his career full circle with a courthouse in Salt Lake City.
• A New Spin Around the Auction Block: At Paris auction house, Artcurial, , Fabien Naudan seeks to breathe new life into the business.
• Baby Mama: Rachel Hovanian takes on genetic engineering, technology addiction and intimacy in her new show at the Leila Heller Gallery.
• Triple Threat: Sebastian Errazuriz's new three-part retrospective has him bewitching the art and design worlds.
• What's the Alternative? Get an invite to one of Liam Culman's conferences and you may find art and design are more than passion pursuits.
• Cultural Affair: Cultured celebrated its Summer issue with an intimate dinner party at Hotel Americano in New York City.
• Cultured x Johnston: Doug Johnston creates an exclusive rope lamp for the latest Cultured Commission.