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Lorena Lohr's tiny, surreal paintings are like looking through a motel room peepholeLorena Lohr’s 'Motel Nudes' series, currently on show in London at Soho Revue, gives an erotic nod to a Victorian love token
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Inside Danny L Harle’s Cerulean dreamscapeFrom North Sea forts to spaceships built in churches, new album Cerulean sees the electronic musician exploring isolation through sculptural sets, solitary video game mechanics and a quest for alien beauty
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Inside Britain’s most elite film school, shaping the next generation of directorsA visit to the Rolex-supported National Film & Television School reveals why competition is fierce, collaboration is vital – and world-class filmmakers keep coming back to teach
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Artists at 1-54 Marrakech 2026 set a prescient mood for the year aheadHighlights and four talents to know from Morocco’s edition of the annual fair, which spotlights contemporary art and artists from Africa and its diaspora
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The 100 most iconic items ever sold at Sotheby’s, from a T-rex skeleton to a banana taped to a wallA new Phaidon book, ‘Icons: 100 Extraordinary Objects from Sotheby’s History’, traces the auction house’s influence through its landmark sales, exploring how objects become cultural icons
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Rosie Harriet Ellis casts the perfect boyfriend, just in time for Valentine’s DayIn new book ‘The Boyfriend Casting’, the photographer charts her casting of an ideal boyfriend, from reality to fantasy and back again
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How Miguel’s provocative set design brings tradition and revolution to the stageThe Grammy-winning musician opens up about collaborating with Tony-nominated scenic designer Riccardo Hernández to create the attention-grabbing set for his new Caos tour
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Jean-Michel Basquiat’s works on paper reveal an artist's technical mastery of his mediumThe Louisiana Museum of Modern Art in Denmark unites 50 of the artist’s works that were ‘not made for the market’ and have a singular focus
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Artist Lauren Drescher’s mythical mermaid prints balance rhythm and reverieThe New Zealand and France-based artist exhibits blue-washed prints of otherworldly aquatic tales in New York
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How rude! Roe Ethridge peeks under the surface of AmericanaA new book, Rude in the Good Way, traces the photographer’s lifelong pull toward imperfection – from suburban America to deliberately flawed images that resist polish and certainty
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From Cadbury's drumming gorilla to Guinness' surfing horses, the story behind Britain's best TV adsThe Ads of the Year exhibition by Outernet London counts down 68 of the country's favourite adverts
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Sussy Cazalet’s sun-drenched tapestries blur the boundaries between art, design and architectureAt Tristan Hoare Gallery in London, artist Sussy Cazalet's handwoven tapestries are inspired by mid-century design
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Sound and Vision: inside Jason Bruges' joyful, immersive David Bowie tribute at Here EastHow the artist and lighting designer filled a vast warehouse with balloons, strobes and one of the Thin White Duke’s greatest songs
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How Luca Guadagnino and a daring show set helped Jonathan Anderson usher in a new dawn at DiorFashion, film and architecture came together, says Guadagnino as he and production designer Stefano Baisi reflect on working with Anderson for his debut, S/S 2026 Dior womenswear set
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Marie Antoinette finds her voice in London exhibition ‘Best Femmes Forever’Artists Mary Reid Kelley and Patrick Kelley’s satirical video installation reconsiders three women who lost their lives in the French Revolution
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Beanie Babies and Blockbuster nights: this nostalgic London exhibition revisits Y2K aesthetics‘Internet Cafe’, running until 7 March 2026, brings millennial culture into the gallery, paying tribute to the era of flip phones, velour tracksuits and analog rituals
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Enter the dark, unsettling world of Pierre Huyghe in BerlinArtist Pierre Huyghe creates a haunting new world in his latest work, ‘Liminals’, commissioned by the LAS Art Foundation
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Who are the emerging artists to know in the UK now?New Contemporaries’ annual exhibition in London and Middlesbrough spotlights 26 emerging and early-career artists working in the UK
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‘Legacy is short’: Don McCullin marks his ninth decadeThe photographer reflects on his career, and tells us what’s next, as he marks turning 90 with two UK exhibitions – at the Holburne Museum in Bath and Hauser & Wirth, Somerset
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Martin Parr’s lesser-known work in rural Ireland goes on show in LondonBefore he passed away in 2025, Martin Parr and The Photographers’ Gallery planned an exhibition focusing on his earlier black-and-white works. Now, ‘A Fair Day’ is about to open
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Beryl Cook celebrated the maligned of British society: now her paintings have their moment in Plymouth‘Beryl Cook: Pride and Joy’ at The Box Plymouth shines a light on the often underestimated artist
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The Barbican has just announced a new late-night party series‘Anyone Can Dance’ is a new late-night party series celebrating global club music, kicking off on 20 February with an after-hours takeover curated by Eastern Margins
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Lexa Gates and the art of going nowhereTo launch her latest record, Lexa Gates transformed the grind of modern music promotion into a ten-hour endurance artwork
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The appeal of the ‘internet boyfriend’: Richard Hawkins in Vienna‘Potentialities’ at Kunsthalle Wien sees the American artist dissect the appeal of today’s movie hunk in his first institutional show in more than a decade
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Out of office: The Wallpaper* editors’ picks of the weekJanuary is about setting the tone for the year ahead, and the Wallpaper* editors have been doing just that, immersing themselves in art, music, food, literature and film. This week brings a taste of London’s best new dining spots, a nostalgic return to childhood through art and an escape to the country
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Art inspired by horror films is chilling and thrilling in LA‘Horror’ at Sprüth Magers Los Angeles considers the enduring, often surprising, influence of horror movies on contemporary artists
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Luca Guadagnino’s curation of rare Luigi Ghirri photographs in London is quietly emotional‘Luigi Ghirri: Felicità’ is an important show of the Italian photographer’s work at Thomas Dane Gallery (23 January to 9 May 2026)
