Latest articles by Craig McLean
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As Martin Parr’s final exhibition opens with the National Trust, Susie Parr reflects on his legacy‘Lacock by Martin Parr’, at the Fox Talbot Museum, unites Parr’s series of portraits of English community and tradition
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Jimi Hendrix's memorabilia goes on show in LondonAt Jimi Hendrix's former home, Handel Hendrix House, a vast selection of the musician's treasured possessions are going on show
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Gener8ion's future is dark, funny and strangely beautifulFor their new exhibition at 180 Studios in London, Romain Gavras and Surkin expand on the recent success of their viral video for 'Storm' by painting a darkly romantic portrait of tomorrow
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Stanley Donwood on his show with Thom Yorke in Venice: ‘These drawings… they’re not planned’Donwood takes us inside his latest collaboration with the Radiohead frontman as their exhibition, ‘No Go Elevator (not without no keycard)’, is on show in Venice
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The all-star Tele Town gig in Nashville marked 75 years of the timeless Fender TelecasterIt’s 75 years since Leo Fender’s instrument revolutionised rock, country and blues. We travel to Nashville’s temple of twang to experience artists paying homage to the evergreen Fender Telecaster
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Koko marks 125 years with new recording studio and members’ balconyThe London venue celebrates a big anniversary with two new spaces
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David Byrne’s new tour asks the most radical question of all: how do we move together?After reshaping the modern concert with American Utopia, David Byrne returns with Who Is the Sky? – and a new choreographic collaborator in Steven Hoggett. As the UK leg begins, they discuss joy, unity and why love might be the most punk gesture left
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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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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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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.
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Sean Ono Lennon debuts music video for ‘Happy Xmas (War Is Over)’The 11-minute feature, ‘War is Over!’, has launched online; watch it here and read our interview with Sean Ono Lennon, who aimed to make a music video ‘more interesting’
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Fender American Professional Classic models are the pinnacle of the guitar maker’s craftWe visit Fender’s California factory to see the latest American Professional Classic models take shape
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David Bowie's 90,000-item personal archive has a new home. Here's a look insideFashion, memorabilia and personal ephemera from the pioneering musician, now on view at the V&A East Storehouse in London, are as wondrous in their range as their creator
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Curtains up, Kid Harpoon rethinks the sound of Broadway production ‘Art’He’s crafted hits with Harry Styles and Miley Cyrus; now songwriter and producer Kid Harpoon (aka Tom Hull) tells us about composing the music for the new, all-star Broadway revival of Yasmina Reza’s play ‘Art’
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Exclusive: Thom Yorke and artist Stanley Donwood reminisce on 30 years of Radiohead album artAs the pair’s back catalogue of album sleeves, paintings, musings and more goes on show at Oxford’s Ashmolean, Radiohead singer-songwriter Yorke and his longtime collaborator Donwood talk exclusively to Wallpaper’s Craig McLean
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Be transported to an illegal Acid House rave by the Barbican's new immersive experienceVirtual reality, DJ sets, record label takeovers – it's all at the Barbican through to August. Craig McLean gets out his glowsticks
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Asus chose Milan Design Week as the springboard for its new high-end ZenbooksMilan Design Week 2025 saw Asus collaborate with Studio INI to shape an installation honouring the slimline new Zenbook Ceraluminum Signature Edition laptop series
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The making of PAN and Nike’s euphoric, club-inspired collaboration at Milan Design WeekAlongside a new Air Max 180 release, ‘The Suspended Hour’ display sees Berlin record label PAN imagine the unfolding of a club night, from dusk until dawn
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Stanley Donwood on decades of Glastonbury poster designWhile Glastonbury fans huff and puff over this year's line-up announcement, we talk to the man responsible for designing the festival’s poster, for the last two decades
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Sean Ono Lennon on conceptualising the Grammy-winning reissue of John Lennon’s ‘Mind Games’A ‘Mind Games’ super deluxe box set, a no-expense-spared repackage of John Lennon’s classic third solo album, is designed to ‘occupy collectors for years’, says Sean Ono Lennon
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The Chemical Brothers’ Tom Rowlands on creating an electronic score for historical drama, MussoliniTom Rowlands has composed ‘The Way Violence Should Be’ for Sky’s eight-part, Italian-language Mussolini: Son of the Century
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‘Dr Tetris’ on the biggest ever iteration of the puzzle in LondonTetris comes to 360-degree, 23,000 sq ft, 16k LED screens in London; Craig McLean speaks to Henk Rogers, the man who’s kept the game alive
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Meet Daniel Blumberg, the British indie rock veteran who created The Brutalist’s scoreOscar and BAFTA-winning Blumberg has created an epic score for Brady Corbet’s film The Brutalist.
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Remembering David Lynch (1946-2025), filmmaking master and creative dark horseDavid Lynch has died aged 78. Craig McLean pays tribute, recalling the cult filmmaker, his works, musings and myriad interests, from music-making to coffee entrepreneurship
