Oyin Akande
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Cover story: Michael MacGarry designs limited edition cover for April 2020
Each month Wallpaper* offers a leading creative figure carte blanche to design a limited-edition cover, available exclusively to our subscribers. Here, Johannesburg-based artist Michael MacGarry reveals the inspiration behind his digital illustration for the April 2020 issue, arriving in post boxes anytime now
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A ridge cut above the rest: Sergio Herman to turn luxe chip shop Frites Atelier into chain
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Sarabande reframes femininity for International Women's Day
At the London art foundation, three artists-in-residence slash taboos and rethink the significance of inhabiting a female body
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‘We Are History’ confronts the climate emergency through a global art lens
A Somerset House group show curated by Ekow Eshun interrogates the origins of climate change through a global lens, and coincides with the 1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair
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Design in an Age of Crisis: London Design Biennale responds to today's crucial issues
London Design Biennale and Chatham House have held an open call to gather proposals and the results are in. The 500 submissions span over 50 countries and six continents, highlighting important issues (and possible solutions) in the fields of health, environment, society and work
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‘Citizens of Memory’: nostalgia and the Black experience explored
‘Citizens of Memory’ – a new group show at The Perimeter, London – sees seven artists explore memory, nostalgia and the Black experience
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Solange embodies Mother Earth to tell the story of time and creation for Louis XIII cognac
Cognac house Louis XIII’s film project Believe in Time is a meditation on the creative potential of time, starring artist and musician Solange, in collaboration with couturier Guo Pei and filmmaker Mati Diop
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‘Body Vessel Clay’ explores the legacy of Black female ceramic artists
‘Body Vessel Clay: Black Women, Ceramics & Contemporary Art’ at London’s Two Temple Place celebrates past and present pioneers of ceramic art
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Print-making: Counter Editions teams up with big name artists on Team GB images
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Photographer Akasha Rabut embraces New Orleans' elusive subcultures
Death Magick Abundance captures the spirit of this vibrant city of the American South through its people
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Shirin Neshat redefines the American dream at Goodman Gallery
Twenty years since her last solo exhibition in London, the Iranian filmmaker and photographer opens a new show capturing the breadth of American identity
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