SPREAD | ArtCulture

SPREAD ARTCULTURE IS THE ANNUAL ART TITLE CREATED BY, FOR, AND ABOUT CULTURAL INSTIGATORS

WHO ARE THE CULTURAL INSTIGATORS?

Cultural Instigators are those creatives who change the cultural landscape through provocative, inspiring, fresh, and original work.
Cultural Instigators are those individuals whose decisions affect and influence popular tastes.
Cultural Instigators are conduits for ideas and concepts; they introduce them to the population at large.
Cultural Instigators make the difference between the success and failure of an idea, a concept, or a brand.
Cultural Instigators know their ideas will be acted upon by others.
Cultural Instigators change the world.

SPREAD ARTCULTURE ALWAYS PUSHES THE BOUNDARIES WITH THE FRESHEST CONTENT—THE BEST, MOST INTERESTING TAKE ON CONTEMPORARY CULTURE ON NEWSSTANDS.

WHO HAS BEEN FEATURED IN SPREAD ARTCULTURE?

KANYE WEST, MARTIN SCORSESE, DAVID LYNCH, ASIA ARGENTO, TAKASHI MURAKAMI, RAYMOND PETTIBON, TOM SACHS, LUPE FIASCO, LEELEE SOBIESKI, ANNA PAQUIN, MATTHEW WILLIAMSON, KAWS, CASSIE, JEAN PAUL GOUDE, MASAMICHI KUTAYAMA OF WONDERWALL, JOHN JAY, SIR PETER BLAKE, JOEL MEYEROWITZ, ERIC WHITE, JORDAN LADD, DONNY MILLER, MIMI SO, ERNESTO CAIVANO, NAVI RAWAT, IAN SCHRAGER, SEBASTIEN AGNEESSENS, RYE RYE, AKRON FAMILY, BAT FOR LASHES, WILL OLDHAM, LITTLE BOOTS, ROSEY CHAN, OPENING CEREMONY, O.H.W.O.W., PHILLIPS DE PURY, MIZUO PECK, MIKE FIGGIS, THE WEBSTER, MIKE SHINE, D*FACE, AND MORE…

STAFF

Editorial Director/Publisher
Howard Bernstein

President
Steve Aaron

Creative Director:
Eddie Brannan

Consulting Editor:
Ken Miller

Managing Editor:
Louisa St. Pierre

Blog Editor:
Jonathan R. Stein

Photography Director:
Ehrin Feeley

Photo Editor:
Helen Shih

Production Editor:
Alexander Wolf

Circulation & Distribution Consultant:
Richard Rhodes

CONTRIBUTORS

WRITERS
Sabastien Agneessens:  Art curator, Owner of Formavision
Chiara Barzini: Contributing Editor of Vanity International Editions
Eddie Brannan: Creative Director of City Magazine, Writer for Blackbook Magazine.
Sara Cardace: NY Magazine Contributing Writer.
Larry Goldstein: Creative Director JWT NY
John Jay: Worldwide Creative Director of Nike at Wieden & Kennedy, Writes for International Vogues.
Lauren Knighten: Assistant Curator at David Zwirner Gallery
Dominic Luytens: British Vogue and The Guardian.
Carlo McCormack: Paper Magazine Arts Editor
Ken Miller: Former editor of Tokion, Writer for V, City Magazine.
Jamie O’Shea: Supertouch art blog, celebrity Art Consultant and former Editor of Juxtapose art and culture magazine.
Helen Walters: Former Editor of Creative Review Magazine in the UK, Writes on Art, Design, and Music.

PHOTOGRAPHERS

Julie Blackmon is American Photo’s photographer of the year.  she is to be exhibited this year at the Fahey Klein Gallery in LA, SF Camerawork in San Francisco and at the Boulder Museum of Contemporary Work.

Brian Doben is a contributor to Town & Country, People Magazine, and InStyle.

David Eustace has enjoyed much press for his work in the Vanity Fair and USA network “Character Project”.  He is most known for his real approach to celebrity portraits.  From the UK he has worked with British GQ, Esquire and British Vogue.

Jeff Harris is a contributer to Vogue and Glamour.

Gregory Heisler has photographed over 30 covers of Time Magazine including the “Man of the Year” several times.  His work has been featured in the NY Times Magazine, GQ, Esquire, InStyle, and ESPN the Magazine.

Joel Meyerowitz is represented by the Edwynn Houk Gallery.  He is considered one of the pioneers of street photography along with being one of the seventies colorists.  He has numerous highly acclaimed books from “Tuscany” to “Cape Light” to “Redheads”.  He has been exhibited at MOMA, Getty Museum LA, The Art Institute of Chicago and The Whitney Museum.

Erwin Olaf is a contibuter to the NY Times Magazine, The Sunday Times of London and Elle International editions.  In 2008 his book was Aperture’s bestseller of the year.  His work has been exhibited around the world including the Hague Museum, Photo Museum Antwerp, Shoalhaven City Arts-Australia, San Pedro Garza Garcia-Mexico, Space E6-China and Hasted Hunt in the US.

Todd Selby is the darling of the press.  His blog theselby.com has been featured in Vogue, The New York Times and New York Magazine.

Stephen Wilkes is a frequent contributer to the NY Times Magazine and Vanity Fair.  His Ellis Island book has recieved much international press.  The work was exhibited at the Griffin Museum in 2008.

Jim Wright is a celebrity photographer who has worked with Ellen DeGeneres, Bruce Willis, and Matthew McConaughey.