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ALO Brings Its Wellness Lifestyle To Berlin With First German Flagship
ALO is expanding its European presence with the opening of its first German flagship in Berlin, marking a significant step in the growth of the California born fashion and lifestyle brand.
New Wave
17 hours ago


schuh Celebrates Black Creativity Through Pause Magazine And Manchester Art Initiative
schuh is marking Black History Month this October through a series of initiatives celebrating Black creativity, community and cultural contribution.
New Wave
18 hours ago


Daily Paper Returns To Its Foundations With A Love Letter To The Bijlmer
Daily Paper revisits the communities and cultural influences that shaped its identity with FOUNDATION, a campaign that looks back at the Amsterdam label’s beginnings while considering what comes next.
New Wave
23 hours ago


Kalai Gallery Curates Art, Cocktails And Contemporary Culture at The Ivy Asia For Frieze Week
Frieze Week has long provided London with an opportunity to experience art beyond the conventional gallery setting, bringing together collectors, artists and creative communities across the city.
New Wave
2 days ago


Sprite Signs Nikola Jokić to Join Anthony Edwards in Global Basketball Campaign
Sprite has added three-time NBA MVP Nikola Jokić to its global basketball roster, where he joins Minnesota Timberwolves guard Anthony Edwards as a face of the brand’s worldwide campaign. The announcement, made in Atlanta on 13 October, is the latest step in Sprite’s return to basketball after the drink became the NBA’s official Global Soft Drink partner earlier this year. The signing builds on “Never Stop Refreshing the Game”, the global basketball platform Sprite launched al
Vuk Winrow
3 days ago


Built in Lagos: waf. and the Superstar ADV
The Superstar has travelled from basketball courts to hip-hop and skateboarding. Its latest chapter begins in Lagos, with a community that has spent fourteen years building a scene of its own. Skateboarding has long been part of the culture, and it does not usually start with a sneaker collaboration. It starts with people finding each other, making room to skate, and showing up until a scene takes shape. The sneakers are part of it too, worn by the people who keep the culture
Timmy Bolarinwa
3 days ago


Second Sight: Tanu Vasu and Queen Mary 2
Queen Mary 2 is already an icon. So what does an artist add to something that has spent decades becoming one? For Sydney-born illustrator Tanu Vasu, the answer begins with looking. She did not approach the ship as a blank canvas waiting to be reinterpreted. It already had its own history, visual identity and place in the imagination of the people who had travelled on it, photographed it, watched it enter a harbour or disappear over the horizon. Her task was not to create some
Timmy Bolarinwa
3 days ago


Beneath the Lightning Fist: Inside Asad Raza’s Electricity
E-WERK Luckenwalde has been generating its own electricity since 2019, when artist Pablo Wendel’s non-profit switched the former brown-coal power station back on as a renewable Kunststrom plant. Its relationship with electricity goes back much further. The station was built in 1913 to supply power to the town, at a time when electricity was still mysterious enough that people called it “cold light.” The building was designed to celebrate this new force, and that faith is set
Vuk Winrow
3 days ago


Johnnie Walker Blue Label And Rahul Mishra Return With A Blend Inspired By India’s Festive Spirit
Johnnie Walker Blue Label is extending its relationship with Indian fashion designer Rahul Mishra through the launch of its limited edition Indian Festive Blend, a new expression that brings together Scotch whisky craftsmanship and contemporary Indian design.
New Wave
5 days ago


Beat Hotel Brings The Flavours Of Mexico And Global Sounds To London With A Four Day Residency
Beat Hotel is bringing a taste of Mexico to London this October, partnering with Ilegal Mezcal for a four day residency that connects the capital’s independent restaurant scene with the culinary traditions of Oaxaca and Mexico City.
New Wave
5 days ago


Johnnie Walker Blue Label And Rahul Mishra Return With A Blend Inspired By India’s Festive Spirit
Johnnie Walker Blue Label is extending its relationship with Indian fashion designer Rahul Mishra through the launch of its limited edition Indian Festive Blend, a new expression that brings together Scotch whisky craftsmanship and contemporary Indian design.


AXCS Opens the Door to JAY-Z’s London Moment
With JAY-Z set to take over Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on 4 and 5 September, London is about to become the next chapter in the artist’s 30-year cultural legacy.


The Top 10 Richest Streamers in the World
The Top 10 Richest Streamers in the World are no longer just gamers with webcams; they are media owners, brand partners, entrepreneurs, and global entertainers.
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Anthony Vaccarello’s Saint Laurent: A Decade Of Power, Provocation And Parisian Glamour
When Anthony Vaccarello took over Saint Laurent in April 2016, succeeding Hedi Slimane, he inherited a house whose identity had been transformed by its previous creative director and whose commercial momentum had set an imposing standard.


Johnnie Walker Blue Label And Rahul Mishra Return With A Blend Inspired By India’s Festive Spirit
Johnnie Walker Blue Label is extending its relationship with Indian fashion designer Rahul Mishra through the launch of its limited edition Indian Festive Blend, a new expression that brings together Scotch whisky craftsmanship and contemporary Indian design.


The Top 10 Richest Streamers in the World
The Top 10 Richest Streamers in the World are no longer just gamers with webcams; they are media owners, brand partners, entrepreneurs, and global entertainers.


The Art of Finding Faces:Inside the World of Street Casting
Long before a camera rolls, a film begins with a face. The search for that face—the person who can embody a character and bring a story to life—has always been one of filmmaking's most important creative decisions.


Inside aprtment life: How aprtment life Became a Global Movement
In his first-ever interview, New Wave speaks with aprtment life co-founder Dean M.F. Johnson. Before aprtment life became a recognised name within DJ culture, it was simply an idea rooted in a desire to create a communal space that mirrored the warmth of a family gathering. Johnson had already spent years immersed in music, producing and managing artists. “Before aprtment life, I started DJing, but originally I was a producer in a group called Attacca Pesante. The most


Ye Brings His Monumental Live Show to Madrid For The First Time In Two Decades
Ye is set to return to Spain for the first time in nearly two decades with a major stadium performance scheduled for 30 July 2026 at Riyadh Air Metropolitano in Madrid.


The Music is Black: V&A East's Landmark Exhibition Redefines British Musical History
V&A East Museum will open its doors on 18 April 2026 with The Music is Black: A British Story, an inaugural exhibition that traces 125 years of black musical innovation in Britain. Running until 3 January 2027, this multisensory show explores the profound impact of Black artistry on British music and culture through over 200 objects spanning fashion, photography, musical instruments, and personal writings. The exhibition is divided into four acts. Act 1: Origins of Music, tra


Behind the Bookings: How Anti-Agency Rewrote the Rules of Casting
Whilst fashion prides itself on progress, the hierarchies it clings to feel all too familiar. Anti-Agency, however, has been re-shaping what casting looks like from the inside out.
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Kalai Gallery Curates Art, Cocktails And Contemporary Culture at The Ivy Asia For Frieze Week
Frieze Week has long provided London with an opportunity to experience art beyond the conventional gallery setting, bringing together collectors, artists and creative communities across the city.


Berlin Art Week Turns 15: A Conversation with Artistic Director Mona Stehle
Now drawing more than 140,000 visitors annually across over 120 partners, Berlin Art Week has blossomed into a decentralised, city-wide celebration of contemporary art. Ahead of its landmark 15th anniversary, New Wave caught up with artistic director Mona Stehle to gather her thoughts on the festival's evolution, its role in the city's cultural life, and where it might be headed next. From art installations tucked inside U-Bahn stations to open doors into private collections,


Rhythm & Roots: Foot Locker and Adidas Celebrate the Culture That Makes Carnival
Every August, London transforms - Foot Locker (now in its fourth year of showing up at Carnival) knows this better than most.


Dennis Mazur: Preserving the Stories Behind Sneaker Culture
Dennis Mazur, better known as SneakerDenn, has spent years shaping the upper reaches of sneaker culture through storytelling, collaborations with BAPE and Outsoul, and leading Garden Runs. Long before he became known for acquiring some of the most sought-after pieces in contemporary collecting circles, before rare Nike SB Dunks, original 1985 Air Jordans, and elusive samples passed through his hands, Dennis was simply a university student walking the same route every day thr
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ALO Brings Its Wellness Lifestyle To Berlin With First German Flagship
ALO is expanding its European presence with the opening of its first German flagship in Berlin, marking a significant step in the growth of the California born fashion and lifestyle brand.


Johnnie Walker Blue Label And Rahul Mishra Return With A Blend Inspired By India’s Festive Spirit
Johnnie Walker Blue Label is extending its relationship with Indian fashion designer Rahul Mishra through the launch of its limited edition Indian Festive Blend, a new expression that brings together Scotch whisky craftsmanship and contemporary Indian design.


Baller League And Call Of Duty Bring Football Into A New Battleground
Baller League UK is taking its fourth season further into the world of gaming with Activision, welcoming Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 as its official front of shirt partner.


Gordon Ramsay’s Hell’s Kitchen Is Searching For A Chief Wellington Tasting Officer
Worldwide Beef Wellington Month has arrived, and Gordon Ramsay Hell’s Kitchen at The Cumberland Hotel is turning one of its most recognisable dishes into a year-long role.
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Steel and Light: Reflecting on Pieter Obels and Feng Xiao-Min at Opera Gallery London
This summer, Opera Gallery London offered visitors to London Gallery Weekend and beyond, a rare dialogue between a sculptor and a painter whose shared preoccupation with lightness made for one of the season's most compelling pairings. Pieter Obels and Feng Xiao-Min, which wrapped up in early July, brought together Obels' Corten steel sculptures and Feng Xiao-Min's abstract paintings in an exhibition that prided itself on invoking a genuine conversation between two artists who


The Things We Forget to See; Lucas Benarroch on attention, mistakes and the hidden language of ordinary things
Most artists begin with a blank page. Lucas Benarroch begins with what is already there. A faded road marking. The geometry of a tennis court. The markings on a measuring tape. An accidental line left on a wall. The kinds of things most of us stop seeing long before we stop walking past them. Hard Court. Image credit: Lucas Benarroch. His work begins with a simple conviction: the ordinary is not empty. It has simply become invisible through familiarity. “My girlfriend would s


Jonathan Anderson Takes His Place Beside Dior’s Past Creative Directors in New La Galerie Dior Exhibition
Jonathan Anderson has taken his rightful place beside Dior's past Creative Directors at the brand new reflective exhibition curated at La Galerie Dior, and it's the first to retell the story of a House in its birthplace. The transient displays are designed to trace the origins of the brand, straight to the heart of Haute Couture.


Invasive Species: The Things We Learn to Live Alongside
invasive species, curated by Danielle Mezh brings together fifteen women artists across sculpture, painting, installation, scent, sound, and moving image, to explore how invasion and intrusion continue to generate dissonance within our inner worlds long after they occur.


Isamaya Ffrench Expands Into Interdisciplinary Space With Studio Iron
Isamaya Ffrench introduces Studio Iron to Saatchi Yates, the inaugural exhibition of her newly launched design gallery and a decisive step in her transition from makeup artist to interdisciplinary force.


ThriftCon Is Growing into Something Bigger Than Vintage
What began as a small idea in the back of a vintage shop has grown into something much larger than anyone expected. Founded by Mario Conte and Ken Meade, ThriftCon started as a space for independent sellers to come together in one place. At the time, the vintage scene was active but scattered, with no real centre point bringing it all together. What they built instead was not just a market, but a meeting place. One that has since evolved into a travelling convention sitting a


This Is Your V&A: We Take A Private Look Inside V&A East and The Music Is Black
Inside V&A East, the scale lands first. Light cuts across wide concrete surfaces, softening the edges of a building designed to hold weight, not just structurally, but culturally.


What We Leave Behind: The Southbank Centre Unites Two Artists Across Memory and Time
The Hayward Gallery has given its current season entirely to two artists who have never before shared an institutional space: Chiharu Shiota, a Japanese artist based in Berlin, and Yin Xiuzhen, a pioneering figure in contemporary Chinese art. They come from different generations, different places and different artistic traditions, facts the gallery's own curator is careful to acknowledge. And yet with Shiota's Threads of Life occupying the top floor and Yin's Heart to Heart s
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