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Ten movies to watch from Sundance Film Festival 2026
2026 marks a bittersweet year for the Sundance Film Festival (22 January – 1 February) as it returns to Park City, Utah, for the very last time. Here are the films we are most looking forward to
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Mickalene Thomas and Tom Wesselmann consider the female nude in Palm Springs
'The Female Form: Tom Wesselmann & Mickalene Thomas from the Collections of Jordan D. Schnitzer and His Family Foundation' places the artists' work in cultural context at Palm Springs Art Museum
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'I have always been interested in debasement as purification': Sam Lipp dissects the body in London
Sam Lipp rethinks traditional portraiture in 'Base', a new show at Soft Opening gallery, London
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Out of office: The Wallpaper* editors’ picks of the week
This week, the design year got underway with Paris’ interiors and furniture fair. Elsewhere, the Wallpaper* editors marked the start of 2026 with good food and better music
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Arthur Tress’ photographs taken in The Ramble are a key part of New York’s queer history
The images, which captured gay men, like Tress himself, cruising around the Central Park woodland in 1969, are the subject of a new book
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Jan Staller’s Manhattan Project is an abstracted chronicle of a city under construction
The photographer Jan Staller shows another side of New York’s relentless change with this portfolio of dynamic, sculptural images
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What do creatives pin to their walls? Artists from Tracey Emin to Michael Stipe reveal all
An exhibition at Incubator gallery, London, asks 45 creatives what is tacked to their studio walls – here are some of their pin-ups
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John Costi interrogates his fractured psyche with new Somerset House Studios show ‘Bapou’s Bubbles’
The artist discovered his creativity while imprisoned for armed robbery. Now, he’s hosting a surreal performance piece that speaks to the healing power of art
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Behind the scenes of OK Go's Grammy-nominated vinyl packaging
Indie-rock group OK Go have returned with an innovative new sound and look for their fifth album. We meet singer Damian Kulash to find out more.
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Los Angeles art exhibitions: the best shows to see in January 2026
Read our pick of the best Los Angeles art exhibitions to see this month, from the 31st year of LA’s longest running art show to Shepard Fairey's ‘Out of Print' exhibition
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Wallpaper* Design Awards: meet Klára Hosnedlová, art’s Best Dreamscaper
The immersive worlds that the Czech artist creates make her a worthy Wallpaper* Design Award 2026 winner; she speaks to us ahead of her first show at White Cube, London
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David Lynch’s photographs and sculptures are darkly alluring in Berlin
The late film director’s artistic practice is the focus of a new exhibition at Pace Gallery, Berlin (29 January – 22 March 2026)
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The eight hotly awaited art-venue openings we are most looking forward to in 2026
With major new institutions gearing up to open their doors, it is set to be a big year in the art world. Here is what to look out for
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Modern masters: the ultimate guide to Keith Haring
Keith Haring's bold visual identity brought visibility to the marginalised
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Winston Branch searches for colour and light in large-scale artworks in London
Winston Branch returns to his roots in 'Out of the Calabash' at Goodman Gallery, London ,
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MoMA celebrates African portraiture in a far-reaching exhibition
In 'Ideas of Africa: Portraiture and Political Imagination' at MoMA, New York, studies African creativity in photography in front of and behind the camera
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Art and culture editor Hannah Silver's top ten interviews of 2025
Glitching, coding and painting: 2025 has been a bumper year for art and culture. Here, Art and culture editor Hannah Silver selects her favourite moments
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Don't miss these art exhibitions to see in January
Start the year with an inspiring dose of culture - here are the best things to see in January
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‘I want to bring anxiety to the surface': Shannon Cartier Lucy on her unsettling works
In an exhibition at Soft Opening, London, Shannon Cartier Lucy revisits childhood memories
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Robert Therrien's largest-ever museum show in Los Angeles is enduringly appealing
'This is a Story' at The Broad unites 120 of Robert Therrien's sculptures, paintings and works on paper
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Can the film 'Peter Hujar's Day' capture the essence of the elusive artist?
Filmmaker Ira Sachs and actor Ben Whishaw bring Peter Hujar back to the front of the cultural consciousness
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Out of office: The Wallpaper* editors’ picks of the week
'Tis the season for eating and drinking, and the Wallpaper* team embraced it wholeheartedly this week. Elsewhere: the best spot in Milan for clothing repairs and outdoor swimming in December
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Valie Export in Milan: 'Nowadays we see the body in all its diversity'
Feminist conceptual artists Valie Export and Ketty La Rocca are in dialogue at Thaddaeus Ropac Milan. Here, Export tells us what the body means to her now
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Sculptor Woody Othello paints a Miami museum red for a show that ‘almost hugs you’
The Miami-born, California-based artist opens his first museum exhibition in his hometown as an experiential journey through life and lifeless objects
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The most comprehensive showing of Nan Goldin’s photographs and films is intense and emotional
Nan Goldin's moving-image work makes a heavy impact in ‘This Will Not End Well’ at Milan’s Pirelli HangarBicocca
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How ethical is Google Street View, asks Jon Rafman in Copenhagen
In 'Report a Concern - the Nine Eyes Archives' at Louisiana Museum of Art, Copenhagen, Jon Rafman considers technology's existential implications
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Eight questions for Bianca Censori, as she unveils her debut performance
Bianca Censori has presented her first exhibition and performance, BIO POP, in Seoul, South Korea
