Sculpture
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Erwin Wurm’s pop-coloured fantasy land at Yorkshire Sculpture Park
In Erwin Wurm’s first UK museum show, ‘Trap of the Truth’, the artist transforms Yorkshire Sculpture Park into a slightly warped wonderland (10 June 2023 – 28 April 2024)
By Harriet Lloyd-Smith Published
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Sculptor Arnaldo Pomodoro transforms Fendi’s Rome HQ into a theatre of myth and magic
Fendi’s Roman HQ sets the scene for ‘Il Grande Teatro delle Civiltà’ a major show by Italian sculptor Arnaldo Pomodoro, who has also created a one-off edition of the house’s iconic Peekaboo bag. Read more in the July 2023 Issue of Wallpaper*, on newsstands 8 June
By Harriet Lloyd-Smith Published
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Superflex on building an underwater city for fish: ‘there are different rules down there’
Danish art collective Superflex discuss their ambitious Super Reef, an underwater urbanisation project aiming to restore more than 55 square kilometres of stone reef in Danish seas
By Alice Godwin Published
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Raffaele Salvoldi stacks hundreds of marble blocks for dazzling Milan installation
For a Milan Design Week 2023 installation, Italian artist Raffaele Salvoldi teams up with marble brand Salvatori to create architectural sculptures comprising hundreds of marble blocks
By Harriet Lloyd-Smith Published
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John Pawson unveils first-ever sculpture in Tokyo exhibition
At The Mass, Tokyo, British architect John Pawson stages his first solo exhibition in Japan, revealing his first sculpture and a new photography series
By Harriet Lloyd-Smith Published
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Bosco Sodi’s monumental new Mexico City studio is a multifunctional feat
As Bosco Sodi unveils his new Studio CMDX in Atlampa, Mexico City, we speak to the artist about how the vast Alberto Kalach-designed former warehouse is a feat in multitasking
By Juliana Piskorz Published
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Desert X 2023 is a staggering sculpture extravaganza spanning California’s Coachella Valley
Will Jennings travels to the Coachella Valley to explore outdoor sculpture exhibition Desert X 2023, which sees projects balance impact, subtlety, and unapologetic enormity
By Will Jennings Published
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Buckhorn Sculpture Park: inside the art paradise dreamt up by collectors Sherry and Joel Mallin
As legendary art collectors Sherry and Joel Mallin prepare to sell their upstate New York home – and the star-studded collection occupying Buckhorn, its onsite sculpture park – we go behind the scenes of this art treasure trove, and the extraordinary life, work and spirit of the Mallins
By MZ Adnan Published
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Last chance to see: Theaster Gates’ ‘Young Lords and Their Traces’ at the New Museum
Theaster Gates talks about his first US museum show, ‘Young Lords and Their Traces’ at The New Museum (until 5 February 2023), a moving homage to the creative forces who came before
By Pei-Ru Keh Published
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Last chance to see: Cyprien Gaillard on chaos, reorder and excavating a Paris in flux
We interviewed French artist Cyprien Gaillard ahead of his major two-part show, ‘Humpty \ Dumpty’ at Palais de Tokyo and Lafayette Anticipations (until 8 January 2023). Through abandoned clocks, love locks and asbestos, he dissects the human obsession with structural restoration
By Harriet Lloyd-Smith Published
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Cerith Wyn Evans: ‘I love nothing more than neon in direct sunlight. It’s heartbreakingly beautiful’
Cerith Wyn Evans reflects on his largest show in the UK to date, at Mostyn, Wales – a multisensory, neon-charged fantasia of mind, body and language
By Harriet Lloyd-Smith Published
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Vanessa Beecroft’s ethereal performance and sculpture exhibition explore Sicily’s cultural history
At the historic Palazzo Abatellis, Sicily, Vanessa Beecroft has unveiled ‘VB94’, a new tableau vivant comprising a one-time performance and a new series of sculptures, the latter on view until 8 January
By Hili Perlson Published
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The World Reimagined sculpture trail to culminate in epic finale in Trafalgar Square this weekend
Ahead of a Bonhams auction on 21 November, The World Reimagined will conclude with an epic finale in Trafalgar Square this weekend (19 and 20 November). The initiative uses art to illuminate the history of the transatlantic slave trade, inviting us ‘to face our shared history with honesty, empathy and grace’.
By Amah-Rose Mcknight Abrams Published
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Major artists create brain sculptures in aid of Parkinson’s UK
‘Me, My Brain and I’, a new charity exhibition and auction in London, sees leading and emerging international artists interpret the brain, including sculptures by Tracey Emin, Conrad Shawcross and Gavin Turk
By Harriet Lloyd-Smith Last updated
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Last chance to see: Rashid Johnson’s journey through migration, longing and togetherness in Menorca
We visited Rashid Johnson’s Brooklyn studio ahead of the artist’s show at Hauser & Wirth Menorca, which contemplates drift – physical and emotional
By Osman Can Yerebakan Published
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Cell mates: La Prairie fuses the worlds of luxury skincare and art
By Emma Moore Last updated
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Family ties: Violeta Sanchez and her daughter Luz pull together for a living sculpture show
By Dal Chodha Last updated
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Les Lalanne’s sculptures inhabit otherwordly landscapes
By Sujata Burman Last updated
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Signal boost: Console, by Clara Yee and Da a
The Beatles’ All You Need Is Love inspired this shrine-like plinth for a wi-fi router, created for Wallpaper* Handmade X
By Daven Wu Last updated
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Machine man: Douglas Tausik Ryder on AI and coding sculpture
By Charlotte Jansen Last updated
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Ready-made success: Jeff Koons reflects at Almine Rech Gallery, London
By Elly Parsons Last updated
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Impossible angles: a new show of Arnaldo Pomodoro’s sculptures at Tornabuoni Art
By Tom Howells Last updated
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‘China Clean’: Enrico Marone Cinzano at Pearl Lam Design, Hong Kong
By Catherine Shaw Last updated
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Welsh artist Cerith Wyn Evans on winning the Hepworth Prize for Sculpture
By Harriet Lloyd-Smith Last updated
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Magic mountains: Ugo Rondinone's modern totems liven up the Nevada desert
By Daniel Scheffler Last updated
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Last chance to see: Helen Pashgian, ‘Presences’ at Site Santa Fe
Art icon Helen Pashgian’s optically majestic sculptures are a lesson in perception, as featured in the April 2022 issue of Wallpaper*. Pashgian’s solo exhibition ‘Presences’ at Site Santa Fe runs until 27 March 2022
By Hunter Drohojowska-Philp Last updated
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Sanding, sculpture and cigars: Paul Schimmel remembers ceramicist Ken Price
By Elly Parsons Last updated