A brush with
James Baldwin and Doris Salcedo's Turbine Hall chasm: Gilane Tawadros on her greatest influences
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
A brush with... William Kentridge
An in-depth interview with the artist on his cultural experiences and greatest influences, from Manet to Shostakovich
A brush with... Anicka Yi
An in-depth interview with the artist on her cultural experiences and greatest influences, from Donna Haraway to Isamu Noguchi
A brush with... Glenn Brown
An in-depth interview with the artist on his cultural experiences and greatest influences, from Salvador Dalí to Maria Lassnig
A brush with... Adam Pendleton
An in-depth interview with the artist on his cultural experiences and greatest influences from Joan Jonas to Julius Eastman
A brush with… Pierre Huyghe
An in-depth interview with the artist on his cultural experiences and greatest influences, from John Cage to Marcel Duchamp
A brush with... Zadie Xa
An in-depth interview with the artist on her cultural experiences and greatest influences, from Lee Bul to Ursula K. Le Guin
Paintings made by Sicilian prisoners and the poetry of Maxine Kumin: Megan Rooney on her greatest influences
The artist tells us about her favourite music, artists and the cultural experience that changed the way she sees the world on the A brush with..., podcast
A brush with... Lina Iris Viktor
An in-depth interview with the artist on her cultural experiences and greatest influences, from Chris Ofili to Sylvia Plath
‘It sounds like a cliché to say you’ve fallen in love with Italy’: artist Emma Talbot on her greatest influences
The artist tells us about her favourite music, artists and the cultural experience that changed the way she sees the world
Musicals to motherhood: the Serpentine Galleries' Lucia Pietroiusti on her greatest influences
The curator tell us about her favourite books, television shows and artists
A brush with... Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster
An in-depth interview with the artist on her cultural experiences and greatest influences, from Gustave Moreau to Peter Pan
A brush with... Cornelia Parker
An in-depth interview with the artist on her cultural experiences and greatest influences, from Noam Chomsky to Bernini
A brush with... Ali Cherri
An in-depth interview with the artist on his cultural experiences and greatest influences, from Donna Haraway to David Hockney
'My work rejects the linear time developed in conventional films': Isaac Julien on Lina Bo Bardi, displaying art and the Italian Renaissance
The British artist and filmmaker on his favourite poets, music and artists on the A brush with… podcast
A brush with... Isaac Julien
An in-depth interview on the artist's influences and cultural experiences, from Aimé Césaire to Glenn Ligon
'Queer art is about pretence, working through shadows, living mainstream culture through a side glance': Pablo Bronstein on architecture, irony and phallic sugar casters
The Argentinian artist tells us about his favourite books, music and artists on the A brush with… podcast
A brush with... Pablo Bronstein
An in-depth interview on the artist's influences and cultural experiences, from the architectural drawings of Piranesi to the novels of Émile Zola
'The power of whiteness rests in its ability to deny its existence': Candice Breitz on placenta, Marcel Broodthaers and Apartheid
The South African artist tells us about her favourite books, music and artists on the A brush with… podcast
A brush with... Candice Breitz
An in-depth interview on the artist's influences and cultural experiences, from the work of On Kawara to growing up in Apartheid South Africa
'I depict mundane images because the life of a Black woman is just like any other': Billie Zangewa on anatomy, Kusama and celebrating imperfections
The South African artist tells us about her favourite books, music and artists on the A brush with… podcast
A brush with... Billie Zangewa
An in-depth interview on the artist's big influences, from Jane Campion to Vincent van Gogh
'Humour runs through my work to cope with everything else': Thomas J Price on opera, bleeding tongues and the politics of public statues
The British artist tells us about his favourite books, music and artists on the A brush with… podcast
'A silence like you’ve never heard before': Sarah Sze on Zen temples in Kyoto, Zadie Smith and Chopin's Nocturnes
The American sculptor and installation artist on Velázquez, Emily Dickinson and what she learnt from living in Japan for a year
‘The whole of cinema is under threat’: Tacita Dean on vaccinations, Giotto and the future of film
The British moving image artist tells us about her favourite books, music and artists on the A brush with… podcast
'I was always fascinated by the paintings of Goya': Philippe Parreno on his new video work at the Beyeler
The French-Algerian artist discusses how Goya’s Black Paintings provided inspiration for his latest piece in Switzerland
A brush with... Philippe Parreno
An in-depth interview on the artist's big influences, from Francisco de Goya to Mary Shelley
'America is both a shining beacon and the Death Star': Glenn Ligon on Andy Warhol, ambivalence and his Stevie Wonder obsession
The New York-based artist tells us about his favourite books, music and artists on the A brush with… podcast
A brush with... Glenn Ligon
An in-depth interview on the artist's big influences, from Stevie Wonder to Charles Dickens
'The creative act is inherently dangerous': Alberta Whittle on amnesia, deep bass and the Black Atlantic
The Scottish-Barbadian artist tells us about her favourite books, music and artists on the A brush with… podcast