How Gabriella Karefa-Johnson Carved a Path of Her Own
By Wim Langedijk for HURS
How Gabriella Karefa-Johnson Carved a Path of Her Own
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Some Fall Out of Vogue. She Walked.
Gabriella Karefa-Johnson is one of the key tastemakers of our time. The renowned fashion editor and stylist sat down with an unfiltered conversation with The New York Times’ Vanessa Friedman on quitting Condé Nast and speaking her mind.
THE NEW YORK TIMES
We’re glad to see a balanced article on beauty brand Glossier. Over the years, the company and its founder Emily Weiss have been scrutinized in more ways than one. This piece, written by Kathleen Baird-Murray focuses on the future over the past. It dives into the decision to appoint Kyle Leahy as Glossier’s new CEO, its move away from a direct-to-consumer model and the future plans for Glossier.
HOW TO SPEND IT
Writer Trent Morse speaks with Shapero Modern gallery’s director Tabitha Philpott-Kent. The Post War & Contemporary Gallery in the heart of London, specializes in prints, multiples & works on paper. Shapero Modern sells the work of some of the world’s most iconic artists including Andy Warhol, Pablo Picasso and Frank Stella. Morse sits down with Tabitha Philpott-Kent to discuss the magic of printmaking, the different types of prints and how prints make art accessible to a larger audience.
INTROSPECTIVE MAGAZINE
Artist Kathia St Hilaire uniquely merges her experience growing up in Caribbean and African American neighborhoods in South Florida with innovative printmaking techniques, memorializing the communities that she’s been a part of. Perotin presents the Haitian-American artist’s first exhibition "Mounting Spirits, Resisting Empire". The exhibition explores the history of the Banana Wars in Central America and the Caribbean in the early 1900s. Writer Maxwell Rabb gives a summary of the exhibition, and dives into the artist’s use of collage and historical symbols to challenge colonial narratives.
ARTSY
Emilia Petrarca spends a day with Guest in Residence founder Gigi Hadid. Hadid launched the cashmere fashion brand with the intention to create timeless, well-made, relatively affordable cashmere basics in a range of modern silhouettes and friendly colors. She first started thinking about the brand while pregnant during lockdown and noticed a gap in the market for the kind of luxuriously warm pieces she enjoyed wearing. Hadid dives into what the brand stands for, who inspires her in business and the design philosophy behind the brand.