Arriving in Marrakech, I was struck by how much had changed – and at the same time, how much hadn’t. My last visit had been in 2012, and while the medina still folds in on itself with the same familiar architecture, sounds and smells, Gueliz is now dense with international high‑street brands, ubiquitous coffee shops…
The approach to Thomas Dane Gallery in Naples is disarmingly ambiguous, a staircase that withholds any sense of what lies ahead. At the top, there is an unassuming door, a small sign, and a guestbook placed outside, as if the gallery is still deciding how visible it wants to be. Behind the door, the space…
As ART SG, Southeast Asia’s leading international art fair, returns to Singapore from 23–25 January 2026, questions of visibility, framing, and identity remain central. For the first time, the fair will co-present S.E.A. Focus, an exhibition platform dedicated to showcasing contemporary art from the region. In this essay for Something Curated, John Z.W. Tung, Curator…
Before Time & Space existed publicly, it lived quietly between two people. In the years before a physical space took shape, there was just Armand Da Silva and Tyler Phoenix, wandering markets, swapping gifts, discovering the thrill of a found object. Their first date was not in a bar, but at a mid-century modern fair…
In the scorching Belém sun and Amazonian humidity, punctuated by sudden downpours, the second Bienal das Amazônias stood amid vibrant street graffiti and a blue poster reading, “Quem protege a vida das mulheres indígenas [Who protects the lives of Indigenous women?].” The Bienal is a few minutes away from the Guajará Bay, formed by the…
“THE PERMANENT SHOCK OF THE NEW” reads a vintage poster, its letters strong, stark and declarative. It’s projected across a large wall in Helsinki’s Savoy, a restaurant designed by designers Alvar and Aino Aalto in the 1930s. Sleek interiors fit with smooth wooden ceilings, low-hung lamps and neat round tables are now, for the night,…
Living and working until the age of 95, Maqbool Fida Husain arrived in Qatar relatively late in his life. Yet it’s here, in Doha, that the first museum dedicated to the “Picasso of India” has opened. Lawh Wa Qalam: M. F. Husain Museum is the latest undertaking of the Qatar Foundation. And while I still…
Ahead of Proximities, a landmark exhibition opening 15 December 2025 at the Seoul Museum of Art, presented in collaboration with the Abu Dhabi Music & Arts Foundation, Something Curated invites curators Maya El Khalil and Eunju Kim to reflect on the ideas shaping this ambitious project. The show brings together more than 100 works by…