Cultured Magazine

CULTURED 149 Thomas Phifer's award-winning Taghkanic House is situated on a 200-acre plot in New York's Hudson River Valley.

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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.