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Thrilling, demanding, grotesque and theatrical: what to see at Berlin Gallery Weekend
Berlin Gallery Weekend is back for 2025, and with over 50 galleries taking part, there's lots to see
By Hili Perlson Published
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For the 2025 Eurovision theme art, Swiss design principles get a glow-up
London-based branding agency NOT Wieden+Kennedy marries graphic design history and exuberance in its theme art for this year's song contest
By Anna Fixsen Published
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Beck on his orchestral shows: 'It's something that can't be simulated by AI'
Following two nights at London's Royal Albert Hall, Wallpaper* meets Beck and conductor Edwin Outwater to hear how the pair brought to life Beck's back catalogue with an 80-piece orchestra
By Jordan Bassett Published
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Watch dance, music and film collide at a unique event at Abbey Road Studios
In this exclusive film, watch Abbey Road’s first Artist in Residence, Jordan Rakei, collaborate with industry-leading creatives to produce a dance performance in the hallowed Studio One
By Anna Solomon Published
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London art exhibitions to see in May
Read our pick of the best London art exhibitions to see this month, from the stunning visuals at Sony World Photography Awards Exhibition 2025 to Ed Atkins at Tate Britain
By Tianna Williams Last updated
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Viviane Sassen considers fine art, fashion photography and fragility in Italy
Viviane Sassen’s exhibition, 'This Body Made of Stardus' at Collezione Maramotti, spans two decades of Sassen's career
By Hili Perlson Published
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Ai Weiwei’s new public installation is coming soon to Four Freedoms State Park
‘Camouflage’ by Ai Weiwei will launch the inaugural Art X Freedom project in September 2025, a new programme to investigate social justice and freedom
By Tianna Williams Published
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Out of office: what the Wallpaper* editors have been up to this week
A week in the life of the Wallpaper* team, from 'fermenting' art to Welsh cuisine and a meeting at 89°C
By Anna Solomon Published
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Los Angeles art exhibitions: the best shows to see in May 2025
Read our pick of the best Los Angeles art exhibitions to see this month, from Marisa J. Futernick’s inherited and imagined memories at the Skirball Cultural Center to Demetri Martin's comedic acrylic paintings at Laconic Gallery
By Carole Dixon Last updated
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Real or imaginary? Step inside the alternate world of Jeff Wall's photographs
Jeff Wall's major show at MAAT in Portugal dives into four decades of the photographer's career
By Emily Steer Published
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Inside Kyotographie, Japan’s world-renowned photography festival
Kyotographie 2025 embraces the theme ‘Humanity’ in Kyoto – Amah-Rose Abram reports with the highlights, from major and emerging photographers
By Amah-Rose Abrams Published
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Warp Records announces its first event in over a decade at the Barbican
‘A Warp Happening,' landing 14 June, is guaranteed to be an epic day out
By Tianna Williams Published
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The UK AIDS Memorial Quilt will be shown at Tate Modern
The 42-panel quilt, which commemorates those affected by HIV and AIDS, will be displayed in Tate Modern’s Turbine Hall in June 2025
By Anna Solomon Published
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Meet the Turner Prize 2025 shortlisted artists
Nnena Kalu, Rene Matić, Mohammed Sami and Zadie Xa are in the running for the Turner Prize 2025 – here they are with their work
By Hannah Silver Published
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Take a rare chance to see the astonishing Ringier Collection of artworks in Düsseldorf
From Barbara Kruger to Sylvie Fleury: publishing mogul Michael Ringier opens his private art collection to the public, sharing 500 works, and tells us what makes great art
By Harriet Quick Published
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From Rembrandt to Warhol, a Paris exhibition asks: what do artists wear?
‘The Art of Dressing – Dressing like an Artist’ at Musée du Louvre-Lens inspects the sartorial choices of artists
By Upasana Das Published
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Women's stories are at the heart of the Cartier Women's Pavilion at Osaka Expo 2025
Japanese architect Yuko Nagayama and British artist Es Devlin are behind the architecture for the Cartier Women's Pavilion
By Danielle Demetriou Published
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‘Humour is foundational’: artist Ella Kruglyanskaya on painting as a ‘highly questionable’ pursuit
Ella Kruglyanskaya’s exhibition, ‘Shadows’ at Thomas Dane Gallery, is the first in a series of three this year, with openings in Basel and New York to follow
By Hannah Silver Published
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Put these emerging artists on your radar
This crop of six new talents is poised to shake up the art world. Get to know them now
By Tianna Williams Published
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Celine celebrates traditional Japanese craftsmanship at the Osaka Kansai World Expo with an immersive exhibition
The Celine Maki-e exhibition, at the French Pavilion, features urushi lacquered Triomphe art pieces created with Hikoju Makie, and two films directed by Soshi Nakamura
By Hannah Silver Published
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The art of the textile label: how British mill-made cloth sold itself to Indian buyers
An exhibition of Indo-British textile labels at the Museum of Art & Photography (MAP) in Bengaluru is a journey through colonial desire and the design of mass persuasion
By Aastha D Published
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'Why must Blackness always be about pain and suffering?' asks Amoako Boafo as he opens his first show in London
The artist tells us about ‘showing Black joy’ in his new show at Gagosian, ‘I Do Not Come to You by Chance’
By Amah-Rose Abrams Published
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‘David Hockney 25’: inside the artist’s blockbuster Paris show
‘David Hockney 25’ has opened at Fondation Louis Vuitton in Paris. Wallpaper’s Hannah Silver took a tour of the colossal, colourful show
By Hannah Silver Published
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Is Kiyoshi Kurosawa's 'Cloud' the techno thriller for the decade of online desperation?
Japanese director Kiyoshi Kurosawa dives into the black market world of merchandising in his latest techno thriller
By Billie Walker Published
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Artist Qualeasha Wood explores the digital glitch to weave stories of the Black female experience
In ‘Malware’, her new London exhibition at Pippy Houldsworth Gallery, the American artist’s tapestries, tuftings and videos delve into the world of internet malfunction
By Hannah Silver Published
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Leonard Baby's paintings reflect on his fundamentalist upbringing, a decade after he left the church
The American artist considers depression and the suppressed queerness of his childhood in a series of intensely personal paintings, on show at Half Gallery, New York
By Orla Brennan Published
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25 artists reimagine the teapot at Milan Design Week 2025
Come to Loewe’s cross-cultural tea party: pots of fun in Milan as artists, designers and architects celebrate the universal comfort of tea
By Hannah Silver Published