Exhibitions & Shows
The best of the year's art exhibitions and shows, compiled by Wallpaper*
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Ralph Steadman has worked with everyone from Hunter S. Thompson to Travis Scott and Quavo – now, the Gonzo illustrator is celebrated in LondonA new exhibition provides a rare opportunity to experience the inimitable work and creativity of Gonzo illustrator Ralph Steadman up close. Just don’t call it a ‘style’.
By Paul Weedon Published
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'There is no way light and darkness are not in exchange with each other': step inside Christelle Oyiri’s sonic world in BerlinIn an explosion of light and sound, Christelle Oyiri explores celebrity, mythology and religion inside CANK, a former brutalist shopping centre in Berlin’s Neukölln
By Emi Eleode Published
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Stephen Prina borrows from pop, classical and modern music: now MoMA pays tribute to his performance work‘Stephen Prina: A Lick and a Promise’ recalls the artist, musician, and composer’s performances, and is presented throughout MoMA. Prina tells us more
By Hunter Drohojowska-Philp Published
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What's the story with Henni Alftan’s enigmatic, mysterious paintings? The artist isn’t sayingParis-based artist Henni Alftan's familiar yet uncanny works are gloriously restrained. On the eve of a Sprüth Magers exhibition in Berlin, she tells us why
By Hannah Silver Published
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Five of the biggest art exhibitions to see in London in 2026From Marilyn Monroe, to David Hockney and Tracey Emin – get these art exhibitions in your diary now
By Hannah Silver Published
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Conrad Shawcross unveils his most ambitious rope machine yet, in LondonConrad Shawcross' 'Umbilical', a monumental rope machine that manifests randomness in action, is on show at Here East
By Hannah Silver Published
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Berlin Art Week 2025 is here: what to see around the cityAs Berlin Art Week returns, 10-14 September 2025, here are the unmissable exhibitions, from commercial galleries to private spaces
By Amah-Rose Abrams Published
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From art to fashion, and back again: Jonathan Schofield’s figurative work is back in styleAfter graduating from London’s Royal College of Art, Jonathan Schofield began a career as a creative director at Stella McCartney. Now, he has returned to his first love, painting
By Joseph Helm Published
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Artists imbue the domestic with an unsettling unfamiliarity at Hauser & WirthThree artists – Koak, Ding Shilun and Cece Philips – bring an uncanny subversion to the domestic environment in Hauser & Wirth’s London exhibition
By Emily Steer Published
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Fashion, objects and artworks converge as Jonathan Anderson takes his eponymous British label in a new directionJonathan Anderson marks a move into cultural lifestyle with a considered curation of art and objets
By Hannah Silver Published
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An overlooked Picasso muse enters the spotlight, thanks to a new show in SpainThroughout the 20th-century Dora Maar was overshadowed. Now the Loewe Foundation is giving her work the acclaim it deserves
By Hannah Silver Published
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Yancey Richardson gallery celebrates 30 years: 'It is all an honour and immensely rewarding'To mark this milestone, Richardson has asked the photographers she represents to curate a show of the ultimate subject — themselves
By Hannah Silver Published
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Get the picture? A new exhibition explores the beautiful simplicity of Japanese pictogramsThe simple, minimalist forms of a pictogram are uniquely Japanese, as new exhibition 'Pictograms: Iconic Japanese Designs' illustrates
By Hannah Silver Published
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A photographer takes over The Tokyo Toilet in the project which inspired Wim WendersThe Tokyo Toilet / Shibuya is Daido Moriyama’s photographic installation in and around high design toilets. The Tokyo Toilet project took centre stage in Perfect Days, the 2023 Wim Wenders film
By Minako Norimatsu Published
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Garry Fabian Miller's distinctive camera-less photography creates abstract, evocative imagesGarry Fabian Miller's unique photography process beams light through transparent materials
By Joseph Helm Published
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From Snapchat dysmorphia to looksmaxing, have digital beauty standards made us lose sight of what's real, asks a new exhibitionAI, social media and the ease with which we can tweak our face mean we're heading towards a dystopian beauty future, argues 'Virtual Beauty' at Somerset House
By Emi Eleode Published
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Thirty-five years after its creation, Lynn Hershman Leeson’s seminal video is as poignant as everLynn Hershman Leeson’s 'Desire Inc', at 243 Luz in Margate, blurs the boundaries between art and reality
By Hannah Silver Published
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'What does it mean that the language of photography is invented by men?' Justine Kurland explores the feminist potential of collage'The Rose,' at the Center for Photography at Woodstock (CPW) in Kingston, New York, examines the work of over 50 artists using collage as a feminist practice
By Zoe Whitfield Published
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Jean-Michel Othoniel takes over Avignon for his biggest ever exhibitionOriginally approached by Avignon to mark their 25th anniversary as the European Capital of Culture, Jean-Michel Othoniel more than rose to the challenge, installing 270 artworks around the city
By Amy Serafin Published
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Six Indian artists reframe the ladies compartment of a Mumbai local trainAn exhibition by Method (India) at Galerie Melike Bilir in Hamburg explores a gendered space
By Aastha D Published
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Meet the New York-based artists destabilising the boundaries of societyA new show in London presents seven young New York-based artists who are pushing against the borders between refined aesthetics and primal materiality
By Hannah Silver Published
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After decades capturing the world’s fashion-set, photographer Johnny Rozsa picks up a paint brushIn his first exhibition of paintings, the New York-based artist celebrates the vibrancy of Tangier while rediscovering a familiar creative outlet
By Anna Fixsen Published
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Cindy Sherman in Menorca: ‘She's decades ahead of social media and the construction of identity for the camera’‘Cindy Sherman: The Women’, its title a nod to an image-conscious 1930s Broadway hit, takes the American artist's carefully constructed, highly performative works to Hauser & Wirth Menorca
By Nargess Banks Published
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Wangechi Mutu's powerful sculptures take over the palatial interiors of Rome's Galleria BorgheseThe Kenyan-born artist is the first living woman to have a solo exhibition at the villa
By Amy Serafin Published
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Y.Z. Kami's meditative, architecturally-inspired Domes take over Gagosian Beverly HillsA collection of Kami's Dome and Messenger paintings are currently united at Gagosian Beverly Hills
By Hannah Silver Published
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Leila Bartell’s cloudscapes are breezily distorted, a response to an evermore digital world‘Memory Fields’ is the London-based artist’s solo exhibition at Tristan Hoare Gallery (until 25 July 2025)
By Tianna Williams Published
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William Kentridge's fluid sculptures are a vivid addition to the Yorkshire landscapeWilliam Kentridge has opened the first major exhibition to focus on his sculptures outside of South Africa at Yorkshire Sculpture Park
By Hannah Silver Published

