
Ben Luke
Ben Luke is a contributing editor and podcast host at The Art Newspaper
Book "Monumental Lies" is a searching exploration of the truths and untruths embodied in contested heritage
Senior curator at Australia's Art Gallery of New South Wales discusses her podcast recommendations and her multi-genre music playlist
Director of soon-to-be expanded Buffalo AKG Art Museum in New York State reveals his favourite artworks, writers and cultural experiences
Director of Lafayette Anticipations tells us about her favourite writers, what music and podcasts she's been listening to, and the cultural experience that changed the way she sees the world
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