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David Shrigley is quite literally asking for money for old rope (£1 million, to be precise)
The Turner Prize-nominated artist has filled a London gallery with ten tonnes of discarded rope, priced at £1 million, slyly questioning the arbitrariness of artistic value
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Out of office: The Wallpaper* editors’ picks of the week
The rain is falling, the nights are closing in, and it’s still a bit too early to get excited for Christmas, but this week, the Wallpaper* team brought warmth to the gloom with cosy interiors, good books, and a Hebridean dram
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The best photography books for your coffee table
Flick through, mull over and deep-dive into the best photography books on the market, from our shelves to you
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Inside Davé, Polaroids from a little-known Paris hotspot where the A-list played
Chinese restaurant Davé drew in A-list celebrities for three decades. What happened behind closed doors? A new book of Polaroids looks back
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All eyes on Paris Photo 2025 – focus on our highlights
The world's most important international photography fair brings together iconic and emerging names, galleries large and small – and there’s much to covet
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Fashion meets art in Axel Arigato and Alvin Armstrong's colourful collaboration
Axel Arigato and Brooklyn-based artist Alvin Armstrong have partnered on a limited, capsule collection of ready-to-wear, accessories and sneakers
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Ed Ruscha’s foray into chocolate is sweet, smart and very American
Art and chocolate combine deliciously in ‘Made in California’, a project from the artist with andSons Chocolatiers
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A former leprosarium with a traumatic past makes a haunting backdrop for Jaime Welsh's photographs
In 'Convalescent,' an exhibition at Ginny on Frederick in London, Jaime Welsh is drawn to the shores of Lake Geneva and the troubled history of Villa Karma
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Maggi Hambling at 80: what next?
To mark a significant year, artist Maggi Hambling is unveiling both a joint London exhibition with friend Sarah Lucas and a new Rizzoli monograph. We visit her in the studio
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Out of office: The Wallpaper* editors’ picks of the week
This week, the Wallpaper* editors curated a diverse mix of experiences, from meeting diamond entrepreneurs and exploring perfume exhibitions to indulging in the the spectacle of a Middle Eastern Christmas
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Does Guillermo Del Toro’s Oscar-winning Frankenstein summon the gothic flamboyance of Mary Shelley’s novel?
The visionary filmmaker was inspired by the famous 1931 adaptation of the book, but his long-gestating version is closer to its author’s astonishingly vivid tone
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Artist Shaqúelle Whyte is a master of storytelling at Pippy Houldsworth Gallery
In his London exhibition ‘Winter Remembers April’, rising artist Whyte offers a glimpse into his interior world
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Diane Arbus at David Zwirner is an intimate and poignant tribute to her portraiture
In 'Diane Arbus: Sanctum Sanctorum,' 45 works place Arbus' subjects in their private spaces. Hannah Silver visits the London exhibit.
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Visual artists and musicians pair up to create unique artworks for charity
Music Shaped, an initiative by In Place Of War, invites visual and musical artists to collaborate on one-off artworks
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Unseen works meet immersive showstoppers as Yayoi Kusama hits Switzerland
At the Fondation Beyeler in Basel, there are 300 works by Kusama to discover and it’s delightfully discombobulating
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14 of the best new books for music buffs
From music-making tech to NME cover stars, portable turntables and the story behind industry legends – new books about the culture and craft of recorded sound
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Zofia Rydet's 20-year task of photographing every household in Poland goes on show in London
Zofia Rydet took 20,000 images over 20 years for the mammoth sociological project
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Joy Gregory subverts beauty standards with her new exhibition at Whitechapel Gallery
Unrealistic beauty standards hide ugly realities in 'Joy Gregory: Catching Flies with Honey '
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Out of office: The Wallpaper* editors’ picks of the week
The clocks have gone back in the UK and evenings are officially cloaked in darkness. Cue nights spent tucked away in London’s cosy corners – this week, the Wallpaper* team opted for a Latin-inspired listening bar, an underground arts space, and a brand new hotel in Shoreditch
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Modern masters: the ultimate guide to Jean-Michel Basquiat
New York artist Jean-Michel Basquiat centred the Black subject in political, electric works which resist easy definition
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A new book on Paul McCartney’s 1970s band Wings documents an inside story of resilience and family
'It's a story about a family as well as one about a very famous musician', says author Ted Widmer
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A London exhibition celebrates the next generation of Ukrainian photographers
FUTURESPECTIVE at Saatchi Gallery presents an intimate portrait of a country in the midst of conflict
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David Goldblatt captures intimate portraits of Johannesburg during apartheid
Between 1948 and 2016, David Goldblatt returned periodically to Fietas, a suburb in the west of Johannesburg’s city centre, to photograph the impact of apartheid legislation on its residents and landscape. The resulting photographs have now been collected and published for the first time
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Nieves González paints Lily Allen at a turning point
A portrait that holds a woman in her own authorship; Nieves González paints Lily Allen with steadiness, clarity, and quiet power. This is an image that carries history and the present moment in the same breath.
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Lighting designer Andi Watson on creating Mitski’s sculptural stage for 'The Land'
In Mitski’s live show and new concert film, a single beam of light becomes her dance partner. Lighting designer Andi Watson discusses turning shadow, movement and restraint into the architecture of feeling
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Inside the Centre Pompidou's last hoorah
After shutting its doors for five years of renovations, French record label Because Music saw the empty site as the perfect space for its 20th anniversary celebrations
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Inside the work of photographer Seydou Keïta, who captured portraits across West Africa
‘Seydou Keïta: A Tactile Lens’, an exhibition at the Brooklyn Museum, New York, celebrates the 20th-century photographer
