Invaluable resources, these temples of books have a focus on art and tangential creative practices, with their extensive collections spanning varying specialisms, from painting, video art and photography to particular regions, antiques and conservation. Each entirely unique, with diverse holdings, architectures and stories, Something Curated highlights ten incredible art libraries around the world. Musashino…
Opening on 25 February and running until 25 March at P21 Gallery in London, Changing Track brings together five French artists from the African diaspora – Samir Laghouati-Rashwan, Randa Maroufi, Rayane Mcirdi, Valentin Noujaïm and Sara Ouhaddou – to explore notions of daydreaming, change and im/mobility. The exhibition, curated by Estelle Marois, uses Michel Butor’s…
The hanok is a traditional Korean house that was first designed and built in the 14th century during the Joseon dynasty. Historically, traditional Korean architecture paid great attention to the positioning of the house in relation to its surroundings, rooted in a principle called baesanimsu, which considers the optimal home to be built with a…
Occupying a liminal space between fine art and the everyday, functional art refers to aesthetic objects that serve utilitarian purposes. The fireplace has long proven itself to be a fruitful site for this type of exploration, with eminent artists and designers having tested and reimagined what an operative fireplace can look like for centuries. Throughout…
Running from 7 April–9 July 2023, the 14th Gwangju Biennale, titled soft and weak like water, is set to present works by 79 local and international artists, more than 40 of which are new works and commissioned projects that have not been exhibited previously. Unfolding across five venues throughout the South Korean city of Gwangju, this year’s programme is…
Currently a resident at the Schauspielhaus Zürich, Wu Tsang is an American filmmaker and performance artist whose works seamlessly bring together documentary and narrative techniques infiltrated with surprising tangents into fantasy, unpacking shrouded histories, marginalised narratives, and, at times, the act of performing itself. Tsang reimagines racialised, gendered representations beyond the visible frame to encompass…
This March, Harneet Baweja of Michelin Bib Gourmand restaurants Gunpowder will launch his latest venture, Empire Empire in Notting Hill. Taking inspiration from the late 1970s Indian disco era, revellers will be welcomed to dine and dance the evening away. Baweja explains to Something Curated: “My father tells me that the late 1970’s was a…
Born into an affluent and conservative Irish-Catholic family in England in 1917, from the very beginning Leonora Carrington resisted conforming to societal expectations, going onto establish herself as both a critical figure in the Surrealist movement and an artist of extraordinary individuality. Her eventful life included a formative relationship with artist Max Ernst, an escape…