Latest articles by Amy Serafin
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World View: Letter from Paris
Introducing our new series, which shines light on the creativity and resilience of designers around the world as they confront the challenges wrought by the Covid-19 pandemic. Working with contributing editors across eleven global territories, we reach out to creative talents to ponder the power of design in difficult times and share messages of hope. Here, our Paris editor Amy Serafin speaks to Isabelle Stanislas, Ora-ïto, Pierre Yovanovitch, Charles Zana and Laura Gonzalez, who are looking on the bright side and rediscovering the pleasures of being anchored in one place.
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Marc Newson designs Hermès’ first ever pen
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Cruz control: Carlos Cruz-Diez redefines colour with new work in Washington DC
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Left glass: Carlo Brandelli’s crystal sculptures go on show in Paris
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Archive covers from relaunched French magazine Cahiers d’Art
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Chanel launches Métiers d’art Prize in Hyères
Chanel has been a major partner of the International Festival of Fashion, Photography and Fashion Accessories in Hyères since 2014. This year, it has announced a new and exciting level of support for the cutting-edge festival, by introducing the Prix des Métiers d’art, an award given to one of ten competing fashion designers for their collaboration with the ten houses belonging to Chanel’s Métiers d’art: Desrues, Ateliers de Verneuil-en- Halatte, Lemarié, Maison Michel, Massaro, Lesage, Goossens, Atelier Montex, Causse and Lognon. In celebration of the launch of the prize, here we revisit our exploration of Chanel’s renowned artisan workshops, first featured in the March 2019 issue of Wallpaper* (W*240)...
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On the map: artist William Kentridge’s tapestry for Ermenegildo Zegna’s London store
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La Maison Evidens de Beauté by Emmanuelle Simon wins Wallpaper* Design Award
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Sculpture’s rising star Camille Blatrix on process, pathos and YouTube learning
Ahead of his solo show at Kunsthalle Basel, the Paris-based artist talks us through his mysterious ‘objects’
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Paris+ par Art Basel: how the new art fair could transform Europe’s cultural identity
Wallpaper* Paris editor Amy Serafin explores the inaugural edition of Paris+ par Art Basel and speaks to key figures about what the new art fair will mean for Europe’s art scene
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A tribute to French artist Michel Deverne
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Remembering Christian Boltanski (1944-2021)
French artist Christian Boltanski has passed away aged 77. Here, we revist our 2018 interview with the sculptor, who created the limited edition cover for Wallpaper's April issue that year (W*229).
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Block buster: New York architect Peter Marino on delivering the luxury goods
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Solaris Chronicles: an exhibition celebrating the ground breaking of a new building by Frank Gehry is a moveable feast
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Mitico: art, luxury hospitality and home cooking collide in Italy
Spearheaded by the Belmond hotel group and Galleria Continua, new initiative Mitico introduces the work of four major artists on the grounds of four iconic Italian hotels
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Buffalo AKG Art Museum by OMA looks to the future
The Buffalo AKG Art Museum (formerly the Albright-Knox Art Gallery) is reborn with a striking OMA-designed extension, site-specific installations, and a new focus on the local community
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Lee Bae’s fascination with charcoal continues to burn bright
The South Korean artist explores charcoal for an exhibition at Galerie Perrotin’s New York outpost
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Charles Ray’s moment in the city of lights: ‘Sculpture is a meaning machine’
American sculptor Charles Ray is dominating Paris with a double retrospective at the Bourse de Commerce and Centre Pompidou. Materially deft and disturbingly human, Ray’s shows establish him as one of the most important sculptors alive
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OMA-designed exhibition in Paris celebrates the work of architect Auguste Perret
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Martin Margiela’s art rebirth: obsession, enigma and revelation
Elusive ‘anti-fashion’ designer Martin Margiela unveils his first show as a fully-fledged artist; It’s radical, renegade and full of surprises
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Magnum Photos’ new Paris gallery spotlights past and future
Magnum Photos expands its footprint with a new gallery space in Paris, inaugurated with multigenerational joint show ‘Bruce Davidson & Khalik Allah: New York’
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AccorHotels launches Flying Nest, a roving hotel concept designed by Ora-ïto
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Counter moves: meet the talented young chefs beefing up Berlin’s culinary scene
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Jean-Michel Othoniel and Johan Creten think big for their new Paris studio
Johan Creten's three-ton bronze bat, De Vleermuis, is being displayed at Petit Palais during FIAC art fair
