Portraits
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Inez & Vinoodh on 35 years of radical photography, being ‘two brains, one person', and judging our Design Awards
Dutch photography duo and Wallpaper* Design Awards 2023 judges Inez & Vinoodh discuss image manipulation, design aspirations, and capturing the legendary Julianne Moore
By Harriet Lloyd-Smith Published
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Caught on film: The Broad showcases 120 of Cindy Sherman's most cinematic works
By Charlotte Jansen Last updated
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Body image: Robert Mapplethorpe's sensual take on the human form in LA
By Janelle Zara Last updated
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Aya Brown’s portraits are love letters to Black female essential workers
Artist Aya Brown’s portrait series featuring Black female essential workers is currently on display across nine bus stops in Brooklyn, in collaboration with Virgil Abloh’s Public Domain project
By Fiona Mahon Last updated
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’No Limits’: Mario Testino opens Copenhagen’s art season with a bang
By Yoko Choy Last updated
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George Osodi’s portraits of African royalty go on show at London’s Bermondsey Project
By Jessica Klingelfuss Last updated
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Body language: Efi Spyrou is both artist and artwork at Diatopos in Cyprus
By Elly Parsons Last updated
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Shape and form: Giovanni Garcia-Fenech’s self-portraits create waves in New York
By Michael Slenske Last updated
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'Dynasty Marubi': a hundred years of Albanian studio photography is surveyed at Foam
By Yoko Choy Last updated
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‘I see portraiture as a means to impart a social commentary’
Self-taught Nigerian painter Eniwaye Oluwaseyi addresses #EndSARS in his debut show at ADA gallery in Accra
By Pei-Ru Keh Last updated
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’82 Portraits and 1 Still-life’: David Hockney returns to the RA
By Elana Wong Last updated
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Hallucinogenic pop and erotic brushstrokes at London shows exploring the female gaze
By Charlotte Jansen Last updated
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Feminist or fetishist? A Helmut Newton retrospective arrives at FOAM
By Yoko Choy Last updated
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After shock: New York’s Japan Society presents work on the 3/11 tragedy
By Olivia Martin Last updated
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Close-up: Mário Macilau reveals the secrets to his award-winning portraiture
By Wessie du Toit Last updated
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Hannah Starkey's pensive portraits are immersed in cinematic fiction
By Jessica Klingelfuss Last updated
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Serge Attukwei Clottey on fashion, gender, and unexpected art
In captivating new portraits for ‘Beyond Skin’, Ghanaian artist Serge Attukwei Clottey explores fashion as identity and subverts antiquated ideas of gender and sexuality
By Pei-Ru Keh Last updated
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Rankin captures NHS heroes in new portrait series
The British photographer’s latest project shines a spotlight on frontline healthcare workers from across the UK
By Fiona Mahon Last updated
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Masked artist series raises money for art therapy
Grayson Perry, Jenny Saville and Camille Walala are photographed for a new portrait series by Joanna Vestey, in support of art therapy charity AT The Bus
By Joanna Vestey - Photography Last updated
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Chris Levine on creating his iconic portrait of Queen Elizabeth II: ‘I was the wild card’
For the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee celebrations, we spoke to artist Chris Levine about the making of his iconic hologram portraits of Her Majesty. He reflects on two years of preparation, that fateful day in Buckingham Palace, and Lightness of Being, the outtake that almost outshone the original
By Harriet Lloyd Smith Last updated
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'What Lies Beneath': Rick Guest captures the artistic endeavour of ballet
By Sam Rogers Last updated
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Life's work: Wallace Berman's controversial oeuvre at LA's Kohn Gallery
By Michael Slenske Last updated
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A poignant exploration of the lives of transgender and gender non-conforming older people
To celebrate Pride Month 2022, we revisit photographer Jess T Dugan’s series of intimate portraits of transgender adults over 50, first explored by Wallpaper* in this 2020 article on the occasion of an exhibition at Minneapolis Institute of Art
By Pei-Ru Keh Last updated
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Positive change: Annie Leibovitz adds new portraits to WOMEN
By Henrietta Thompson Last updated
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Narratives of 1994: Pieter Hugo’s portrait of childhood at Stevenson Cape Town
By Daniel Scheffler Last updated
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Head trip: the ’Veronica Scanner’ creates live 3D portraits at the Royal Academy of Arts
By Elly Parsons Last updated
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Still lifes, tactility and LOL cats: Torbjørn Rødland at Aperture Foundation
By Olivia Martin Last updated