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