Something Curated’s Holiday Gift Guide

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…

On The Origins & Evolution Of Carnival With Curator Habda Rashid

Open now and running until 19 February 2023, Kettle’s Yard presents Paint Like the Swallow Sings Calypso, a major new exhibition curated by Habda Rashid in dialogue with Barbadian artist, educator and writer Paul Dash, Jamaican artist and editor Errol Lloyd, and Trinidadian poet, artist and curator John Lyons. Alongside a selection of their own…

Ana Mendieta — The Cuban-American Artist Whose Feminist Thought Took Shape In Nature

Cuban-born multidisciplinary artist Ana Mendieta produced a diverse and radical body of work that traversed photography, film, video, drawing, sculpture, and site-specific installation over the course of her short life. Exploring complex themes including dislocation, separation and our connection to nature, her combination of form and documentation most famously manifested in a series she called…

6 Funded Residencies, Awards & Open Calls For Artists In India

Something Curated highlights six funded opportunities established to support creatives working across the arts in India, along with their respective deadlines and links to applications. Arts at CERN & Pro Helvetia — Connect India Programme Arts at CERN and the Swiss Arts Council Pro Helvetia are hosting an open call for their Connect programme, this…

Interview: Yinka Shonibare On Equipping The Next Generation To “Thrive Not Just Survive”

British-Nigerian artist Yinka Shonibare’s multi-disciplinary practice explores colonialism and post-colonialism within the context of globalisation. Through examining race, class and the construction of cultural identity, Shonibare’s works comment on the tangled interrelationship between Africa and Europe, and their respective economic and political histories. Guest Artists Space (G.A.S.) Foundation, an evolution of Guest Projects, Shonibare’s long-standing…

An Afrovisualist Call-And-Response Essay On The Black Continuum

The below essay, written by Justin Smith, is part of the Image Frequency Modulation series curated by Palm Heights artist-in-residence Ethel Tawe. Smith is an artist-curator, writer-researcher, theorist and designer from Richmond, Virginia. He is the founder and curator of Afrovisualism – his curatorial platform and continual studio practice. Within my Afrovisualist practice, Black Aesthetic…

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