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WePresent | A manifesto for life and art by artist Ai Weiwei
Nov 16, 2023 - Chinese artist Ai Weiwei is one of the most important creatives and activists working today. Here, he shares his 10 rules for art and living.
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WePresent | Print
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WePresent | NOUR by Mustafa and WePresent
Jun 9, 2025 - NOUR is a poetry and photography publication created by Mustafa in collaboration with WePresent
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WePresent | Berlin-based art director Sarah Masete on the importance of community
Sep 4, 2024 - Art director Sarah Masete builds communities in Berlin through her volunteer-led initiatives for marginalized people.
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WePresent | WePresent x Serpentine: Groundwork
Apr 6, 2022 - 5 mini-encyclopedias diving deep into the research of artists’ projects
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WePresent | Imraan Christian imagines a new South African mythology
Jan 23, 2024 - Photographer Imraan Christian draws on indigenous culture to imagine a new mythology Black communities in South Africa can see themselves in
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WePresent | A Manifesto by Christoph Niemann
Aug 28, 2023 - Acclaimed illustrator Christoph Niemann shares the 10 rules that guide his drawing practice as part of our Manifesto series.
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WePresent | How to deal with any kind of client feedback
Nov 16, 2023 - Our Stuff They Don’t Tell You series answers the questions creatives are burning to ask. Need some tips on receiving feedback? Read this.
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WePresent | Sir John Hegarty’s 10 rules for a creative life
Feb 26, 2024 - The advertising legend Sir John Hegarty gives WePresent his 10 rules for a more creative and inspiring life, as part of our downloadable Manifesto series.
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WePresent | Stuff They Don’t Tell You: Surviving a toxic workplace
Nov 16, 2023 - Toxic workplaces are more prevalent in the creative industries than you think. Here, we investigate the more unpleasant aspects of creative working life.
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WePresent | Designer and activist Vivienne Westwood’s Serpentine project
Jun 21, 2023 - The designer and activist on her Serpentine Back to Earth project and why she wants you to switch to green energy
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WePresent | Cai Guo Qiang’s custom AI on humanity’s future
Oct 14, 2024 - Artist Cai Guo-Qiang invites his friend, cAI™, to write a manifesto for WePresent regarding the principles of coexistence between humans and AI.
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WePresent | Martin Parr’s ten rules of photography for emerging photographers
Aug 20, 2024 - The British documentary photographer shares his guide for emerging photographers who want to take original pictures.
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WePresent | “Can I Come In?” is the new video series from Sarah Bahbah
Aug 28, 2025 - Sarah Bahbah’s video series “Can I Come In?” stars Mia Khalifa, Liza Soberano, BANKS, Nemahsis, Cindy Kimberly and Yesly Dimate
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WePresent | Hajar Benjida documents the women of Atlanta’s strip clubs
Dec 9, 2025 - In “Atlanta Made Us Famous,” Moroccan-Dutch photographer Hajar Benjida documents the women of the influential Atlanta strip club Magic City
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WePresent | How to write and publish your first book successfully
Nov 16, 2023 - Getting your book idea published can be a mysterious process. Here, literary experts take us through all the steps from pitching editors to releasing it.
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WePresent | Creative Advice
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WePresent | 10 rules for life from the psychedelic Timbuktu band
Mar 27, 2025 - Ten rules for life and creativity by the desert blues music group from Timbuktu, Mali
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WePresent | Seok-Woo Song’s photos explore the pressures of Korean life
Aug 13, 2024 - Seok-Woo Song’s project “Wandering, Wondering” explores the pressure to conform in Korean society, and the sense of loneliness sweeping its youth
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WePresent | Music
We have a long and happy relationship with music-makers of every stripe. Here’s some of their stories...
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WePresent | About us
Don’t know what WePresent is? You’re in the right place. This is what we’re all about.
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WePresent | Watch Moses Sumney’s live performance film, Blackalachia
Nov 16, 2023 - Moses Sumney and WePresent present Blackalachia, a live performance filmed in the Appalachians, celebrating the power of nature, technology, and music.
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WePresent | Stories
Explore the magical, mysterious, infuriating world of creativity with WePresent, WeTransfer’s digital arts platform.
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WePresent | Photography
If a picture’s worth 1,000 words, what value are our photo stories, featuring both words and pictures...
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WePresent | How do you recover from a creative breakup?
Nov 16, 2023 - How do you move on and learn from the breakdown of a creative collaboration? James Cartwright speaks to some other jilted creatives to find out.
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WePresent | Renell Medrano returns to her strong Dominican roots
Nov 16, 2023 - Photographer Renell Medrano grew up in the Bronx. Now she journeys to her parents’ homeland of the Dominican Republic to explore its impact on her identity
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WePresent | Collage
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WePresent | Creative Industry
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WePresent | Society
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WePresent | Partnerships
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WePresent | Julianknxx’s film Black Corporeal (Between This Air)
Nov 16, 2023 - Watch poet Julianknxx’s film Black Corporeal (Between This Air) a WePresent commissioned film that’s a metaphysical exploration of breath
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WePresent | A Manifesto by Kneecap
Dec 3, 2024 - The dynamic Belfast rappers, Mo Chara, Móglaí Bap and DJ Próvaí, a.k.a. Kneecap, are changing up the music scene. Here, they share ten rules to live by.
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WePresent | Holy Ohio by Nadia Lee Cohen
Nov 24, 2025 - A new family photobook by the inimitable photographer
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WePresent | Film
Stories about film and filmmaking (obvs)
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WePresent | A creative manifesto by filmmaker Molly Manning Walker
Jan 31, 2024 - British filmmaker Molly Manning Walker shares her top 10 rules for being a successful director as part of our Manifesto series.
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WePresent | Letitia Wright’s directorial debut “Highway to the Moon” tackles knife crime
Oct 20, 2025 - Letitia Wright’s directorial debut “Highway to the Moon” tackles knife crime and is a love letter to Black boys everywhere
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WePresent | Ten rules for starting a restaurant by St. JOHN
Dec 16, 2024 - Ten rules for starting your own restaurant, penned by Fergus Henderson and Trevor Gulliver: the founders of beloved and enduring dining institution St. JOHN
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WePresent | Commissions
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WePresent | Events
Get inspired, discover new artists, and meet interesting people. Check out WePresent’s event schedule.
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WePresent | Writer Sheila Heti’s 10 questions to ask a novel
Jul 29, 2024 - Writer Sheila Heti suggests 10 questions a working writer might ask of the novel
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WePresent | A Manifesto by the late Lee Scratch Perry
Jun 21, 2023 - Wildly creative Jamaican musician and producer Lee Scratch Perry, who’s worked with the likes of Bob Marley and The Clash, offers his rules to live by
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WePresent | The ideas behind Tabita Rezaire’s Serpentine project
Jan 23, 2024 - What happened when artist Tabita Rezaire returned to her father’s native French Guiana to create artwork?
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WePresent | What it’s like to be Cardi B's personal photographer
Jan 23, 2024 - Flo Ngala photographs Cardi B on video sets, at tour dates, and in more private moments too. Here’s what it's like to spend two years capturing Cardi
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WePresent | Collaboration
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WePresent | A Manifesto by philosopher and novelist Alain de Botton
Nov 16, 2023 - In the latest in our Manifesto series, School of Life founder, philosopher and novelist Alain de Botton shares eight key rules of living
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WePresent | Series
Dive into meatier stuff with WePresent’s ongoing series’, from manifestos to live by to the stuff they don’t teach you in school.
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WePresent | A visit to Nigel Slater’s house to see his ceramics
Nov 16, 2023 - Fancy a snoop around writer and cook Nigel Slater’s ceramics collection? Join us at his home as he tells us about the objects that are important to him
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WePresent | Karrabing Film Collective’s project for the Serpentine
Jun 21, 2023 - Go behind the scenes of Karrabing Film Collective’s Serpentine project about indigenous cultures
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WePresent | Artists Revital Cohen & Tuur Van Balen’s Serpentine project
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WePresent | LIMBO magazine shares actor Miranda July’s screenshots
Nov 16, 2023 - Republished from LIMBO, a publication that supports creatives during the COVID-19 crisis. Here, artist and filmmaker Miranda July shares her screenshots
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WePresent | A creative manifesto by the Guerrilla Girls
Mar 25, 2024 - The feminist art collective, the Guerrilla Girls, shares its rules for art museums, as part of our manifesto series.
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WePresent | Short film “Plongeurs” celebrates boyhood in the Marseille sun
Dec 3, 2025 - Watch Hector Aponysus’ short film “Plongeurs,” a coming of age story set on the rocks of Marseille
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WePresent | 13 Black women photographers exhibit self-portraits
Nov 16, 2023 - Delving deeper into 13 self-portraits by Black women photographers on show at The Self Portrait, an exhibition at Ronan Mckenzie’s north London space HOME
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WePresent | A creative manifesto by Natasha Khan
May 27, 2024 - The Bat For Lashes singer-songwriter and illustrator Natasha Khan shares her top 10 steps to birthing an art project as part of our Manifesto series.
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WePresent | A collection of films commissioned and distributed by WePresent
Aug 13, 2025 - A collection of films commissioned and distributed by WePresent
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WePresent | Bilal El Kadhi captures the intricacies of Tunisian life
Jan 23, 2024 - Bilal El Kadhi’s films capture the beauty and love of a Tunisian childhood, and the pain felt by those who feel the need to flee the country’s shores
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WePresent | Exploring Medellín’s rebirth through the eyes of its skaters
Oct 20, 2025 - Photographer Lauren Luxenberg’s “Touching Ground” tells the story of Medellín’s rebirth through the eyes of its skaters
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