The first Palestinian DJ and music producer to gain international recognition, Sama’ Abdulhadi has established herself as a seminal figure of Palestine’s burgeoning underground scene. As a child, Abdulhadi moved to Ramallah, Palestine, from Jordan, her place of birth. Her love of music was apparent from a very young age but it was her interest…
Hong-Kong based artist Wallace Chan’s material-focused practice fluidly oscillates between jewellery and sculpture. He began as a gemstone carver in 1973 and gained worldwide recognition for his innovation of materials and techniques – from The Wallace Cut, an illusionary three-dimensional carving technique conceived in 1987 to the mastery of titanium, and more recently, The Wallace…
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…