Latest articles by Zoe Whitfield
-
Get to know Del LaGrace Volcano, the legendary photographer who's defined – and revolutionised – LGBTQI+ visual cultureTheir photographs is the subject of two new shows on view in London and Scotland. 'My life and the people I draw into my orbit are all part of my work,' they say
-
As Peckham hot spot Bold Tendencies marks 20 years, step inside its cool curation for the summerFounder Hannah Barry tells Wallpaper* why Bold Tendencies – a non-profit arts organisation atop a multistorey car park in south-east London – is all about exercising your joy
-
How Yves Saint Laurent became a master of the fashion image‘He was a genius at marketing,’ says Nastasia Alberti, co-curator of a new exhibition on the couturier’s pioneering relationship with photography at New York’s International Center of Photography
-
‘People were not ready’ for Walter Pfeiffer’s photography in the 1970s; now we can’t get enough‘In Good Company’ at Pinacoteca Agnelli in Italy is the photographer’s first large-scale presentation outside his native Switzerland, featuring 100 works from six decades – we meet
-
Anchored in African and West Asian design, Jihan is both a ‘shop and a conversation’Spanning fashion and home, the ephemeral Paris store sees Mariam El Gendy and Youssef El Sayed establish a community of designers and creatives – one bolstered by an expansive cultural programme
-
Fashion favourite Poppy Jones’ artworks are an eclectic mix of textiles, photography and watercoloursThe artist nods to her father – former Vanity Fair photographer Dafydd Jones – in muted and beautiful works
-
In Antwerp, families come in all shapes and sizes‘Families’ at FOMU, Antwerp, peels back the layers on the traditional family unit
-
John Gosling on crafting the otherworldly soundtracks for Lee Alexander McQueen: ‘We wanted to shock people’As ‘Unnatural Harmony: Sounds of Lee Alexander McQueen’ arrives at London’s Southbank Centre, the provocative designer’s longtime music director, John Gosling, recalls their decades-long collaboration
-
A new Vivienne Westwood exhibition portrays the designer through a superfan’s archive‘Vivienne Westwood: Rebel – Storyteller – Visionary’ at The Bowes Museum, Durham features pieces from rarely seen private collections, providing a fresh portrait of the provocative British designer
-
Pascaline Chavanne on her dreamy costumes for new film Nouvelle VagueThe costume designer for Richard Linklater’s new film – about the making of Jean-Luc Godard’s 1960 classic Breathless – tells Wallpaper* about creating pieces that do ‘not disturb the story’
-
The appeal of the ‘internet boyfriend’: Richard Hawkins in Vienna‘Potentialities’ at Kunsthalle Wien sees the American artist dissect the appeal of today’s movie hunk in his first institutional show in more than a decade
-
What one writer learnt in 2025 through exploring the ‘intimate, familiar’ wardrobes of ten friendsInspired by artist Sophie Calle, Colleen Kelsey’s ‘Wearing It Out’ sees the writer ask ten friends to tell the stories behind their most precious garments – from a wedding dress ordered on a whim to a pair of Prada Mary Janes
-
In BDSM biker romance ‘Pillion’, clothes become a medium for ‘fantasy and fetishism’Costume designer Grace Snell breaks down the leather-heavy wardrobe for the Alexander Skarsgård-starring Pillion, which traces a dom/sub relationship between a shy parking attendant and a biker
-
The story behind rebellious New York fashion label-cum-art collective, Women’s History MuseumMattie 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
-
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
-
Zofia Rydet's 20-year task of photographing every household in Poland goes on show in LondonZofia Rydet took 20,000 images over 20 years for the mammoth sociological project
-
Juergen Teller’s retrospective is sharp, smart and mischievous in AthensVictoria 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
-
The story behind Gian Paolo Barbieri’s cinematic fashion photography, which helped define the 1990sA 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
-
Inside a Courtney Love-inspired art exhibition in New YorkLiza Jo Eilers looks to the glory days of Hole at an exhibition at Grimm New York
-
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
-
What is the relationship between fashion, photography and the domestic space? A new book exploresAdam 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
-
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
-
'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
-
Remembering X-girl’s notorious 1994 fashion show, which starred a pre-fame Chloë SevignyA 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
