
Ben Luke
Ben Luke is a contributing editor and podcast host at The Art Newspaper
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
An in-depth interview on the artist's influences and cultural experiences, from the poetry of Rainer Maria Rilke to being photographed by her mother
The American artist and filmmaker discusses the music and artists and cultural experiences that have shaped him most
Plus, Botticelli in New York and gender in Asian art in San Francisco
Presenting beauty without the schmaltz is a challenge worth undertaking, as the delayed Raphael show at London's National Gallery will demonstrate
Plus, artists create their own monuments at Goldsmiths CCA in London and Michael Armitage on Sane Wadu at the newly opened Nairobi Contemporary Art Institute
Plus, who will be the art market’s winners and losers?
The Art Newspaper team picks apart this year’s most important developments, from demands for colonial restitution to the return of culture wars
An in-depth interview on the artist's influences and cultural experiences, from Richard Dyer to John Singer Sargent
Plus, a new centre to study Matisse at Baltimore Museum of Art and Josef Albers's lithographs at Cristea Roberts in London
An in-depth interview on the artist's influences and cultural experiences, from Aimé Césaire to Glenn Ligon
The German painter has made a clear mark with his brutal expression and upended motifs. But what is his legacy?
Each week The Art Newspaper reflects on how big geopolitical developments affect different realms of art and heritage
Plus, Caribbean-British art at Tate Britain and Marco Brambilla's VR work at Pérez Art Museum in Miami
An in-depth interview on the artist's influences and cultural experiences, from the architectural drawings of Piranesi to the novels of Émile Zola
Plus, Warhol’s Catholicism and Moscow’s new museums
An in-depth interview on the artist's influences and cultural experiences, from the work of On Kawara to growing up in Apartheid South Africa
Plus, Fabergé in London and a rediscovered Dürer
An in-depth interview on the artist's big influences, from Jane Campion to Vincent van Gogh
Plus, the revamped Courtauld Gallery and Black American Portraits at Lacma in Los Angeles
The American sculptor and installation artist on Velázquez, Emily Dickinson and what she learnt from living in Japan for a year
As a number of exhibitions open internationally, the British-Indian artist discusses his poetic paintings drawing on familial memory and imperial history, grief and suffering
Unboxed promises plenty of "immersion". But in what, exactly?