Latest articles by Zoe Whitfield
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The story behind rebellious New York fashion label-cum-art collective, Women’s History Museum
Mattie Barringer and Amanda McGowan’s multidisciplinary label has been challenging fashion’s status quo for the past decade. As they open a new exhibition at Amant, Brooklyn, the pair sit down with Wallpaper* to discuss their provocative approach
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A forgotten history of Italian artists affected by the HIV-AIDS crisis goes on show in Tuscany
‘Vivono: Art and Feelings, HIV-AIDS in Italy. 1982-1996’, at Centro per l'Arte Contemporanea Luigi Pecci in Prato delves into the conversation around the crisis
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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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Juergen Teller’s retrospective is sharp, smart and mischievous in Athens
Victoria Beckham, the Pope, and nudes in the sand feature among the German photographer’s images in ‘you are invited’ at Onassis Ready, the latest arts space from the Onassis Foundation
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The story behind Gian Paolo Barbieri’s cinematic fashion photography, which helped define the 1990s
A new Milan exhibition explores the legacy of Gian Paolo Barbieri, a photographer who would shape a vision of Italian style alongside collaborators Versace, Armani and Valentino
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Inside a Courtney Love-inspired art exhibition in New York
Liza Jo Eilers looks to the glory days of Hole at an exhibition at Grimm New York
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Tyler Mitchell’s London show explores the figure of the Black Dandy, ‘imagining what else masculinity could look like’
Originally part of a visual essay to accompany the Met’s ‘Superfine’ 2025 Costume Institute exhibition, ‘Portrait of the Modern Dandy’ goes on display at Gagosian Burlington Arcade in London this week
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What is the relationship between fashion, photography and the domestic space? A new book explores
Adam Murray’s ‘The Domestic Stage: When Fashion Image Comes Home’ documents – and interrogates – the use of the domestic space in fashion imagery, from the 1990s to present, featuring memorable works from Corinne Day, Carrie Mae Weems and Tina Barney
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A new exhibition explores Spanish cinema through its female anti-heroes
‘Resolución’ is a new exhibit at MoMu: a three-channel audiovisual installation that catalogues a series of transformative moments in Spanish cinema through costume
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'What does it mean that the language of photography is invented by men?' Justine Kurland explores the feminist potential of collage
'The Rose,' at the Center for Photography at Woodstock (CPW) in Kingston, New York, examines the work of over 50 artists using collage as a feminist practice
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Remembering X-girl’s notorious 1994 fashion show, which starred a pre-fame Chloë Sevigny
A new book by Angela Hill, ‘X-girl Show’ – featuring an introduction by Chloë Sevigny – documents the cult label’s renegade 1990s fashion show, which took place in New York and captured a changing underground look
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‘Changing Fashion’: a new exhibition explores how photographer David Bailey reshaped style
‘David Bailey’s Changing Fashion’ at the Marta Ortega Pérez (MOP) Foundation in A Coruña, Spain is a wide-ranging retrospective of the British photographer’s fashion oeuvre. Here, his son Fenton Bailey tells Wallpaper* more
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Photographer Mohamed Bourouissa reflects on society, community and the marginalised at MAST
Mohamed Bourouissa unites his work from the last two decades at Bologna’s Fondazione MAST
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Donna Trope celebrates the power of the Polaroid in Paris
‘Polaroids used to be my rejects, and now they are my holy grail,’ says the beauty photographer, as she shows rarely seen images in a Paris exhibition
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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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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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In ‘Bonjour Tristesse’, Miyako Bellizzi’s dreamy costumes tell a fashion story of their own
Best known for her work with the Safdie brothers, the New York-based costume designer scoured French markets and collaborated with Renaissance Renaissance’s Cynthia Merhej to capture the dreamlike spirit of Durga Chew-Bose’s retelling of the Françoise Sagan novella
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This knitwear collaboration is a playful exploration of the role of the fashion critic
Waste Yarn Project has collaborated with Wallpaper* contributing editor Dal Chodha on a sweater adorned with extracts from his 2020 book ‘Show Notes’, collated while reviewing the menswear shows for Wallpaper*
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‘Splash! A Century of Swimming and Style’ at Design Museum interrogates the loaded history of swimwear
Curator Amber Butchart speaks to Wallpaper* about the Design Museum’s latest exhibition, which explores the cultural impact of swimwear – from Pamela Anderson’s bombshell ‘Baywatch’ one-piece to those made for sports, leisure or fashion statement
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‘La Cocina’: the kitchen is a chaotic melting pot of contemporary culture in Alonso Ruizpalacios’ new film
The director considers issues including race and imagination, set against the backdrop of a frantic commercial kitchen, in new film ‘La Cocina’
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Martine Rose’s first gallery show celebrates the radical queer energy of Bronski Beat
Taking place at Sadie Coles HQ over London Fashion Week, ‘Everything Must Change’ centres on a 2016 short film by menswear designer Martine Rose and image-maker Sharna Osborne starring Bronski Beat frontman Jimmy Somerville
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15 years of Studio Nicholson: Nick Wakeman on creating a wardrobe that’s built to last
As her London-based label Studio Nicholson turns 15, Nick Wakeman sits down with Wallpaper* to discuss finding inspiration in architecture and creating clothes that are built to last
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The story behind Pamela Anderson’s dazzling costumes in ‘The Last Showgirl’
‘The Last Showgirl’ costume designer Jacqueline Getty unpacks Pamela Anderson’s outfits in the Gia Coppola-directed movie, which are rooted in the glittering history of the Las Vegas revue
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Tasneem Sarkez's heady mix of kitsch, Arabic and Americana hits London
Artist Tasneem Sarkez draws on an eclectic range of references for her debut solo show, 'White-Knuckle' at Rose Easton
