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…
Opening this weekend, 17th January, the London Short Film Festival (LSFF) returns for its 22nd edition to celebrate emerging filmmakers and the art of short filmmaking. The eclectic programme will run across London’s most iconic screens and venues, including the BFI Southbank, ICA, Curzon Soho, Rio Cinema, and Rich Mix, and a free 1960s Mobile…
Welcome to the Something Curated holiday gift guide for 2024 — a varied list of items, objects, and experiences for loved ones, all selected by friends of the SC community. Happy shopping and happy holidays. The Substance Candle — Slime Recommended by fashion and culture writer Lauren Cochrane. Anyone who saw The Substance has the last…
What do you get when you mix the grit of underground fight clubs, the glamour of New York’s arts scene, and the energy of a late-night party? The answer is FNT, the brainchild of Bekim Trenova. Seeking to rekindle the spirit of “old New York,” FNT began as an illegal fight party, evolving into one…
Celebrating the enduring appeal of printed art in all its forms, Available Works will return to downtown Manhattan this weekend. Presented by Something Special Studios (SSS*), Water Street Associates (WSA), and Wrong Answer, the two-day event will be hosted within the expansive surrounds of the recently opened cultural hub, WSA. Housed in a towering 1980s…
The word “origami” most likely conjures images of neatly folded paper cranes and centuries-old traditions rooted in Japanese history. And while Japan undoubtedly played a critical role in the practice’s evolution and popularisation, the story of paper folding as an art form is richer and more culturally diverse than many assume. To understand its…
In 1945, French writer and poet, André Breton — the co-founder, leader, and principal theorist of surrealism — wrote about his first encounter with Haitian artist Hector Hyppolite’s paintings at the Centre d’Art in Port-au-Prince. “Haitian painting will drink the blood of the phoenix. And, with the epaulets of Dessalines, it will ventilate the world,”…
Following its release earlier this year, Dune: Part Two continues the science fiction saga directed and co-produced by Canadian filmmaker Denis Villeneuve. Having grossed over $700 million since its arrival in theatres back in March, Villeneuve co-wrote the screenplay with American writer Jon Spaihts, with plans for a third film already in the works —…