The Federation of Minor Practices, Bulgaria's pavilion at the 60th La Biennale di Venezia, takes the form of a speculative research laboratory imagined from a future looking back at our present. Conceived by curator Martina Yordanova, the pavilion brings together four artists: Veneta Androva, Gery Georgieva, Maria Nalbantova, and Rayna Teneva, none of whom had previously worked together, alongside an interactive video game that transforms visitors into active participants shaping a collective...

A piece of furniture, Ron Arad says, isn't only finished when you finish it but also when people are using it and enjoying it. It's this kind of unique philosophy that underpins Ron Arad's practice, the belief that objects take on a new version of themselves in other people's hands. Speaking to New Wave from his Camden studio, Arad scrolls through decades of his work on a shared screen, his eagerness in doing so matched by his determination for a viewer to understand the full breadth of what...

Image credit: Sama Ansari Pour An anecdote that perhaps best captures just how warm and culturally engaged journalist and content creator Sama Ansari Pour (@samaspeaks_) is begins with a simple lunch recommendation. After finishing her interview with New Wave, she suggested a small deli just across the road, explaining that many of its recipes came from the owner’s Ukrainian grandfather, making sure we knew not just what we would be eating but the rich culture behind the food and the place...