Zendaya and Artist Simone Leigh Celebrate Collaboration for GARAGE Magazine’S Latest Cover

Zendaya and Artist Simone Leigh Celebrate Collaboration for GARAGE Magazine’s Latest Cover

Hosts Mark Guiducci and Law Roach were joined by MJ Rodriguez, Jessica Hart, Jacob Bixenman, Alex Israel, Spike Jonze, Cleo Wade, Moses Sumney, Kilo Kish, Jordan Wolfson, Kate and Laura Mulleavy, Klaus Beisenbach, David Kordansky

Above: Zendaya at GARAGE Magazine Issue 17 Dinner. Photographer: Billy Farrell/BFA.com. Courtesy of GARAGE Magazine.

(LOS ANGELES, CA — NOVEMBER 20, 2019) — GARAGE Magazine Editor-in-Chief Mark Guiducci ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ and celebrity stylist Law Roach hosted an intimate dinner at the Chateau Marmont penthouse in honor ​ ​ of Zendaya and artist Simone Leigh‘s collaboration for the cover of GARAGE Magazine Issue 17. In an ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ exclusive new portfolio for the magazine’s latest issue, Zendaya brings to life Leigh’s majestic sculptures, which honor the agency of black women and their power to inhabit worlds of their own creation.

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Photographer: Billy Farrell/BFA.com. Courtesy of GARAGE Magazine.

In addition to Simone Leigh and Zendaya, notable guests included actors MJ Rodriguez (Pose) and ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Alia Shawkat (Arrested Development, Search Party); models Jessica Hart, Jacob Bixenman, Kelly ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Sawyer Patricof; musicians Moses Sumney and Kilo Kish; filmmakers Spike Jonze (Her, Adaptation, ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Being John Malkovich) and Chris Moukarbel (Wig, Gaga: Five Foot Two); screenwriter Simon Kinberg ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ (X-Men franchise, Mr. & Mrs. Smith, Sherlock Holmes); artists Alex Israel, Jordan Wolfson, and Jen ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Guidi; fashion designers Kate and Laura Mulleavy (Rodarte) and Greg Chait (The Elder Statesman); ​ ​ ​ poet, writer, and activist Cleo Wade; gallerist David Kordansky; MOCA Los Angeles Director Klaus ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Beisenbach; writer, producer and curator Neville Wakefield; ForYourArt Founder Bettina Korek; ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ photographers Luke Gilford and Campbell Addy; and GARAGE Magazine Creative Director Brian ​ ​ ​ ​ Phillips and Fashion Director Gabriella Karefa-Johnson, among others. ​ ​ ​

Guests overlooked stunning views of the Hollywood Hills while listening to music curated by DJ and producer Charlie Klarsfeld, accompanied by dinner cocktails by Casamigos and cannabis dessert ​ ​ ​ beverages by Cann. ​ ​

Under the leadership of Editor-in-Chief Mark Guiducci, the magazine’s seventeenth issue tackles the ​ ​ theme of Can we live?, examining survival mechanisms from detachment to activism and collaboration. ​ ​ The issue begins with Zendaya, who this year shed her Disney skin with HBO’s Euphoria. “Zendaya’s ​ ​ character Rue is an instant avatar for the Trump era—but the opposite of Zendaya herself, who seems to be preternaturally engaged, a born activist,” says Guiducci. “Even if she feels conflicted about that label, as she explains in conversation with Thelma Golden, director of the Studio Museum in Harlem, Zendaya ​ ​ is someone who can’t help but give a damn.”

ABOUT GARAGE MAGAZINE GARAGE is a global leader in contemporary art, fashion, and luxury, committed to bringing to life the most original and ambitious collaborative projects in those fields. GARAGE publishes biannual print editions, and, since its digital relaunch in October 2017, cutting-edge daily content online under the aegis of VICE Media. The magazine was launched in 2011 by Dasha Zhukova, taking its name and spirit from Garage Museum of Contemporary Art in Moscow, the major international art institution founded in 2008. Since its inception, GARAGE has worked with many of the world's most celebrated creators and initiated an array of global artistic dialogues. Among the contributors to have created exclusive content for the magazine are Jeff Koons, Cindy Sherman, Damien Hirst, Richard Prince, John Baldessari, Urs Fischer, Aya Takano, Mark Grotjahn, Deana Lawson, and Takashi Murakami.

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