TLmag39 Extended:The Culture of the Object

Superhouse presents Shared Ground, a two-artist exhibition that explores contemporary basketry with Lewis Prosser and Sarita Westrup. The exhibition is on view in the New York gallery space from January 8 through February 21, 2026.

The Palais de Lomé in Togo presents “Design In West Africa: Unity in Multiplicity,” a ground-breaking exhibition bringing together 23 artists and designers from across the region and curated by Nicolas Bellavance-Lecompte.

Manu-Facture: The Ceramics of Lucio Fontana, at the Peggy Guggenheim Collection in Venice, is a groundbreaking exhibition that reveals a lesser-known side of the artist. The exhibition presents over seventy experimental ceramic works that fuse art, craft, and design.

Galerist presents Earth on Their Hands, a solo exhibition by Elif Uras that features a selection of sculptural vessels and ceramic plates that were made between New York and Turkey. The delicately painted, handcrafted vessels reveal layered stories about the invisible labour of women throughout time. The exhibition is on view through November 8th, 2025.

These are the final weeks to apply for the Loewe Foundation Craft Prize 2026. Applications for the ninth edition of the prize will be accepted until October 30, 2025.

The Fondazione Officine Saffi presents the first solo show of work by Greek-born artist Chryssa Kotoula. We Are Walking, Talking Minerals opened on July 8th and is on view through August 1, 2025.

On the occasion of the 2025 Venice Architecture Biennale, designer and creative consultant Mehdi Dakhli curates Intrecciata Venezia, a contemplative look at Venice’s history as a center of cultural exchange, presented at Lo Studio.

During 3 Days of Design, TLmag sat down with Fritz Hansen’s new Creative Director, Els Van Hoorebeeck, and designer Michael Anastassiades, who introduces the After Series—a solid wood table and chair collection—for the iconic Danish heritage brand.

For the 3rd edition of Lisbon Design Week, Luso Collective presented “Perception & Matter”, an exhibition featuring work by eleven design studios, with a focus on experimentation, exploration of materiality and “encouraging a re-evaluation of how materials inform not only design but also our emotional response to objects.”

Design Shanghai, Asia’s leading design fair, opens its doors tomorrow and will include a special exhibition around Collectible Design as well as a spotlight on Chinese craftsmanship. Design Shanghai is open between June 4-7, 2025.

The thirty finalists of the 2025 LOEWE FOUNDATION Craft Prize present their selected work at the Thyssen- Bornemisza in Madrid through June 29th. The winner of this year’s prize was Japanese artist Kunimasa Aoki with special mentions to Nifemi Marcus-Bello and Studio Sumakshi Singh.

CCONTINUA + MAMT is a creative collaboration between Chiara Caselli and Francesco Carrasso. In the last four years, they have developed a singular collection of objects and accessories, and a partnership that is built on intuition and freedom to experiment. They recently showed their work in two exhibitions during Milan Design Week and at KunstRAI in Amsterdam with HAMA Gallery.