Cultureshock Connects

Welcome to Cultureshock Connects, our monthly digest of innovative content created in partnership with some of the world’s leading cultural brands. Featured in this issue: Mark Bradford, Elsa Schiaparelli, Darren Walker, Tefaf, Rose Wylie, V&A, Vadim Grigoryan, Hyundai and more

Mark Bradford and Darren Walker in conversation with Michael Govan

For the second in The Genesis Talks series at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), internationally acclaimed artist Mark Bradford and former Ford Foundation president Darren Walker joined museum director Michael Govan for an extraordinary conversation about museums, social justice and the power of art to change lives. You can watch the Cultureshock-produced video here, part of our ongoing collaboration with luxury car maker Genesis.

Schiaparelli takes the V&A

All things Schiaparelli lead the spring issue of V&A Magazine, which comes out just as the museum’s much-anticipated exhibition Schiaparelli: Fashion Becomes Art opens on 28 March. Cultureshock has been producing V&A Magazine, an essential benefit of the museum’s membership programme, for more than two decades, and this issue features Schiaparelli creative director Daniel Roseberry in conversation with exhibition curator Lydia Caston on Elsa Schiaparelli’s remarkable, surrealist-inspired creations and lasting impact on fashion.

The best of Tefaf

Couldn’t make it to Maastricht for Tefaf, the preeminent art fair devoted to old master paintings and drawings, decorative artists and much more? Cultureshock’s Jane Morris did and selected her highlights from the 277 galleries represented, ranging from a 1592 portrait by Lavinia Fontana – one of the most successful female mannerist painters – to a 2026 take on Manet’s Bar at the Folies-Bergère, 1882, by Scottish artist Caroline Walker.

Art Thinking’s existential challenge to luxury brands

“If aspiring brands don’t engage with artists, they will simply be degraded to commodities or cease to exist,” warned Vadim Grigoryan, author of Cultureshock’s Art Thinking, who took centre stage as keynote speaker for the Art Business Conference in Paris. Quoted at length in this Artnet article, Grigoryan has brought fresh thinking to the ever-widening trend for artist-brand collaborations. Set against the backdrop of the Grand Palais, the article examines the promise and pitfalls of these partnerships, highlighting that the strongest ones build on shared values, creative freedom and genuine exchange rather than short-term marketing gestures.

Hyundai Translocal Series: Entangled and Woven

In the newest film produced by Cultureshock for the Hyundai Translocal Series, an initiative by Hyundai Motor, we follow eight extraordinary artists and collectives from India and Korea as they explore shared craft traditions, including embroidery, block printing and weaving. This beautifully shot 10-minute film, Hyundai Translocal Series: Entangled and Woven, brings viewers inside studios and workshops where creative practices bridge material and memory across regions in Korea, India and the UK.

Making Sense with “rebel painter” Rose Wylie

At the age of 91, inimitable artist Rose Wylie is having a moment: her delightful exhibition, Rose Wylie: The Picture Comes First at the Royal Academy, is attracting crowds and gleaning glowing press. In this episode of Making Sense: Conversations on Creativity, Tim Marlow visited Wylie’s Kent studio for a lively discussion with the artist the RA calls “the rebel of the British art world”. Download the podcast here – you don’t want to miss this one.