A few days before the Biennale vernissage officially begins, Venice already feels overtaken by the art world, thanks to the wave of collateral openings and private foundation dinners unfolding across the city. Arriving at Palazzo Rota Ivancich, carefully dodging spiky umbrellas and lit cigarettes, the narrow calli outside are dense with visitors moving between events….
Near Belém’s waterfront, hundreds of eggs form a square on the ground, their presence quietly unsettling, as if something could go wrong at any moment. There is already a small crowd when I arrive. I hear two women talking about Anna Maria Maiolino, recalling past performances, as others linger at the edges, pulled in mid-commute,…
city.girls.xp is an anonymous artist duo making unique lamps that London’s art scene is swooning over. Set up by two artist besties who transformed their shared tastes into something productive, they present their sculptures in chicly curated single-evening collection drops where artists, gallerists and creatives quickly snap them up. Magpie-like, their works are formed from…
Akeem Smith’s new works, presented by Heidi at Art Basel Miami Beach, appear like weathered relics. Rusted metal frames, contorted gates, and fragments of walls are conjoined, holding within them flickering images of faces. The photographs and VHS stills feel as though they’re surfacing through the material itself, tugging the eye toward excavated stories. Raised…
Accra. The first thing you notice is the heat. Not the gentle kind that warms the skin, but a thick, breathing heat that turns the air into something tactile, alive with red dust, incense, and the scent of fresh concrete baking beneath the Ghanaian sun. Then comes the sound, a low metallic hum, like machinery…
On the heels of his solo show, Pharmakon at Wschód gallery, Polish artist Cezary Poniatowski speaks with Something Curated’s Keshav Anand about the uncanny pull of his new works and what it’s like working as an artist in Warsaw today. His recent reliefs, stitched together from carpets and bits of domestic hardware, carry a quiet…
Over a video call on a late autumn afternoon, GOME are under the blankets of a hotel bed in Barcelona, recovering from the night before. They’ve just played at Tunnel, one of the city’s key underground spots – an exhilarating night midway through their latest European tour. GOME are Robin Townshend and Julian Marks, two…
Since founding DRIFT in Amsterdam in 2007, Lonneke Gordijn and Ralph Nauta have been investigating the relationship between nature, technology and emotion. The studio’s light-based sculptures and performances explore the invisible systems that connect us to the natural world. Their work has appeared everywhere from the Centre Pompidou and Victoria & Albert Museum to New…