Ben Luke
Ben Luke is a contributing editor and podcast host at The Art Newspaper
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Fifty years after its opening, the pioneers of Minimalism recall the groundbreaking exhibition Primary Structures
The artists in Tefaf’s Show Your Wound exhibition, inspired by Joseph Beuys, are responding to the German artist’s work in new and surprising ways
Artangel’s co-directors look back on 25 years of ambitious commissions
Horrified by the slaughter of the First World War, the Dadaists espoused irrationality to ridicule the logic that had led to war. But Dada’s influence has stretched far past 1918
With the ground-breaking Oculus Rift virtual-reality headset hitting the mainstream later this year, a growing number of artists and museums are incorporating this and other new technologies into their work
Who was hot and who was not this year, featuring Anish Kapoor, Rachel Rose and Chris Ofili
Why political works continued to dominate this year
London-based artist deals in desire, and his love affair with the Barbican has resulted in his biggest show yet
Our choice of adventurous works in Focus, the section of the fair where you can discover emerging—and re-emerging artists
City’s art collection out on loan to make room for 42 contemporary artists’ work on view from Friday
Belgian artist’s paintings for exhibition in Qatar address “the ongoing story of violence and ignorance”
Funding cuts spell trouble for the UK’s smaller museums and galleries, but their directors are making great strides through imaginative programming, striking buildings and links with their national peers<br>
William Kentridge's marching refugees, Luc Tuymans's abstract friends and possibly the capital's tiniest show
The selection of 80 works is a peek at the Swiss collector Uli Sigg’s comprehensive collection of contemporary Chinese art
Artist’s response to looting of Egyptian Museum puts widespread cultural destruction and political violence into sharp focus
Artist and teacher Michael Craig-Martin’s insightful and entertaining memoir provides sage advice to younger artists
The Nigerian curator's exhibtions in the Giardini and Arsenale promise to be the most topical Venice show of recent years
A Belgian court recently found Tuymans guilty, a ruling that ignores appropriation’s vital role in art over the centuries and has worrying implications for the future
Gowrie, a former UK arts minister, art dealer and chair of Sotheby’s and the Arts Council, is also a poet
Outstanding new talent from the international art world, in the physical and digital realms
Exploring the impact of digital technology on art, music, film and design
She bases her drawing partly on her experiences at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, “the largest military hospital in Europe”
In the ‘post-internet’ age, digital artists are reassessing their relationship with galleries and collectors.
This show compares the two artists, revealing that the painter even asked the sculptor for lessons
Artists weigh in on exhibiting at both events in quick succession
Tate Modern shows that painting and performance are not polar opposites, but have a long history of interaction
Frieze Masters both embraces and challenges the idea of 'masters'
The celebrations of his life show how much he influenced—and was influenced by—some of the greats of American 20th-century art
His ephemeral performance art is on display 24 July-28 October
The Getty funded project has resulted in more than 125 exhibitions, performances, and events to celebrate the city's history