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How to Make Rodrigo Cervantes’ Hot and Crispy Salsa Macha

Salsa macha — “Sauce for the brave, los machos, real men…?” It doesn’t go down so well for an origin story, does it? Gratefully, there’s another one. Salsa macha, as ‘ground sauce’, from the word ‘machacar’ — to grind — usually in a molcajete. From unknown origin in the south of Mexico, specifically in the neighbouring…

Five Books to Read This Month

Believe it or not, this marks the first year anniversary of this column. I hope you had as much fun reading it as I did writing it. But enough of that. Here are five more for you. THE LIFE, OLD AGE, AND DEATH OF A WORKING-CLASS WOMAN, Didier Eribon Allen Lane, pp. 256 Eribon is…

Interviews

Interview: In the Studio with Baseera Khan

Drawing from family archives, religions, and diverse cultural histories, New York-based artist Baseera Khan’s work engages with the emotional and political dimensions of colour and the economies of materials. Spanning oil painting, sculpture, and performance, their work probes the intersections of spirituality, labour, and commodification, all the while examining how these concepts shape identity. On…

Interview: With No Signs of Slowing Down, Kim Yun Shin Refle...

Kim Yun Shin has spent 70 years building a resonant artistic language that bridges sculpture, painting, and printmaking. Her deeply meditative practice explores the fundamental interplay between addition and division—concepts that guide her process and help frame her lifelong engagement with nature, material, and time. Following the presentation of her work at the 60th Venice…

 

Where to Eat in Austin in 2025

You’re never more than five minutes from a taco in downtown Austin, and that taco is very likely to be absolutely excellent. Like any major city’s restaurant scene, what is and isn’t worth your money gets picked apart to death online but I think these restaurants are genuinely worth your time — in a city…

Silence is Deafening

Artificial intelligence is intimidating, nobody plays instruments anymore, and no one can create an art project bringing together different creative languages. Fortunately, this month there were some alternative responses to these trends: Over a thousand artists took a stand against the British government’s planned changes to copyright law, Panda Bear is back (he sure knows…

Teeth as Resistance

In the current series of The White Lotus, much has been made of the meeting of two characters, Chloe — played by Charlotte Le Bon — and Chelsea, played by Aimee Lou Wood. “I love your outfit,” says Wood on their first meeting. “Thanks,” responds Le Bon. “I love your teeth.” Wood’s teeth — big,…

Guides

Orange Wine, Great Coffee, and Mountain Cheese: A Gourmand&#...

Many cities in Italy battle for the title of “The least Italian city,” and Trieste has always been a finisher. But to be honest, Trieste competes in a different league: Maybe it’s “the most foreign city in Italy.” Once the sole port of the Habsburg Empire (and for years the Adriatic’s busiest harbor), its strategic…

An Insider’s Guide to Bangkok’s Galleries, Marke...

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….

 

How Artists Have Adapted Chinese Paper-Cutting Over the Centuries

A rainbow coterie of animals, beasts, people and plants. A flock of bats, a resplendent phoenix, girls dancing and men playing music, chrysanthemum and lotus flowers – these are all familiar motifs of the Chinese Paper Cut, which in 2009, was inscribed on UNESCO’s list of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.  Painstakingly crafted with…

Reading in This Moment: Five Books for March 2025

Here’s a selection which this month leans heavily on politics and non-fiction. At a time when it seems there’s little about which to feel hopeful, there remains a lot for us to consider. BLACK UTOPIANS: VISIONS OF HOPE AND RESISTANCE IN AMERICA, Aaron Robertson Chatto & Windus, pp. 400 Black Utopians is the first full-length…

Between Particles and Poetry: The Making of Laure Prouvost’s ‘WE FELT A STAR DYING’

Laure Prouvost’s installations draw you in through their inventive approaches to storytelling. They unfold across numerous media and senses, and are teeming with poetic connections, fantastical elements, wit, and wordplay. She describes her process as an act of translation — a sensory elaboration of feelings, intuitions, and moments in time. Imaginative new logics and relationships…

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