
Ben Luke
Ben Luke is a contributing editor and podcast host at The Art Newspaper
A brush with... Anicka Yi
An in-depth interview with the artist on her cultural experiences and greatest influences, from Donna Haraway to Isamu Noguchi
Do good monarchs make bad art collectors? Inside the British Royal Collection
Plus, how UK museums can respond to the energy crisis, and a haunting Henry Fuseli painting
Glenn Brown—Gagosian-backed appropriator of Old Masters—to open London museum dedicated to his art
Hoping to increase his visibility, Brown will self-fund a Marylebone space that will combine his work with those of historic artists in his private collection
A brush with... Glenn Brown
An in-depth interview with the artist on his cultural experiences and greatest influences, from Salvador Dalí to Maria Lassnig
Is art censorship on the rise? How freedom of expression is being curbed across the globe
Plus, a striking photograph by Diane Arbus and the Guggenheim Bilbao at 25
Brazil turns 200—and its National Museum rises from the ashes
Plus, the £50m Joshua Reynolds painting and Michael Heizer’s City
Fair or not, Tate's discrimination row has damaged its reputation among the very artists it needs to attract
The institution denies claims that it refused to allow the increasingly prominent Black performance artist Jade Montserrat to participate in a project for Tate Exchange
A brush with... Adam Pendleton
An in-depth interview with the artist on his cultural experiences and greatest influences from Joan Jonas to Julius Eastman
A brush with… Pierre Huyghe
An in-depth interview with the artist on his cultural experiences and greatest influences, from John Cage to Marcel Duchamp
A brush with... Zadie Xa
An in-depth interview with the artist on her cultural experiences and greatest influences, from Lee Bul to Ursula K. Le Guin
Paintings made by Sicilian prisoners and the poetry of Maxine Kumin: Megan Rooney on her greatest influences
The artist tells us about her favourite music, artists and the cultural experience that changed the way she sees the world on the A brush with..., podcast
Copying is a creative act established across centuries—despite what the US's 'fair use' ruling might suggest
The decision made in the case of Andy Warhol's usage of Lynn Goldsmith's Prince image threatens a long tradition of appropriation and quotation
A brush with... Lina Iris Viktor
An in-depth interview with the artist on her cultural experiences and greatest influences, from Chris Ofili to Sylvia Plath
Who is Octavia Butler and why is the art world obsessed with her writing?
The late author’s sci-fi stories have inspired artists such as Alberta Whittle, Candice Breitz, Toyin Ojih Odutola and Precious Okoyomon
‘It sounds like a cliché to say you’ve fallen in love with Italy’: artist Emma Talbot on her greatest influences
The artist tells us about her favourite music, artists and the cultural experience that changed the way she sees the world
Summer of Seoul: why the South Korean capital is a new art world hub
Plus, the Loewe Foundation Craft Prize winner: a basket made with horsehair
Documenta 15: why is the show so scandalous?
Plus, the Warhol-Prince copyright dispute, and Juan Muñoz at Spain’s Centro Botin
Velázquez’s Pope eclipses Bacon's 'silly' screamers
A firsthand encounter with the Spanish artist's portrait of Pope Innocent X in Rome puts the later interpretations in perspective
A brush with... Megan Rooney
An in-depth interview with the artist on her cultural experiences and greatest influences, from Maxine Kumin to Henry Moore
Francis Bacon: why Tate returned a 1,000-piece archive
Plus, US photographer of queer women, Alice Austen; and Michel Majerus at Art Basel
Musicals to motherhood: the Serpentine Galleries' Lucia Pietroiusti on her greatest influences
The curator tell us about her favourite books, television shows and artists
Why virtual reality is a medium still in need of ‘cradling’
Artists and developers using VR have made huge leaps, but a better user experience is long overdue
A brush with... Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster
An in-depth interview with the artist on her cultural experiences and greatest influences, from Gustave Moreau to Peter Pan
Stan Douglas on working with music, cinema and time—and why he stopped making video for five years
The ground-breaking artist is showing his early work Onomatopoeia in Art Basel's Unlimited section
Crypto crash: what now for NFTs and the art world?
Plus, Norway’s mega-museum and a Spanish-American screen in the Los Angeles County Museum of Art
A brush with... Emma Talbot
An in-depth interview with the artist on her cultural experiences and greatest influences, from Sassetta to Klimt
New shows reveal how Picasso was inspired by the Old Masters
Plus, Chris Levine's portrait of Queen Elizabeth II; and a rise in political interference in museum leadership
A brush with… Stan Douglas
An in-depth interview with the artist on his cultural experiences and greatest influences, from Agnes Martin to Samuel Beckett
The hunt for looted Cambodian objects—are they hidden in the West's museums?
Plus, the dark truth of the Marcos family’s extravagance and Ruth Asawa at Modern Art Oxford
The enigma of Philip Guston: two books unpack artist's fascination with dualities
Coinciding with opening of controversially postponed Guston show, these publications are vital to grasping the artist's contribution to post-war American art