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Alexandre de Betak on getting lost to find himself in London
As the world-renowned artistic director opens his first personal studio in London during Frieze Week, Alexandre de Betak reflects on leaving the fashion runway behind to explore light, space and creative freedom
By Ali Morris Published
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Frieze London 2025: live updates from the Wallpaper* team
From 15 - 19 October 2025, Frieze takes over London. Here's what is going on at the fair and around town, as seen by the Wallpaper* art editor
By Hannah Silver Last updated
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Vinyl, darts, and design: how Audemars Piguet reimagined the watch boutique for Manchester
The latest AP House from watchmaker Audemars Piguet displays design codes that nod to the legacy of its location
By Simon Mills Published
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Designing Luca Guadagnino’s ‘After the Hunt’: ‘sets like these are a gift to actors’
Production designer Stefano Baisi tells Wallpaper* about creating a multilayered visual universe that both faithfully recreates the film's Yale setting and helps enhance each character's story
By Rosa Bertoli Published
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As she departs Hermès after a triumphant 37-year tenure, we revisit an illuminating conversation with Véronique Nichanian
Following the announcement that Véronique Nichanian, artistic director of Hermès’ men’s universe, is to step down from her role after almost four decades, we revisit our 2023 conversation with the designer, who has sought both perfection and pleasure in her collections
By Jack Moss Last updated
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Mediterranean dreams come true at this radiant Puglian hotel
A former convent has been converted into Vista Ostuni, a plush bolthole inspired by the landscape and heritage of the Puglia region
By Laura May Todd Published
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The architectural innovation hidden in plain sight at Frieze London 2025
The 2025 Frieze entrance pavilions launch this week alongside the art fair, showcasing a brand-new, modular building system set to shake up the architecture of large-scale events
By Ellie Stathaki Published
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Chantal Joffe paints the truth of memory and motherhood in a new London show
A profound chronicler of the intimacies of the female experience, Chantal Joffe explores the elemental truth of family dynamics for a new exhibition at Victoria Miro
By Hannah Silver Published
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A24 just opened a restaurant in New York, and it’s as cinematic as you’d expect
Hidden in the West Village, Wild Cherry pairs a moody, arthouse sensibility with a supper-style menu devised by the team behind Frenchette
By Sofia de la Cruz Published
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Elmgreen & Dragset on creating a surreal cinema for Prada Mode in London: ‘You are never alone’
Populated with a series of hyper-realistic figures, ‘The Audience’ is an immersive new work by the Scandinavian duo, providing the centrepiece of Prada Mode, the house’s roving private members’ club
By Jack Moss Published
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Studio Job’s House of Delft is the Netherlands’ biggest, craziest artwork
Designer Job Smeets of Studio Job invites us into his atelier to see work in progress for his surreal 2,000 sq m ode to the Dutch city of Delft
By John Weich Published
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Peek inside Madrid’s best-kept art secret
Solo’s labyrinthine new art space in Madrid presents a surreal opportunity for exploring contemporary art and architecture
By Sofia de la Cruz Published
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A lush Bengaluru villa is a home that acts as a vessel for nature
With this new Bengaluru villa, Purple Ink Studio wanted gardens tucked into the fabric of the home within this urban residence in India's 'Garden City'
By Tianna Williams Published
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Frieze London 2025: all the fashion moments to look out for
The best fashion happenings to add to your Frieze London 2025 schedule, from Dunhill’s curation of talks at Frieze Masters to an exhibition of furniture by Rick Owens
By Jack Moss Published
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Composer Max Richter’s new trilogy turns Krug champagnes into music
In a dialogue between taste and sound, Krug and the genre-defying composer embark on a musical journey that celebrates intentional craftsmanship
By Simon Mills Published
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The ancient and the erotic inspire Sessions Art Club’s Frieze London 2025 pop-up
‘I think food should hum beneath the skin, like a good painting,’ founder Jonny Gent tells Wallpaper* on the opening of his temporary restaurant-cum-art-installation
By Sofia de la Cruz Published
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Like a modernist iceberg, this Krakow house has a perfectly chiselled façade
A Krakow house by Polish architecture studio UCEES unites brutalist materialities with modernist form
By Tianna Williams Published
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Leo Costelloe turns the kitchen into a site of fantasy and unease
For Frieze week, Costelloe transforms everyday domesticity into something intimate, surreal and faintly haunted at The Shop at Sadie Coles
By Hannah Silver Published
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Can surrealism be erotic? Yes if women can reclaim their power, says a London exhibition
‘Unveiled Desires: Fetish & The Erotic in Surrealism, 1924–Today’ at London’s Richard Saltoun gallery examines the role of desire in the avant-garde movement
By Hannah Silver Published
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Inside Roger Vivier’s opulent new Paris HQ and archive, a haven for shoe lovers
Wallpaper* takes a tour of ‘Maison Vivier’, an 18th-century hôtel particulier that houses the French shoemaker’s headquarters, studio and archive – an extraordinary collection of over 1,000 pairs of shoes
By Orla Brennan Published
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Rajan Bijlani opens his Primrose Hill home for ‘Electric Kiln’
In his London home – once the studio of ceramicist Emmanuel Cooper – Rajan Bijlani stages ‘Electric Kiln’, uniting Frank Auerbach, Lucie Rie and Cooper in an intimate reflection on the creative spirit of postwar London
By Ali Morris Published
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These are the design exhibitions to see in London during Frieze Week
We round up the best design events happening in London in conjunction with Frieze Week 2025: discover collectible design and craft across the city
By Rosa Bertoli Published
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Go Back to the Future with Marty McFly’s calculator watch, marking the film’s 40th anniversary
Casio will release a special-edition watch to mark Back to the Future Day on 21 October
By Hannah Silver Published
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Tiffany & Co’s artist mentorship at Frieze London puts creative exchange centre stage
At Frieze London 2025, Tiffany & Co partners with the fair’s Artist-to-Artist initiative, expanding its reach and reaffirming the value of mentorship within the global art community
By Hannah Silver Published
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A postmodernist home reborn: we tour the British embassy in Brazil
We tour the British Embassy in Brazil after its thorough renovation by Hersen Mendes Arquitetura, which breathes new life into a postmodernist structure within the country's famous modernist capital
By Ellie Stathaki Published
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Bvlgari's celebration of the Serpenti snakes its way from Tokyo to Shanghai, Seoul and Mumbai
Roman high jeweller Bvlgari marks the Year of the Snake with the sensual Serpenti Infinito exhibition
By Aastha D Published
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Em-Dash is a small press redefining the indie zine beyond nostalgia
The South London publishing studio's new imprint 'Practice Meets Paper' translates a chosen artist’s practice into print. Wallpaper*s senior designer Gabriel Annouka speaks with the founders, Saundra Liemantoro and Aarushi Matiyani, to find out more
By Gabriel Annouka Published
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Kelly Reichardt’s The Mastermind is an art heist about apathy and privilege
In 'The Mastermind', four stolen artworks by Arthur Dove are a revealing plot point
By Miriam Balanescu Published
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Rooted in Italian heritage, Tooy is redefining bespoke lighting
Italian lighting company Tooy translates ‘made-in-Italy’ savoir-faire into contemporary, one-of-a-kind pieces
By Tianna Williams Published