TLmag39 Extended:The Culture of the Object

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.

Friedman Benda presents Voice of Silence, a solo exhibition of new work by Byung Hoon Choi. This is the gallery’s fourth solo exhibition with the Korean artist and master craftsman and it will be on view through May 23, 2025.

Hong Kong-born, Helsinki based artist Didi NG Wing Yin presents a solo show of work titled “Not Just Something,” at Lokal, the Helsinki-based contemporary art gallery. The exhibition is on view through March 29th, 2025.

Artisans have always told stories with their hands, bringing traditions, knowledge and place into their craft. This storytelling becomes even more critical when it’s done to preserve a culture in a time of war.

Ceysson & Bénétière Gallery present If You Don’t Know Me By Now, an exclusive retrospective exhibition dedicated to mounir fatmi’s works in white coaxial cable. The exhibition is on view in Lyon through January 18th, 2025

R & Company presents Objects: USA 2024, an in-depth triennial survey that explores contemporary American object-making. The exhibition is on view through January 10, 2025.

Olivier van Herpt has developed a new 3D printer that allows the artist to create large-scale porcelain works that push past previous possibilities of this ancient medium.

Galerie Gastou presents an engaging exhibition of furniture and sculptural objects by French multidisciplinary designer Emmanuel Babled. Titled Territoire, the exhibition is on view through October 26th.

For our 2023 issue: TLmag39: The Culture of the Object, Danielle Demetriou wrote about the timeless history of Kyoto, its culture passed down for over 1,200 years, and contemporary brands and creatives who continue the traditions.

For our 2023 issue: TLmag39: The Culture of the Object, legendary auctioneer and art world figure, Simon de Pury, writes an engaging essay about the mysterious and intuitive appeal of objects, which doesn’t necessarily stem from their value but from something deeper.