The changing faces of Cindy Sherman
ArchiveMay 2009
The changing faces of Cindy Sherman
We speak to the chameleon-like photographer about her latest series, in which she becomes a string of fictional, surgically-enhanced socialites
Jasper Johns: 'I was trying to see something, to see what seeing consisted of'
ArchiveJanuary 2007
Jasper Johns: 'I was trying to see something, to see what seeing consisted of'
As the National Gallery of Art opens a show devoted to the artist’s work from the 1950s and 60s, he looks back on the decade and reflects on the process of making
Robert Rauschenberg: 'Business sure screwed up the art world universally'
ArchiveSeptember 1997
Robert Rauschenberg: 'Business sure screwed up the art world universally'
On the occasion of his Guggenheim retrospective, the artist talks about his globe-trotting approach to “the adventure of art”
Jenny Holzer: towards the mot juste
ArchiveSeptember 2001
Jenny Holzer: towards the mot juste
The US artist on text being just one medium in her work and how trying to measure up to Goya can keep her motionless for months
Paula Rego: prints of darkness
ArchiveOctober 2003
Paula Rego: prints of darkness
After 40 years, the Portuguese-born artist is still surprised by the images she creates
Paul McCarthy: 'Artists are seen as one step above criminals'
ArchiveOctober 2011
Paul McCarthy: 'Artists are seen as one step above criminals'
The artist on his early B-movie ambitions, art schools, the pressure to move to New York and why he’ll never leave Los Angeles
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Video | The Art Newspaper Live: Funding Matters
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Exclusive: Marina Abramovic on performance art post-pandemic
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Top of the Pods: video artists in the spotlight
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Ibrahim Mahama's ghosts of Ghana. Plus, China's epic Picasso show
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Art Basel and William Kentridge
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How Dada inspired William Kentridge’s The Head and the Load
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Painting, identity and injustice: Howardena Pindell and Oscar Murillo
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The rise of the mega-dealers, plus artists take over the Guggenheim
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David Hockney: exclusive interview with the world's most expensive living artist
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Frieze special: the fair and the top shows, with Doris Salcedo and Ragnar Kjartansson
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Van Gogh in the asylum. Plus, Christian Marclay on The Clock
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Podcast episode 37: Art and football plus John Akomfrah interview
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Just what is it that makes Richard Hamilton so different, so appealing?
ArchiveJune 1992
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The artist gives a rare interview ahead of his Tate Gallery retrospective, weighing in on Pop Art and the Pop revival and the need for quality judgements in art and consumer society
Luc Tymans: on pigeon power
ArchiveSeptember 2001
Luc Tymans: on pigeon power
Belgium's representative at this year's Venice Biennale explains why pigeons are not symbols of peace, how he depicts violence without actually showing it and why he returned to painting
Inside the house that Theaster Gates built
ArchiveSeptember 2012
Inside the house that Theaster Gates built
Rising art star and activist Theaster Gates is transforming his Chicago neighbourhood, one building at a time
Lynda Benglis: not a material girl
ArchiveMarch 2011
Lynda Benglis: not a material girl
The artist on the 1970s feminist movement, unsolicited opportunities and that legendary Artforum advert
R.B. Kitaj: 'I begin my working day by falling asleep in front of my easel'
ArchiveJune 1994
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The American artist, who has lived in Britain for the past 35 years, is celebrated with a large exhibition at the Tate
Andrea Fraser: exposing the art world from within
ArchiveMarch 2012
Andrea Fraser: exposing the art world from within
From mock guided tours to a sexual encounter with a collector, the US artist's work is a unique form of institutional critique
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'Chinese audiences know my name but not my work': Cao Fei on her first major solo show in her home country
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Carroll Dunham: You have to love painting to try and subvert it
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Alice Channer: 'I weaponise glamour… I see clothes as a kind of armour that can change and mutate'
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Confronting Land Art and the Western frontier: Lucy Raven on how the two US cultural legacies influenced her new works at Dia Chelsea
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Annabel Daou will take on your worries in a 12-hour durational performance
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The story of a fake Gauguin at the Getty
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Mark Bradford addresses modern-day xenophobia through Greek mythology and a Motown classic
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Mark Leckey on using Victorian techniques to evoke magical memories
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'Artists have to be good citizens': Himali Singh Soin on Brexit, climate change and the alien other
Elizabeth Peyton on Kurt Cobain, the Twilight films and painting a museum director in his shorts
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Elizabeth Peyton on Kurt Cobain, the Twilight films and painting a museum director in his shorts
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Thomas Struth on being taught by Gerhard Richter and how he almost cancelled his Guggenheim Bilbao show
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Thomas Struth on being taught by Gerhard Richter and how he almost cancelled his Guggenheim Bilbao show
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Native American artist Santiago X on rebuilding Indigenous cities, one mound at a time
Santiago X
Native American artist Santiago X on rebuilding Indigenous cities, one mound at a time
'Art's most high-profile provocateur' Maurizio Cattelan on his new Blenheim Palace show
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'Art's most high-profile provocateur' Maurizio Cattelan on his new Blenheim Palace show
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Lars Vilks: “Censorship is based on fear, not sensitivities towards ethnic minorities”
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Interview with Sean Landers: Appropriating Picasso “because I want to be as great as him”
Turner Prize nominee Helen Cammock on Baroque music and marginalised histories
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Turner Prize nominee Helen Cammock on Baroque music and marginalised histories
Ibrahim Mahama's ghosts of Ghana. Plus, China's epic Picasso show
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Ibrahim Mahama's ghosts of Ghana. Plus, China's epic Picasso show
Interview: Lawrence Abu Hamdan—a self-styled 'private ear'
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How Dada inspired William Kentridge’s The Head and the Load
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Interview: Andrea Bowers discusses power dynamics post #MeToo
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Book excerpt: William Kentridge reveals how Antoine Bourdelle inspired his work
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William Kentridge
Interview: William Kentridge on his life lessons
Cheryl Pope on love, representation and the comfort of textile art
Cheryl Pope
Cheryl Pope on love, representation and the comfort of textile art
Interview: Pauline Boudry and Renate Lorenz on dancing in the Swiss pavilion
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Painting, identity and injustice: Howardena Pindell and Oscar Murillo
Faith Ringgold discusses civil rights and children's books in solo London show
Faith Ringgold
Faith Ringgold discusses civil rights and children's books in solo London show
An artist’s memories of Tiananmen Square
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An artist’s memories of Tiananmen Square
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The rise of the mega-dealers, plus artists take over the Guggenheim
Harold Ancart on the art of handball
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Harold Ancart on the art of handball
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Damien Hirst
In pictures: first look at Damien Hirst's new blossom paintings
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Damien Hirst
Blossoming artist: Damien Hirst on returning to the studio, fluorescent florals and the 'muppets' in government
Lauren Halsey brings the spirit of South Central LA to Frieze New York
Frieze New York 2019
Lauren Halsey brings the spirit of South Central LA to Frieze New York
Simone Leigh, now in the spotlight, contemplates the theme of invisibility
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Simone Leigh, now in the spotlight, contemplates the theme of invisibility
Luc Tuymans: ‘People are becoming more and more stupid, insanely stupid’
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Luc Tuymans: ‘People are becoming more and more stupid, insanely stupid’
Hew Locke discusses monarchy and model boats in new survey show at Ikon Gallery
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Hew Locke discusses monarchy and model boats in new survey show at Ikon Gallery
Exclusive interview: photographer Shahidul Alam speaks out about prison, being tortured and the human rights situation in Bangladesh
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Exclusive interview: photographer Shahidul Alam speaks out about prison, being tortured and the human rights situation in Bangladesh
Theaster Gates, Jasper Johns, Cindy Sherman: the best of artist interviews over the past 30 years
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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
Ghada Amer: when Islam was sensual
ArchiveNovember 2001
Ghada Amer: when Islam was sensual
The Egyptian artist draws on a Medieval Muslim erotic text to create her hand-stitched works