Cj Hendry and Sulwhasoo’s Secret Garden Blooms at The Brant Foundation

01An All-White Garden for Visitors to Draw On

Secret Garden brings together New York-based artist Cj Hendry and Sulwhasoo for a participatory installation. The collaboration takes its starting point from the beauty brand's Bukchon flagship in Seoul, translating that inspiration into a white environment in New York.

Visitors are invited to pick up Sulwhasoo crayons and draw directly on the walls. Written messages are part of the invitation, too. The activity is built into the installation itself: participants contribute drawings and words inside the garden.

02The Seoul House Behind the Installation

The House of Sulwhasoo in Bukchon brings two different residential buildings together. One is a hanok, a traditional Korean house dating from the 1930s; the other is a Western-style yangok from the 1960s. An embankment once separated the properties. Removing it allowed an open courtyard to connect the houses.

Choi Wook of ONE O ONE Architects led the architectural project. The work retained original hanok pillars and rafters where possible, along with the yangok's structural framework. Secret Garden draws on this flagship as its stated inspiration, with visitors invited to contribute their own drawings to the New York installation.

03Three September Dates in New York

Secret Garden comes to The Brant Foundation from September 18–20, 2026. Inspired by Sulwhasoo's Bukchon flagship in Seoul, the installation invites visitors to add their own drawings and messages.

04A Former Power Substation Turned Art Space

The Brant Foundation's New York space is at 421 East 6th Street. Its building was originally a Consolidated Edison substation, then became Walter De Maria's home and studio in the mid-1980s. He used the space until his death in 2013.

Richard Gluckman of Gluckman Tang Architects subsequently renovated the former substation. The 16,000-square-foot building contains 7,000 square feet devoted to exhibitions across four floors.