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‘There’s a bead connection to every place’: Wendy Red Star on exploring the real and symbolic currency of beads

The Apsáalooke artist’s new exhibition at Sargent’s Daughters in New York takes the form of a simulated trading floor for glass beads

A brush with… Danh Vo—podcast

Danh Vo talks to Ben Luke about her influences—from writers to musicians, film-makers and, of course, other artists—and the cultural experiences that have shaped her life and work

Hosted by Ben Luke. Produced by David Clack and Aimee Dawson
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‘My paintings are always really kitchen sink, everything’s thrown into them’: Christina Quarles on her new solo show in Los Angeles

The artist’s first solo exhibition with Hauser & Wirth in Los Angeles features works she made after her community in Altadena was devastated by the Eaton fire in January of last year

‘Everyone can talk about a cabinet or a chair’: Ryan Preciado on his show at Hollyhock House in Los Angeles

The artist brings his “insecure sculptures” to one of Frank Lloyd Wright’s most unusual buildings, located in East Hollywood

A Brush With... Veronica Ryan—podcast

Veronica Ryan talks to Ben Luke about her influences—from writers to musicians and, of course, other artists—and the cultural experiences that have shaped her life and work

Hosted by Ben Luke. Produced by David Clack and Aimee Dawson
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Rose Wylie: ‘It’s very, very fragile where a painting ends. All the time it sits on a precarious edge’

After beginning her career in the 1950s, and then taking 25 years out to raise a family, the artist finally hit her stride in the 2000s. Now, she is the first female painter to have a show in the main galleries of the Royal Academy of Arts in London

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Tracey Emin: ‘I’ve done more in my last five years than in the whole rest of my life’

Tate Modern is hosting the largest retrospective to date of one of the UK’s biggest artists, who has never shrunk away from laying bare the most intimate and even traumatic details of her personal life

A brush with… Louis Fratino—podcast

Louis Fratino talks to Ben Luke about his influences—from writers to musicians, film-makers and, of course, other artists—and the cultural experiences that have shaped his life and work

Hosted by Ben Luke. Produced by David Clack and Aimee Dawson
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Aiza Ahmed: ‘I’m finding ways to explore humanity’

The young Pakistan-born, New York-based artist is showing new works from her Doha residency programme at Art Basel Qatar

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'We can imagine alternatives to the present': Cannupa Hanska Luger on his exhibition at the Joslyn Art Museum

For his new show, the multidisciplinary artist drew inspiration from 19th-century watercolours of Indigenous communities by the Swiss artist Karl Bodmer

Enrico David: ‘It’s as if the objects are there as an avatar for something that has gone’

From mutated humanoid figures to sculptural furniture and miniature theatrical scenes, the Italian artist’s exhibition at the Castello di Rivoli teems with proxies for loss

A brush with… Olafur Eliasson

Olafur Eliasson talks to Ben Luke about his influences—from writers to musicians, film-makers and, of course, other artists—and the cultural experiences that have shaped his life and work

Hosted by Ben Luke. Produced by Philippa Kelly, David Clack and Aimee Dawson
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A brush with… Luc Tuymans—podcast

Luc Tuymans talks to Ben Luke about his influences—from writers to musicians, film-makers and, of course, other artists—and the cultural experiences that have shaped his life and work

Hosted by Ben Luke. Produced by Philippa Kelly, David Clack and Aimee Dawson

A brush with… Kader Attia—podcast

Kader Attia talks to Ben Luke about his influences—from writers to musicians, film-makers and, of course, other artists—and the cultural experiences that have shaped his life and work

Hosted by Ben Luke. Produced by Philippa Kelly, David. Clack and Aimee Dawson
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‘I’ve always been interested in the invisible’: Woody De Othello on his new solo show at Pérez Art Museum Miami

The artist's homecoming show is full of sculptures exploring ancestral beliefs and the African diaspora

A brush with… Mary Kelly—podcast

Mary Kelly talks to Ben Luke about her influences—from writers to musicians, film-makers and, of course, other artists—and the cultural experiences that have shaped her life and work

Hosted by Ben Luke. Produced by Philippa Kelly, David. Clack and Aimee Dawson
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Tehching Hsieh: ‘I didn’t try to be a superman, my work is not about heroism’

The Taiwan-born artist is best known for a series of year-long performances which subjected his mind and body to near-torturous conditions. As a major retrospective of his work opens in the US, he discusses these remarkable pieces

A brush with… Peter Doig—podcast

Peter Doig talks to Ben Luke about his influences—from writers to musicians, film-makers and, of course, other artists—and the cultural experiences that have shaped his life and work

Hosted by Ben Luke. Produced by Philippa Kelly and David Clack
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Tanoa Sasraku: ‘I don’t see that the work needs to live forever’

The multimedia artist has been experimenting with techniques, including using a sunbed, to create works that change and decay at a pace that mirrors human ageing

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'It's about world-making': Tavares Strachan on his expansive new Lacma exhibition

The artist sheds light onto his interdisciplinary approach to excavating "invisible" histories

Michelangelo Pistoletto: ‘AI will not destroy humanity, we are doing it ourselves’

Now in his 90s, the Arte Povera artist shows no signs of slowing down, with a new show that places his work in dialogue with Picasso—and a recent nomination for the Nobel Peace Prize

‘I had absolutely no talent’: Christopher Wool on his early struggles getting into art school

In the latest episode of The Art Newspaper's "A brush with…" podcast, the artist tells Ben Luke about an early rejection

Joy Gregory: ‘It’s about translation and trying to understand’

The British artist, whose work addresses identity in often maligned Indigenous communities from Africa to Australia, has just opened her first institutional survey in London

A brush with… Christopher Wool—podcast

Christopher Wool talks to Ben Luke about his influences—from writers to musicians, film-makers and, of course, other artists—and the cultural experiences that have shaped their lives and work

Hosted by Ben Luke. Produced by Philippa Kelly and David Clack
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Máret Ánne Sara: ‘art became necessary since nothing else helped’

The Sámi-Norwegian artist integrates the key motifs of a reindeer herder community with the wider ecological crisis in her Turbine Hall commission

A brush with… Suzanne Jackson—podcast

Suzanne Jackson talks to Ben Luke about her influences—from writers to musicians and, of course, other artists—and the cultural experiences that have shaped her life and work

Hosted by Ben Luke. Produced by Philippa Kelly and David Clack
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A brush with… Wolfgang Tillmans—podcast

Wolfgang Tillmans talks to Ben Luke about his influences—from writers to musicians, film-makers and, of course, other artists—and the cultural experiences that have shaped his life and work

Hosted by Ben Luke. Produced by Philippa Kelly and David Clack
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Ai Weiwei: ‘Nothing scares me anymore—being terrified does not help’

The Beijing-born artist and activist has recently spent time near the front line in Ukraine and is unveiling a major new commission in Kyiv—a large-scale installation responding to armed conflict—as well as a site-specific intervention made from Lego on a Ukrainian train

From imps and goblins to the glitchy digital world: Flora Yukhnovich on her ‘cacophony’ of inspirations

Ahead of her Frick Collection commission and Hauser & Wirth show, the UK artist describes how she combines art-historical movements, fantasy novels and new tech

A brush with… Jeffrey Gibson—podcast

Jeffrey Gibson talks to Ben Luke about his influences—from writers to musicians, film-makers and, of course, other artists—and the cultural experiences that have shaped his life and work

Hosted by Ben Luke. Produced by Philippa Kelly and David Clack
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