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…
Arriving in Marrakech, I was struck by how much had changed – and at the same time, how much hadn’t. My last visit had been in 2012, and while the medina still folds in on itself with the same familiar architecture, sounds and smells, Gueliz is now dense with international high‑street brands, ubiquitous coffee shops…
One night after arriving in Colombo, Sri Lanka’s commercial capital, I was in a bare, concrete room listening to fresh electronic dance music. Dialled In, a leading South Asian contemporary music platform, was in town to host a fundraiser to help alleviate Cyclone Ditwah’s crippling aftermath. The opening performance by Paris-born Sri Lankan Da Ya…
The approach to Thomas Dane Gallery in Naples is disarmingly ambiguous, a staircase that withholds any sense of what lies ahead. At the top, there is an unassuming door, a small sign, and a guestbook placed outside, as if the gallery is still deciding how visible it wants to be. Behind the door, the space…
As ART SG, Southeast Asia’s leading international art fair, returns to Singapore from 23–25 January 2026, questions of visibility, framing, and identity remain central. For the first time, the fair will co-present S.E.A. Focus, an exhibition platform dedicated to showcasing contemporary art from the region. In this essay for Something Curated, John Z.W. Tung, Curator…
From long-term collaborations and reimagined archives to ambitious institutional projects and experimental forms of hospitality, featuring moments from London, Accra, Berlin, Doha, New Delhi and beyond, the below selection brings together some of the most compelling practices, exhibitions, and ideas that have shaped 2025. “I Have Been Moved to Find Beauty in Places of Deep…
In the scorching Belém sun and Amazonian humidity, punctuated by sudden downpours, the second Bienal das Amazônias stood amid vibrant street graffiti and a blue poster reading, “Quem protege a vida das mulheres indígenas [Who protects the lives of Indigenous women?].” The Bienal is a few minutes away from the Guajará Bay, formed by the…
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…