Vietnamese-Canadian electronic producer, filmmaker, and audiovisual artist Veron Xio, better known by the pseudonym x/o, lives and works between their native Vancouver and Berlin. Their inventive musical offering seeks to disrupt binaries through audiovisual storytelling. x/o’s brand new single, Red Alert, accompanied by a self-directed video paying homage to the Hong Kong neon-soaked romances of…
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. Books Sika Kokoo || Kwabena Appiah-Nti In his new book, Sika Kokoo, photographer Kwabena Appiah-Nti takes us on an intimate journey…
Opening on 9 December 2021 and running until 15 January 2022, London gallery Pilar Corrias is set to present an exhibition of new work by American artist Kat Lyons at their Savile Row site. Titled Early Paradise, this will be the artist’s first solo exhibition in the UK, showing thirteen paintings based on Lyons’ experiences…
Samyukta Nair, the restaurateur behind London’s Jamavar and Bombay Bustle, has launched her latest dining concept in the capital, MiMi Mei Fair. Situated within an unassuming Georgian townhouse on Curzon Street, diners are transported to old world China, entering through a discrete sapele wood panelled hall. Nair and designer Tom Strother at Fabled Studio have…
Open now and running until 10 December 2021 as part of Miami Art Week, Skin in the Game is a group exhibition curated by Zoe Lukov and presented by Grand Cayman-based cultural centre Palm Heights. Gabriella Khalil, Palm Heights’ Creative Director, notes, “In keeping with our commitment to provide alternative formats for contemporary culture around…
Virgil Abloh, the American designer, artist, DJ and stylist, first came to prominence as Kanye West’s Creative Director, going onto make a seismic impact on the fashion industry with his luxury streetwear label, Off-White, and, more recently, his position as Artistic Director of Menswear at Louis Vuitton. Born in 1980 to Ghanaian parents, Abloh was…
Yesterday, 25 November 2021, Egypt opened to the public a 3,000-year-old sphinx-lined avenue in the eastern city of Luxor, having finally completed restoration works on the project that took over seven decades to finish. The 1.7-mile long Avenue of the Sphinxes, which is flanked by more than 1,000 statues, officially reopened with an extravagant ceremony…
Something Curated highlights five open calls established to support creatives working across the visual arts, curation and writing, along with deadlines and links to their applications. 8th International Marianne Brandt Award: Connectedness Connectedness aims to explore new relationships with nature. The 8th International Marianne Brandt Award 2022 asks artists and designers how that which connects…