Alberto Landgraf, the celebrated chef behind two-Michelin-starred restaurant Oteque in Rio de Janeiro, has recently launched his first London concept, Bossa. Situated between Mayfair and Marylebone, Bossa seeks to embody the spirit of Brazil in the British capital. Growing up as the son of a farmer, Landgraf developed a deep appreciation for nature and seasonality….
Air Afrique magazine is a dynamic new platform celebrating Afro-diasporic art and fostering discussions around Black expression. Conceived by a Paris-based collective and drawing inspiration from influential pan-African magazines of the past century, the publication made its debut at the Centre Pompidou in Paris during Men’s Fashion Week with the support of Italian fashion house…
Born in 1935 in the Japanese city of Hirosaki, a highly influential figure in the post World War II Japanese avant-garde, Shūji Terayama is a bonafide multi-hyphenate. A versatile and prolific artist who earned notoriety in various fields, including poetry, theatre, writing, photography and filmmaking, Terayama was a true cultural innovator. During his short but…
Howardena Pindell is a pioneering American artist, curator, and educator. With a career spanning over fifty years, Pindell, hailing from Philadelphia and now 80, has continuously challenged audiences. As MoMA’s first Black curator, she made history. She was the first to step down in protest against the museum’s failure to denounce the display of Donald…
Food and architecture are two fundamental elements that shape our lives, yet their relationship is often critically overlooked. With a growing number of practitioners exploring this fascinating intersection, the below are using food as a lens to rethink the built environment and challenge accepted perceptions of design, art and sustenance. From provoking thought around the…
Opening on 21 June and running until 3 September 2023, London’s Hayward Gallery is set to present Dear Earth: Art and Hope in a Time of Crisis, a major new exhibition exploring how international contemporary artists are helping to reframe our responses to the climate crisis. The ambitious group show seeks to inspire a renewed…
Pope.L is an American artist whose work in performance art and interventionist public art has established him as one of the most influential artists of his generation. Pope. L’s work challenges society’s closest-held preconceptions of gender, consumption, social class and race. Although Pope.L has worked across many mediums, he is best known for his performance…
In 1966, the idea of organising an international festival to honour Iran’s traditional artistic heritage, nurture burgeoning creativity, and elevate the nation’s cultural standing was initiated by Queen Farah Pahlavi, known as the Shahbanu in Persian. The vision encompassed the goals of promoting a broader appreciation of Iranian artists’ work, introducing foreign artists to Iran,…