Whether it’s artists, filmmakers, gallerists, musicians, chefs, or authors, Something Curated is always aiming to bring you illuminating and often-times wide-ranging conversations with those at the cutting edge of the arts and culture. Here’s a selection of our favourites from 2025 so far. And we can promise you can look forward to many more to…
From artist-run initiatives and independent festivals to commercial galleries and more, Something Curated has compiled a guide to Cairo’s contemporary art scene – touching on film and music too. With special thanks to Egyptian director and photographer Zeina Aref for her on-the-ground recommendations. Gypsum Gallery Opened in 2013, Gypsum is the brainchild of curator Aleya…
One of the hottest venues in Brooklyn, New York, has announced that it will welcome cult-favourite Paradise Pizza from Palm Heights in Grand Cayman. The pizzeria and natural wine spot will take over the terrace at the hip members club SAA in Bushwick this summer. Having arrived from the Cayman Islands last week, Paradise will…
This month, from 16-18 May, art book fair Available Works returns to New York for its fourth and most expansive iteration yet. The event will take over the 39th floor of 180 Maiden Lane for a weekend of printed matter, live music, art, and cultural programming. Presented by Something Special Studios* and Water Street Associates…
On 8 May, The Luster, a group exhibition featuring ten international artists, opens at vitruta King’s Cross, a newly launched concept store in London’s Coal Drops Yard. Led by Creative Director Serra Duran Paralı, the space is designed in collaboration with Paris-based architect Sofia Cherkaoui of SSStudio+212. Blurring the boundaries between retail, arts venue, and…
One of the most important principles that we editors at Something Curated try to keep in mind as we run the site is the idea of cultivating and nurturing a community — whether you’re an artist, a designer, a chef, a writer, a musician or photographer, we try to celebrate your work and ideas in…
Following its theatrical release in China, Beijing-based visual artist and filmmaker Luka Yuanyuan Yang’s debut feature film, Chinatown Cha-Cha, is embarking on an international tour. Having made pit stops in London, Berlin, and Munich this month, and with screenings planned in New York and San Francisco in May, the documentary shines a light on the…
For its sixth and most expansive edition to date, Queer East Festival returns to London this spring with a vibrant celebration of queer cinema, performance, and visual culture from East and Southeast Asia – and, for the first time, Central and South Asia. With over 100 titles and a bold new strand spotlighting diasporic stories…