Kim Hastreiter, founder and editor of Paper Magazine, basically revealed to the New York Times’ Guy Trebay in this wonderful profile that the secret of her joy as a taste-maker among taste-makers (including friends Madonna, Pedro Almodóvar and Penélope Cruz) is to be community-focused. From the article:
This very week, Ms. Hastreiter noted, “this genius art collective called the Family “is opening a monthlong pop-up gallery at 70 Franklin Street in TriBeCa, where they plan to do something pretty close to what Ms. Hastreiter does in Los Angeles. “They’re going to curate everything from readings to music to art to live stuff,” Ms. Hastreiter said. “What I love most about it is that it’s not just 20-year-olds, it’s not about age, it’s not about limitations, it’s about community.” Community and creativity, “always trump shallowness and hype in the end,” Ms. Hastreiter added. “I die for that.”
Having had a memorable run-in with Kim at the party she threw for George Lois’s latest book, I can say that she is a very down to earth person, who got caught in the back of this shot of me and George, taken on my iPhone by Morgan Spurlock. Who wouldn’t want to be surrounded by such talent for a living? Viva la Kim!
