10 weekly hyper collabs. 31.08.26-06.09.26
First autumn partnerships: from cathedrals to couture, fancy matcha bars and a very robotic Barbie
Latest
Dinner With Strangers Is Cool Again
A supper club is an intimate dining experience, typically hosted in someone's home or a private setting. There's no booking your own table — everyone gathers around one shared table, enjoying the same carefully curated menu.
Resonant Lightscapes: When Light, Sound and Space Become One
At Roca London Gallery, Resonant Lightscapes brings together light, sound, reflection and architecture in a responsive environment. We spoke with artists Gadi Sassoon, Yael Erel and Avner Ben Natan, and curator Alisa Lisovskaia about collaboration, feedback and letting go of control.
Invisible Flock: Preserving a Vanishing Sound
Microtonal explores the endangered tradition of the borindo, bringing together 200 handcrafted instruments, technology and the knowledge of the musicians and craftspeople keeping its legacy alive. We talked about this work with Invisible Flock in this interview
7 Weekly Hyper Collabs
The collabs you need to know about this week — from ballet pink to fried chicken wine
Yayoi Kusama: Endless Queues to Endless Rooms
This year, a major Yayoi Kusama retrospective is travelling through Europe. Here’s whether it is worth a visit and why you might not get in.
Best Combination: Vinyl x Wine pairings by Nika Galkina
ChatGPT said: Creative Director of sova Restaurant — an Eastern European wine and vinyl bar in Notting Hill — creates a list of perfect drink-and-music combinations that you’ll love trying for yourself.
9 weekly hyper collabs
From cultural milestones to pieces we'd genuinely queue for — this week has it all.
More than a slice: interview with Best Pizza
Best Pizza was created around the idea of reviving the neighbourhood pizzeria. What do you think makes a pizzeria feel like a genuine part of its neighbourhood rather than simply another restaurant? I think a pizzeria feels like part of the neighbourhood, especially when someone who lives in the neighbourhood
9 WEEKLY HYPER COLLABS. 09.08.26-15.08.26
Meryl Streep’s wardrobe at auction, feasteables sparkling water and new Disney T-shirt – another week in collabs
7 Questions with Simon Wroe
It’s not spooky season yet, but the ghosts are already back. They’re not here to scare us; instead, they make us reflect on death, grief, and the small, unseen stories of big cities — stories we may not see, but can somehow feel. An interview with Simon Wroe, author of Ghost Month.
The Summer's Not Over Yet: 5 Essential London Walks
Walks we love. The city we adore.
Books
Fundamentally: Who Gets to Belong, and Who Gets to Be Saved?
In Nussaibah Younis’s debut novel, political extremism becomes the setting for a much more intimate story about queer identity, family and the dangerous vanity of believing we understand other people. Some novels announce their importance before the first chapter has properly begun. They arrive carrying urgent politics, the correct
Fashion & Beauty
5 WEEKLY HYPER COLLABS. 03.08.26 - 09.08.26
Hiroshi Nagai x Hello Kitty City Pop Meets Kawaii — japanese illustrator Hiroshi Nagai, the visual mastermind behind the iconic City Pop aesthetic, has teamed up with Hello Kitty for a collection that's pure summer nostalgia. This collaboration translates his signature "West Coast meets retro Japan" vibe
Hot takes
I Filmed the Concert, Therefore I Was There
It is festival season in the UK. At Boiler Room, I watched The Dare and Yung Lean and, like a person with a university education, critical faculties and chronically insufficient phone storage, filmed practically every song I recognised. Around me, precisely what people go to Boiler Room for was taking
Fashion & Beauty
12 Fashion Designers Who Collect Art
Fashion has always flirted with art, but some designers didn't stop at a painting above the sofa. They collected, lived with, and built entire institutions around the work that inspired them. These 12 fashion visionaries understood that taste isn't just personal, it's a form of power.
Culture
The Crab Museum: Margate’s Most Brilliantly Sideways Institution
Culture is, of course, already filling Margate with weekend tourists. Turner Contemporary began the official regeneration narrative; Tracey Emin has done more than most to turn the town into a serious artistic ecosystem, opening TKE Studios and an artist residency in her hometown. There are galleries, studio complexes, increasingly ambitious
Personalities
Humanity in shaping the techological future: interview with Tamar Clarke-Brown
How does artists react on AI era? What shapes museums in modern technology shift? And how can digital mediums be preserved? We talked about that with Tamar Clark-Brown, arts technologies curator at Serpentine
Travel & Food
LONDONERS'S PICKLE OBSESSION: THE ULTIMATE GUIDE
Top 10 hot spots for the discerning pickle enthusiasts
Fashion & Beauty
Hyper Weekly Collabs. 27.07.26 - 02.08.26
Luxury collabs, mass‑market creativity with the quirkiest tea party in London *we're screaming*
Personalities
Can Swearing Be Cultural Heritage?
A conversation with Jon Link, co-founder of Modern Toss
Personalities
Cruise as a symphony: interview with Benjamin Squires
The range of possibilities music offers for conveying emotions and sensations is constantly expanding. We spoke with composer Benjamin Squires about the process of creating a musical work, his experience in film, and what it’s like to compose a piece inspired by a cruise.
Podcast
HYPER CULTURE TALKS. EPISODE 1, Anastasia Lander
News about podcast launch and our very first episode.
Art
The largest retrospective of Leandro Erlich in Grand Palais, Paris: when the magic (dis)appears
Leandro Erlich is huge, believe me. You’ve definitely seen his “The Swimming Pool”, and probably a lot of his artworks appeared in your feed from time to time. Because he is viral, he is entertaining and he moves people's hearts.