This year’s edition of the LOEWE FOUNDATION Craft Prize brought together a thought-provoking selection of works that display a mastery of material, technique and creative innovation. Infused with an experimental spirit, the spotlighted objects not only reflect their maker’s personal language and distinct hand, but also speak to the culture of our time. Winner Dahye…
Repurposing discarded garments and accessories into new sculptural forms, Tenant of Culture’s, the anonym of Dutch artist Hendrickje Schimmel, works nod to former relics. At once desirable and monstrous, they are a reminder of the unstable cycle of trends and fashion, and the exploitative and often invisible economies of supply and demand. The artist’s research…
Born in Chad to a Sudanese father and Somali mother, Brooklyn-based ceramic artist Dina Nur Satti had somewhat of a nomadic upbringing owing to her father’s work with the United Nations. Moving to Belgium, then Paris, then Kenya, before settling down to study in New York, Satti holds a bachelor’s degree in International & Intercultural…
French-Lebanese architect Annabel Karim Kassar’s architectural practice, AKK, was founded in Beirut in 1994. At the end of the Lebanese Civil War, AKK was declared joint winner of an international competition to rebuild the Souks, the traditional marketplace at the heart of old Beirut. Kassar’s architecture combines a modernist vocabulary with the detailed craftsmanship and…
Recognising the disappearance of artist studios and the closure of over 50% of dedicated LGBTQ+ spaces in London in the past decade, QUEERCIRCLE, helmed by Ashley Joiner and launched this month, seeks to support the LGBTQ+ community through an annual programme of physical and digital exhibition commissions, artist residencies and a public programme designed to…
Skilfully applying oil paint onto sanyan, a traditional Nigerian fabric used for draped clothing, Lagos-based artist Nengi Omuku’s work interrogates ambiguity and liminality with a focus on interior psychological spaces and how they manifest within the material world. In her fascinating works, multiple bodies depict a physical rendering of the layered subconscious. Creating ethereal scenes…
Currently based in London, Japanese vocal performer Hatis Noit’s impressive range is inspired by everything from Gagaku – a type of Japanese classical music that was historically performed in the imperial court – and operatic styles, to Bulgarian and Gregorian chanting, and avant-garde and pop vocalists. The name Hatis Noit itself is taken from Japanese…
Working together for a decade, Bárbara Wagner, born in Brasília, Brazil, and Benjamin de Burca, hailing from Munich, Germany, produce films and video installations that feature protagonists engaged in cultural production. The duo typically collaborates with non-actors to make their films, from writing scripts to staging performances on camera. The resulting works are marked by…