South African artist Zandile Tshabalala’s paintings are an ode to young Black women like herself, celebratory, dynamic and self-confident. The commanding presence of her characters, whether reclined reading a book, convivial in the company of friends, or perhaps in an intimate situation, are rooted in the artist’s everyday reality. Contrasting who the Black woman is…
Instagram account at @fado_tropical is a vibrant celebration of Brazil’s cultural riches, traversing the realms of visual art, architecture, indigenous traditions and festivities, fashion, nature and more. Brazil is the largest country in South America with one of the swiftest growing economies in the region. Close to 85% of the population now reside in the…
Jyotindra Manshankar Bhatt, better known as Jyoti Bhatt, was among the earliest students at one of the first art schools founded after India’s independence in 1947. Born in 1934 in the western state of Gujarat, through his prolific career, Bhatt documented rural Indian culture, capturing traditional ways of life, including craft customs at impending risk…
Since its inception two decades ago, the Copenhagen restaurant Noma, credited with the invention of New Nordic Cuisine, topped the list of the World’s 50 Best Restaurants five times, most recently in 2021. But after years of serving dishes based on locally foraged ingredients, from reindeer brain custard with bee pollen to a quince and…
Looking at the year ahead, Something Curated highlights ten of the most exciting art, photography, fashion and architecture exhibitions taking place across the globe in 2023. When We See Us: A Century Of Black Figuration In Painting at Zeitz MOCAA, Cape Town | Open until 3 Sep 2023 When We See Us: A Century of…
The sixth edition of the Dhaka Art Summit (DAS), an initiative of the Samdani Art Foundation, takes place this year from 3–11 February 2023 at Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy. The first instalment of the Summit to have a Bangla title, Bonna, translating to “flood” in English, unites diverse artists, architects and community groups, weaving together the…
Born in rural Derbyshire in 1941, the daughter of a factory worker and cotton weaver, Vivienne Westwood relocated to Harrow, Greater London with her family as a teenager. It was here that the young designer undertook a jewellery making course at the University of Westminster, then known as the Harrow Art School, but left after…
Shaped by his experience growing up between Jamaica, the Cayman Islands and the UK, Jawara Alleyne’s interdisciplinary practice seamlessly oscillates between the realms of art and fashion. Through a nuanced amalgam of Caribbean mythologies, including the Rastafarian mysticism of Jamaica and the pirate folklore of the Cayman Islands, contrasted with the histories of London’s subcultures,…