An artistic statement and visual journal elucidating the artist and curator’s time in Grand Cayman, this article concludes the four-part editorial series, Image Frequency Modulation, contributed by Palm Heights artist-in-residence Ethel Tawe. The below are her words. In this particular prototype installed at Library Fetish [Palm Heights’ print archive and bookstore], charted fragments of…
99 Scott, the cultural events venue in Brooklyn, has launched StudioSkate, a 2500 square foot ice skating rink fusing community, music, food and the arts. The project is an imaginatively designed alternative to traditional holiday skating rinks, replete with conceptual lighting installations and a pizzeria, already attracting the city’s art and fashion crowds. New York…
A nucleus of artistic activity, New York City boasts a seemingly endless list of shows and cultural events to attend, with new spaces popping up around the city relentlessly. Making a discerning selection from this cornucopia is quite a task — and so Something Curated is here to help. From major museums and cultural institutions,…
Los Angeles-based Iranian-American visual artist Nasim Hantehzadeh works in oil, pastel and graphite, across both canvas and paper, bringing together untethered figurative elements in vibrant and arresting compositions that allude to a range of references, including Palaeolithic cave paintings, indigenous art from Mexico and ancient Persian rug designs. Hantehzadeh returned to the United States –…
Olukayode Odesanya, better known by his stage name Kida Kudz, is a Nigerian born, UK based artist primarily operating within the Afrobeats scene and its adjacent worlds. Having accrued a keen following across Europe and Africa with his distinctive sound, which he coins “Afro Jiggy,” Kida has previously collaborated with artists such as Burna Boy,…
Al Sadu, sometimes referred to as just Sadu, is a traditional form of weaving practised by Bedouin communities to produce soft furnishings for the home, resilient garments, tents, and decorative items for camels and horses, among other functions. The Bedouin are nomadic Arab tribes who have historically inhabited the desert regions in the Arabian Peninsula,…
Pioneering Sudanese artist Kamala Ibrahim Ishag, born in 1939 in Omdurman, Sudan, was amongst the first women artists to graduate from the College of Fine and Applied Art in Khartoum in 1963. She followed this with studies in Mural Painting at the Royal College of Art (RCA) in London, and later, Lithography, Typography and Illustration….
With the holidays fast approaching, Something Curated has compiled a list of ten of the most coveted items available for purchase this month, perfect to give or receive, spanning art, fashion, home and more. Art Untitled, 2014 | Anish Kapoor Anish Kapoor is well-known for his use of abstract biomorphic forms and his penchant for…