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These are the design exhibitions to see in London during Frieze Week
We round up the best design events happening in London in conjunction with Frieze Week 2025: discover collectible design and craft across the city
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Tiffany & Co’s artist mentorship at Frieze London puts creative exchange centre stage
At Frieze London 2025, Tiffany & Co partners with the fair’s Artist-to-Artist initiative, expanding its reach and reaffirming the value of mentorship within the global art community
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Em-Dash is a small press redefining the indie zine beyond nostalgia
The South London publishing studio's new imprint 'Practice Meets Paper' translates a chosen artist’s practice into print. Wallpaper*s senior designer Gabriel Annouka speaks with the founders, Saundra Liemantoro and Aarushi Matiyani, to find out more
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Community and culture coincide at Mount Street Neighbourhood Arts Festival
With this year’s theme focused on art and books, expect to see various literary moments around the Mayfair address
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‘It is about ensuring Africa is no longer on the periphery’: 1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair in London
The 13th edition of 1-54 London will be held at London’s Somerset House from 16-19 October; we meet founder Touria El Glaoui to chart the fair's rising influence
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Join us on a first look inside Regent’s View, the revamped canalside gasholder project in London
Regent's View, the RSHP-designed development for St William, situated on a former gasholder site on a canal in east London, has just completed its first phase
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‘Sit, linger, take a nap’: Peter Doig welcomes visitors to his Serpentine exhibition
The artist’s ‘House of Music’ exhibition, at Serpentine Galleries, rethinks the traditional gallery space, bringing in furniture and a vintage sound system
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The Royal College of Art has announced plans for renewal of its Kensington campus
The Royal College of Art project, led by Witherford Watson Mann Architects, includes the revitalisation of the Darwin Building and more, in the hopes of establishing an open and future-facing place of creativity
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Who was Denton Welch, the cult writer and painter who inspired everyone from Alan Bennett to William S. Burroughs?
Cult queer figure Denton Welch was a talented, yet overlooked, artist. Now an exhibition of his work at John Swarbrooke Fine Art aims to change that
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Step inside Ibraaz, a new space in London dedicated to arts, culture, and ideas from the Global Majority
Ibraaz, stretching over six floors in central London, offers a place to gather and be inspired
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‘This is hostile furniture’: how the sale of National Gallery benches sparked a conversation on museum accessibility
The National Gallery’s red leather seating is to be auctioned, 13-14 October. But its minimal replacement has been criticised for its unwelcome, inaccessible design
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Ursula K Le Guin’s maps of imaginary worlds are charted in a new exhibition
Ursula K Le Guin, the late American author, best known for her science fiction novels, is celebrated in a new exhibition at the Architectural Association in London, charting her whimsical maps, which bring her fantasy worlds alive
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Refreshed China Tang at The Dorchester remains a love letter to 1930s Shanghai
Twenty years since it first opened, the beloved Cantonese restaurant in London has been subtly reinvigorated, pairing Haipai style with cosmopolitan decadence for milestones yet to come
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‘Somebody is always obscured by the winner of history’: Stan Douglas considers race, gender and power in London
In an exhibition at London’s Victoria Miro Gallery, ‘Stan Douglas: Birth of a Nation and The Enemy of All Mankind’, the artist re-examines two works of fiction, a play and a film
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Classic figurative painting is given a glamorous and ghostly aura by Polish artist Łukasz Stokłosa
The gothic meets the glamorous in Stokłosa’s works, currently on show at London’s Rose Easton gallery
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‘Nigerian Modernism’ at Tate Modern: how a nation rewrote the rules of art
At Tate Modern, ‘Nigerian Modernism’ redefines what we mean by modern art. Tracing a half-century of creative resistance, the landmark exhibition celebrates Nigeria’s artists as pioneers of form, freedom and cultural imagination.
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The ultimate foodie guide to Frieze London
Get your fill of both art and food at these London restaurants, cafés, and bars in and around Frieze London 2025 (15-19 October)
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A sculptural reimagining of hospitality takes over the Mandarin Oriental Mayfair
The Mayfair Design District has curated a tactile exploration of nature and form across the quietly sumptuous London hotel
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Labombe by Trivet reinvents an unforgettable Cool Britannia hangout
Is London hospitality about to hit peak 1990s revival? The Como Metropolitan has unveiled a new dining room on the site of the former Met Bar
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Out of office: the Wallpaper* editors’ picks of the week
This week, the team embarked on a rich journey through fashion, design and culture, from rubbing shoulders with Armani-swaddled celebs to exploring the art scene in Athens
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Abbey Road announces the winners of its annual music photography awards
Abbey Road celebrates the global music photography community with its 2025 awards, honouring legends David Bailey and Anton Corbijn alongside a new generation of image-makers
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Wallpaper* checks in at the wonderfully unfussy Swan Inn, Fittleworth
As the night’s draw in, this cosy English inn deep in the Sussex countryside beckons
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The world’s largest capsule hotel opens in the heart of London
With nearly 1,000 capsules across five floors, Zedwell Capsule Hotel Piccadilly Circus promise cocoon-like calm above the city’s loudest square
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Six films to see at the BFI London Film Festival 2025
The BFI London Film Festival 2025 runs 8-19 October. What promises to be extra special? Here are our tips, from Kristen Stewart's directorial debut to an urgent docudrama set in Gaza
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Ministry of Sound embraces theatrical brutalism with its new members’ bar
Studio A-nrd dresses the south London superclub’s new No Velvet Rope Society in tactile layers and stark details
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Frieze London is back! Here’s what to see
As London gears up for Frieze 2025 (15-19 October), plan your visit early
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Photographer and surrealist Lee Miller gets a long-overdue retrospective at Tate Britain
Lee Miller ushered in a new era with her avant-garde and raw photography. Now, Tate Britain celebrates her life's work
