# @mickalenethomas on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/Dd9990DEV3k
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/71584220-mickalenethomas-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/289f2573b6.jpg
- **Posted:** 2026-10-01T22:20:16.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Mickalene Thomas (@mickalenethomas) — https://gondola.cc/mickalenethomas

## Caption

Art and sport have more in common than we sometimes realize. Passion, discipline, creativity, obsession... michijig and I are both former athletes who found our way into the art world, so connecting these two worlds feels especially personal.
Today we launch an oversized print edition of Art Arena × CULTURED, bringing together compelling voices in art and sport.
For our first cover, michijig had the idea to commission artist shereehovsepian to create an original artwork with lindseyvonn as both athlete and subject.
Thank you Michi for your trust and friendship, isolde_brielmaier for your steady and meaningful leadership and insight, leahfayec for bringing your deep knowledge of sport to these pages, and iangmalone for the dedication to this project. I’m so excited for you to discover the issue at newsstands next week.

Guest Editor: leahfayec
Chief strategy officer: isolde_brielmaier
Founding Creative Director, Art Arena:
mickalenethomas
Photography: shereehovsepian
Styling: andrewgelwicks
Hair:mitchellramazon
Makeup: johnwilger
Production: missdionnenyc
Location: pier59studios 

#mickalenethomas #artist #blackartist

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mickalenethomas, artist, blackartist

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