
Ben Luke
Ben Luke is a contributing editor and podcast host at The Art Newspaper
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
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