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The best 7 Christmas installations in London for art lovers
As London decks its halls for the festive season, explore our pick of the best Christmas installations for the art-, design- and fashion-minded
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London art exhibitions: a guide for this week
Your guide to the best London art exhibitions, and those around the UK, as chosen by the Wallpaper* arts desk
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Rafael Lozano-Hemmer’s Pulse Topology in Miami is powered by heartbeats
Rafael Lozano-Hemmer brings heart and human connection to Miami Art Week 2022 with Pulse Topology, an interactive light installation at Superblue Miami in collaboration with BMW i
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Textile artists: the pioneers of a new material world
These contemporary textile artists are weaving together the rich tapestry of fibre art in new ways
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Last chance to see: 'Bruce Nauman: Contrapposto Studies’ at Punta della Dogana, Venice
Focusing on the American artist's performative 'Contrapposto Studies', Bruce Nauman's show at Punta della Dogana, Venice, gives new meaning to body language – on view until 27 November 2022
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Tora Schultz: ‘Bitch on Wheels’ is a surreal, witty take on a world designed for the male body
From crash test dummies to pitchfork stilettos, Tora Schultz’s show ‘Bitch on Wheels’ at Copenhagen’s O–Overgaden is a tragic comedy exploring gender bias, stereotypes, and the surrealism of everyday life
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Christo and Jeanne-Claude’s final work, L‘Arc de Triomphe, Wrapped, is preserved in a new limited-edition book
A new book ‘Christo and Jeanne-Claude, L’Arc de Triomphe, Wrapped, Paris’, chronicles how the artists’ final work, 60 years in the making, came to fruition
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Anne Imhof ‘Avatar II’ review: a psychological thriller to make you wince and wonder
German artist Anne Imhof’s ‘Avatar II’ exhibition at London’s Sprüth Magers is a compelling, uncanny probing of contemporary culture, reality and artifice
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Ugo Rondinone reflects on bodies and nature at Petit Palais
Swiss artist Ugo Rondinone takes over the beaux-arts halls of the Petit Palais with a monumental film installation and sculptures of trapeze dancers
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Step inside the kaleidoscopic universe of Pipilotti Rist
Swiss artist Pipilotti Rist, who headlines Wallpaper’s November 2022 issue, has transformed the way we see, with a poetic yet playful practice spanning three decades. Here, and in a special portfolio, she reveals how she has liberated video art from its conventions, imbued the digital realm with emotion, animated public spaces, and harnessed the healing powers of colour
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Olafur Eliasson saturates Palazzo Strozzi in VR, illusion and Renaissance rationality
In ‘Nel Tuo Tempo’, a major show at Florence’s Palazzo Strozzi, Olafur Eliasson bends perceptions of Renaissance architecture through dazzling site-specific installations
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Come Home Again: Es Devlin’s spiritual ode to biodiversity at Tate Modern
Commissioned by Cartier, Es Devlin’s monumental public installation Come Home Again is a space for education, contemplation and conservation action. We visit the artist’s London studio to hear more
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Last chance to see: ‘Light & Space’ at Copenhagen Contemporary
On view until 4 September, epic group show ‘Light & Space’ explores the past and present of the iconic light and installation art movement. It’s physical, emotional, bodily and disorientating
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Rana Begum’s minimalist art toys with light, colour and space
We explore the work of Rana Begum, which is enmeshed with beauty, vibrancy and architecture, and step inside the artist’s epic new north London studio
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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’
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Cecilia Vicuña unveils monumental Hyundai Commission at Tate Modern’s Turbine Hall
As Cecilia Vicuña opens her long-awaited Hyundai commission in Tate Modern’s Turbine Hall, (titled Brain Forest Quipu and on view until 16 April 2023), we revisit our recent interview with the Chilean artist, poet and activist
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Thao Nguyen Phan at Tate St Ives: a poetic layering of Vietnamese history and ecology
Thao Nguyen Phan’s work intertwines mythology and urgent environmental concerns in her home country of Vietnam. We spoke to the artist about hidden histories and how her largest UK exhibition to date, at Tate St Ives, ‘feels like a recovery’
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AA Bronson on the radical, enduring legacy of General Idea
General Idea, an art group that pioneered a queer aesthetic, is celebrated in a retrospective at the National Gallery of Canada (opened during Pride Month and running until 20 November 2022). Surviving member AA Bronson speaks about their origins, and impact on art and social justice
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Artist Jakob Kudsk Steensen on how VR can bring us closer to nature
Danish artist Jakob Kudsk Steensen leverages virtual reality technologies to reorient our relationship with the natural world.
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Inside Na Kim's vibrant playground for all ages
South Korean graphic designer Na Kim's ‘Bottomless Bag’, installed at Buk-Seoul Museum of Art, is a vivid, geometrical exploration of memory and everyday objects. We offer a virtual tour and find out how the concept came to be
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Riotous colour, terrific textiles: Sheila Hicks: ‘Off Grid’ at The Hepworth Wakefield
Fiber art icon Sheila Hicks’ much-anticipated show at The Hepworth Wakefield is a career-spanning celebration of voluminous form and vibrant colour
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Jeppe Hein’s carte blanche for Ruinart invites mindful participation
Danish artist Jeppe Hein’s carte blanche project for champagne house Ruinart invites visitors to embrace the moment through words and drawings
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Chiharu Shiota’s ‘labyrinth within a labyrinth’ at Copenhagen’s Cisternerne
Chiharu Shiota has become the latest artist to take over the arched depths of Copenhagen’s Cisternerne. Titled Multiple Realities, her installation is a poetic landscape of web-like yarn, both serene and unsettling
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Dreamachine: the much-anticipated immersive art experience launches in London
Launching in London at Woolwich Public Market on 10 May, Dreamachine is the new immersive experience created by Collective Act that brings together artists Assemble and composer Jon Hopkins. It’s designed as the first artwork to be experienced with closed eyes
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Skin in the game: Alexandra Bircken on fashion, club culture and the fragility of flesh
We profile German artist and former fashion designer Alexandra Bircken, whose complex work explores the human body as a ‘moving sculpture’ – woven with unruly desires, pleasures and violence
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Celebrating Japanese art and culture for National Foundation Day
To mark Japan’s National Foundation Day (11 February 2022) we revisit recent art features that illustrate the breadth and depth of contemporary Japanese art
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How Joël Andrianomearisoa is putting Madagascar on the contemporary art map
Malagasy artist Joël Andrianomearisoa is the creative mind behind Hakanto Contemporary, a new multifunctional arts centre in Madagascar’s capital, Antananarivo. A new group show of 26 artists showcases the breadth and scope of work being made in and around the city
