Ben Luke talks to Ralph Rugoff, artistic director of the last Venice Biennale and director of the Hayward Gallery, London, about Matthew Barney and Igshaan Adams, two very different artists exploring autobiography, social issues and dance, among much else, at the Hayward (both until 25 July).
Louisa Buck talks to the curator Laura Smith as the Whitechapel Gallery unveils two shows about Surrealism and women artists: a solo show of Eileen Agar’s work Angel of Anarchy (until 29 August) and an archival show Phantoms of Surrealism (until 12 December) about women’s role in the movement.
Photograph of Eileen Agar wearing Ceremonial Hat for Eating Bouillabaisse (1936) Photo: Private Collection © Estate of Eileen Agar/Bridgeman Images
And for this week’s Work of the Week, Philip Larratt-Smith discusses Passage Dangereux (1997) by Louise Bourgeois, a work in his new show, Louise Bourgeois, Freud’s Daughter (until 12 September), at the Jewish Museum in New York.
A detail of Louise Bourgeois's Passage Dangereux (1997) Private Collection, Courtesy Hauser & Wirth © The Easton Foundation/Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY; Photo: Peter Bellamy
The Week in Art podcast by The Art Newspaper is available every Friday on our website and all the usual places where you find podcasts. This podcast is sponsored by Christie's.