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Out of office: The Wallpaper* editors’ picks of the week
The clocks have gone back in the UK and evenings are officially cloaked in darkness. Cue nights spent tucked away in London’s cosy corners – this week, the Wallpaper* team opted for a Latin-inspired listening bar, an underground arts space, and a brand new hotel in Shoreditch
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Los Angeles art exhibitions: the best shows to see in November 2025
Read our pick of the best Los Angeles art exhibitions to see this month, from Marylin Minter's hyperrealist style to Sprüth Magers exploring the ‘horror’ genre
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Modern masters: the ultimate guide to Jean-Michel Basquiat
New York artist Jean-Michel Basquiat centred the Black subject in political, electric works which resist easy definition
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London art exhibitions to see in November
Read our pick of the best London art exhibitions to see this month, from a Wes Anderson retrospective at the Design Museum to looking at the erotic in Surrealism at Richard Saltoun Gallery
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A new book on Paul McCartney’s 1970s band Wings documents an inside story of resilience and family
'It's a story about a family as well as one about a very famous musician', says author Ted Widmer
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A London exhibition celebrates the next generation of Ukrainian photographers
FUTURESPECTIVE at Saatchi Gallery presents an intimate portrait of a country in the midst of conflict
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David Goldblatt captures intimate portraits of Johannesburg during apartheid
Between 1948 and 2016, David Goldblatt returned periodically to Fietas, a suburb in the west of Johannesburg’s city centre, to photograph the impact of apartheid legislation on its residents and landscape. The resulting photographs have now been collected and published for the first time
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New York art exhibitions to see in November
Read our pick of the best New York art exhibitions to see in November, from Graciela Iturbide's ground-breaking photography to Alic Brock's fragmented Americana paintings
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Nieves González paints Lily Allen at a turning point
A portrait that holds a woman in her own authorship; Nieves González paints Lily Allen with steadiness, clarity, and quiet power. This is an image that carries history and the present moment in the same breath.
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Lighting designer Andi Watson on creating Mitski’s sculptural stage for 'The Land'
In Mitski’s live show and new concert film, a single beam of light becomes her dance partner. Lighting designer Andi Watson discusses turning shadow, movement and restraint into the architecture of feeling
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Inside the Centre Pompidou's last hoorah
After shutting its doors for five years of renovations, French record label Because Music saw the empty site as the perfect space for its 20th anniversary celebrations
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Inside the work of photographer Seydou Keïta, who captured portraits across West Africa
‘Seydou Keïta: A Tactile Lens’, an exhibition at the Brooklyn Museum, New York, celebrates the 20th-century photographer
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Yuko Mohri’s living installations play on Marcel Duchamp’s surrealism
The artist’s seven new works on show at Milan’s Pirelli HangarBicocca explore the real and imaginary connections that run through society
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Out of office: The Wallpaper* editors’ picks of the week
From sumo wrestling to Singaporean fare, medieval manuscripts to magnetic exhibitions, the Wallpaper* team have traversed the length and breadth of culture in the capital this week
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Viewers are cast as voyeurs in Tai Shani’s crimson-hued London exhibition
British artist Tai Shani creates mystical other worlds through sculpture, performance and film. Step inside at Gathering
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Sam Falls is inspired by nature’s unpredictability in living works for Ruinart
The artist creates works that are in-between photography and painting as part of Ruinart's Conversations with Nature series
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Who are the nine standout artists that shaped Frieze London 2025?
Amid the hectic Frieze London schedule, many artists were showcasing extraordinary work this year. Here are our favourites
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María Berrío creates fantastical worlds from Japanese-paper collages in New York
New York-based Colombian artist María Berrío explores a love of folklore and myth in delicate and colourful works on paper
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Juergen Teller’s retrospective is sharp, smart and mischievous in Athens
Victoria Beckham, the Pope, and nudes in the sand feature among the German photographer’s images in ‘you are invited’ at Onassis Ready, the latest arts space from the Onassis Foundation
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Hassan Hajjaj's vibrant portraits put Moroccan women at the centre of the story
For more than three decades, the visual artist has been making portraits that centre Moroccan culture, albeit through a subversive lens. Now, an exhibition in Toronto explores the sporty facet of his portraits
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Doc’n Roll Festival returns with a new season of underground music films
Now in its twelfth year, the grassroots festival continues to platform subcultural stories and independent filmmakers outside the mainstream
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Frieze London 2025: live updates from the Wallpaper* team
From 15 - 19 October 2025, Frieze takes over London. Here's what is going on at the fair and around town, as seen by the Wallpaper* art editor
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Out of office: The Wallpaper* editors' picks of the week
The London office of Wallpaper* had a very important visitor this week. Elsewhere, the team traverse a week at Frieze
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Chantal Joffe paints the truth of memory and motherhood in a new London show
A profound chronicler of the intimacies of the female experience, Chantal Joffe explores the elemental truth of family dynamics for a new exhibition at Victoria Miro
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Artists reflect on Kate Bush lyrics for a War Child auction
Peter Doig and Maggi Hambling are among artists interpreting Kate Bush’s 1985 track ‘Running Up That Hill’ for War Child’s online auction
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Leo Costelloe turns the kitchen into a site of fantasy and unease
For Frieze week, Costelloe transforms everyday domesticity into something intimate, surreal and faintly haunted at The Shop at Sadie Coles
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Can surrealism be erotic? Yes if women can reclaim their power, says a London exhibition
‘Unveiled Desires: Fetish & The Erotic in Surrealism, 1924–Today’ at London’s Richard Saltoun gallery examines the role of desire in the avant-garde movement
