BY ALEXANDER HANKIN
I arrive at the Guggenheim Museum in an Hermès leather blazer to honor the second annual Cultured magazine ‘CULT 100’ list – a lineup of 100 individuals shaping contemporary culture
Beneath the Rashid Johnson installation, A Poem for Deep Thinkers, DJ Miles Robbins sets the mood. I’m surrounded by some of the city’s greatest luminaries and best-dressed people. The Cultured branded vending machine beckons, and I score a lighter (even though I don’t smoke) and rubber ducky. I spot friends Wes Gordon and Paul Arnhold, and we make our way up to the museum’s upper level to take in the exhibition and scope out the crowd from above, running into writer Carson Griffith and stylist Micaela Erlanger along the way.
Sarah Harrelson, Cultured’s founder and editor-in-chief takes the stage, followed by an impressive roster of talent. Sarah Jessica Parker, in rose tinted glasses, delivers opening remarks, recalling how her Sex and the City character Carrie Bradshaw famously went to the Guggenheim on a Thursday when the museum is closed. Chloe Fineman delivers a comedic monologue, featuring a cameo from White Lotus star Walton Goggins in his Cultured cover shot speedo. Kareem Rahma does a hilarious ‘Subway Takes’ segment with Molly Gordon, Benito Skinner and Owen Thiele. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie reads a passage from her book, followed by a musical performance from Laufey.
Later, fashion daredevil Julia Fox takes over the turntables, and gets everyone dancing in the museum’s rotunda: Jenna Lyons, designer Stacey Bendet and Nicky Hilton all mingle and move as green lights pulsate to the music. Carrie Bradshaw would have been in heaven.
