
Ben Luke
Ben Luke is a contributing editor and podcast host at The Art Newspaper
An in-depth interview with the artist on his cultural experiences and greatest influences, from jazz and drawing workshops to Hieronymus Bosch
In 2023 the bar for shows was so high it was hard to choose the best. But which one was a stinker?
This corner of Manhattan played a pivotal role in the development of artists such as Robert Indiana, Agnes Martin and Ellsworth Kelly
Plus, the life and work of the pioneering Indigenous Australian artist Emily Kam Kngwarray, and a revealing manuscript by Paul Gauguin
An in-depth interview with the British artist, exploring his radical work from the 1960s to today
Plus, a new antisemitism scandal at Documenta and a Kim Lim sculpure on show at the Hepworth Wakefield
An in-depth interview with the artist on her cultural experiences and greatest influences, from the the textural, labour-intensive work of Howardena Pindell to Jean Cocteau's film Orphée
Plus, experimental art from the Eastern Bloc and a sculptural installation by Terry Adkins
Plus, a protest-themed tenth edition of the Performa Biennial and a restored portrait by Hans Holbein the Younger
Plus, the appointment of the new Venice Biennale president sparks a political row, and a tender portrait by Dorothea Lange
Plus, a project exploring the sounds of migration and Jem Perucchini’s Art on the Underground commission
Plus, Hiroshi Sugimoto at the Hayward Gallery in London and Marie Laurencin's 'La femme-cheval'
One highlight, East London’s Public Gallery, has won the 2023 Focus Stand Prize on its debut at the fair
Plus, we speak to the artist Hildigunnur Birgisdóttir, who will be representing Iceland in Venice next year, and pick a work from the Matisse show at the Metropolitan Museum in New York
The artist discusses her Courtauld show and why Black men became subjects for her work
From Old Master portraits and grainy photographs to sculptures on chairs and naked performances
Plus, the AI copyright debate in the US and the end of China’s museum boom
An in-depth interview with the artist on her cultural experiences and greatest influences, from Kiki Smith to Saidiya Hartman
Plus, Frans Hals at London's National Gallery and a Peter Paul Rubens painting inspired by Ovid's Metamorphoses
An in-depth conversation with the artist about her cultural experiences and greatest influences, from the sculptor Eva Hesse to the Museo Diego Rivera-Anahuacalli in Mexico City
Plus, remembering Fernando Botero and a pioneering Barkley L. Hendricks portrait
An in-depth interview with the artist on her cultural experiences and greatest influences, from Toni Morrison's writings to Picasso's Les Demoiselles d’Avignon
Plus, Michelangelo at the Albertina in Vienna and Julianknxx at the Barbican in London
An in-depth interview with the artist on his cultural experiences and greatest influences, from William Hogarth to the "total artwork" of opera
We ask leading art world figures about their hopes and concerns, and discuss what the future has in store for museums, the art market and artists with our long-term contributors Cristina Ruiz, Georgina Adam and Louisa Buck
Plus, the Sāo Paulo biennial and Chaïm Soutine in Düsseldorf
An in-depth interview with the artist on her cultural experiences and greatest influences, from the writings of Julia Kristeva to her epiphanic visit to New York
'It turns out that dancing about architecture—or filming about music—can produce great art'
An in-depth interview with the artist on his cultural experiences and greatest influences, from Johannes Vermeer to Tupac Shakur
An in-depth interview with the artist on her cultural experiences and greatest influences, from Albrecht Dürer to Theresa Hak Kyung Cha