On the occasion of Wafaa Bilal’s major new survey exhibition, Indulge Me, now open at the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago and on view until 19 October 2025, Something Curated’s Keshav Anand sat down with the artist to learn more about his life and work. Bilal’s singular practice, provocative and deeply personal, straddles performance, technology,…
London-based painter Georg Wilson’s practice is rooted in the rhythms of nature, paying homage to English folklore, and pastoral traditions of poetry and art. Responding to the seasons, she creates richly textured, atmospheric landscapes that exist beyond the human realm, inhabited instead by wildling creatures that live in harmony with the land. Through swirling, layered…
A conversation about olive oil: the process, the quality, an idyllic rural pocket of the western Peloponnese, and creating a brand without intending to do so – Tom Woodgate and Juli Laki are behind Honest Toil, the company they founded 15 years ago; today it’s one of the most dynamic, well-known premium olive oils in Europe….
“I have a lot of photos with chins touching,” said Melissa Schriek over the phone from her Amsterdam home. We were going through some of the photographs from her last book, Ode: an exploration of the dynamics of female friendship. “I like that it’s almost a mouth,” she said, “It’s also very intimate when your…
One of India’s most important contemporary photographers, Gauri Gill is renowned for her deeply immersive and collaborative approach to image-making. Gill’s work is shaped by long-term engagements with rural, indigenous, marginalised and diasporic Indian communities. Through sustained interactions, she captures narratives of resilience, resistance and beauty, offering an intimate perspective on lives often overlooked. Her photographs sensitively examine the…
Known for her ability to blur the boundaries between film, sculpture, and installation, Rachel Khedoori has spent over three decades creating works that challenge perception and transform space. Her latest exhibition, on view at Hauser & Wirth Zurich, Limmatstrasse until 23 May 2025, presents a new body of work that continues this exploration. Using materials…
After a 12-year hiatus, the Bangkok Experimental Film Festival (BEFF) founded by Thai filmmaker Apichatpong Weerasethakul and curator Gridthiya Gaweewong, is back for its 7th edition. The Festival showcases over 120 experimental works across 29 programs. The singularity of this edition lies in its scale and two notion-defying works: A Conversation with the Sun, and…
On 30 January 2025, Indonesian artist Citra Sasmita will unveil her first solo exhibition in the UK, Into Eternal Land, at The Curve, Barbican. Bringing together diverse media—from embroidery to scent—Sasmita will transform the 90-metre-long gallery into a sprawling landscape that connects cultures, histories, and cosmologies. Building on her interdisciplinary practice, Into Eternal Land challenges…