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Artists unite for LGBTQIA+ homeless youth in auction marking Pride Month
Proceeds from Artsy’s Artists for Pride Impact Auction will go to New York’s Ali Forney Center (AFC)
By Hannah Silver • Published
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Erotic arts, nightlife and activism unite in Tom of Finland Foundation’s celebration of New York queer culture
The AllTogether Clubhouse festival and exhibition takes place in New York this week
By Hannah Silver • Published
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Helsinki Biennial 2023 explores new horizons
Helsinki Biennial 2023, leading visitors on a trail across the city and Vallisaari island, considers new ways forward, for humans and the environment
By Louise Long • Published
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Erwin Wurm’s pop-coloured fantasy land at Yorkshire Sculpture Park
In Erwin Wurm’s first UK museum show, ‘Trap of the Truth’, the artist transforms Yorkshire Sculpture Park into a slightly warped wonderland (10 June 2023 – 28 April 2024)
By Harriet Lloyd-Smith • Published
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Pharrell Williams’ third Joopiter auction is an eclectic and cultural mish-mash
Pharrell Williams’ ‘Just Phriends’ Joopiter auction is curated by Sarah Andelman; bidding opens 19 June 2023
By Hannah Silver • Published
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Wallow in Ragnar Kjartansson’s epic riffs on Nordic melancholia at Louisiana Museum of Modern Art
Icelandic artist Ragnar Kjartansson brings his ‘Epic Waste of Love and Understanding’ to Denmark’s Louisiana Museum of Modern Art (until 22 October 2023)
By Alice Godwin • Published
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Power, space and fantasy: what to look out for at Art Basel 2023
Art Basel 2023 (15 – 18 June) unites site-specific pieces with large-scale installations
By Hannah Silver • Published
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‘Tangle Teaser’ sees artists unknot the power of hair at Sarabande Foundation, London
Last chance to see: ‘Tangle Teaser’ at the Sarabande Foundation, as eight artists get to the root of hair and its power
By Emily Steer • Published
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Tanya Aguiñiga: the artist weaving new narratives for borderless creativity
We profile LA-based artist and Loewe Foundation Craft Prize finalist Tanya Aguiñiga, whose work explores life on the US-Mexico border and seeks to empower transnational voices
By Harriet Lloyd-Smith • Published
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Los Angeles exhibitions: the best shows to see right now
Read our ongoing picks of the best new and upcoming LA art exhibitions to see under the California sun
By Harriet Lloyd-Smith • Last updated
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Discover Switzerland and its art museums through hit podcast drama Blum, and a city-by-city trail
By Simon Mills • Last updated
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Ruinart’s Food For Art promises culinary delights in Basel
Hosted during Art Basel in Basel 2023, Ruinart’s latest Food For Art dinner draws on Eva Jospin’s Carte Blanche commission
By Simon Mills • Published
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Last chance to see: ‘A Hard Man is Good to Find!’ at The Photographers’ Gallery, London
‘A Hard Man is Good to Find!’ – newly open at London’s Photographers’ Gallery – is a delectable survey of queer photographs of the male body created in London between the 1930s and early 1990s
By Benoit Loiseau • Last updated
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‘A temple of love’: Joana Vasconcelos unveils colossal wedding cake sculpture
At Waddesdon Manor, UK, Joana Vasconcelos unveils her ‘impossible project’ Wedding Cake – part sculpture, part architectural garden folly, part pâtisserie
By Daniel Scheffler • Published
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Asteroid City behind the scenes: How the world fell under Wes Anderson’s retro-tinted spell
We peek behind the scenes of Wes Anderson’s new film Asteroid City (in cinemas 23 June), and explore how the world has gone barmy for the American filmmaker’s pastel-hued aesthetic
By Jessica Klingelfuss • Published
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Ron Mueck’s Paris show will capture the beauty and mess of humanity
Australian artist Ron Mueck’s forthcoming show at Fondation Cartier, Paris (8 June-5 November) will be a physical and psychological journey through the human experience
By Harriet Lloyd-Smith • Published
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Cindy Sherman’s freaky new portrait collages dissect the divided self
We preview Cindy Sherman’s new portraits, on view at Hauser & Wirth Zurich during Zurich Art Weekend – which will see digitally manipulated collages explore the many facets of society
By Harriet Lloyd-Smith • Published
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Last chance to see: Sharjah Biennial 15, ‘Thinking Historically in the Present’
Built on the vision of late curator Okwui Enwezor, the Sharjah Biennial 15: ‘Thinking Historically in the Present’ offers a critical reframing of postcolonial narratives through major new commissions
By Amah-Rose Abrams • Published
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Tomás Saraceno’s spider-led show at Serpentine has legs, and lots of them
‘Web(s) of Life’, the first major UK show by Tomás Saraceno, is a living, collaborative and multi-species call to climate action involving everything from dog-friendly sculptures to ‘spider diviners’ – but no phones allowed
By Harriet Lloyd-Smith • Published
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Last chance to see: Rolex Arts Festival exhibition in Athens
Following a week of dynamic festivities to mark 20 years of the Rolex Mentors & Protégés programme, it’s the last chance to see the festival’s exhibition at the National Museum of Contemporary Art Αthens, until 4 June 2023
By Bill Prince • Published
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Kent Andreasen on failed memories, the fear of AI, and keeping things simple
Cape Town-based photographer Kent Andreasen features in ‘Through the lens’, our monthly series spotlighting Wallpaper* contributors
By Sophie Gladstone • Published
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New London show ‘Hardcore’ probes the power dynamics of desire
At Sadie Coles HQ, London, the provocative exhibition ‘Hardcore’ is a bold, explicit exploration of carnal desires and intimacy
By Harriet Lloyd-Smith • Published
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The best London art exhibitions: a guide for this weekend
Your guide to the best London art exhibitions this weekend, as chosen by the Wallpaper* arts desk
By Harriet Lloyd Smith • Published
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The world’s first AI ballet has arrived, and it's setting the bar high
The first-ever AI ballet is here, directed and composed by speech artist and musician Harry Yeff (AKA Reeps100), and performed by the Leipzig Ballet
By Harriet Lloyd-Smith • Published
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Gary Simmons on the erasure of racist tropes: ‘I don't want them to be forgotten for their menace’
In Gary Simmons’ new show, ‘This Must Be the Place’ at Hauser & Wirth, London, the artist explores the process of cultural erasure, and the traces it leaves behind
By Amah-Rose Abrams • Published
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Art, science, and activism coalesce in ‘Thus waves come in pairs’ at Ocean Space, Venice
‘Thus waves come in pairs’, an exhibition of two new commissions at Ocean Space in Venice, features potent work by Simone Fattal, and artist duo Petrit Halilaj & Álvaro Urbano
By Will Jennings • Published
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Sarah Sze’s ‘Metronome’ is about quiet contemplation, not just the clicks
Sarah Sze’s new site-specific installation, in collaboration with Artangel, transforms a former station Waiting Room in south London into a cavern of cinematic wonder
By Jonathan Bell • Published