A true critical consensus about the merits of different stages in an artist's journey is rarely possible

Exploring the late pontiff’s deep connection to and impact on visual culture, plus why Turner’s work continues to resonate so strongly today, and the story of Sargent’s most famous painting

Salman Toor 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

The lowdown on the Japanese collective teamLab’s new immersive art space, plus two artists discuss their London show exploring languages and stigma in Deaf and hearing cultures, and a chat about a Vermeer dated with the help of pollution

This carefully paced show—one of the last before the Centre Pompidou’s five-year closure—marks a turning point in French exhibitions addressing the country’s colonial past

Kent Monkman 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

What are the implications of the US president’s attempts to gut and transform arts organisations? Plus, discussions about the Art Basel and UBS Art Market Report 2025 and works by two leading Irish modernists

Ed Atkins 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

Analysing the highs and lows of our recent attendance survey, plus a tour of a show exploring how the UK’s most famous Victorian designer ”went viral”, and a chat about the ways Henri Matisse’s daughter shaped his life and art

In this first episode of the new series of A brush with…, Ben Luke talks to the painter Celia Paul about her influences—including writers as well as contemporary and historic artists—and the cultural experiences that have shaped her life and work

The curator of contemporary art at Los Angeles County Museum of Art on her cultural passions

A chat with the architect behind the New York institution’s transformation and an art historian’s view on it, plus a discussion about a sea-themed work by the last great ukiyo-e master

The Polish artist’s exhibition, Pretopia, draws on the origins and history of a former Victorian jail in the city

Tracing Whitten’s artistic development with the largest ever show of his work, the story of an exhibition exploring the lives of Black artists in France, and Hans Ulrich Obrist on a monumental painting by the esteemed Indian artist Singh

What’s behind the new, more measurement approaches to programming at museums, art fairs and more? Plus, a chat about current tensions around culture in the Netherlands and a close look at one of the most famous depictions of a wintery landscape

The choreographer’s formal gestures and patterns make him crucial to contemporary performance art

What might the fallout be after Creative Australia’s unpopular decision to cancel Khaled Sabsabi’s project? Plus, AI art beyond this week’s open letter and a chat about Catlett’s terracotta sculpture ‘Tired’

Celebrating the life and work of the Australian performance artist, how Ukrainian artists and institutions are continuing to resist, and a close look at a pair of works from an Oslo exhibition

Renée, known for her installations, video pieces and texts, reflects on the nature of ideas, on subjectivity and perception, and on memory—personal and collective

The director of Goldsmiths CCA talks about her love of the Argentine conceptual artist Graciela Carnevale—and PG Wodehouse

Exploring the history and potency of the small quiltmaking group from Alabama, plus a new show looks at how the Nazis attacked Modern art and artists in Germany, and we discuss a 1969 work by one of the pioneers of Conceptualism

Critchlow, known for her paintings and drawings of Black women, often nude, discusses the power of David Lynch’s films, the consistent importance to her of Japanese manga, and being “comfortable with feeling uncomfortable”

Exploring the trailblazing German artist’s early work, Sheikha Hoor Al Qasimi on creating a world-class event in her home city and a hidden image at the Courtauld

Thomas Ruff discusses his interest in “the puzzle of photography”, how Piero della Francesca impacted his early works, and how the television show ‘Spitting Image’ proved an unlikely influence

How have recent US executive orders affected the mood on the ground at the leading Mexican fair? Plus a report from India Art Fair as it opens amid state elections, plus a chat about one of the earliest portrait photographs

In the first episode of 2025, Linder, best known for gritty and glamorous photomontages, discusses the Manchester punk scene of the 1970s, the impact of reading Germaine Greer and the Brontës and using her scalpel as a ‘magic wand’

The two artists, who are the focus of exhibitions opening in London in February, both died tragically young

A special episode on three artists dealing with the crisis in different ways

How can Palestinian artists rebuild after a devastating war? Plus, a discussion about Cimabue’s radical innovations in painting and three works from a family business of printmakers

How the most devastating fires in Southern Californian history are affecting artists and art workers, plus chats about the work the WMF is doing to protect world heritage and a new book about Katsushika Hokusai’s methods