InterviewTess Jaray
Tess Jaray: ‘I wanted to make space, to make something that you could disappear into’
As shows of her paintings open in the UK and Austria, Jaray reflects on the influence of Piero della Francesca and Brunelleschi on her work across six decades
FeatureA brush with
Studio jams: we made a Spotify playlist of artists' top tunes, from Ragnar Kjartansson to Rachel Whiteread
From Keith Jarrett to Kanye, Les Mis to Mozart—the music artists listen to as they work, as told to our podcast A brush with…
InterviewA brush with
As new gallery platform South South launches, collaborator and curator Elvira Dyangani Ose reveals her greatest cultural influences
The director of non-profit gallery The Showroom in London discusses her love of Audre Lorde's poetry and the music of Thelonious Monk
BlogBook Club
A brush with… eight artists tell us about the books and poems that inspire their work
Artists including Rachel Whiteread, Ragnar Kjartansson and Roni Horn share texts ranging from 19th-century poetry to postmodern fiction on The Art Newspaper’s podcast
InterviewExhibitions
Mary Heilmann: My work follows 'no linear time. It's all a chunk'
As her Hauser & Wirth exhibition launches online, the 81-year-old artist tells us about her early influences, being taught by David Hockney, and why pink is punk
InterviewA brush with
Beryl Cook, queer history and Dolly Parton: gallery director Joe Scotland on his cultural influences
The head of non-profit space Studio Voltaire in London tells us about his favourite books, television shows and artists
CommentCovid-19
As 2021 beckons.... I crave new art in the new year more than ever
With talk of vaccines dominating the airwaves, a return to regular contact with the latest works and upcoming artists may be on the horizon
FeatureMedia & broadcast
The top five YouTube channels for an art fix this Christmas season
While many museums across the globe remain closed, you can still get through the virtual doors via video—from artist interviews to archival gems
CommentThe Year in Review 2020
Art could have dwindled into insignificance in the upheaval of this year—instead it endured
Through the major shifts and moments of victory, art has proved itself to be cathartic, resistant and powerful
CommentPhilip Guston
Philip Guston show: 2022 opening is welcome news but confusion still remains
The museums should make urgent use of the delay already caused by the pandemic rather than lurch towards lengthy postponement
AnalysisDigital Age
The Art Newspaper at 30: how has art criticism changed in the digital age?
Through blogs, websites and social media, there is more writing than ever on the arts. But whether it adds meaningful insight, or just noise, is a matter of debate
InterviewElmgreen & Dragset
Smartphones, Foucault and anti-fascist tapestries: Elmgreen and Dragset on their biggest cultural influences
The subversive artist duo tell us about their favourite books, music and poetry
InterviewMarina Abramovic
Marina Abramovic TV: five-hour takeover will teach you everything you need to know about performance art
As well as her new Sky Arts programme, the artist's mixed reality work The Life will be sold at Christie’s this month, with an estimate of £400,000-£800,000
Commentcoronavirus
Exhibitions need a perfect storm to succeed—but shows opening during Covid-19 are getting a disappointing drizzle
With no group student visits, no art-world private view, and limits on public access, the buzz of new exhibitions has potentially been short-circuited
PreviewExhibitions
Under the influence: three artists on how Bruce Nauman continues to be an inspiration
As a retrospective opens at Tate Modern, we speak to Rashid Johnson, Jacolby Satterwhite and Adham Faramawy about the enduring appeal of the 78-year-old artist's work
AnalysisControversies
Philip Guston’s KKK paintings ‘are not asleep—they’re woke’: catalogue contradicts museum statement controversially halting show
Essays from African American artists such as Glenn Ligon and Trenton Doyle Hancock show that issues were being addressed
FeatureArtists
What songs do contemporary artists listen to while they work? Tune in to our Spotify playlist to find out
From Joni Mitchell to Radiohead and Sun Ra, Michael Armitage, Jenny Saville, Chantal Joffe and Rashid Johnson reveal their favourite tracks
ReviewMedia & broadcast
Hannah Gadsby: taking down art history's misogyny through comedy
From the High Renaissance to Picasso’s questionable moral compass, the Tasmanian comedian is bringing an exploration of art's patriarchy to a new audience
NewsArchives
Theaster Gates, Jasper Johns, Cindy Sherman: the best of artist interviews over the past 30 years
The Art Newspaper's Review editor Ben Luke picks his favourites from the archive
NewsMedia & broadcast
Sky Arts goes free and encourages artists to use the television channel 'as your canvas'
Announcement of move to the UK's Freeview network comes with a call out to artists for programming ideas
Analysiscoronavirus
The trouble with video art in the age of Covid-19
Steve McQueen’s acclaimed survey at Tate Modern is the latest exhibition to fall victim to social distancing rules
CommentMuseums & Heritage
'Museums need to press the reset button and become more radical'
Directors and curators should consider this challenging moment as an opportunity diversify the stories they tell and the staff that tell them
InterviewA brush with
From logician Kurt Gödel to Turkish film and literature: Fatos Ustek on her biggest cultural influences
We ask the curator about her favourite art, books and what she has been doing during lockdown
NewsMedia & broadcast
BBC Four—UK's specialist arts TV channel—saved from the chop
Critics say new strategy means station will become a home for repeats with less investment in arts programming
InterviewMarina Abramovic
‘It is dangerous for artists when the events of the day change their work’: Marina Abramovic on art and the coronavirus pandemic
The performance artist has been in lockdown in Austria and spoke to us exclusively about making work in isolation and following Matisse’s example as a response to the crisis
FeatureConservation & Preservation
Digital technologies allow us to create precise copies of artefacts—but what does this mean for the idea of 'authenticity'?
Online book demonstrates the groundbreaking work by Factum Foundation to create high-resolution facsimiles but also raises questions of value
CommentNew Deal
UK artists deserve a New Deal
Instead of commissioning creatives to respond to the current crisis as if this were a war, the country should pump millions into community art projects
FeatureHenri Matisse
Sophie Matisse retraces her great-grandfather's footsteps for emotional BBC film
In an interview for The Week in Art Podcast, Sophie reveals how the support of Henri Matisse's wife Amélie became a central theme of Becoming Matisse
InterviewZoe Whitley
A brush with... Zoe Whitley
The new director of London's Chisenhale Gallery recommends her favourite book, music, and Instagram account
Commentcoronavirus
Mourning a ‘golden' exhibition season curtailed by coronavirus
Major shows by male artists dominated the London museum landscape before the crisis, now women and non-binary artists are missing their turn
AnalysisArt's Most Popular 2020
Here are 2019's most visited contemporary art exhibitions
Jean-Michel Basquiat brought in big crowds in Paris—but who beat him to claim the top spot?
AnalysisArt's Most Popular 2020
Here are the ten most visited photography exhibitions of 2019
Female artists dominated the top ranks of last year's photography shows
AnalysisArt's Most Popular 2020
Here are the ten most popular Post-Impressionist and Modern art exhibitions of 2019
Big names such as Munch, Klimt and Van Gogh dominate the rankings, but a couple of lesser-known artists did surprisingly well
Podcast
Coronavirus: dispatches from Italy and China
We speak to our journalists Anna Somers Cocks and Lisa Movius about their experiences of lockdown. Plus, we begin a new feature—Lonely Works—where we look at individual works of art that are now hanging unseen in galleries. Produced in association with Bonhams, auctioneers since 1793
CommentMonuments
Tearing down troubling statues is not lying about our history—it is removing impediments to truth
The UK communities secretary Robert Jenrick's plans to prevent the removal of controversial monuments reveals his inability to view the past as shifting and complex
Ben Luke