London
Let Wallpaper* guide you through the worlds of art, design and architecture in London - and discover where to go and what to see when you travel to London.
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Kengo Kuma will design the National Gallery’s huge new expansionLondon’s National Gallery has chosen the Tokyo-based architect to design a £350 million new wing
By Anna Solomon Published
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Studio Nocturne is the fashion and art world’s next favourite bookstoreFormer curator of the Alaïa Bookstore, Flora Gau, has opened an enclave for ‘spells, books and art objects’ in east London
By Mary Cleary Published
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Chef Sally Abé finds her own voice at Teal in HackneyTeal by Sally Abé is built on British produce, nostalgic flavours, and sisterhood
By Ben McCormack Published
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The Cadogan reimagines its restaurant as a bucolic English gardenWillett’s arrives as a convivial neighbourhood restaurant at The Cadogan, A Belmond Hotel in London, with a verdant, serene design by Studio Shayne Brady
By Sofia de la Cruz 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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Daphne Wright casts her family in Jesmonite. Discover her works in LondonAt Frith Street Gallery, the artist explores a fascination with materials; when we visit, she tells us about the ‘sulking’ power of clay and her ‘very brutal’ way to make work
By Millie Walton Published
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This moody London restaurant merges seasonal Japanese fare with ‘ascetic minimalism’With Akari lamps, Daidō Moriyama photography and matcha tiramisu, Kino is a must-visit new restaurant in South Kensington
By Sofia de la Cruz 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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Taste the Mediterranean sea at this new London restaurantGreek in instinct and grounded in British ingredients, Jul’s is set to conquer SW1
By Ben McCormack Published
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‘Schiaparelli lived to shock’: V&A’s new show is an homage to the pioneering surrealist couturierWallpaper* takes a tour of ‘Schiaparelli: Fashion Becomes Art’, a blockbuster new fashion exhibition on Italian designer Elsa Schiaparelli, which opens at London’s V&A Museum on 28 March
By India Birgitta Jarvis 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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Brian Eno, Nan Goldin, Es Devlin and more unite for Choose Love art auctionChoose Love has announced its auction and public exhibition to raise funds for aid in Palestine, including collectible works from Sarah Ball, Jamie Hewlett, Es Devlin, Brian Eno, Nan Goldin, Grayson Perry and more
By Tianna Williams Published
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Sale e Pepe Mare brings Italian coastal dining to The Langham LondonA seafood-focused spin-off of the Knightsbridge institution brings Riviera spirit and tableside theatre to Portland Place
By Ben McCormack Published
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This new east London design gallery is selling Jasper Morrison and Michael Marriott-designed objects for under £30Unit.d sells everyday objects produced by local designers, all available to buy and take home immediately
By Ali Morris Published
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London design studio YY is using an enquiring mindset to carve a new pathWe visit the London studio of Francisco Gaspar and Tawanda Chiweshe of YY as they tell us about the next chapter: ‘We are pushing people to think beyond this trap of the perfect thing’
By Natalia Rachlin Published
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A retro-inspired Athenian taverna arrives in Mayfair – discover MazaDesigned by Archer Humphryes Architects, the latest restaurant of Christina Mouratoglou and Adrien Carré pairs lively Greek dining with vinyl-spun evenings
By Sofia de la Cruz Published
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Community housing in south London brings Arts and Crafts into the 21st centuryFarmstead Road, a community housing scheme in leafy Lewisham, provides an exemplar of blending Passivhaus efficiency with quaint, craft-rich English architecture
By Teshome Douglas-Campbell Published
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Melt into the interiors of London’s latest Italian hauntAt Burro, 1950s trattoria meets Irish hospitality – discover the latest restaurant by Conor Gadd, designed by Day Studio
By Tianna Williams Published
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Colour has flavour at this new London cocktail barLocated in Covent Garden, Cato is a double act with New York soul and plenty of British spirit
By Ben McCormack Published
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From retrofuturist fembots to masculine soul-searchers, life weighs heavily in this London art exhibitionFrom mental health to masculinity and belonging, ‘The Weight of Being’ at Two Temple Place traces the emotional textures of everyday life, balancing heaviness and joy
By Teshome Douglas-Campbell Published
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Discover the facialist transforming our era’s most famous facesThe Find is Wallpaper’s beauty dispatch revealing the names, brands and treatments circulating quietly among industry insiders. This week, we speak to Shane Cooper, the London facialist who travels the world to find technology that can turn back the clock on ageing
By Mary Cleary 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
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In London, Sarabande artists consider the meaning of inheritance for International Women’s Day 2026For the exhibition 'All That's Been Given', nine artists will be showing work at the Sarabande Foundation in London, 4-10 March 2026
By Hannah Silver Published
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Kirkby takes Transport for London upholstery from carriage seat to contemporary interiorEight archival TfL patterns – originally conceived as functional public art by artists such as Enid Marx and Marion Dorn – have been reimagined as sumptuous velvets by textile brand Kirkby
By Anna Solomon Published
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Osteria Vibrato, founded by a former opera singer, hits a high note in London's SohoThe latest project from tenor Charlie Mellor, this laid-back Italian joint offers elegance, ease and fresh-baked amaretti biscuits
By Ben McCormack Published
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The Architecture Edit: 10 striking houses we couldn't take our eyes off in FebruaryFrom a house on steel stilts to a glass reinterpretation of a Ukrainian hut, these are the residential buildings that captured our imaginations this month
By Anna Solomon Published






