On 8 May, The Luster, a group exhibition featuring ten international artists, opens at vitruta King’s Cross, a newly launched concept store in London’s Coal Drops Yard. Led by Creative Director Serra Duran Paralı, the space is designed in collaboration with Paris-based architect Sofia Cherkaoui of SSStudio+212. Blurring the boundaries between retail, arts venue, and…
In Shuyi Cao’s world, nothing remains as it was. Driftwood roots twist and metamorphose, transforming gradually – through shells, fish bones, glass – until they arrive, almost imperceptibly, at plastic. Branches spring outward, alien leaves unfurling to reveal tiny, intricate worlds within. The landscape Cao conjures is one governed entirely by transformation, by the perpetual…
Born in 1947 in a small Piedmont village, Giuseppe Penone might be Italy’s most important contemporary artist working today. A key member of the Arte Povera movement, Penone started out with a group of young Italian artists spearheaded by curator and critic Germano Celant who in the late 1960s sought to critique consumerism and industrialism…
Following its theatrical release in China, Beijing-based visual artist and filmmaker Luka Yuanyuan Yang’s debut feature film, Chinatown Cha-Cha, is embarking on an international tour. Having made pit stops in London, Berlin, and Munich this month, and with screenings planned in New York and San Francisco in May, the documentary shines a light on the…
“A picture is no more than a mirror, a vehicle that takes one back to one’s self, to turn one’s sight inwards to find the self within,” writes artist Ibrahim El-Salahi. Detailed and contemplative, his layered paintings feel at times like workings-out, arithmetic in brushstrokes. Born in 1930 in Omdurman, Sudan, El-Salahi is a pioneer…
Ellipse and Ellipsis unfolds as a spatial manifesto, continuing a series of curatorial interventions I’ve developed in domestic or transient spaces over the past years. Focused on ephemeral media—voice, sound, performance, and site-specific installations—these practices shape the viewer–work–environment relationship through cohabitation. As the first curated exhibition at the Nicoletta Fiorucci Foundation, it felt essential to…
It’s humid and although the sun has now dipped beneath the Manila skyline, the heat still lingers. Outside Silverlens Gallery in Makati, several groups have convened. From various food stalls, the fêted Toyo Eatery is serving up pork buns, citrusy salads, ice creams flavoured with rice wine and avocado, and litres of delicious fresh coconut…
Approaching the gallery in which Lisa Oppenheim: Monsieur Steichen is installed, the first thing I notice is a vase packed with lush foliage and flowers. Light pours into the Henry J. and Erna D. Leir Pavilion at Mudam Luxembourg, making the leaves and petals glow. It’s so bright, the sunshine bouncing of the white walls,…