
Hannah Silver
Hannah Silver is a writer, editor and author with over 20 years of experience in journalism, spanning national newspapers and independent magazines. Currently Art, Culture, Watches & Jewellery Editor of Wallpaper*, she has overseen offbeat art trends and conducted in-depth profiles for print and digital, as well as writing and commissioning extensively across the worlds of culture and luxury since joining in 2019.
Hannah enjoys travelling, visiting artists' studios and viewing exhibitions around the world, and has interviewed artists and designers including Maggi Hambling, William Kentridge, Jonathan Anderson, Chantal Joffe, Lubaina Himid, Tilda Swinton and Mickalene Thomas.
She is a regular contributor to luxury and lifestyle books published by Phaidon, sits on panels for luxury authorities such as Sotheby’s and writes for a diverse portfolio of publications. Hannah is the author of the Wallpaper* City Guide to London.
Latest articles by Hannah Silver
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A new book explores how Eddie Plein’s grills defined a cultural moment in hip-hop‘Mouth Full of Golds’ traces Eddie Plein's mastery of a golden era of dentistry, and is re-released ahead of a forthcoming documentary film
By Hannah Silver Published
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Nick Goss brings London's legendary Eel Pie Island Hotel back to life in a series of dreamy paintingsIn an exhibition at London gallery Josh Lilley, Nick Goss turns his gaze to the famous former hotel
By Hannah Silver Published
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Watchmaking and jewellery students, take note: Cartier and The King’s Foundation launch a new courseThe King’s Foundation and Cartier: Decorative Métiers d'Art in Watchmaking is open to UK-based watchmaking and jewellery graduates and novice designers
By Hannah Silver Published
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Meet the 2026 Turner Prize shortlisted artistsIt’s one of the most anticipated prizes in the art world – here are the artists in the running for 2026
By Hannah Silver Published
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Phoebe Boswell’s ‘Art on the Underground’ dives into why the majority of Black British adults don’t swimAt London’s Notting Hill Gate and Bethnal Green Underground stations, Phoebe Boswell explores a complex relationship with water
By Hannah Silver Published
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Watches and Wonders 2026: the highlightsKey new releases and innovations from the Geneva watch fair
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Vacheron Constantin and the Louvre unveil new watches inspired by ancient civilisationsRevealed at Watches and Wonders 2026, Vacheron Constantin’s latest collaboration yields four watches that translate cultural symbols into horological form
By Hannah Silver Published
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Piaget’s 1960s-inspired pebble watches swing into Watches and Wonders 2026The brand releases the Swinging Pebbles collection of pendant watches in three colourful stones
By Hannah Silver Published
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Hermès presents its first skeleton H08 watch and playful scenography at Watches and Wonders 2026At Watches and Wonders 2026, the clean lines of the skeleton watch are inspiring Hermès
By Hannah Silver Published
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Anna Park's new show at Lehmann Maupin in London offers a voyeuristic mix of the abstract and the figurativeThe South Korea-born artist confronts a lack of nuance in playful works which rethink vintage pin-up motifs
By Hannah Silver Published
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Jewellery meets art in Glenn Spiro's avant-garde creationsGlenn Spiro draws on traditional techniques and unexpected materials to create one-of-a-kind high jewellery
By Hannah Silver Published
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Out of office: What the Wallpaper* editors are looking forward to in AprilOur editors highlight what’s new, noteworthy and not-to-be-missed in design, culture and beyond this month
By Tianna Williams Published
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Painter-to-watch Joanna van Son puts a modern spin on the old masters at Saatchi YatesIn London, the artist’s rich oil paintings pay tribute to her partner
By Hannah Silver Published
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Step into painter Hannah Murray’s seductive, unsettling worldIn an exhibition at Ginny on Frederick in London, the artist populates hyperrealistic interiors with her almost-realistic figures
By Hannah Silver Published
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Margaret Howell and Kettle’s Yard unpack Japanese artist Kenji Umeda’s sculptural styleFollowing the discovery of a long-lost trunk belonging to the artist, previously unseen works, clothes and correspondence go on show in London and Cambridge
By Hannah Silver Published
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Painter Hurvin Anderson’s blend of memory and history is mesmerising at Tate BritainThe artist presents his first major retrospective, in which bold and joyful works zigzag between places, memories and motifs
By Hannah Silver Published
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Chopard’s high-jewellery ring is a rainbow of bold coloursBringing a sense of fun to high jewellery, the luxury house leans into bold design and precious stones
By Hannah Silver Published
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How can we overcome the problem of representation, asks Collier Schorr in ParisAt Modern Art, Paris, Collier Schorr presents photographs, collages, notes, drawings and video for her first exhibition in Paris
By Hannah Silver Published
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Meet Delaine Le Bas, the former Turner Prize nominee with a major retrospective in ManchesterThe artist has imbued Manchester's Whitworth gallery with a feminist and spiritual magic. Discover more about her here
By Hannah Silver Published
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Samuel Ross and Hublot’s take on a Big Bang chronograph is cool, accessible and very wearableThe sleek Hublot Big Bang Unico SR_A features the brand’s first Unico chronograph movement and a design that Ross says is ‘driven by functionality first’
By Hannah Silver Published
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At Serpentine, David Hockney asks us to pause and observe the passing of timeIn ‘A Year in Normandie and Some Other Thoughts about Painting’, David Hockney presents new work alongside his epic iPad paintings
By Hannah Silver Published
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Georg Jensen presents reissued midcentury jewellery in Paris, by female artist-makersCreative director Paula Gerbase celebrates Georg Jensen’s rich jewellery heritage with 11 pieces from the archive, by Danish and Swedish artists and designers
By Hannah Silver Published
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High jewellery takes a romantic turn, just in time for springIn the latest high jewellery from Van Cleef & Arpels, Cartier and Tiffany & Co, a soft colour palette reigns
By Hannah Silver Published
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Gordon Parks’ photographs of Black Americans in the 1950s are essential viewing in LondonIn ‘We Shall Not be Moved’ at Alison Jacques gallery, Bryan Stevenson movingly curates Parks' photographs
By Hannah Silver Published