Exhibitions & Shows
The best of the year's art exhibitions and shows, compiled by Wallpaper*
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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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New York artist Christopher Astley showcases an alternative natural world
At Martos Gallery in New York, Christopher Astley’s paintings evoke an alternative natural world and the chaos of warfare (until 16 March 2024)
By Tianna Williams 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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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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Cindy Sherman’s unsettling, fragmented portraits go on show in New York
Cindy Sherman unveils 30 new works at Hauser & Wirth, New York
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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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
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Paul Pfeiffer's digital image manipulations in LA dissect celebrity culture
The first US retrospective of multi-disciplinary artist Paul Pfeiffer’s work opens in LA at The Museum of Contemporary Art, candidly exploring modern society in the digital age
By Timothy Anscombe-Bell Published
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New London show offers a glimpse of tomorrow’s art sensations
The ‘New Contemporaries’ exhibition, at London’s Camden Art Centre, highlights the artists to watch
By Hannah Silver Published
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Patrick Martinez captures the passage of time in neon lights and graffiti, at ICA San Francisco
LA artist Patrick Martinez’s ‘Ghost Land’ is his most expansive presentation to date, on show at the Institute of Contemporary Art San Francisco
By Anne Soward Published
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Artists explore the meaning of home through the lens of queer and trans domesticity in New York
Group exhibition ‘Dreaming of Home’, at Leslie-Lohman Museum of Art, uses a seminal Catherine Opie photograph as a springboard to explore the meaning of home today
By Hannah Silver Published
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AI and creativity: Louisiana museum considers the human in the machine
‘The Irreplaceable Human’ at Louisiana Museum of Modern Art in Denmark asks what creativity is in the age of AI
By Amah-Rose Abrams Published
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Ghada Amer’s provocative embroidered texts speak of feminism and activism
Ghada Amer explores the power of words in ‘QR Codes Revisited – London’ at Goodman Gallery in London’s Mayfair
By Nargess Shahmanesh Banks Published
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Paulina Olowska brings Slavic folklore and androgynous nymphs to London
Paulina Olowska explores magical mysticism in ‘Squelchy Garden Mules and Mamunas’ at London’s Pace Gallery
By Hannah Silver Published
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Helen Johnson explores bodily distortion and ablution at Pilar Corrias
Helen Johnson’s ‘Opening’, at Pilar Corrias in London, unites psychological motives and physicality
By Emily Steer Published