Interviews
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Through the lens of Wallpaper* contributor Norman Wilcox-Geissen
Introducing our new monthly series in which we throw the spotlight on emerging photographers who are Wallpaper* contributors. Every month one photographer is commissioned to capture the upfront Newspaper section – an artist's residency in print form – here we explore their vision further.
By Harriet Lloyd-Smith Last updated
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Out of office: coffee and creative small talk with Eric Fischl
Bodil Blain, Wallpaper* columnist and founder of Cru Kafé, shares coffee and creative small talk with leading figures from the worlds of art, architecture, design, and fashion. This week it’s American artist Eric Fischl, who is making a splash at Sprüth Magers in Los Angeles with an exhibition of new paintings centred on bodies of water
By Bodil Blain Last updated
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Step inside the kaleidoscopic universe of Pipilotti Rist
Swiss artist Pipilotti Rist, who headlines Wallpaper’s November 2022 issue, has transformed the way we see, with a poetic yet playful practice spanning three decades. Here, and in a special portfolio, she reveals how she has liberated video art from its conventions, imbued the digital realm with emotion, animated public spaces, and harnessed the healing powers of colour
By Jessica Klingelfuss Last updated
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Through the lens of Wallpaper* contributor Jack Wilson
Introducing the third edition of our monthly series in which we throw the spotlight on emerging photographers who are Wallpaper* contributors. Every month one photographer is commissioned to capture the upfront Newspaper section – an artist’s residency in print form – here we explore their vision further.
By Harriet Lloyd-Smith Last updated
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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
By Amy Serafin Last updated
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Se Yoon Park’s sculptures take root in the architecture of trees
Korean-born architect-turned-artist Se Yoon Park discusses his new tree-inspired architectonic sculptures, now on view at Carvalho Park, Brooklyn
By Pei-Ru Keh Last updated
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Prune Nourry’s sculptures are to be touched, but not seen
At Galerie Templon, Paris, French artist Prune Nourry is exhibiting sculptural busts of visually impaired models. She has never seen the works, nor will anyone who visits the exhibition
By Harriet Lloyd-Smith Last updated
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Out of office: coffee and creative small talk with Thomas Heatherwick
Bodil Blain, Wallpaper* columnist and founder of Cru Kafé, shares coffee and creative small talk with leading figures from the worlds of art, architecture, design, and fashion. This week it’s British designer and architect Thomas Heatherwick, who currently has a number of architectural projects in development in Singapore
By Bodil Blain Last updated
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Ray of light: Daniel Buren discusses his illuminating show at Lisson Gallery
By Emma O'Kelly Last updated
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Matthieu Lavanchy interview
By Bethany Wrede Peterson Last updated
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Through the lens of Wallpaper* contributor Geray Mena
‘Through the lens’ is our monthly series that throws the spotlight on emerging photographers who are Wallpaper* contributors. Every month one photographer is commissioned to capture the upfront Newspaper section – an artist’s residency in print form – here we explore their vision further
By Harriet Lloyd-Smith Last updated
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Langlands & Bell interview
By Harriet Lloyd-Smith Last updated
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Talking art with Russell Tovey, champion of emerging talents
We speak to the actor, art advocate and podcaster about discovering up-and-coming artists, helping them grow, and his latest curatorial endeavour with Bombay Sapphire
By TF Chan Last updated
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The artful and risky vision of photojournalist Émeric Lhuisset
We get behind the lens with the French artist to discuss the possibilities of photography and the compelling body of work chronicling the journey of refugees produced during his BMW Art & Culture residency
By Nargess Shahmanesh Banks Last updated
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Architectural futurism and urban ‘nudity’: Liu Wei at White Cube
What is urban space without bodies? Chinese artist Liu Wei describes his eerie exploration of deserted cityscapes at White Cube Bermondsey
By Harriet Lloyd-Smith Last updated
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Photo 2021 explores the truth behind the image in Melbourne
Australia's biggest ever photography festival showcases work from over 120 global photographers in outdoor galleries and museums around Melbourne
By Harriet Lloyd-Smith Last updated
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Out of office: coffee and creative small talk with Tatiana Bilbao
Bodil Blain, Wallpaper* columnist and founder of Cru Kafé, shares coffee and creative small talk with leading figures from the worlds of art, architecture, design, and fashion. This week, it’s Mexican architect Tatiana Bilbao, who is currently designing a brutalist, ethical aquarium in Mazatlán and has an exhibition at Copenhagen's Louisiana Museum of Modern Art opening in October 2019
By Bodil Blain Last updated
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Guy Bolongaro on animals, book swaps, and photography as therapy
‘Through the lens’ is our monthly series that throws the spotlight on photographers who are Wallpaper* contributors. Here we explore Guy Bolongaro’s vision further
By Sophie Gladstone Last updated
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Apple packaging like you’ve never seen it before
Photographer Johann Clausen sheds rare light on Apple’s product packaging in a captivating new series
By Harriet Lloyd-Smith Last updated
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Carol Bove on crushing, crashing and twisting heavy metal into better shape
By Caroline Roux Last updated
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Out of office: creative small talk with Stephen Witherford and William Mann
Bodil Blain, Wallpaper* columnist and founder of Cru Kafé, shares coffee and creative small talk with leading figures from the worlds of art, architecture, design, and fashion. In her interview with Stephen Witherford and William Mann of London-based Witherford Watson Mann architects, the discussion turns to the art of ‘incompleteness’ in architecture. The pair demonstrate how to delicately layer new designs upon 17th century architecture, as seen at the Nevill Holt Theatre, and question how communal living could be pioneered in London today.
By Bodil Blain Last updated
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Shigeru Ban on his masterfully minimalist interiors for Cast Iron House
By Sam Lubell Last updated
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Anish Kapoor in Venice: gore, glory and blackest black magic
We interview Anish Kapoor in his south London studio ahead of a major two-venue retrospective during the 59th Venice Biennale, where the artist will finally introduce the world to his Vantablack sculptures
By Harriet Lloyd-Smith Last updated
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Ragnar Kjartansson’s dramatic soap opera inaugurates GES-2 in Moscow
Icelandic artist Ragnar Kjartansson inaugurates the much-anticipated V-A-C Foundation’s GES-2 House of Culture in Moscow. Santa Barbara – A Living Sculpture is a bold, theatrical work that examines the relationship between Russia and the US
By Amah-Rose Abrams Last updated
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Thomas Demand: artificiality, nature and Azzedine Alaïa
At Sprüth Magers London, German sculptor and photographer Thomas Demand explores the tensions between artificiality and nature, and steps inside the atelier of legendary Tunisian couturier Azzedine Alaïa
By Harriet Lloyd-Smith Last updated
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Through the lens of Chieska Fortune Smith
Through the lens is our monthly series that shines a light on a photographer and Wallpaper* contributor
By Sophie Gladstone Last updated
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Leading female architects in their own words
International Women’s Day 2022 and Women’s History Month: Wallpaper* talks to four leading female architects about dreams, heroines and navigating the architecture world
By Harriet Thorpe Last updated