“The figure of the witch was explored extensively by many female Surrealists working in Paris and Latin America in the 20th century, where artists such as Remedios Varo and Leonora Carrington used the image of the sorceress as a means of liberating their subconscious minds from the binds of wider patriarchal societies. Previously depicted as a taboo figure shunned from…
In French cities like Paris and Marseille, the cuisines of Senegal and Cote d’Ivoire appear in decent numbers, from their centres out to the perimeters. While recently in London, a handful of names – mainly Nigerian in influence – have crossed the threshold into the esteemed Zone 1 rank of culinary eminence, the majority of its…
Three years after Monica Lee closed her legendary Los Angeles restaurant, Beverly Soon Tofu, she still gets calls about green onions. Lee, who is 70, used to wake up at 4 am to call the big produce markets and secure the best ingredients, rather than rely on a delivery. If she found a good deal…
For ten days in October, Sequences Art Biennial in Reykjavík brought together over fifty of the most exciting artists from the Nordic and Baltic regions, interwoven with international voices. Featuring a central exhibition, split across various institutions – including Kling & Bang, the Nordic House and the National Gallery of Iceland, alongside outdoor artworks around…
Jonathan Alphandery is the wine-collector-turned-restaurateur behind lauded Modern European restaurant Planque which he opened with chef Seb Myers in Haggerston, east London in 2021. Alphandery was born and raised in Paris. In 2009, he moved to Sydney to be with an ex-girlfriend, who was studying in his hometown. “Pretty classic,” he says. For the majority…
In July 2014, just four months after Candice Lock, her brother-in-law Sameer Mirchandani, and husband Amit Mirchandani, had set up Chinita in Bangalore, southern India, the restaurant burned down in the middle of the night. “I didn’t even have a chance to be emotional about it,” Lock remembers. Everyone pitched in, even the contractor who…
On the Giza Plateau in Egypt, the third edition of the ambitious contemporary art initiative, Forever is Now, has launched. This year’s programme includes a series of imposing sculptures and installations conceived by 14 artists from the region and around the world, including Rashed Al Shashai, Stephan Breuer, Azza Al Qubaisi, and JR, among others….
The co-founder of cult favourite London restaurant Koya, Shuko Oda is one of the city’s most respected Japanese chefs. Since 2010, Oda’s cooking has always combined traditional Japanese culinary principles, British ingredients and Modern European flourishes with unique ability and style. Oda was born in Beckenham to Japanese parents and moved to Tokyo at the age…