Es Devlin - Other Worlds: Fascinating insight into her creative process 4/5 This inspiring show at the Design Museum reveals the hard work behind Devlin’s genius Evening Standard · Oct 7
Create expectations: what to see at London Design Festival London is turning into a playground of immersive installations, exhibitions and workshops — here’s our guide to discover the best of LDF, by Olivia Lidbury Evening Standard · Sep 10
British Museum to stage lavish red-themed ball with tickets costing £3,500 The red theme has been chosen as it is a ‘unifying thread’ through all three of the museum’s major exhibitions this year Evening Standard · Jul 3
The National Portrait Gallery is hosting AI portraits: how should artists respond? Es Devlin is heading up a startling project. Creative Bloq · Jun 23
‘We can all coexist’: artist Es Devlin uses selfies to unite UK in portrait of a nation A National Portrait for the National Portrait Gallery aims to bring people together in increasingly atomised country The Guardian - UK · May 14
Schwarzman Centre opening concerts – a magnificent new monument to secular culture The Sohmen Concert Hall’s acoustics made Scottish Ensemble’s Shostakovich and Tchaivoksky pinprick clear, while the Great Hall showcased Devlin and Muhly’s ‘choral installation’ The Guardian - UK · Apr 27
What can 160-million-year-old clay tell us about AI and ethics? Inside Es Devlin’s tech and pottery summit The great artist and designer has summoned spiritual leaders, AI researchers and academics to try their hands at ceramics – and debate their wide-ranging positions on where tech is taking humanity The Guardian - UK · Apr 6
Is 'Tristan' the hardest opera to stage? This director thinks so, and signed on at the Met Opera director Yuval Sharon has said that Wagner’s “Tristan und Isolde” is the hardest work in the traditional repertoire to stage The Independent UK · Mar 6
Art by Grayson Perry and Es Devlin among works going up for Palestine auction The auction – organised by Choose Love, Gideon Berger Studio, Hope 93 Gallery and art dealer Zayna Al-Saleh – will take place later this month. Evening Standard · Mar 4
The 12 London exhibitions you have to see in 2026 Lucien Freud, Tracey Emin, Marilyn Monroe, Anish Kapoor, Frida Kahlo, Es Devlin and Kate Moss are making it a star-filled year in art Evening Standard · Jan 12
Chef, theatre designer and football chief to advise Sadiq Khan on pedestrianising Oxford Street New board members told to walk, cycle or catch the bus - and not to put taxis or flights on their expenses Evening Standard · Jan 7
Bastille and Damon Albarn among artists announced for Brian Eno’s Palestine gig The event will take place at the OVO Arena Wembley next month. Evening Standard · Aug 8, 2025
Lineup announced for Palestine benefit concert at Wembley Arena, helmed by Brian Eno Artists including Damon Albarn, Paloma Faith, Sampha and Jamie xx to perform alongside Palestinian artists at Together for Palestine on 17 September The Guardian - UK · Aug 8, 2025
New designers to look out for in 2025 – from 3D printed buildings to fuzzy chairs made from agave The UK’s top creatives have put together a list of makers who put sustainability first. Using everything from reclaimed rattan and bacteria-dyed fabrics to algorithmic design, these trailblazers are making positive steps forward for people and planet The Guardian - UK · Mar 16, 2025
Wallpaper · Jan 14, 2025 Wallpaper* Design Awards 2025: Es Devlin reflects on the past and imagines the future British artist and stage designer Es Devlin works across mediums, celebrating public participation in exhibitions, large-scale performances and immersive installations that frequently combine music, language and light. Interviewed by Hannah Silver
Wallpaper · Oct 3, 2024 Es Devlin’s large-scale choral installation celebrates London’s displaced population Es Devlin has partnered with UK for UNHCR on a free and open-to-all exhibition, ‘Congregation’, in London from 3-9 October 2024
Wallpaper · Oct 2, 2024 Frieze London 2024: everything to see and do As London gears up for Frieze Week (9-13 October 2024), here are the must-sees inside and outside the fair
The Guardian - UK · Sep 25, 2024 ‘Our Romeo even impressed the school bullies’: stars of stage on the power of drama in schools Being taught drama can transform your life. Actor David Oyelowo, writer James Graham, set designer Es Devlin and more recall their own awakenings – and their inspirational, unforgettable teachers
The Guardian - UK · Sep 9, 2024 ‘We need safe routes’: artist Es Devlin to open refugee portrait show Fifty drawings of displaced people will be shown in a London church, in collaboration with UN refugee agency
Wallpaper · Jun 12, 2024 Es Devlin and BMW reveal hydrogen-fuelled collaboration at Art Basel 2024 Es Devlin and BMW celebrate the potential of hydrogen power in installations unveiled at Art Basel 2024, including a take on the BMW iX5 Hydrogen
Evening Standard · Apr 12, 2024 Brian Eno starts climate activist army His non-violent think tank aims to drive change through art and conversation
The Guardian - UK · Feb 8, 2024 A cultural manifesto to breathe new life into our dying high streets Letter: Flexible auditoriums and art displays from museums could help to revive urban community spaces, says Peter Higgins
The Guardian - UK · Jan 28, 2024 ‘Engage their curiosity’: immersive art can boost UK high streets, says artist Es Devlin says defunct department stores could be art buildings, and big screens ‘reclaimed’ for public for art
WEKU · Dec 1, 2023 Up First briefing: Israel-Hamas truce collapses; DeSantis and Newsom debate takeaways Israel resumed airstrikes in Gaza after its cease-fire with Hamas collapsed. The debate between Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) and California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) was a clash of ideologies.
Wallpaper · Nov 24, 2023 Es Devlin retrospective opens at New York’s Cooper Hewitt ‘An Atlas of Es Devlin’ surveys the British set designer and installation artist’s 30-year career (on view until 11 August 2024)