The year in culture: body horror to the Blitz club revisited

Dec 30, 2024, 8:03 AM•futureplc

Year in review: top 10 culture fixes of the year, as chosen by art & culture editor Hannah Silver

It’s been a bumper year on the Wallpaper* culture desk – here are some of the highlights, from The Substance and its ‘body horror’ to London's Blitz club revisited, and art futurists in Nairobi

01. Miranda July considers fantasy and performance at Fondazione Prada, Milan

The artist, whose work explores the unpredictable, strange, joyous and heartbreaking turns life can take, spoke to us about her exhibition ‘New Society’, charting 30 years of her career

02. Remembering Rusty Egan’s Blitz club: a place to ‘avoid the mob and the homophobes’, where the New Romantics were born

Wallpaper* met DJ Rusty Egan to talk about London's scene-building Blitz club – the antidote to the late 1970s punk scene and a hot-bed of experimental fashion

03. ‘She made me feel like I could, and should, be myself’: SOPHIE’s friends and collaborators on her enduring legacy

As fans of the late, boundary-breaking electronic music producer and artist were gifted a last, posthumous album completed by her loved ones, music critic El Hunt reflected on her remarkable legacy

04. Lars Tunbjörk’s uncanny office photography is revisited in a new book

First published in 2001 and long since sold out, Office is revisited by the publisher Loose Joints, released with a second volume shot in Los Angeles, the previously unpublished LA Office

05. The ironic demise of the Museum of Neoliberalism

London's cult anti-capitalist museum closed its doors in 2024 in the cruellest way possible, paving the way for more property-developer bulldozing

06. Benjamin Li celebrates the Netherlands’ Chinese-Indonesian restaurants

The artist on restaging his photo-book-cum-sticker-album, Chinees-Indisch Restaurant Stickeralbum, in exhibition form at Foam, Amsterdam

Ferrari 12Cilindri with bonnet and boot open

07. Inside Noah Davis’ rich, cinematic world

Nearly a decade after Davis’ passing, a touring retrospective – heading to London and Los Angeles in 2025 – sets out to bring the American painter’s work to a wider audience

08. The Substance may be grotesque, but it is not body horror

Coralie Fargeat’s sophomore feature film was quickly granted the moniker ‘body horror’, due its visceral imagery and mutations of the body. Our reviewer saw things differently

09. Art futurists go in search of micro-utopias in Nairobi

‘Hakuna Utopia? In Search of Micro-Utopias’ saw Nairobi-based art collective Kairos Futura harness visions of the future to provoke change; artist Ajax Axe told us more

10. Inside E-WERK Luckenwalde’s ‘Tell Them I Said No’, an art festival at Berlin’s former power station

The two-day art festival was an eclectic mix of performance, workshops, and discussion. Will Jennings was there

© Future Publishing Limited. Reg No. 2008885 England. Quay House, The Ambury, Bath BA1 1UA.

This email is intended for -
To unsubscribe from Wallpaper* emails or update your email preferences, please click here.

Privacy Policy | Cookies Policy | Terms and Conditions

Can't see the email? Read in browser

Latest Emails from futureplc

futureplc

3:03 PM (Today)

Discover a hillside Surrey home

Plus, new Audemars Piguet watches and retrofuturism at the Hong Kong races ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ Wallpaper* Your Daily Digest of latest news A contemporary home Step inside a Surrey house that all

Read full newsletter →

futureplc

3:02 PM (Yesterday)

Tour OMA's New Museum expansion

Plus, the happiest country in the world, a Nothing phone, and a triangular home ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ Wallpaper* Your Daily Digest of latest news New Museum A first look inside the New Museum's

Read full newsletter →

futureplc

Wed 3:03 PM

Vintage design classics and where to buy them

Plus, Accra's new pavilion, F1 watches, and Simone Rocha's next step ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ Wallpaper* Your Daily Digest of latest news Vintage design objects Eight classic design objects

Read full newsletter →

futureplc

Tue 4:01 PM

John Galliano marks his return to fashion

Plus, a modernist treehouse for sale, pink brutalism, and a Choose Love auction ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ Wallpaper* Your Daily Digest of latest news John Galliano John Galliano is making his return to

Read full newsletter →

futureplc

Mon 3:03 PM

The story behind the Oscars stage design

Plus, OMA's Mushroom Pavilion, a narrow hilltop house, and a new museum ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ Wallpaper* Your Daily Digest of latest news Oscars stage Discover the inspiration behind the 2026

Read full newsletter →

futureplc

Sun 8:11 AM

Wallpaper* Travel in 2026: where to go

Discover the weekly Wallpaper* travel guide: where to go and what to see around the world ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ Wallpaper* Where to go and what to see in March 2026 Catch the magic of the silver

Read full newsletter →

futureplc

Sat 8:03 AM

Weekendpaper* | Hockney brings spring

Plus, Oscars preview, Lautner's Castle, and Colin King for Zara Home ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ Advertisement View Online Navigation Weekendpaper* Hannah Silver, arts & culture editor The start

Read full newsletter →

futureplc

Mar 13, 2026, 3:01 PM

Louis Vuitton's edible accessory

Plus, best beauty moments, Frank Lloyd Wright's interior objects, and a vintage beach buggy ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ Wallpaper* Your Daily Digest of latest news Chocolate egg bag Louis

Read full newsletter →

futureplc

Mar 12, 2026, 3:11 PM

2026 Pritzker Architecture Prize winner revealed

Plus, Jony Ive and LoveFrom's rostrum, Paris Fashion Week highlights, and a bright red house ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ Wallpaper* Your Daily Digest of latest news Leafy workspace Smiljan Radić

Read full newsletter →

futureplc

Mar 11, 2026, 3:22 PM

David Hockney asks us to slow down

Plus, Gillian Anderson walks for Miu Miu, desktop gadgets and 1990s homeware ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ Wallpaper* Your Daily Digest of latest news David Hockney At Serpentine, David Hockney asks us to

Read full newsletter →