Interviews
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Artist Sophie Calle on love, loss and 125 years of lonely hearts ads
French artist Sophie Calle’s work spans imagined lives and actual death. Here, she talks about exhibitionism and intimacies, love and loss, and more than a century’s worth of lonely hearts ads that inspired her latest project and a 20-page portfolio for Wallpaper's November 2020 issue
By Amy Serafin Last updated
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Chila Burman unveils neon dreamland at Covent Garden market
Chila Burman emblazons London’s Covent Garden market building with a neon light spectacle. Here, the artist explains the story behind the new installation, an ode to identity, hope and magic
By Harriet Lloyd-Smith Last updated
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Samsung's modular approach brings bespoke design to the kitchen
Samsung is looking to the future of home goods
By Jonathan Bell Last updated
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Ippolito Pestellini Laparelli’s new architecture agency looks to the future
We catch up with former OMA partner, Ippolito Pestellini Laparelli, about his new Milan-based agency 2050+
By Ellie Stathaki Last updated
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At home with artist Theaster Gates
In our ongoing series, we go home, from home, with artists finding inspiration in isolation. This week, we reach American artist Theaster Gates at his home in Chicago to discuss new work for Gagosian’s Artist Spotlight series, and how, in recent times, he’s fallen back in love with making.
By Harriet Lloyd-Smith Last updated
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At home with American artist Charles Gaines
In our ongoing profile series, we go home, from home, with artists to hear about what they’re making, what’s making them tick, and the moments that made them. Here, we speak to pioneering American artist Charles Gaines about how grids, formulas and systems can drive conceptualism
By Harriet Lloyd-Smith Last updated
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Inside gallerist Stefan von Bartha’s art-filled Basel home
Second-generation gallery owner Stefan von Bartha invites us (virtually) into his art-studded Basel home to reflect on an unconventional childhood, eclectic collection and building on 50 years of his family's eponymous gallery
By Harriet Lloyd-Smith Last updated
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Explore the rich archives of Montblanc
Montblanc’s new book – Montblanc: Inspire Writing – takes readers on a journey into the archives of the German luxury house
By Simon Mills Last updated
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Jon Gray judges Wallpaper* Design Awards 2022
Jon Gray, co-founder of Black culinary collective Ghetto Gastro, talks disruption, inclusion, shaking up Museum Mile, and his pick of the Wallpaper* Design Awards 2022
By Pei-Ru Keh Last updated
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Introducing the Swedish fragrance brand inspired by high-rise architecture
Founded in Sweden by emerging creative Haisam Mohammed, fragrance brand UNIFORM is gaining momentum internationally. Here, Mohammed walks us through his creative process
By Fiona Mahon Last updated
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At home with George Condo
In our profile series, we find out what artists are making, what’s making them tick, and the moments that made them. To mark his new show ‘Ideals of the Unfound Truth’ at Hauser & Wirth London, we revisit our 2020 interview with American artist George Condo
By Harriet Lloyd-Smith Last updated
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Hauser & Wirth Menorca crowned Best Art Destination: Wallpaper* Design Awards 2022
Hauser and Wirth Menorca has scooped ‘Best Art Destination’ in the Wallpaper* Design Awards 2022. The art centre, which opened in July 2021 on Isla del Rey blends art, history and sustainability. Go for the art, stay for the experience
By Blaire Dessent Last updated
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Brian Eno and Peter Chilvers create ‘ambient technology’ in Amsterdam
By Elly Parsons Last updated
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Vincent Darré to auction off his marvellously surrealist design collection in Paris
By Amy Verner Last updated
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James Casebere imagines a near-future of flooded landscapes
Reflecting on the climate change emergency, the American photographer (and force of nature) takes us to the water's edge
By Jessica Klingelfuss Last updated
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Out of office: coffee and creative small talk with Simone Rocha
Bodil Blain, Wallpaper* columnist and founder of Cru Kafé, shares coffee and creative small talk with leading figures from the worlds of art, architecture, design, and fashion. This week, London-based fashion designer Simone Rocha
By Bodil Blain Last updated
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Bodil Kjær at 90: ‘I am not a furniture designer; I am a designer of environments’
We celebrate the work of Danish architect and designer Bodil Kjær, on her 90th birthday (11 March 2022). In this exclusive interview, she shares her views on spaces, furniture and her life in design
By Jeni Porter Last updated
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At home with Kelly Wearstler
American designer Kelly Wearstler talks about her approach to interiors, her California homes, favourite LA spots, creative inspiration and more
By Rosa Bertoli Last updated
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Artist Jakob Kudsk Steensen on how VR can bring us closer to nature
Danish artist Jakob Kudsk Steensen leverages virtual reality technologies to reorient our relationship with the natural world.
By TF Chan Last updated
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New art exhibition celebrates 150 years of women at Yale
Yale-educated women artists are the subject of a new exhibition, ‘On The Basis of Art: 150 Years of Women at Yale’, at Yale University Art Gallery. Curator Lisa Hodermarsky speaks about the concept behind the show and the gravity of this moment in Yale’s history
By Hannah Silver Last updated
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Mothers and sons on generational wisdom and self-care
Hear from the founders of Ormaie, Melyon, and Guy Morgan, who all created brands inspired by their mothers
By Mary Cleary Last updated
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Stefan Behling and Angela Ahrendts on the future of retail at Apple Michigan Avenue
By Jessica Klingelfuss Last updated
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Preston is my Paris: a new book reveals the unlikely allure of a Northern England city
The final chapter in Adam Murray and Robert Parkinson’s decade-long project celebrates the role that photography and culture can play outside of major British urban centres
By Jessica Klingelfuss Last updated
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The magic mushrooms of ceramic artist Jos Devriendt offer a sculptural trip
By Yoko Choy Last updated
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‘I just didn’t fit’: feminist icon Judy Chicago on revolutionising art history
At the de Young Museum, San Francisco, American feminist artist Judy Chicago staged her first ever retrospective. We spoke to the artist about her epic career, filled with patriarchal battles, fierce self-belief, and a lot of smoke
By Harriet Lloyd-Smith Last updated
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Eero Aarnio at 85: ‘I am the master of my own design’
By Jessica Klingelfuss Last updated
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Fender looks forwards with a new hybrid guitar design
Justin Norvell, Executive Vice President of Fender Products, discusses the company’s latest product and what it means for the future of guitar
By Jonathan Bell Last updated