This autumn, William Morris Gallery in Walthamstow will present the first exhibition on the influence of art from the Islamic world on William Morris, one of Britain’s leading 19th-century designers and thinkers. A principal founder of the Arts and Crafts Movement, Morris was responsible for producing hundreds of patterns for wallpapers, furnishing fabrics, carpets and…
The word “origami” most likely conjures images of neatly folded paper cranes and centuries-old traditions rooted in Japanese history. And while Japan undoubtedly played a critical role in the practice’s evolution and popularisation, the story of paper folding as an art form is richer and more culturally diverse than many assume. To understand its…
Titled Meanwhile Histories, the third edition of the St. Moritz Art Film Festival (SMAFF) will take place in Switzerland’s Engadin valley from 12–15 September 2024. Under the Artistic Direction of Stefano Rabolli Pansera — Founding Director of Bangkok Kunsthalle and a former Director of Hauser & Wirth — with curatorial support from Roisin Tapponi, Leonardo…
Paris-based visual artist Carmen Badolian’s canvas is her body, an expressive ground where history, imagination, and emotions meet in skin. Each texture, reflection, and ray of light is an essential actor in what she refers to as her “visual accidents” — there is an almost surreal quality to her images, which blur the lines between…
On Friday 21 June, at the historic Hotel Le Marois in Paris, London-based designer Grace Wales Bonner unveiled the first edition of her new music series, Togetherness, during the city’s annual Fête de la Musique. This summer solstice celebration enlivens the city each year, aptly setting the scene for the designer’s latest musical initiative. Captured…
It’s a heatwave and I’m sitting in Bungee Space in Nolita drinking a guava cold brew from a glass with a rim coated with salted plum sugar thinking, why is New York so cool? So cool that this heatwave feels soothing. As I drink my cool coffee I’m thinking about the Matrix, and how this drink…
Unveiled at Palm Heights in Grand Cayman earlier this summer, Open Palm presents the Duho Pavilion, a monumental landscape installation conceived by Limbo Accra. Alongside an exclusive short film shot for Something Curated, Limbo Accra’s Co-founder and Director Dominique Petit-Frère shares her insights on the thinking behind the installation’s inauguration in the second entry of the two-part series, Duho Pavilion…
Unveiled at Palm Heights in Grand Cayman earlier this summer, Open Palm presents the Duho Pavilion, a monumental landscape installation conceived by Limbo Accra. Designed with landscape architect Malthe Mørck Clausen and curated by Keshav Anand, the installation builds on the spatial design studio’s unique approach to engaging with and reimagining in-between spaces. Delving further…