
Ben Luke
Ben Luke is a contributing editor and podcast host at The Art Newspaper
As he opens his first solo show in London, the Israeli-born painter discusses his intimate, often explicit images of queer love, and his engagement with art history
Plus, the New Museum Triennial and Édouard Manet's portrait of Zacharie Astruc
Plus, Marlene Dumas at the Musée d'Orsay and Christian Boltanksi remembered
We take a tour around the Focus section of the art fair
Plus, Mark Rothko’s late paintings at Pace’s new London space and Nicolas Poussin at the National Gallery
As a new show on opens at the Serpentine Galleries, the Haitian artist discusses his move away from racist 1960s New York and "decorative" late Abstract Expressionism
Plus, Venice's tourism problem and Finnish artist Outi Heiskanen
An in-depth interview on the artist's big influences, from Giorgio Morandi to Alberto Giacometti
Christo's posthumously realised project benefitted from France having a mature understanding of the importance of culture
Plus, the rise of private museums and Renaissance portraits at the Rijksmuseum
An in-depth interview on the artist's big influences, from Hokusai to Vermeer
Plus, Art Basel: are the buyers back? And Mary Beard on images of power
An in-depth interview on the artist's big influences, from Cy Twombly to WG Sebald
The French-Algerian artist discusses how Goya’s Black Paintings provided inspiration for his latest piece in Switzerland
From Doron Langberg's intimate queer paintings to Marina Abramovic's cinematic opera
The Centre for Contemporary Art filled the lockdown gap with online conversations and social media takeovers
Plus, Van Gogh’s final months and master printer Kenneth Tyler on Helen Frankenthaler
An in-depth interview on the artist's big influences, from Francisco de Goya to Mary Shelley
Plus, its enduring market appeal and new secrets revealed in a restored Vermeer
Plus, artist Bill Fontana records Notre Dame's bells
The ICA's exhibition on the police killing of Mark Duggan was unflinching and shows how an institution should handle such a fraught issue
An in-depth interview on the artist's big influences, from Stevie Wonder to Charles Dickens
An in-depth interview on the artist's big influences, from Kamau Brathwaite to Hilma af Klint
An in-depth conversation on the artist's big influences, from Beethoven to Watteau
An in-depth conversation on the artist's big influences, from Jannis Kounellis to Okwui Enwezor
Plus, Rania Matar's photographic portraits
An in-depth conversation on the artist's big influences, from Keith Haring to Moby Dick
The writer tells us about his favourite books, artists and music
Plus, Michael Landy's exhibition at Firstsite and artist Shahzia Sikander on a manuscript miniature
An in-depth conversation on the artist's big influences, from Egon Schiele to Raymond Carver