1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair, the leading international art fair dedicated to contemporary art from Africa and the African diaspora, has announced its return to Paris, set to take place over four days from 7–10 April 2022. The ambitious presentation will be hosted at Christie’s on Avenue Matignon and will feature 22 international exhibitors. The…
Opening on 19 February and running until 15 May 2022, leading contemporary artist Jenny Holzer has curated an exhibition of works by the late Louise Bourgeois, an immensely influential figure of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Holzer is known for her exploration and subversion of language through the use of unexpected forms, while Bourgeois’ psychologically…
The third edition of Chennai Photo Biennale, titled Maps of Disquiet, is open to viewers until 6 February 2022 with exhibitions spanning physical and virtual forms, showcasing works by artists from across the world. Alongside the virtual presentations discoverable online, physical exhibitions are currently being hosted in public spaces across the city of Chennai, India,…
Overlooked for a long time, Edward Owens (1949-2009) was a queer African American artist whose multidisciplinary practice spanned painting, sculpture, and 8mm film at the Art Institute of Chicago in the 1960s. With the encouragement of his teacher, the filmmaker Gregory Markopoulos, Owens relocated to New York where he befriended several eminent artistic personalities of…
To mark the 50th anniversary of Bangladesh’s independence, the Dhaka-based Samdani Art Foundation – established in 2011 by couple Nadia and Rajeeb Samdani to support the work of the country’s contemporary artists and architects – in collaboration with the Centre for Research and Information, present a major new exhibition, Witnessing History in the Making: Photographs…
With the holidays fast approaching, Something Curated has compiled a list of ten of the most coveted items available for purchase this month, perfect to give or receive, spanning art, fashion, home and more. Books Sika Kokoo || Kwabena Appiah-Nti In his new book, Sika Kokoo, photographer Kwabena Appiah-Nti takes us on an intimate journey…
Open now and running until 10 December 2021 as part of Miami Art Week, Skin in the Game is a group exhibition curated by Zoe Lukov and presented by Grand Cayman-based cultural centre Palm Heights. Gabriella Khalil, Palm Heights’ Creative Director, notes, “In keeping with our commitment to provide alternative formats for contemporary culture around…
Yesterday, 25 November 2021, Egypt opened to the public a 3,000-year-old sphinx-lined avenue in the eastern city of Luxor, having finally completed restoration works on the project that took over seven decades to finish. The 1.7-mile long Avenue of the Sphinxes, which is flanked by more than 1,000 statues, officially reopened with an extravagant ceremony…