Ben Luke
Ben Luke is a contributing editor and podcast host at The Art Newspaper
Rewriting history? The fraught politics behind India's new Ram temple
Plus, the challenges facing the Old Master market and a lithograph by Honoré Daumier
Rybolovlev vs Sotheby’s: a closer look at the epic court battle
Plus, Singapore's art scene and a photograph by Zanele Muholi
What to look out for in 2024: market predictions and must-see exhibitions
From the Venice Biennale to the Harlem Renaissance at the Met
A brush with... Martin Clark, director, Camden Art Centre
'One day our music teacher played us Steve Reich’s early tape works; it was a total revelation'
The Year in Review 2023: the biggest stories and the best shows
From the British Museum thefts to the consequences in art and heritage of the Israel-Hamas war
A brush with... Camille Henrot
An in-depth interview with the artist on her cultural experiences and greatest influences, from Louise Bourgeois to the violence of Disney cartoons
Art Basel in Miami Beach: big sales, little politics
Plus, EMST, the all-women museum in Athens, and Pesellino’s David panels at the National Gallery in London
A brush with... Urs Fischer
An in-depth interview with the artist on his cultural experiences and greatest influences, from jazz and drawing workshops to Hieronymus Bosch
The nine top exhibitions of 2023—and one absolute turkey
In 2023 the bar for shows was so high it was hard to choose the best. But which one was a stinker?
Coenties Slip, the New York street that nurtured artists in the 1950s and 60s, is brought to life in new book
This corner of Manhattan played a pivotal role in the development of artists such as Robert Indiana, Agnes Martin and Ellsworth Kelly
Which heritage sites have been damaged or destroyed in Gaza?
Plus, the life and work of the pioneering Indigenous Australian artist Emily Kam Kngwarray, and a revealing manuscript by Paul Gauguin
A brush with… Stephen Willats
An in-depth interview with the British artist, exploring his radical work from the 1960s to today
Is the US museum sector in crisis?
Plus, a new antisemitism scandal at Documenta and a Kim Lim sculpure on show at the Hepworth Wakefield
A brush with... Sutapa Biswas
An in-depth interview with the artist on her cultural experiences and greatest influences, from the the textural, labour-intensive work of Howardena Pindell to Jean Cocteau's film Orphée
What did the New York auctions reveal about the state of the art market?
Plus, experimental art from the Eastern Bloc and a sculptural installation by Terry Adkins
What’s behind the row engulfing the UK’s National Trust?
Plus, a protest-themed tenth edition of the Performa Biennial and a restored portrait by Hans Holbein the Younger
Can AI unlock the ancient Herculaneum scrolls?
Plus, the appointment of the new Venice Biennale president sparks a political row, and a tender portrait by Dorothea Lange
Kyiv Biennial 2023: a cross-European event put together ‘against all odds’
Plus, a project exploring the sounds of migration and Jem Perucchini’s Art on the Underground commission
Paris+: is the French capital still on the rise as a cultural hub?
Plus, Hiroshi Sugimoto at the Hayward Gallery in London and Marie Laurencin's 'La femme-cheval'
Rising talent: stand-out galleries from this year's Focus section at Frieze London
One highlight, East London’s Public Gallery, has won the 2023 Focus Stand Prize on its debut at the fair
Frieze turns 20: what's next for the popular art fair?
Plus, we speak to the artist Hildigunnur Birgisdóttir, who will be representing Iceland in Venice next year, and pick a work from the Matisse show at the Metropolitan Museum in New York
Claudette Johnson: ‘I’m trying to introduce another gaze—a Black feminist gaze’
The artist discusses her Courtauld show and why Black men became subjects for her work
The biggest museum shows to see around London during Frieze week
From Old Master portraits and grainy photographs to sculptures on chairs and naked performances
Kwer'ata Re'esu: the astonishing story of Ethiopia's most treasured icon
Plus, the AI copyright debate in the US and the end of China’s museum boom
A brush with... Torkwase Dyson
An in-depth interview with the artist on her cultural experiences and greatest influences, from Kiki Smith to Saidiya Hartman
Marina Abramović: the artist on her ‘best ever show’
Plus, Frans Hals at London's National Gallery and a Peter Paul Rubens painting inspired by Ovid's Metamorphoses
A brush with… Sarah Lucas
An in-depth conversation with the artist about her cultural experiences and greatest influences, from the sculptor Eva Hesse to the Museo Diego Rivera-Anahuacalli in Mexico City
What happens when Unesco becomes the enemy?
Plus, remembering Fernando Botero and a pioneering Barkley L. Hendricks portrait
A brush with... Claudette Johnson
An in-depth interview with the artist on her cultural experiences and greatest influences, from Toni Morrison's writings to Picasso's Les Demoiselles d’Avignon
Is Saudi Arabia the next big cultural powerhouse?
Plus, Michelangelo at the Albertina in Vienna and Julianknxx at the Barbican in London