In Florida Boys, Miami based artist Josh Aronson explores the American South through a lens of tenderness and care. Made between 2020 and 2025 across Florida’s backroads, the five year series stages groups of young men in landscapes that shift between paradise and ruin, from forests thick with humidity to springs that shimmer and swamps…
This weekend, one of London’s most influential club nights returns to mark its 18th anniversary with a birthday party in Camden and the launch of a limited-edition photobook and exhibition titled: These Are The Levels. Founded in 2007 by DJ, producer and broadcaster Benji B with host, curator and selector Judah Afriyie, Deviation established itself…
“The earliest memories of my childhood are from the circus ring,” Brazilian photographer Pedro Anisio tells me, “during the performances of the travelling troupe my mother was a part of.” Until he was twelve years old, that world – itinerant, dazzling, and often difficult – was Anisio’s home. When he returned to it through the…
Born in Ouésso, Congo in 1981 and based in Brazzaville, photographer Baudouin Mouanda has long used his camera to tell stories of resilience and change. His series Ciel de saison (Seasonal Sky, 2020) grew out of the floods that swept through Brazzaville during the COVID-19 lockdown, when neighbourhoods were left at the mercy of rising…
In the courtyard of Dover Street Market Paris, thirteen towering figures stand – their heat-mapped forms glowing. On view until 24 August 2025, Yulia Mahr’s ‘The Church of Our Becoming’ unfolds as a meandering passage between these three-metre characters whose poised forms recall the quiet gravitas of classical sculpture while honouring the fluid and ambiguous…
I recently documented The IT Ball 03 hosted by mothers @glorious_luna and @deedeepls, a drag ballroom event that has become one of the most powerful safe spaces for queer expression in India. This year’s theme, “The Archive of Memories”, invited people to bring their past to the floor. Storytelling through categories – from femme and…
The Weight of BeautyThe kind of man who’s done this a thousand times.Who knows beauty by heft, not hueby how it bruises when bundled too tightly,or droops under morning air. Hands that lift before the sun learns its name,palms lined with petals he never picked.He doesn’t need to admire softnessto carry it. No fanfare. No…
Whether it’s artists, filmmakers, gallerists, musicians, chefs, or authors, Something Curated is always aiming to bring you illuminating and often-times wide-ranging conversations with those at the cutting edge of the arts and culture. Here’s a selection of our favourites from 2025 so far. And we can promise you can look forward to many more to…