Step inside cake-maker extraordinaire Lily ‘Vanilli’ Jones’s east London home to see the books, bottles, pictures, and home furnishings that mean the world to her. Jones set up her bakery and cake business in 2008 just off Columbia Road in east London and has become best-known for her outlandish, extra and often towering designs, that…
The paths of Jawara Alleyne, Labō Young and Igor Furtado crossed during their time at Grand Cayman estate, Palm Heights — while the three were participating in the Open Palm artist residency programme. Caymanian-Jamaican designer and artist Alleyne, whose multidisciplinary practice explores Caribbean mythologies, normally lives and works in London. Hailing from Brazil, Young creates…
Upon entering the Korean pavilion at the 60th Venice Biennale, the space appears mostly empty but breathe in, and a warm and complex scent reveals itself. Hailing from Seoul, South Korea, artist Koo Jeong A’s multidisciplinary practice — which nods to histories of Performance and Conceptual art — spans over two decades. When examined closer,…
On the occasion of the 60th Venice Biennale — open to the public from 20 April 2024 — Something Curated continues its series, Behind the Biennale. Comprising a collection of essays from the curators of select national pavilions, the series offers first-hand perspectives on some of this year’s most anticipated presentations. Following Australian curator Ellie…
Since welcoming my daughter into the world in early 2020, I have embarked on an introspective exploration into the theory and practice of motherhood; an unravelling of the tapestry of motherhood within the Black familial structure that birthed an ongoing project called ‘HEREDITARY’. Pondering the influence of societal labels on our perceptions of self as…
Recent years have seen essential work being done to reframe and rearticulate narratives of art history that are more nuanced, layered, and intersectional. We have witnessed ever more vital considerations that reckon with periods of erasure and artists’ work that has previously been unheeded, even as it revises our thinking of mainstream movements including Art…
Grand Cayman welcomes an international group of sprint and hurdle athletes united in their pursuit of peak performance for the upcoming Olympic qualifiers. Dedicated to full-time training, they balance track workouts at Cayman National Stadium with strength and flexibility sessions at Palm Heights Athletics. Under the mentorship of renowned coaches and therapists Stuart McMillan and…
This is neither a guide nor a series of restaurant reviews; instead it is a highly biased, very personal diner’s diary or a glutton’s journal chronicling the highlights of two and a bit days eating through New York and New Jersey. It takes in NYC new and old, and includes diner sandwiches, Trinidadian doubles, a Thai…