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Brooke DiDonato’s surreal photography captures hard-to-describe feelingsThe photographer’s new monograph, ‘Take a Picture, It Will Last Longer’, transforms nostalgic suburban scenes into uncanny, dreamlike reflections
By Anna Solomon Published
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Inside AlUla Arts Festival 2026, an open air museum shaped by the desertSet across valleys, canyons and palm-filled oases, the festival brings together land art, performance and new institutions as the destination builds cultural momentum
By Lauren Ho Published
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From Brian Eno to Sir Antony Gormley, artists unite for Health Workers 4 Palestine art auctionThe auction will be held at a gala at The Savoy hotel, London (1 February 2026), and will raise funds for Gaza medics, mobile clinics, and rebuilding maternity wards in Palestine
By Tianna Williams Published
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Ten movies to watch from Sundance Film Festival 20262026 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
By Stefania Sarrubba Published
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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
By Hannah Silver Published
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'I have always been interested in debasement as purification': Sam Lipp dissects the body in LondonSam Lipp rethinks traditional portraiture in 'Base', a new show at Soft Opening gallery, London
By Emily Steer Published
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Out of office: The Wallpaper* editors’ picks of the weekThis 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
By Anna Solomon Published
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Arthur Tress’ photographs taken in The Ramble are a key part of New York’s queer historyThe images, which captured gay men, like Tress himself, cruising around the Central Park woodland in 1969, are the subject of a new book
By Upasana Das Published
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Jan Staller’s Manhattan Project is an abstracted chronicle of a city under constructionThe photographer Jan Staller shows another side of New York’s relentless change with this portfolio of dynamic, sculptural images
By Jonathan Bell Published
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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
By Jordan Bassett Published
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Behind the scenes of OK Go's Grammy-nominated vinyl packagingIndie-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.
By Craig McLean Published
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Out of office: The Wallpaper* editors’ picks of 2025Much of the life of a Wallpaper editor* is, inevitably, spent behind a screen. Yet the stories that truly resonate are found beyond it. As we stride into 2026, our team reflects on the last year, and the out-of-office adventures that shaped it
By Tianna Williams Published
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Wallpaper* Design Awards: meet Klára Hosnedlová, art’s Best DreamscaperThe 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
By Hannah Silver Published
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David Lynch’s photographs and sculptures are darkly alluring in BerlinThe late film director’s artistic practice is the focus of a new exhibition at Pace Gallery, Berlin (29 January – 22 March 2026)
By Hannah Silver Published
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The eight hotly awaited art-venue openings we are most looking forward to in 2026With 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
By Annie Downes Published
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Modern masters: the ultimate guide to Keith HaringKeith Haring's bold visual identity brought visibility to the marginalised
By Finn Blythe Published
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Winston Branch searches for colour and light in large-scale artworks in LondonWinston Branch returns to his roots in 'Out of the Calabash' at Goodman Gallery, London ,
By Amah-Rose Abrams Published
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MoMA celebrates African portraiture in a far-reaching exhibitionIn 'Ideas of Africa: Portraiture and Political Imagination' at MoMA, New York, studies African creativity in photography in front of and behind the camera
By Gameli Hamelo Published
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Don't miss these art exhibitions to see in JanuaryStart the year with an inspiring dose of culture - here are the best things to see in January
By Hannah Silver Published
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In Norway, discover 1000 years of Queer expression in Islamic Art'Deviant Ornaments' at the National Museum of Norway examines the far-reaching history of Queer art
By Emi Eleode Published
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‘I want to bring anxiety to the surface': Shannon Cartier Lucy on her unsettling worksIn an exhibition at Soft Opening, London, Shannon Cartier Lucy revisits childhood memories
By Hannah Silver Published
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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
By Hunter Drohojowska-Philp Published
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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
By Miriam Balanescu Published
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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
By Nick Vinson Published
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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
By Hannah Silver Published
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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
By Osman Can Yerebakan Published
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The most comprehensive showing of Nan Goldin’s photographs and films is intense and emotionalNan Goldin's moving-image work makes a heavy impact in ‘This Will Not End Well’ at Milan’s Pirelli HangarBicocca
By Sofia Hallström Published


