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Designing the Pet Shop Boys: Mark Farrow on 40 years of creative collaborationAs a new history of Pet Shop Boys’ work, 'Volume: The Complete Visual Record', is published to coincide with the 40th anniversary of their first album ‘Please’, Wallpaper* sat down with Farrow for a rare PSB-oriented retrospective conversation
By Jason Barlow Published
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Cecily Brown creates immersive other worlds at the Serpentine: ‘I love the idea of getting lost in art’Cecily Brown brings her hypnotic blend of abstract and figurative paintings to the London gallery
By Amah-Rose Abrams Published
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Margaret Howell and Kettle’s Yard unpack Japanese artist Kenji Umeda’s sculptural styleFollowing 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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Painter Hurvin Anderson’s blend of memory and history is mesmerising at Tate BritainThe 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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Inez & Vinoodh celebrate their 40-year career with a major exhibition in The HagueIn 'Can Love Be a Photograph,' at the Kunstmuseum Den Haag, Dutch-born photographers Inez van Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin mark forty years of creative collaboration
By Sofia Hallström Published
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Don’t miss these six artists at Art Basel Hong Kong 2026Art Basel Hong Kong is back, from 27-29 March. But what is essential viewing?
By Daven Wu Published
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Why M+ is Hong Kong's must-see cultural crossroadsBespoke Partnership
A combination of Asian insight and global outlook makes the Herzog & de Meuron-designed museum of contemporary visual culture a unique experience for international audiences
By Gavin Hastings Published
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How can we overcome the problem of representation, asks Collier Schorr in ParisAt Modern Art, Paris, Collier Schorr presents photographs, collages, notes, drawings and video for her first exhibition in Paris
By Hannah Silver Published
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Amoako Boafo expands his practice and mentors the next generationThe Ghanaian painter brings his Accra studio to Los Angeles while taking on a mentorship role for the inaugural Maison Perrier Art Prize.
By Jamilah Rose-Roberts Published
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Brian Eno, Nan Goldin, Es Devlin and more unite for Choose Love art auctionChoose 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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Step inside Mark Rothko's major retrospective in Florence'Rothko in Florence', curated by Christopher Rothko and Elena Geuna, encompasses the main exhibition at Palazzo Strozzi and spaces that were historically significant to Rothko
By Hili Perlson Published
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Meet Delaine Le Bas, the former Turner Prize nominee with a major retrospective in ManchesterThe artist has imbued Manchester's Whitworth gallery with a feminist and spiritual magic. Discover more about her here
By Hannah Silver Published
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At Serpentine, David Hockney asks us to pause and observe the passing of timeIn ‘A Year in Normandie and Some Other Thoughts about Painting’, David Hockney presents new work alongside his epic iPad paintings
By Hannah Silver Published
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In Luxembourg, Igshaan Adams translates his past into beautiful, large-scale worksAt Mudam Luxembourg, Igshaan Adams’ exhibition Between Then and Now brings together dance-made prints, sculptural ‘dust clouds’ and monumental woven works, transforming memories of apartheid-era Cape Town into shimmering, large-scale installations
By Amah-Rose Abrams Published
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An era-defining insight into the Chelsea Hotel's artistic community in 1970s New YorkLong thought lost, these images by artist Albert Scopin chronicle his time at Manhattan’s Chelsea Hotel amidst the demi-monde of the city’s artists, musicians and eccentrics
By Jonathan Bell Published
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From retrofuturist fembots to masculine soul-searchers, life weighs heavily in this London art exhibitionFrom mental health to masculinity and belonging, ‘The Weight of Being’ at Two Temple Place traces the emotional textures of everyday life, balancing heaviness and joy
By Teshome Douglas-Campbell Published
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Gordon Parks’ photographs of Black Americans in the 1950s are essential viewing in LondonIn ‘We Shall Not be Moved’ at Alison Jacques gallery, Bryan Stevenson movingly curates Parks' photographs
By Hannah Silver Published
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In London, Sarabande artists consider the meaning of inheritance for International Women’s Day 2026For the exhibition 'All That's Been Given', nine artists will be showing work at the Sarabande Foundation in London, 4-10 March 2026
By Hannah Silver Published
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David Byrne’s new tour asks the most radical question of all: how do we move together?After reshaping the modern concert with American Utopia, David Byrne returns with Who Is the Sky? – and a new choreographic collaborator in Steven Hoggett. As the UK leg begins, they discuss joy, unity and why love might be the most punk gesture left
By Craig McLean Published
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Umi Ishihara takes a deep-dive into Tokyo's strip clubsUmi Ishihara's moving image installation at Gasworks, exploring Tokyo's strip club scene, is inspired by her own parents who worked across nightclubs and free raves in Japan
By Emily Steer Published
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Out of office: What the Wallpaper* editors are looking forward to in MarchOur editors highlight what’s new, noteworthy and not-to-be-missed in design, culture and beyond this month
By Gabriel Annouka Published
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In Los Angeles, artists consider the enduring legacy of the Black Diaspora'Here Now and Then' with works by artists including Jean-Michel Basquiat, Julie Mehretu and Kehinde Wiley, explores what it means to exist in the present moment
By Gameli Hamelo Published
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‘Tracey Emin: A Second Life’ is tough, honest and life-affirmingWith 100 works drawn from her 40-year career on show at London’s Tate Modern, the artist offers an unflinching and moving look at the gritty, bloody but also beautiful reality of living
By Hannah Silver Published
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Two new books explore different sides of the post-industrial landscape – real and virtual‘The Edge of Ruin’ and ‘Photography, Video Game, Landscape’ offer up two viewpoints on modern landscape photography, both shaped by technology
By Jonathan Bell Published
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At the Royal Academy of Arts, Rose Wylie is bold, raw and joyful‘Rose Wylie: The Picture Comes First’ is the artist's largest retrospective yet
By Hannah Silver Published
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Abbey Road just held its first rave – and we were thereFollowing a three-day creative residency, Soulwax transformed music’s most hallowed recording space into a high-concept lab, ultimately premiering new music to 300 ravers
By Paul Weedon Published
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In the 1980s, US television got radical. What sparked it?An exhibition at Goldsmiths CCA 'It’s 8:30. Do you know where your brains are?' considers DIY television from the 1980s to the 2010s by the collective Paper Tiger Television
By Hannah Silver Published

