A brush with...
In this podcast, based on The Art Newspaper's regular interview series, our host Ben Luke talks to artists in-depth. He asks the questions you've always wanted to: who are the artists, historical and contemporary, they most admire? Which are the museums they return to? What are the books, music and other media that most inspire them? And what is art for, anyway?
A brush with... Theaster Gates
An in-depth interview with the artist on his cultural experiences and greatest influences, from Agnes Martin to Frankie Knuckles
A brush with... John Akomfrah
An in-depth interview with the artist on his cultural experiences and greatest influences, from Jackson Pollock to Virginia Woolf
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
A brush with... Megan Rooney
An in-depth interview with the artist on her cultural experiences and greatest influences, from Maxine Kumin to Henry Moore
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... Emma Talbot
An in-depth interview with the artist on her cultural experiences and greatest influences, from Sassetta to Klimt
A brush with… Stan Douglas
An in-depth interview with the artist on his cultural experiences and greatest influences, from Agnes Martin to Samuel Beckett
A brush with... Nari Ward
An in-depth interview with the artist on his greatest cultural influences, from The Staples Singers to Piero Manzoni
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... Mark Leckey
An in-depth interview with the artist on his cultural experiences and greatest influences, from Mike Kelley to the Mexican Muralists
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
A brush with... Ai Weiwei
An in-depth interview with the artist on his cultural experiences and greatest influences, from Marcel Duchamp to ancient Chinese ceramics—and why Romanticism is not for him
A brush with... Allison Katz
An in-depth interview with the artist on her cultural experiences and greatest influences, from Degas to British sports radio
A brush with... Charles Ray
An in-depth interview on the artist's cultural experiences and influences, from Anthony Caro to Huckleberry Finn
A brush with... Dayanita Singh
An in-depth interview on the artist's influences and cultural experiences, from the poetry of Rainer Maria Rilke to being photographed by her mother
A brush with... Kehinde Wiley
An in-depth interview on the artist's influences and cultural experiences, from Richard Dyer to John Singer Sargent
A brush with... Isaac Julien
An in-depth interview on the artist's influences and cultural experiences, from Aimé Césaire to Glenn Ligon
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
A brush with... Billie Zangewa
An in-depth interview on the artist's big influences, from Jane Campion to Vincent van Gogh
'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
A brush with... Thomas J Price
An in-depth interview on the artist's big influences, from Giorgio Morandi to Alberto Giacometti
A brush with... Sarah Sze
An in-depth interview on the artist's big influences, from Hokusai to Vermeer
‘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
A brush with... Tacita Dean
An in-depth interview on the artist's big influences, from Cy Twombly to WG Sebald
'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