Exhibitions & Shows
The best of the year's art exhibitions and shows, compiled by Wallpaper*
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Damien Hirst takes over Château La Coste
Damien Hirst’s ‘The Light That Shines’ at Château La Coste includes new and existing work, and takes over the entire 500-acre estate in Provence
By Hannah Silver Published
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Frieze LA 2024 guide: the art, gossip and buzz
Our Frieze LA 2024 guide includes everything you need to know and see in and around the fair
By Renée Reizman Published
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Esther Mahlangu’s first retrospective features the iconic BMW 525i Art Car
Esther Mahlangu showcases ‘Then I knew I was good at painting’ at the Iziko Museums of South Africa in Cape Town
By Nargess Banks Published
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Diriyah Contemporary Art Biennale 2024 considers the future of Saudi Arabia
Artistic director Ute Meta Bauer oversees Diriyah Contemporary Art Biennale 2024, exploring themes of transition and reflection in Saudi Arabia
By Harriet Quick Published
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At Sadie Coles HQ, artists bring a playful sensuality to lamps
Sadie Coles HQ’s ‘Shine On’ exhibition in London features sculptural lighting by Sarah Lucas, Urs Fischer, and more (until 27 April 2024)
By Tianna Williams Published
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Desert X AlUla 2024 sees artists explore illusion and mirage
Desert X AlUla 2024 dazzles in its role as a prototype for Saudi Arabia’s permanent land art park, with site-specific installations by native and international artists
By Kasia Maciejowska Published
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Ekow Eshun considers the Black figure in portraiture at the National Portrait Gallery
In ‘The Time is Always Now: Artists Reframe the Black Figure’, curator Ekow Eshun unites works from 22 African diasporic artists working in the UK and US
By Hannah Silver Published
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Peter Blake’s sculptures spark joy at Waddington Custot
‘Peter Blake: Sculpture and Other Matters’, at London's Waddington Custot, spans six decades of the artist's career
By Hannah Silver Published
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Claude Cahun’s surreal challenging of gender placed her a century ahead of her time
‘Claude Cahun: Beneath this Mask’, the Hayward Gallery Touring exhibition, is at Lakeside Arts in Nottingham until 17 March 2024
By Emily Steer Published
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Writer Annie Ernaux’s works are brought to photographic life in Paris
‘Exteriors’ explores Annie Ernaux’s writing in relationship to photographic mediums, at Maison Européenne de la Photographie until 25 May 2024
By Katie Tobin Published
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Jeffrey Gibson’s bold works and sculptures dream of a better world
Jeffrey Gibson exhibits his work at Stephen Friedman gallery, London, with ‘Dreaming Of How It’s Meant To Be’ currently on show ahead of Gibson’s representation of the United States at the upcoming 60th International Art Exhibition, La Biennale di Venezia
By Hannah Silver Published
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Artists consider the cosmic movie camera at Biennial de l’Image En Movement 2024
Director of Centre d’art Contemporain Genève, Andrea Bellini, has collaborated with writer, curator and specialist in art and technology, Nora N. Khan, on this year's Biennial
By Amah-Rose Abrams Published
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Step into Yoko Ono’s immersive world at Tate Modern
‘Yoko Ono: Music of the Mind’ spans the artist and activist's work from the 1950s to the present day
By Hannah Silver Published
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Don’t miss: ‘The Mother & The Weaver’ dissects the complexity of motherhood
‘The Mother & The Weaver’ at the Foundling Museum, London, looks at the complex role of the mother in art from the Ursula Hauser Collection
By Hannah Silver Published
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Sinta Tantra’s sculptures find a historic home at Pitzhanger Manor, UK
Sinta Tantra’s ‘The Light Club of Batavia’ exhibition at Pitzhanger Manor unites her large and small-scale works and explores the duality of beauty and colonialism
By Amah-Rose Abrams Published
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Oozing, squidgy, erupting forms come alive at Hayward Gallery
‘When Forms Come Alive: Sixty Years of Restless Sculpture’ at Hayward Gallery, London, is a group show full of twists and turns
By Hannah Silver Published
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Jonathan Baldock’s playful works bring joy to Yorkshire Sculpture Park
Jonathan Baldock mischievously considers history and myths in ‘Touch Wood’ at Yorkshire Sculpture Park
By Anne Soward Published
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The Whitney plots Harold Cohen’s artistic AI adventures
‘Harold Cohen: AARON’, at the Whitney Museum of American Art celebrates the artist’s software – the earliest AI program for artmaking – as an artwork in its own right
By Hannah Silver Published
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Meredith Monk’s interdisciplinary art sets all the senses singing in Amsterdam show
‘Meredith Monk: Calling’ at Oude Kerk, Amsterdam, is both a series of concerts and a deep-dive into Monk’s eclectic oeuvre
By Hannah Silver Published
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Space for My Body: Anu Põder’s retrospective opens in Switzerland
Estonian artist Anu Põder is celebrated by Switzerland’s Muzeum Susch in an exhibition curated by Cecilia Alemani
By Hannah Silver Published
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Barbara Kruger wins Best Thought-Provoker in Wallpaper* Design Awards 2024
‘Thinking of You. I Mean Me. I Mean You’ by Barbara Kruger at Serpentine Gallery, opening 1 February 2024, is a Wallpaper* winner
By Hannah Silver Published
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Don't miss Sarah Lucas at Tate Britain: humour, desire, domesticity
‘Sarah Lucas: Happy Gas’ at Tate Britain spans the four decades the artist’s career
By Hannah Silver Last updated
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Glitch: artists explore the potential in imperfection in Munich
Glitch: The Art of Interference, a new group exhibition at Germany’s Pinakothek der Moderne, unites a host of cross generational artists
By Emily Steer Published
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Artists consider social realities for the Artes Mundi prize in Wales
The Artes Mundi, in its tenth edition, is based and exhibited around Wales and is headed up by Nigel Prince
By Amah-Rose Abrams Published
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Discover Liorah Tchiprout’s richly drawn depictions of an inner life
Liorah Tchiprout’s debut solo exhibition at the Marlborough Gallery, 'Two Eyes Wide Open at the Edge of Dawn', considers women’s interior lives
By Hannah Silver Published
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Joy, tenderness and intimacy are celebrated by artists in London
Photography and film-based artists currently based at Gathering, London, explore human experience in ‘Pictures of Us’
By Katie Tobin Published
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Nari Ward combines dance and materiality in London
Jamaican-born, New York-based Nari Ward reuses and reappropriates materials at Lehman Maupin in London
By Amah-Rose Abrams Published