London
Let Wallpaper* guide you through the worlds of art, design and architecture in London - and discover where to go and what to see when you travel to London.
The Wallpaper* guide to our home town of London is authored by our art, culture and luxury editor, Hannah Silver, who is at home in Mayfair’s old school opulence as she is in the grungy art scene out east.
The aim of the Wallpaper* Travel Guides isn’t to cater to everyone. Instead, we home in on what makes a place truly special to us, from a design-led aesthetic to exceptional service and reassuring quality.
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Faye Toogood brings a surrealist edge to this new London restaurant
From Notting Hill to Spitalfields, Holly Carrot begins a new chapter with whimsical interiors and a ravishing plant-forward menu
By Sofia de la Cruz Published
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The Wallpaper* Travel Guides return with four new editions
The essential companion for today’s design lover
By Bill Prince Last updated
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Meet the visionary young architect who's reshaping London, one project at a time
East London-born architect Jayden Ali and his multidisciplinary practice JA Projects draw on social justice, community and connection, shaping the architectural avant-garde in the British capital and beyond
By Ellie Stathaki Published
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Anna Park's new show at Lehmann Maupin in London offers a voyeuristic mix of the abstract and the figurative
The South Korea-born artist confronts a lack of nuance in playful works which rethink vintage pin-up motifs
By Hannah Silver Published
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This secret London listening bar is inspired by David Lynch’s ‘Red Room’
Near Peckham Rye station, Upstairs at Hausu draws inspiration from cinema with sultry vibes and tactile interiors
By Tianna Williams Published
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This pint-sized Battersea apartment is 50 square metres of pure fantasy – and it’s for sale
A one-bedroom show apartment, designed by Los Angeles studio House of Honey, transforms the life of cabaret singer Evelyn Dove into a sensorial, theatrical interior
By Anna Solomon Published
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Simpson’s in the Strand makes a majestic return
Hospitality legend Jeremy King hooks up with a bastion of the London restaurant scene for a match made in dining heaven
By Sofia de la Cruz Published
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London's best Italian restaurants for pizza and pasta aficionados
From four-course blow-outs to the perfect pizza , food critic Ben McCormack recommends London's best Italian restaurants to have on your radar
By Ben McCormack Last updated
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40 Duke is Selfridges’ new personal shopping proposition – but it doesn’t stop there
At the summit of Selfridges, 40 Duke redefines personal shopping for its most elite clientele – blending retail, hospitality and culture into a members’-club-style experience
By Anna Solomon Published
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Studio Nocturne is the fashion and art world’s next favourite bookstore
Former curator of the Alaïa Bookstore, Flora Gau, has opened an enclave for ‘spells, books and art objects’ in east London
By Mary Cleary Published
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Chef Sally Abé finds her own voice at Teal in Hackney
Teal by Sally Abé is built on British produce, nostalgic flavours, and sisterhood
By Ben McCormack Published
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The Cadogan reimagines its restaurant as a bucolic English garden
Willett’s arrives as a convivial neighbourhood restaurant at The Cadogan, A Belmond Hotel in London, with a verdant, serene design by Studio Shayne Brady
By Sofia de la Cruz Published
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Out of office: What the Wallpaper* editors are looking forward to in April
Our editors highlight what’s new, noteworthy and not-to-be-missed in design, culture and beyond this month
By Tianna Williams Published
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The new London restaurants to book now
This month brings charcoal-fired Abruzzese cooking, a grand dining room reborn, and a high-octane izakaya
By Ben McCormack Last updated
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Daphne Wright casts her family in Jesmonite. Discover her works in London
At Frith Street Gallery, the artist explores a fascination with materials; when we visit, she tells us about the ‘sulking’ power of clay and her ‘very brutal’ way to make work
By Millie Walton Published
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This moody London restaurant merges seasonal Japanese fare with ‘ascetic minimalism’
With Akari lamps, Daidō Moriyama photography and matcha tiramisu, Kino is a must-visit new restaurant in South Kensington
By Sofia de la Cruz Published
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Painter-to-watch Joanna van Son puts a modern spin on the old masters at Saatchi Yates
In London, the artist’s rich oil paintings pay tribute to her partner
By Hannah Silver Published
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Taste the Mediterranean sea at this new London restaurant
Greek in instinct and grounded in British ingredients, Jul’s is set to conquer SW1
By Ben McCormack Published
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‘Schiaparelli lived to shock’: V&A’s new show is an homage to the pioneering surrealist couturier
Wallpaper* takes a tour of ‘Schiaparelli: Fashion Becomes Art’, a blockbuster new fashion exhibition on Italian designer Elsa Schiaparelli, which opens at London’s V&A Museum on 28 March
By India Birgitta Jarvis Published
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Margaret Howell and Kettle’s Yard unpack Japanese artist Kenji Umeda’s sculptural style
Following the discovery of a long-lost trunk belonging to the artist, previously unseen works, clothes and correspondence go on show in London and Cambridge
By Hannah Silver Published
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London art exhibitions to see in April
Read our pick of the best London art exhibitions to see this month, from the Elsa Schiaparelli retrospective at the V&A to Keith Haring’s subway drawings at Moco
By Tianna Williams Last updated
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Painter Hurvin Anderson’s blend of memory and history is mesmerising at Tate Britain
The artist presents his first major retrospective, in which bold and joyful works zigzag between places, memories and motifs
By Hannah Silver Published
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Brian Eno, Nan Goldin, Es Devlin and more unite for Choose Love art auction
Choose Love has announced its auction and public exhibition to raise funds for aid in Palestine, including collectible works from Sarah Ball, Jamie Hewlett, Es Devlin, Brian Eno, Nan Goldin, Grayson Perry and more
By Tianna Williams Published
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Sale e Pepe Mare brings Italian coastal dining to The Langham London
A seafood-focused spin-off of the Knightsbridge institution brings Riviera spirit and tableside theatre to Portland Place
By Ben McCormack Published
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This new east London design gallery is selling Jasper Morrison and Michael Marriott-designed objects for under £30
Unit.d sells everyday objects produced by local designers, all available to buy and take home immediately
By Ali Morris Published
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London design studio YY is using an enquiring mindset to carve a new path
We visit the London studio of Francisco Gaspar and Tawanda Chiweshe of YY as they tell us about the next chapter: ‘We are pushing people to think beyond this trap of the perfect thing’
By Natalia Rachlin Published
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A retro-inspired Athenian taverna arrives in Mayfair – discover Maza
Designed by Archer Humphryes Architects, the latest restaurant of Christina Mouratoglou and Adrien Carré pairs lively Greek dining with vinyl-spun evenings
By Sofia de la Cruz Published





