# Chanel Art Magazine Features Cindy Sherman > Cindy Sherman creates provocative art series for Chanel’s new art magazine. - Title: Chanel Art Magazine Features Cindy Sherman · Vanity Fair - Summary: Cindy Sherman creates provocative art series for Chanel’s new art magazine. Cindy Sherman’s new art series, Fabric Matrons, debuts in Chanel’s October 23 art… - Keywords: chanel, cindy sherman, fabric matrons, arts and culture, vol 2, october 23, hauser and wirth, frieze london, savile row, museum, Art, Magazine - Source: Vanity Fair — https://vanityfair.com/style-chanel-cindy-sherman - Author: Nate Freeman - Published: 2026-10-09T18:21:53.715+00:00 - Read time: 1 min - Topics: chanel, cindy sherman, fabric matrons, arts and culture, vol 2, october 23, hauser and wirth, frieze london, savile row, museum ## Sherman’s Inspiration Cindy Sherman was inspired by London Jewelers store in East Hampton. > You know the London Jewelers store in East Hampton? It’s this big, fancy jewelry store right across from Citarella ## Sherman’s Initial Struggle Sherman struggled to create her series, feeling she hated working because it wasn’t going anywhere. > In the beginning, I was really struggling, I really didn’t know what the fuck I was doing, and it was the first time in my life I felt like I hated working because I just didn’t have a clear idea and it wasn’t going anywhere ## Chanel Invitation Chanel offered Sherman free rein to use their archives for a new art magazine cover. > The legendary French fashion house was making a second issue of its surprisingly vigorous, thick-stock glossy art magazine. Would it be possible to feature a new work by Cindy Sherman on the cover? ## Fabric Supply Chanel sent Sherman 12 or 15 yards of fabric from their archives. > Finally, they sent these reams of fabric that were 12 yards, or 15 yards ## New Art Series Sherman created Fabric Matrons series of portraits of Hamptons matrons in Chanel. > The new work is a radical take on aging and femininity, an uncut hit of Cindy Sherman, despite, or maybe even because of, her initial hesitation ## Chanel’s Art Strategy Chanel’s global president of arts and culture created a free art magazine with no ads. > Yana Peel, who joined Chanel as global president of arts and culture in 2020 ## Magazine Details Arts & Culture Vol. 2 magazine releases on October 23 with 300 pages and no ads. > The Chanel magazine, Arts & Culture Vol. 2, comes out on October 23 ## Magazine Content Magazine features art, text messages with artists, and original lyrics by Patti Smith. > There are original lyrics by our dinnermate Patti Smith. Andrew Durbin goes long on Peggy Guggenheim ## Chanel’s Art Investment Chanel’s family has a net worth of nearly $100 billion and funds art programming. > Alain Wertheimer and Gérard Wertheimer have a combined net worth of nearly $100 billion ## Chanel’s Art Strategy Chanel’s art magazine aims to showcase global art without brand promotion. > We wanted to make it about the people and the places and the ideas that we think are the most exciting in the world so that there could be discovery ## Magazine Impact Magazine has lines at bookstores and features global art spaces. > Lines formed down the block to snag a copy ## What Happens Next Sherman’s Fabric Matrons series will be shown at Hauser & Wirth’s Frieze London show in May. > The resulting work will soon be on view as Hauser & Wirth’s major Frieze London show at their Savile Row gallery in Mayfair ## Key takeaway Cindy Sherman’s new art series, Fabric Matrons, debuts in Chanel’s October 23 art magazine.