Sculpture
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Richard Long moves heaven and earth at Houghton Hall
By Florence Waters • Last updated
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As Paris begins to reopen, Perrotin introduces a series of spirited cooperative exhibitions
In the name of solidarity, Perrotin has invited 26 Parisian galleries to take part in four consecutive presentations in its Saint-Claude space
By Diane Theunissen • Last updated
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Annie Morris’ towering sculptures balance grief, hope and defiance
Annie Morris' forthcoming show at Yorkshire Sculpture Park will present a new series of gravity-defying stack sculptures that draw on personal tragedy and resilience
By Harriet Lloyd-Smith • Last updated
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Sean Scully on self-belief, election billboards and the perils of rural Germany
Ahead of a major retrospective at the Hungarian National Gallery, Irish abstract artist Sean Scully reflects on six decades of redefining abstraction and doing ‘the biggest stretch in the history of the art world’
By Harriet Lloyd-Smith • Last updated
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Tom Sachs shapes a self-portrait through things, found and fabricated
By Charlotte Jansen • Last updated
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The dynamic duet of Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen
Remembering Claes Oldenburg, who died aged 93 on 18 July 2022, we revisit our 2021 article celebrating his partnership with Coosje van Bruggen, as the duo’s final work together, Dropped Bouquet, was realised and exhibited at Pace New York’s ‘Claes & Coosje: A Duet’
By Harriet Lloyd-Smith • Last updated
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Laid bare: Elmgreen & Dragset create subversive massage parlour in Paris
In Paris, Perrotin’s Matignon gallery is transformed into an uncanny massage parlour in the hands of artist duo Elmgreen & Dragset
By TF Chan • Last updated
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Izumi Kato’s haunting humanoids turn heads in New York
The Japanese artist’s new body of work – now on view at Perrotin New York – features otherworldly sculptures and paintings that fall between a sci-fi future and ancient history
By Pei-Ru Keh • Last updated
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Emma Talbot explores Greek myth and femininity at Whitechapel Gallery
In ‘The Age/L’Età’, her Max Mara Art Prize show at Whitechapel Gallery, Emma Talbot imagines a reality where violence is overturned by resolution, nurtured by an elderly female protagonist
By Martha Elliott • Last updated
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Art Basel Hong Kong recalibrates with a digital-only edition
Following the cancellation of its Hong Kong fair, Art Basel has bounced back with Online Viewing Rooms, where Asian art takes centre stage
By Emma O'Kelly • Last updated
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Concrete poetry: the architectural sculptures of David Umemoto
Canadian artist David Umemoto's new Folded Stone series – on view at Modern Shapes Gallery, Antwerp – uses Japanese kirigami to evoke postmodernist dreams
By Harriet Lloyd-Smith • Last updated
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Sheer will: Artist Do-Ho Suh’s ghostly fabric sculptures explore the meaning of home
By Catherine Shaw • Last updated
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At home with Hew Locke
Our ‘At home with’ interview series explores what creatives are making, what’s making them tick, and the moments that made them. This time, we step over the threshold with Guyanese-British artist Hew Locke
By Harriet Lloyd Smith • Last updated
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Both prison and refuge: Louise Bourgeois’ Cells at the Guggenheim, Bilbao
By Florence Waters • Last updated
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Jes Fan: the artist probing the intersections of biology, identity and creativity
Multidisciplinary artist Jes Fan uses fungi, bacteria and hormones to produce thought-provoking sculptures that explore how art and biology come together to break down social constructs. This article originally appeared in the August 2022 Issue of Wallpaper*, on newsstands now and available to subscribers
By Drew Zeiba • Last updated
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Tenant of Culture: the artist turning fast fashion into radical hybrid sculpture
Ahead of a major new installation at London’s Camden Art Centre, we speak to Tenant of Culture, whose art-meets-fashion practice dissects the darker sides of our material world
By Harriet Lloyd-Smith • Last updated
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Last chance to see: Tim Prentice, ‘After the Mobile’ at the Aldrich
Alongside Alexander Calder and George Rickey, Tim Prentice forged a new path in kinetic art. We spoke to the American nonagenarian artist and architect ahead of his major two-part exhibition, ‘After the Mobile’, at the Aldrich, Connecticut
By Harriet Lloyd-Smith • Last updated
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Sculpture series: Liz Glynn pays tribute to Rodin at LACMA
Ungentle is a fictional journey through 20th-century Britain, exploring the relationship between espionage and male homosexuality. A collaboration between Huw Lemmey and Onyeka Igwe, the film is on view at London’s Studio Voltaire in September
By Brook Mason • Last updated
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White Cube at Arley Hall: contemporary sculpture meets the English country house garden
White Cube’s first outdoor sculpture exhibition puts the work of 12 modern and contemporary artists, including Tracey Emin, Antony Gormley and Danh Vo, on view in the grounds of Cheshire’s Arley Hall
By TF Chan • Last updated
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Wang Gongxin at White Cube: hidden cameras, eerie minimalism and grey matter
Wang Gongxin’s show at White Cube Mason’s Yard explores cultural polarities and in-between states through 13 captivating new multimedia works
By Harriet Lloyd-Smith • Last updated
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Alexander Calder mobiles reimagined as gravity-defying still lifes
By Jessica Klingelfuss • Last updated
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Take a hike: Sterling Ruby's latest solo show is inspired by mountain rambles
By Elly Parsons • Last updated
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Renaissance man: Jan Fabre’s sculptural dialogue with Florence
By Siska Lyssens • Last updated
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British blockbuster: Sotheby's Chatsworth sculpture show celebrates home talent
By Ali Morris • Last updated
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Tom Sachs' NFT Rocket Factory scoops 2022 Wallpaper* Design Award
Tom Sachs’ brilliantly imaginative Rocket Factory marks the American artist's foray into the world of NFTs, and scoops ‘Best Rocket Launch’ at this year's Wallpaper* Design Awards 2022
By Nick Compton • Last updated
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Sculpting scent: Zuza Mengham creates objects inspired by Laboratory Perfumes
By Angela Gokani Brasier • Last updated
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Bernardo Paz: from mining magnate to gardener of earthly delights
By Rainbow Nelson • Last updated
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