Interview: Reina Sugihara on Spatial Memory and the Mono-ha Movement

Tokyo-based artist Reina Sugihara’s paintings are at once viscous and static, depicting haptic moments in which objects and the body become abstracted and reconfigured through the lens of memory. Sculptural in her approach, Sugihara’s works emerge over months, and sometimes years, through a committed process of layering and experimentation. The artist is set to show…

How Venezuelan Artist Jesús Rafael Soto’s Immersive Installations Redefined Kinetic Art

Born in 1923 in Ciudad Bolívar, southeastern Venezuela, Jesús Rafael Soto began his artistic career as an illusionistic painter. Today, he is best known for his large-scale immersive sculptures that consist of numerous suspended elements, through which viewers can physically navigate — or as he puts, “penetrate.” Soto’s ingenious environments manipulate the interaction of solidity…

Available Works Art Book Fair Returns to Downtown Manhattan this Weekend

Art book fair, Available Works, returns to downtown Manhattan this weekend, following the popularity of its inaugural edition last September. Presented by Water Street Associates (WSA), Something Special Studios* (SSS*), and Wrong Answer, the two day event will take place within WSA’s imposing surrounds — the recently opened cultural hub unfolds over 31 floors of…

The Best from Mexico City Art Week 2024

Mexico City Art Week 2024 comprises a busy line-up of exhibitions and events held by the city’s galleries and cultural institutions, bolstered by the presence of Latin America’s leading art fairs, including ZⓈONAMACO, Feria Material and Salón ACME — all of which take place over the span of just a few days and attract a…

Meet Kat Anderson, Winner of the Inaugural East London Art Prize

Since 1994, Bow Arts has nurtured London’s burgeoning artistic talent, providing creative practitioners with subsidised workspace and mentoring. Their latest initiative, the East London Art Prize, celebrates and promotes art made in the cultural hub of east London. The award’s inaugural winner, Kat Anderson — selected by a panel of judges including artist Larry Achiampong…

6 Exhibitions Not to Miss During Condo London 2024

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 an opportunity to discover talents they may not have otherwise come across in their city, as well as…

Anastasia Samoylova’s Seductive Images Document the Fragility of Florida

Moscow-born Miami-based artist, Anastasia Samoylova has been photographing Florida intensively since 2016 — from the Keys to the state borders. A stark place, culturally, politically, economically, and climatically, Samoylova’s probing images tell a complex story. The artist makes her photographs on wandering road trips, often encountering the most telling subjects by chance. Her images are…

The Best of Something Curated from 2023

Reflecting on the past year, Something Curated highlights ten of our favourite — and most popular — pieces of 2023. Interview: Gab Bois goes to Palm Heights Hailing from Montreal, visual artist Gab Bois traded the frosty Canadian winter for a dose of Caribbean sun and sea in Grand Cayman. At once playful and extraordinarily…

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