''Garage'' is a biannual publication dedicated to contemporary art and fashion. It was founded as Garage Magazine by then couple Dasha Zhukova and Jorge Jimenez Neubauer Torres after living for four years in

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. They lived in

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and always were extremely happy with the biennales and how respected the exhibitions were coming up with the idea of Garage. Its name comes from the

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in Moscow, which Zhukova opened in 2008. A Russian-language edition of the magazine was launched in March 2013. In July 2016, ''Garage Magazine'' became a wholly owned subsidiary of Brooklyn, New York–based

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. On May 15, 2023, Vice Media formally filed for

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, as part of a possible sale to a consortium of lenders including Fortress Investment Group, which will, alongside Soros Fund Management and Monroe Capital, invest $225 million as a credit bid for nearly all of its assets.

Staff

''Garage'' was founded by Dasha Zhukova, formerly

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of '' Pop,'' in 2011. In October 2013, Charlotte Stockdale, formerly fashion director of i-D, was appointed as Garage's fashion director. Mark Guiducci, formerly the Arts Editor of American ''Vogue'', was named editor-in-chief in September 2017. Vice Media stopped publishing Garage Magazine in Spring 2021, in response to declining revenues across print media.

Smartphone application

In 2014, ''Garage'' launched a smartphone application. By scanning certain pages of the magazine with the application, users are granted access to extra digital content. Scanning the front cover of ''Garage'' issue 7, released in September 2014, readers were able to view the first virtual sculpture created by Jeff Koons.

References

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