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How to Make Rodrigo Cervantes’ Unifying, Ingenious Pastel Azteca
My parents divorced 20 years ago and to this day whenever I speak to my dad he asks me for my mother’s recipe for pastel Azteca (Aztec cake). My mother, on the other hand, barely remembers ever making it, or even eating one for that matter. What’s more, unfortunately she threw away her old recipe…
Design in the Moment: Furniture by the Geoffrey Bawa Practice
Design in the Moment: Furniture by the Geoffrey Bawa Practice, open now and on view until 31 May 2025 at The Bawa Space in Colombo, offers a rare glimpse into the innovative and deeply contextual furniture designs of one of Asia’s most celebrated architects. Curated by architect Channa Daswatte, Chairperson of the Geoffrey Bawa Trust,…
Paris Hilton’s Archive Sale and the Growing Number of Celebrities Selling Clothes Online
‘Walk, don’t run’ might have been the caption announcing Paris Hilton’s archive sale earlier this month. Set up to raise money for those effected by the fires in LA earlier this year, Hilton sold off 97 pieces. The sale was on Vestiaire Collective but, with items made of Y2K dreams, it would have been the…
Chandralekha: The Rebel Choreographer Who Redefined Indian Dance
Radical in her approach to both art and life, pioneering dancer, choreographer, poet, and activist Chandralekha challenged longstanding structures that defined the field of dance in India, upturning rules that endured centuries, smudging the boundaries between art forms, and creating a distinct practice that was modern, unequivocally feminist, and secular in its ethos. Born Chandralekha…
Interviews
The Landscape Remembers: In Conversation with Painter Georg ...
London-based painter Georg Wilson’s practice is rooted in the rhythms of nature, paying homage to English folklore, and pastoral traditions of poetry and art. Responding to the seasons, she creates richly textured, atmospheric landscapes that exist beyond the human realm, inhabited instead by wildling creatures that live in harmony with the land. Through swirling, layered…
The Art of New Season Extra Virgin Olive Oil
A conversation about olive oil: the process, the quality, an idyllic rural pocket of the western Peloponnese, and creating a brand without intending to do so – Tom Woodgate and Juli Laki are behind Honest Toil, the company they founded 15 years ago; today it’s one of the most dynamic, well-known premium olive oils in Europe….
Photographer Melissa Schriek on Female Friendship and the Pr...
“I have a lot of photos with chins touching,” said Melissa Schriek over the phone from her Amsterdam home. We were going through some of the photographs from her last book, Ode: an exploration of the dynamics of female friendship. “I like that it’s almost a mouth,” she said, “It’s also very intimate when your…
At Home With the Artist Rahill Jamalifard
“I love objects and I like to collect,” the artist Rahill Jamalifard tells me early on in our video call one cold January afternoon this year. For decades, first in Manhattan and more recently at the home she shares with her partner in New Lebanon, upstate New York, Rahill has been accumulating records, books, t-shirts,…
Why Wafaa Bilal Is Sending a Bust of Saddam Hussein Into Orbit
On the occasion of Wafaa Bilal’s major new survey exhibition, Indulge Me, now open at the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago and on view until 19 October 2025, Something Curated’s Keshav Anand sat down with the artist to learn more about his life and work. Bilal’s singular practice, provocative and deeply personal, straddles performance, technology,…
Everything You Need to Know From the World of Music This Month
With awards season in the spotlight and the Grammys taking up much of the media’s attention, new music continues to emerge in the background. This time, we look at Sharon Van Etten’s shift to a full-band sound, a celebratory Wilco reissue and the triumphant return of highlife pioneer Ebo Taylor. Plus, new music from Bon…
Inside Arpita Singh’s Universe: “There Is a Law, but That Law Is According to Me”
Opening next month—and on view from 20 March to 27 July 2025—London’s Serpentine will host the first major UK exhibition of one of India’s most prolific contemporary painters. Elaborate and richly coloured, Arpita Singh’s works are labyrinths of memory, myth, and observation. Ahead of her new presentation, Something Curated explores the life and work of…
Guides
Reading List: Five Books to Read This Month
January is the moment of New Year resolutions. “I will hit the gym and scroll less, I will stop binge TV shows and read more,” I tell myself … Let’s see, I suppose. We can but try. With that, here’s a quite eclectic selection of the best books published in the last month to help…
Where to Eat and Drink in Naples in 2025
Naples has undergone a remarkable transformation over recent times, evolving from a controversial and often overlooked city into a major Mediterranean hotspot – its music, monuments, food and football attracting visitors from across the world. It holds a special place in my heart. Despite being from northern Italy, I’ve always had Neapolitan friends who, over the…
The Best from Condo London 2025
Condo, the brainchild of London art dealer Vanessa Carlos—co-founder of Carlos/Ishikawa—involves local galleries lending their spaces for a month to foreign dealers to stage collaborative exhibitions. The model offers visitors and collectors alike a chance to discover talents they may not have otherwise come across in their city, as well as providing galleries with an…
Chef Anna Tobias at Home: Arsenal, Eggs, Jean Cocteau, and Sarah Lucas
Anna Tobias is one of London’s chef’s chefs – a well-respected cook with one of the clearest culinary identities in the city. Her restaurant Café Deco is the quietly brilliant culmination of Tobias’ work, since 2008, with a succession of London’s most celebrated chefs – across the world’s of Modern British and European cuisine: Jeremy Lee at…
Gestures and Gazes: A Photo Essay Exploring Self-Expression and Craft Across India
Something Curated exclusively publishes the photo essay Gestures and Gazes by photographer Olivia Ghalioungui and stylist Manvi Bhatnagar. Exploring self-expression and craftsmanship across India, the series was shot in Delhi, Jaipur, Goa, and Amritsar, last December. The project weaves together two strands: the gaze, captured through a series of richly textured portraits, and the eloquence…
An Insider’s Guide to Bangkok’s Galleries, Markets, and Bookshops
Bangkok: The city summons a set of preconceptions for the first-time traveller. Chaotic, unrelenting, hedonistic. But most cities exist in the gaps between binaries. In my years spent living and wandering in Bangkok, I have grown to appreciate a metropolis that is abundant in life, creativity and industriousness. The impact of mass tourism is indelible…
The Best from Sharjah Biennial 16: An On the Ground Guide
The morning sun is bright but I’m surprised by how cool the air is. Arriving early at Al Mureijah Square, I realise I’m underclad for my first tour of Sharjah Biennial 16 (SB16). Titled to carry, the Biennial presents over 650 works by nearly 200 artists, including Alia Farid, Citra Sasmita, and Himali Singh Soin….
From The Archive
Meet Harris Dickinson, the Compelling Lead Actor of ‘B...
British actor Harris Dickinson plays the lead role in Eliza Hittman’s critically acclaimed Beach Rats, which chronicles a young man’s struggle with his sexuality over the course of a summer, amid the stultifying machismo of outer Brooklyn. Opening in select theatres on 24 November, the film follows Frankie, portrayed by Dickinson, as he roams the…
Interview: Ernesto Neto On Gravity, Togetherness & The ...
Since the 1990s, Brazilian artist Ernesto Neto has produced an inimitable body of work that is in equal parts informed by sensuality and spirituality. Inspired by the Brazilian Conceptualists Lygia Clark and Hélio Oiticica, as well as biomorphism, Minimalism and Arte Povera, Neto’s works engage all of our senses while asserting the human body as…
SC Exclusive: Notes on a Siren — a Film Essay by Justice Jam...
Director Justice Jamal Jones joins myth with modern themes of Black queerness and trans identity in their latest film, Notes on a Siren. Presented by Something Curated, and exclusively premiering on the site, the film was shot on location at Palm Heights in Grand Cayman. Jones expands on the thinking behind their mesmerising work below….