Built in 1876 to the designs of Józef Huss, the neo-Renaissance palace Villa Róż has lived several lives, from private residence and diplomatic outpost to bureaucratic machine. For decades it housed the British Embassy, and traces of that existence remain embedded in its architecture. Heavy vault doors stand guard over rooms once used to protect…
Rainclouds hang over Venice all morning, flattening the light around the Arsenale into shades of silver and grey as crowds move between pavilions clutching umbrellas and damp press releases. By the time I arrive at the Kazakhstan Pavilion inside the Museo Storico Navale, the vernissage has already thickened into its usual frenzy. “When I first…
In Reggio Emilia, late spring announces itself through Fotografia Europea. The city quickly resembles a loosened shutter. Passersby thread the arcades with vintage cameras and weird gadgets hanging from their necks. This year, the festival title is Ghosts of the Moment, a formulation that suits photography well. Yet the picture that lodged in my mind…
Near Belém’s waterfront, hundreds of eggs form a square on the ground, their presence quietly unsettling, as if something could go wrong at any moment. There is already a small crowd when I arrive. I hear two women talking about Anna Maria Maiolino, recalling past performances, as others linger at the edges, pulled in mid-commute,…
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…