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Meet the Art Basel Awards 2025 winners
The inaugural Art Basel Awards 2025 winners have been announced, celebrating a wide array of artistic practices shaping the future of art
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The glory years of the Cannes Film Festival are captured in a new photo book
‘Cannes’ by Derek Ridgers looks back on the photographer's time at the Cannes Film Festival between 1984 and 1996
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Vince Aletti’s book of physique photography celebrates clandestine visual culture
New book ‘Physique’, published by SPBH Editions/Mack, unites the images that critic and curator Aletti began collecting in the 1970s
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Melanie and the Miners’ Strike: the joy of Leeds nights out in the 1980s
In 1984, Melanie turned 18. In a new photo book, Melanie & the Miners’ Strike, her daughter gathers together the evidence
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In film, Magic Farm, Amalia Ulman's characters are on the hunt for 'crazy subcultures'
Director Amalia Ulman explores hipster territory and internet culture in Magic Farm, starring Chloë Sevigny, Alex Wolff and Joe Apollonio. We meet her ahead of its release
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Remembering Koyo Kouoh, the Cameroonian curator due to lead the 2026 Venice Biennale
Kouoh, who died this week aged 57, was passionate about the furtherance of African art and artists, and also contributed to international shows, being named the first African woman to curate the Venice Biennale
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Huma Bhabha and Alberto Giacometti share an emotional connection in dialogue at the Barbican
The Barbican's new series, Encounters, sees Alberto Giacometti's work paired with a series of artists
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As Photo London turns 10, seven photographers tell us the story behind their portraits
Photo London celebrates its tenth anniversary from 14–18 May 2025 at Somerset House
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The alternative art fairs championing emerging artists
The lower barrier to entry to these smaller and specialist art fairs make them hubs of grassroots creativity, allowing emerging names to establish a foothold in the industry
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The Tate Modern is hosting a weekend of free events. Here's what to see
From 9 -12 May, check out art, attend a lecture, or get your groove on during the museum's epic Birthday Weekender
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Out of office: what the Wallpaper* editors have been up to this week
Much of the Wallpaper* team found itself congregating in Venice this week, whether that be for the annual architecture biennale or to check out a new creative platform. Work and play took the rest of us to Miami, Malta and… Dalston
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Artist Zumba Luzamba on the vibrant aesthetic of Congolese fashion rebels, the sapeurs
The Congolese artist takes a deep dive into a fashion subculture in his show at London's Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery. ‘I draw people in with style so that they can sit with deeper themes,’ he says
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‘The work is an extension of myself’: Michaela Yearwood-Dan on her debut show at Hauser & Wirth
London-based artist Michaela Yearwood-Dan continues her rapid rise, unveiling monumental new paintings in ‘No Time for Despair’
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A major Wes Anderson retrospective is coming to London
Coming to London’s Design Museum in November 2025, ‘Wes Anderson: The Archives’ explores the director's filmography from the 1990s to his recent Oscar-winning picture, accompanied by hundreds of props, models and costumes
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Modern masterworks from a Paul Rudolph jewel are hitting the auction block next week
'Art from the Bass House' at Christie’s this month is the perfect marriage of art and architecture
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What not to miss at Frieze New York 2025
Frieze New York 2025 runs 7-11 May, showcasing over 65 galleries from more than 25 countries; from $250 plates by leading artists to quirky performances, here’s what not to miss
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The largest posthumous survey of Helen Frankenthaler puts her in the frame with Pollock and Rothko
Guggenheim Bilbao hosts 'Painting Without Rules', a major exhibition of soak-stain innovator Helen Frankenthaler’s paintings that also includes Pollock and Rothko
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Out of office: what the Wallpaper* editors have been up to this week
Some of the Wallpaper* team missed the memo regarding London's heatwave this week, opting for some (very good) gigs, plays and dinners. Others made the most of the weather at a Kentish winery
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Klára Hosnedlová transforms the Hamburger Bahnhof museum in Berlin into a bizarre and sublime new world
The artist's installation, 'embrace', is the first Chanel commission at Hamburger Bahnhof
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Do Ho Suh is searching for home in a major new exhibition at Tate Modern
Do Ho Suh's exhibition, 'Walk the House' at Tate Modern, sees the South Korean artist recreate his homes from Seoul, New York, London and Berlin.
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Thrilling, demanding, grotesque and theatrical: what to see at Berlin Gallery Weekend
Berlin Gallery Weekend is back for 2025, and with over 50 galleries taking part, there's lots to see
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For the 2025 Eurovision theme art, Swiss design principles get a glow-up
London-based branding agency NOT Wieden+Kennedy marries graphic design history and exuberance in its theme art for this year's song contest
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Beck on his orchestral shows: 'It's something that can't be simulated by AI'
Following two nights at London's Royal Albert Hall, Wallpaper* meets Beck and conductor Edwin Outwater to hear how the pair brought to life Beck's back catalogue with an 80-piece orchestra
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Watch dance, music and film collide at a unique event at Abbey Road Studios
In this exclusive film, watch Abbey Road’s first Artist in Residence, Jordan Rakei, collaborate with industry-leading creatives to produce a dance performance in the hallowed Studio One
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Viviane Sassen considers fine art, fashion photography and fragility in Italy
Viviane Sassen’s exhibition, 'This Body Made of Stardus' at Collezione Maramotti, spans two decades of Sassen's career
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Ai Weiwei’s new public installation is coming soon to Four Freedoms State Park
‘Camouflage’ by Ai Weiwei will launch the inaugural Art X Freedom project in September 2025, a new programme to investigate social justice and freedom
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Out of office: what the Wallpaper* editors have been up to this week
A week in the life of the Wallpaper* team, from 'fermenting' art to Welsh cuisine and a meeting at 89°C
