
Ben Luke
Ben Luke is a contributing editor and podcast host at The Art Newspaper
Plus, the Manet/Degas rivalry in Paris and one of the most significant female Impressionists
The homecoming tour for the artist’s presentation in Venice last year begins at the ICA Boston
An in-depth interview with the artist on his cultural experiences and greatest influences, from Jean-Michel Basquiat to Gwen John
Plus, art censorship online and Brenda L. Croft's photos of fellow First Nations Australian women
The sculptor, erudite and irreverent, was known for the power and scale of her site-specific installations
Public art is often lauded for bringing art out of hallowed gallery spaces and inviting everyone to see and opine on it. But it’s also fiendishly difficult to do well
Plus worryingly low artists’ pay in the UK and an Ugly Duchess
Plus, the Institut du Monde Arabe's major gift and expansion plans and an unflinching self-portrait by a Rococo woman artist
Artists have long mined cyberspace for inspiration, as two current exhibitions underscore
Plus, How Video Transformed the World at MoMA and the art of modernist ceramics
Despite disagreements and a spot of canvas slashing, it was one of the most significant relationships in art history—as a new exhibition at the Musée d’Orsay in Paris demonstrates
Plus, the Met: a guard’s memoir and Hubert Robert at Stockholm's Nationalmuseum
An in-depth interview with the artist on her cultural experiences and greatest influences, from Maria Lassnig to Gertrude Stein
Plus, Alice Neel's largest UK show and a dazzling turn-of-the-century blanket
An in-depth interview with the artist on her cultural experiences and greatest influences, from the writer Jorge Luis Borges to her life-changing visit to Iceland
As the "unmissable" show opens at the Rijksmuseum we talk to the curators, the museum's director and artist Alvaro Barrington
An in-depth interview with the artist on his cultural experiences and greatest influences, from Salvador Dalí to the Royal Academy's Sensation
Plus, Okwui Enwezor’s Sharjah Biennial and Ming Smith at New York's Museum of Modern Art
An in-depth interview with the artist on her cultural experiences and greatest influences, from Henri Matisse to W.G. Sebald
Plus, Michael Rakowitz's ambitious restitution plans and Rosy Martin's photographical iconostasis
Plus, Singapore’s art hub ambitions and Grace Lau's project for Chinese New Year
From a post-pandemic Brexit watershed to Hip Hop's 50th birthday, The Art Newspaper team dicuss what lies ahead this year
A series of exhibitions marking the 50th anniversary of the Spanish artist's death includes a show curated by comedian and Picasso-hater Hannah Gadsby
Plus, our writers sit down to discuss their favourite works of the year
An in-depth interview with the artist on her cultural experiences and greatest influences, from Gordon Matta-Clark to Leonardo da Vinci
Plus, Afghan culture in crisis and Kiki Smith’s New York murals
An in-depth interview with the artist on his cultural experiences and greatest influences, from Elsa Schiaparelli to Parliament/Funkadelic.
Plus, UK culture cuts and Ukrainian Modernism in Madrid
The Whitechapel Gallery director tells us about her favourite writer, what she has been watching recently, and the cultural experience that changed the way she sees the world
An unquenchable thirst for a certain set of young artists—with the eye-popping price-tags to match—is creating a pressure they are inevitably unable to meet