Highlighting this month’s most promising London food launches, Something Curated takes a closer look at what to try, as well as the chefs and proprietors behind the openings. Silo at CRATE Brewery || Douglas McMaster One of the pioneers of the zero-waste movement, Douglas McMaster is moving his Silo restaurant from Brighton to the first…
Something Curated highlights the unmissable arts and culture happenings taking place across London this November, from Patrick Staff’s new Serpentine Galleries commission, to Björk’s long awaited return to London, via Close-Up Cinema’s celebration of West German filmmakers from the 80s. Exhibitions A Snake Without A Head Is Just A Rope at Sim Smith || Sebastian…
In 1937, the UK, for a brief moment, became the epicentre of progressive contemporary architecture in Europe. On the centenary of the opening of Germany’s most famous art school, RIBA’s new exhibition, Beyond Bauhaus – Modernism in Britain 1933 to 1966, running until 1 February 2020, looks afresh at the moment Britain became Modern. Anchored…
The London Korean Film Festival, under the directorship of Kyounghwa Kim and Hyun Jin Cho, returns for its 14th edition, running from 1–14 November at venues across the capital. The Special Focus, and much of this year’s festival programme, will highlight the historic milestone of 100-years of Korean cinema along with an exciting mix of…
For six decades, German-born artist Hans Haacke has been a pioneer in kinetic, environmental, and Conceptual art, as well as institutional critique. The New Museum’s upcoming retrospective, opening 24 October 2019 and running until January 2020, will bring together more than thirty works from across the artist’s career, focusing in particular on the way he…
Following several years working in kitchens across Europe, perhaps most formatively at Kobe Desramaults’ In de Wulf, Merlin Labron-Johnson was ready for a move to London. His first project, Portland, opened at the beginning of 2015 to critical acclaim, and the following summer Clipstone was born. Extraordinarily, Labron-Johnson received a Michelin star when he was…
Directed by Holly Willats, Art Licks Weekend, running from 17–20 October 2019, is an annual festival that celebrates the activity of artist-led and non-profit project spaces across London. For its seventh year, Art Licks Weekend takes on the theme of Interdependence, considering how participating projects work within a network of friendship, exchange and shared dialogue….
In Polish artist Paulina Ołowska’s diverse practice, industry, recreation, and socialist symbolism inhabit the same visual and cultural space. Her realist paintings, drawings, and collages appropriate imagery from Eastern European and American popular culture, creating a dynamic cross-cultural reference. Demonstrating the disjunction of time and cultural impermeability of Eastern Europe, the artist’s multi-faceted oeuvre establishes…