Global Fair Guide 2018

Ones to watch on Canada’s west coast design scene

Now in its 14th year, Vancouver based Interior Design Show West has grown in tandem with the west coast design scene. No longer the domain of cedar-enhanced minimalism, nor the handmaiden of the Toronto-centric East, Vancouver boasts a more sophisticated...

London Design Festival 2018: the unmissable highlights

What to see at FNB Joburg Art Fair 2018

The 11th instalment of the annual FNB Joburg Art Fair makes a return to Sandton Convention Centre from 7-9 September, offering a diverse spread of contemporary art and design, exhibitions and initiatives. The fair provides a platform for artists, galleries...

Chart Art 2018: what to see at the Copenhagen fair this weekend

In the six years since its establishment, Copenhagen’s Chart Art Fair has grown into the leading showcase of Nordic contemporary art. From 31 August to 2 September, the fair will once again take over the Kunsthal Charlottenborg – a Dutch-inspired baroque...

Chart Design 2018: the finest collectable design from the Nordic region and beyond

Following its debut in 2016, Copenhagen-based art fair Chart presents the second installment of its design branch (Chart Design 31 August – 2 September). With returning galleries, such as Etage and Galleri Feldt, and new entries, including local player Adorno...

Manifesta 12: the nomadic arts biennial cultivates a garden of delights in Palermo

The 12th iteration of Manifesta — the nomadic European biennal of contemporary art — has opened in Palermo, capital of the island of Sicily in southern Italy. Subtitled ‘The Planetary Garden. Cultivating Existence’, it casts the garden as a place...

Six artists not to miss at the Liverpool Biennial

Liverpool Biennial, the UK’s largest contemporary art biennial is back for its tenth run. Spread across Liverpool and showing for 15 weeks, this year’s edition is inspired by a poem – Beautiful world, where are you? – from German polymath Friedrich...

LA Design Festival 2018: the Wallpaper* guide to the unmissable events

LA Design Festival kicks off this week for it’s eighth edition shouting: ‘Design is for Everyone’ in celebration of the city’s rich culture of creative freedom and collaboration. Hubbed and headquartered at Row DTLA, where creative offices, collectives and pop-up concepts...

Bruges Triennial 2018: floating pavilions and a concrete gateway to the afterlife

In a city famed for its postcard-ready vistas and perfectly preserved historic architecture and waterways, the Bruges Triennial is a welcome burst of contemporary creativity and unexpected urban interventions. As you walk past a medieval almshouse or over a cobbled...

New York Design Week 2018: the unmissable highlights

The 7 breakthrough artists to discover at Photo London 2018

Now in its fourth year, Photo London is officially all grown up with over 100 galleries set to participate at the fair this May, with Canadian fine art photographer Edward Burtynsky announced as its Master of Photography for 2018. Launched...

Sustainability is at Clerkenwell Design Week’s creative core for 2018

Now entering its ninth year, Clerkenwell Design Week (22-24 May) continues to position the east London district as an international design hub with its annual celebration of creativity. Aside from the new launches that are freshly imported straight from Salone...