CULTURED HOSTS A PANEL ON COLLECTING

This April, CULTURED partnered with Louis Vuitton to host a panel of art collectors at the fashion house’s Meatpacking District pop-up in New York.

PHOTOGRAPHY BY DAVID BENTHAL

TO COMMEMORATE THE RELEASE OF THE SIXTH ANNUAL YOUNG COLLECTORS LIST, CULTURED took over Louis Vuitton’s kaleidoscopic popup space this spring for an evening of conversation and champagne. The magazine presented “The Art of Collecting,” a panel moderated by CULTURED founder Sarah Harrelson, who invited members of the magazine’s extended family—including Hannah Traore, founder and director of Hannah Traore Gallery; Kickstarter CEO Everette Taylor; notable collector and Gagosian liaison Sophia Cohen; and Caio Twombly, co-founder and co-director of Amanita Gallery—to share their collecting stories. Guests such as Jasmine

Wahi, Nina Runsdorf, Sharon Coplan Hurowitz, and Dana Farouki gathered to take in the latest iteration of Yayoi Kusama’s collaboration with Louis Vuitton. The whimsical space was outfitted in bright green polka dots and floral sculptures to welcome the arrival of the spring season. The evening’s panelists, decked out in their Louis Vuitton finest, expounded on their personal collecting philosophies and the principles that have shaped their creative careers. For those onstage, building a collection is an exercise in stewardship, not ownership. “I don’t see myself as a collector,” said Taylor.

“I see myself as a caretaker of the work.”