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Future Archives · London edition

Future Archives

London

Print edition · 2026 · Three artists · New writing

Yimin Xiang, Paul Majek and Makiko Harris, with new fiction and conversation, in a larger-format Litro edition on city life, memory and what a city leaves behind.

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Object detail of a sculpture by Makiko Harris: a needle form against a pale ground
Makiko Harris. Courtesy of Makiko Harris. Photo: Ben Pipe.
Installation view of The Trophy by Yimin Xiang at New Contemporaries, MIMA, 2026
Yimin Xiang, The Trophy, 2024, in New Contemporaries at MIMA, 2026. Photo: Rachel Deakin. Artwork © Yimin Xiang.

Featured artist

Yimin Xiang

Artist and researcher completing a PhD at the Glasgow School of Art, where his research investigates the intersections of printmaking, archival theory and contemporary visual culture. The Trophy is his homage to Man Ray, rebuilt as a print.

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The Trophy (2024) by Yimin Xiang, photopolymer print

The Trophy, 2024

Photopolymer print · 76 × 56 cm · Shown in New Contemporaries at MIMA, 2026

Detail from The Trophy (2024) by Yimin Xiang
Detail from The Trophy, 2024. Image courtesy of the artist.
Framed installation view of The Trophy at New Contemporaries, MIMA, 2026
The Trophy, framed, at New Contemporaries, MIMA, 2026. Photo: Rachel Deakin.
Installation view of New Contemporaries at MIMA, 2026
New Contemporaries at MIMA, 2026. Photo: Rachel Deakin.
Installation view of New Contemporaries at South London Gallery, 2026
New Contemporaries at South London Gallery, 2026. Photo: Oli Cowling.

Artwork © Yimin Xiang. Installation photographs by Rachel Deakin (MIMA) and Oli Cowling (South London Gallery).

Featured artist

Paul Majek

Born in 2000 and based in London, Paul Majek studied Fine Art at the Ruskin School of Art, Oxford, and at the Royal Drawing School. Working in oil, acrylic and charcoal on wood, canvas and paper, he draws on family archives and personal narratives.

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It Ends With Me (2024) by Paul Majek, soft pastel and acrylic on paper

It Ends With Me, 2024

Soft pastel and acrylic on paper

Love Mislead (2024) by Paul Majek, oil, acrylic and soft pastel on wood

Love Mislead, 2024

Oil, acrylic and soft pastel on wood · 87 × 72 cm

To Remember If I Forget by Paul Majek

To Remember If I Forget

Rest (2022) by Paul Majek, oil, acrylic and charcoal on wood

Rest, 2022

Oil, acrylic and charcoal on wood

Images © Paul Majek. Courtesy of the artist.

Installation view of work by Makiko Harris
Makiko Harris, installation view. Courtesy of Makiko Harris. Photo: Ben Pipe.

Featured artist

Makiko Harris

Fingernails, fishnet stockings, sewing needles: objects that already carry contradictory meanings, remade through industrial materials and enlarged until the private becomes impossible to overlook.

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Detail of work by Makiko Harris
Makiko Harris, detail. Photo: Ben Pipe.
Detail from an installation by Makiko Harris
Makiko Harris, installation detail. Photo: Ben Pipe.
Work by Makiko Harris, full view
Makiko Harris. Photo: Ben Pipe.
Macro detail of work by Makiko Harris
Makiko Harris, macro detail. Photo: Ben Pipe.
Detail of work by Makiko Harris
Makiko Harris, detail. Photo: Ben Pipe.

Courtesy of Makiko Harris. Photography © Ben Pipe. Artwork © Makiko Harris.

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Object detail of a sculpture by Makiko Harris
Cover direction: Makiko Harris. Photo: Ben Pipe.

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Future Archives

London

Print edition · £20 · Pre-order · Ships from London on publication

A larger-format, collectible edition: new fiction and writing, the three artists’ work and conversations, made to be held and kept. The web is where you meet the work; the magazine is where it stays.

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Pre-order: the print edition ships from London on publication.