Sex

Antonio Lopez 1970: Sex Fashion & Disco: a film by James Crump

Lifestyle / 26 Mar 2018

Sex, fashion and disco: forgotten footage of 1970s New York uncovered

Against a nationwide tapestry of hardening politics, war, and intensifying race relations, 1970s New York rebelled with artistic, and sexual, abandon. A riotous new film shines a hazy spotlight on the era’s key arbiters of style: wildly seductive fashion illustrator...

Art / 14 Feb 2018

The complicated and ‘incomplete’ legacy of Nobuyoshi Araki

He is Japan’s most famous photographer and has defined the Western image of Japanese sexuality since he started taking pictures of Tokyo’s anything-goes sex scene in the 1960s: but what else is there to learn about the hugely influential Nobuyoshi...

Art / 16 Jan 2018

Open letter: the artists behind ToiletPaper are ‘DTF’ with OKCupid

DTF – a modern acronym meaning ‘down to f*ck’ – is a ubiquitous term used in contemporary dating to refer to a person who, as it states, is willing to have sex. Now, digital dating app OKCupid is attempting to...

Art / 6 Dec 2017

Graphic novel: Noma Bar gets personal in a visual autobiography

Noma Bar’s illustrations do the thing visual communicators are always told not to: they tell not show. They’re brazen in their simplicity, and often, simply brazen. They manage to distill hefts of meaning with precision, concision and a heavy, heavy...

Art / 31 Jul 2017

Celebrating gender identity, a new exhibition brings together a diverse cache of LGBT art

What would a Miss Lesbian beauty queen look like? How are spaces for gay people in Britain evolving? How has the internet changed sex? How do the press treat the sexuality of celebrities? How does your gender shape your experience...

Art / 15 Feb 2017

Silk road: Victoria Rowley on her provocative prints and the slow nature of making

It being 2017, things are difficult enough for young art graduates in London, career-wise. One imagines it’s even more difficult to move into a medium as niche as oriental silk printing, and trickier still to cover these delicate silks with...

Art / 8 Feb 2017

Tim Noble and Sue Webster get the right end of the stick in their latest show

Alice Dellal, the British-Brazilian model, is squeezing her boobs – half seductive, half sarcastic – towards a camera, imitating the pose of the supersize nude female sculpture that towers above her head. This summed up the atmosphere at BlainSouthern as...

Lifestyle / 13 Oct 2016

Algorithms of the heart: can our all-new Wallflower* app add to the online dating buzz?

At Wallflower* we understand that compatibility really counts, especially in the bedroom. But also the lounge. And wet room. Even in the home office. How many amorous stirrings have wilted on the vine at the sight of the wrong Wegner...

Art / 1 Jun 2016

’Striptease’: Ionna Vautrin’s saucy sketches go on display in Paris

Anyone familiar with industrial designer Ionna Vautrin’s curvilinear lamps and vases might not be surprised to discover drawings that incorporate similar shapes. But it doesn’t take long to realise the risqué nature of her debut art show; all of the...

Lifestyle / 5 May 2016

Jimmyjane's new lube is discreet enough for display

The problem with sexual lubricant isn’t that it doesn’t work. In fact, Jimmyjane president Robert Rheaume is quick to point out quite the opposite: citing that 9 out of 10 women find sex more pleasurable with lube, according to The...

Art / 24 Feb 2016

Tom House: Michael Reynolds explores Tom of Finland’s living museum

At first glance, the four-floor Craftsman-style house at 1421 Laveta Terrace looks like the kind of perfect fixer-upper that would be snapped up by the kinds of cashed-up creative types flocking to Los Angeles’ Echo Park neighbourhood. But this wholesome...

Lifestyle / 7 Dec 2015

Intimate design: Ooh by Je Joue launches with a vibrant set of private toys

Last year, Wallpaper* explored erotic design for the first time with the Adult Tool Kit created for Handmade* 2014. Now with the same sense of appreciation for the world of intimate toys, we were drawn to the sophistication of a...

From Japanese bondage to our specially commissioned glass sex toys, these polished offerings are sure to get your juices flowing. Welcome to the ultimate adult playpen where art, design and fetishism collide