Art now: the medium is the message
These 6 global exhibitions explore the power of art, fashion and design.
This month’s selection of current and fourthcoming global exhibitions features art works that ask viewers to consider difficult questions about the relationship between style and substance and form and function. Indeed, all art highlights these relationships, but in some ways these exhibitions offer canvases for tough questions about the freedom of speech, representations of gender and sexuality, modernism, design, social and political policies, architecture and photography. Specifically, they ask us to consider how the codification of cultural moments and artifacts expresses how we we want our public conversations about them – and who we are as individuals, nations and cultures – to unfold. – Joanne Molina
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For this year's Downtown Design, Finasi and Pallavi Dean will unveil a bold new installation that blends interiors, fashion, and local identity into a living design dialogue
A Lesson in Restraint
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The Middle East’s leading platform for high-quality contemporary design will showcase a curated mix of international and regional brands, alongside independent designers and studios
A New Chapter of Wellness
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Otherworldly
The new Alémais Sydney headquarters reflects the brand’s flair for colourful prints and embellishments
Between Sky and Steel
We step into a sculptural apartment in Istanbul, Turkey
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Brimming with Warmth
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