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Abbey Road announces the winners of its annual music photography awards
Abbey Road celebrates the global music photography community with its 2025 awards, honouring legends David Bailey and Anton Corbijn alongside a new generation of image-makers
By Charlotte Gunn Published
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Six films to see at the BFI London Film Festival 2025
The BFI London Film Festival 2025 runs 8-19 October. What promises to be extra special? Here are our tips, from Kristen Stewart's directorial debut to an urgent docudrama set in Gaza
By Billie Walker Published
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Frieze London is back! Here’s what to see
As London gears up for Frieze 2025 (15-19 October), plan your visit early
By Amah-Rose Abrams Published
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The cultural weight of girlhood is complex and beautiful at MoMu
A new Antwerp exhibition, ‘Girls. On Boredom, Rebellion and Being In-Between’, frames girlhood as both archetype and subversion, featuring works by Sofia Coppola, Louise Bourgeois, and more
By Sofia de la Cruz Published
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Photographer and surrealist Lee Miller gets a long-overdue retrospective at Tate Britain
Lee Miller ushered in a new era with her avant-garde and raw photography. Now, Tate Britain celebrates her life's work
By Hannah Silver Published
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Can a Mexico City house museum reframe Frida Kahlo’s artistic legacy?
The newly opened Museo Casa Kahlo spotlights how family shaped the pioneering artist’s life and work. See how Rockwell Group brought it to life
By Stacie Stukin Published
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A life’s work: Hans Ulrich Obrist on art, meaning and being driven
As the curator, critic and artistic director of Serpentine Galleries publishes his memoir, ‘Life in Progress’, he tells us what gets him out of bed in the morning
By Hannah Silver Published
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New York art exhibitions to see in October
Read our pick of the best New York art exhibitions to see in October, from Celeste Rapone at Marianne Boesky to Nathaniel Mary Quinn at Gagosian
By Tianna Williams Last updated
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Danielle Brathwaite-Shirley’s multiplayer experience at London’s Serpentine invites visitors to connect in the real world
Danielle Brathwaite-Shirley rethinks a typical art gallery visit with a new exhibition at Serpentine which encourages viewers to get off the screen
By Hannah Silver Published
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Provocative and playful, Blommers & Schumm's images sit at the intersection of fine art and photography
Dutch photography duo Blommers & Schumm present 25 years of work at Foam, Amsterdam
By Hannah Silver Published
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Inside a Courtney Love-inspired art exhibition in New York
Liza Jo Eilers looks to the glory days of Hole at an exhibition at Grimm New York
By Zoe Whitfield Published
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Out of office: the Wallpaper* editors’ picks of the week
A week in the life of the Wallpaper* team was filled with exquisite jewellery, spellbinding art, and lots (and lots) of good food
By Anna Solomon Published
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London art exhibitions to see in October
Read our pick of the best London art exhibitions to see this month, from Cosima von Bonin childlike objects at Raven Row to Hugh Hayden's quirky, tactile installations at Lisson Gallery
By Tianna Williams Last updated
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Ed Ruscha and Ruthie Rogers team up on zingy new cookbook
Ed Ruscha and friend Ruthie Rogers, chef and River Café co-founder, have teamed up on a cookbook with a difference
By Annabel Downes Published
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In Madrid, Miriam Bäckström merges photography and textiles in a hypnotic exhibition
At Galería Elba Benítez, the Swedish artist plays with texture, weaving and colour, creating mesmerising, geometric shapes which draws viewers in (until 8 November 2025)
By Tianna Williams Published
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Los Angeles art exhibitions: the best shows to see in October 2025
Read our pick of the best Los Angeles art exhibitions to see this month, from the biennial exhibition ‘Made in L.A. 2025.’, to celebrating 50 years of the Norton Simon Museum
By Carole Dixon Last updated
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Riccardo Dalisi’s first UK retrospective opens at east London gallery Spazio Leone
Spazio Leone draws together six decades of the Italian visionary’s work, from whimsical coffee pots to radical community workshops
By Reeme Idris Published
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Make the Booker Prize shortlist your new reading list
This year’s Booker Prize shortlist captures the emotional complexity of our times, with stories of fractured families, shifting identities and the search for meaning in unfamiliar places
By Charlotte Gunn Last updated
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The Turner Prize 2025 shortlisted artists go on show in Bradford
Nnena Kalu, Rene Matić, Mohammed Sami and Zadie Xa are in the running for the Turner Prize 2025 – here they are with their work
By Hannah Silver Last updated
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Tilda Swinton: 'If Derek Jarman were with us now, he'd be making films on an iPhone'
Ahead of her Amsterdam exhibition, which spotlights eight new works with Jarman, Jarmusch and more, Swinton opens up about collaboration, creativity and why the process matters more than the product
By Hannah Silver Published
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Pioneering author Jean Rhys was hard to define. In London, artists give it a try
'Postures: Jean Rhys in the Modern World' at Michael Werner gallery sees artists from Kara Walker, Celia Paul, Hurvin Anderson, and Francis Picabia bring Rhys to life in a curation by Hilton Als
By Katie Tobin Published
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Why are we so obsessed with ghosts? From the psychological to the gothic, a new exhibition finds out
Ghosts have terrified us for centuries. ‘Ghosts: Visualizing the Supernatural’ at Kunstmuseum Basel asks what is going on
By Hannah Silver Published
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Out of office: the Wallpaper* editors’ picks of the week
Another week, another sweep of culture in the capital and beyond for the Wallpaper* team. This time: hidden book fairs, standout theatre, and a taste of the Mediterranean – from a Spanish showcase to seafood in the Portuguese archipelago
By Anna Solomon Published
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Julian Charrière brings the sounds of the ocean to Ruinart’s chalk cellars in Reims
Julian Charrière’s sound and light installation, ‘Chorals’, joins the worlds of environmental science and culture
By Hannah Silver Published
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Apple unveils its next-gen camera in a powerful new photography exhibition
The new iPhone 17 Pro Max takes centre stage in a New York exhibition where artists Inez & Vinoodh, Mickalene Thomas, and Trunk Xu explore the theme of joy
By Adrian Madlener Published
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Central Park’s revitalised Delacorte Theater gears up for a new future
Ennead Architects helmed an ambitious renovation process that has given the New York City cultural landmark a vibrant and more accessible future
By Osman Can Yerebakan Published
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‘As an artist, I’ve never felt more useful than now’: Steve McQueen on his monumental film screening in Amsterdam
The film director on why now felt like the right time to screen a previously unseen 34-hour version of his 2023 documentary ‘Occupied City’, on the façade of the Rijksmuseum
By Finn Blythe Published