Since the 1970s, when the first virtual-reality technologies started being used for medical, military, industry and entertainment purposes, architects have speculated about the possibilities that working with these technologies could bring to architecture. Today, virtual, augmented and mixed reality are blurring the boundaries between the physical and the virtual, and questioning what is real and…
Covering February’s new drops, restocks, and promising auctions, Something Curated has compiled a list of ten of the most coveted items available for purchase this month, spanning art, fashion, home and more. Art: Chinese Rock Crystal Snuff Bottle, 18th Century Conceived as precious containers for ground tobacco imported into China, snuff bottles were initially made…
Curated by Cicely Farrer, Daria Khan and Jessica Vaughan, Do you keep thinking there must be another way, opening today, 14 February 2019, at Mimosa House, is a group exhibition that addresses strategies of representation, resistance and withdrawal. Including sculpture, painting, performance and video the exhibition considers behaviours towards, and resistance of, presiding power structures…
In an era when humanity is facing new challenges posed by big data, bioengineering and climate change, Whitechapel Gallery has invited ten groups of artists and architects to explore the potential of collaboration and offer their visions of the future. They imagine scenarios in which queer desire, house music and fracking meet on a mountainside;…
Something Curated highlights six of the most exciting new and recently launched restaurants to try in New York this February, taking a closer look at the founders and proprietors behind the promising food offerings. Teranga || Pierre Thiam View this post on Instagram A post shared by TERANGA️️️ (@itsteranga_) Stepping into Teranga, guests are…
Looking at the month ahead, Something Curated highlights six of the most exciting art exhibitions taking place in New York this February. Mariana Castillo Deball: Finding Oneself Outside, at New Museum || Mariana Castillo Deball (Until 14 April 2019) View this post on Instagram A post shared by New Museum (@newmuseum) Working in sculpture,…
Highlighting this month’s most promising restaurant launches, Something Curated takes a closer look at what to try, as well as the founders and proprietors behind the new openings. Maremma || Alice Staple & Dickie Bielenberg View this post on Instagram A post shared by Maremma Restaurant (@maremma_restaurant) Maremma is inspired by regional dishes from…
Something Curated takes a look at must-see art across the city this February, from the two debuts at the visiting Pina Bausch’s Tanztheater Wuppertal to a major retrospective of works by Dorothea Tanning, via plasticine-filled contemporary art and Italian home cooking. Exhibitions Sandra Blow: The Late Works, at Huxley-Parlour | Sandra Blow (13 February –…