
Ben Luke
Ben Luke is a contributing editor and podcast host at The Art Newspaper
Plus, Walter Sickert at Tate Britain and Gordon Parks at the Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh
The objects in the painting—including several of the artist's own works—have been brought together for an exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art, which later travels to Copenhagen
Described by some as a “politically correct” move, around 90% of the artists in Cecilia Alemani's exhibition 'The Milk of Dreams' are female
The Milk of Dreams is a "show of ripples and resonances, one that honours its artists"
Plus, artists Francis Alÿs, Sonia Boyce, Shubigi Rao and Na Chainkua Reindorf on their national pavilion shows; and a Bellini masterpiece
Venice exhibition elegantly displays the tension between seduction and repulsion in the South African artist's work
Plus, Winslow Homer at the Met and China's Russia problem
An in-depth interview with the artist on his greatest cultural influences, from The Staples Singers to Piero Manzoni
The Italian curator, who has organised exhibitions and events throughout the world, reveals the thinking behind her female-dominated exhibition The Milk of Dreams
In the wake of Putin’s invasion of Ukraine, the Russian pavilion looks likely to remain empty, while the organisers of the Ukrainian pavilion battle to realise their project for Venice
In an excerpt from our podcast interview, the Mexico-based Ukrainian artist and art historian Svitlana Biedarieva discusses shifts in recent Ukrainian art—and what happens now
Plus, the exhibition Afro-Atlantic Histories opens in Washington and Raphael's late self-portrait at London's National Gallery
An in-depth interview with the artist on her cultural experiences and greatest influences, from Noam Chomsky to Bernini
Plus, an exhibition about wartime hideouts in Poland and Ukraine, and Mondrian’s final work Victory Boogie Woogie
An in-depth interview with the artist on his cultural experiences and greatest influences, from Mike Kelley to the Mexican Muralists
Plus, the "golden age" of Beiruti art at the Gropius Bau in Berlin and Meret Oppenheim's Surrealist white heels at the Menil Collection in Houston
Artists from Magdalene Odundo to Ai Weiwei are demonstrating that the art form goes way beyond the "applied"
An in-depth interview with the artist on his cultural experiences and greatest influences, from Donna Haraway to David Hockney
Plus, the Biennale of Sydney looks at the rights of rivers and Eduardo Navarro’s seed installation opens in London
Plus, NFTs and more at Art Dubai, and Felix Gonzalez-Torres’s golden curtain in Toronto
Group exhibition is the fifth in the Paris museum's Mutations/Creations series
Plus, Chris Burden's unrealised projects and an in-depth look at F.N. Souza's Mr Sebastian at the Barbican in London
Mixing the new with the old requires care as the Venice Biennale is sure to attest
Plus, photographing Paula Rego at work
An in-depth interview with the artist on his cultural experiences and greatest influences, from Marcel Duchamp to ancient Chinese ceramics—and why Romanticism is not for him
Plus, Betye Saar remakes a mural in Los Angeles
An in-depth interview with the artist on her cultural experiences and greatest influences, from Degas to British sports radio
Plus, Desert X opens second Saudi Arabia edition and Gerhard Richter's 90th birthday exhibition in Dresden
An in-depth interview on the artist's cultural experiences and influences, from Anthony Caro to Huckleberry Finn
Plus, Van Gogh’s self-portraits in London, and the story of when Dalí met Freud