
Ben Luke
Ben Luke is a contributing editor and podcast host at The Art Newspaper
Gauguin ‘fake’ is real, Mrinalini Mukherjee and her circle, Franz Xaver Messerschmidt’s head piece—podcast
Ben Luke discusses the Gauguin saga with special correspondent Martin Bailey, and meets the curators of new shows in London and Vienna
A brush with... Cliff Lauson
The director of exhibitions at London's Somerset House on why he keeps returning to Brian O'Doherty's writing
Comment | Exhibitions comparing artists can be problematic, but the Barbican brings Giacometti, Bhabha and Hatoum together with perfect judgement
Affinities and distinctions are equally welcomed in a pair of exhibitions at the London venue
Louvre heist: the fallout, RoseLee Goldberg on the Performa Biennial, Wayne McGregor on his new installation—podcast
Ben Luke analyses the political impact of the headline-grabbing theft, explores Goldberg's updated classic book, and discusses the acclaimed choreographer's work ahead of his latest exhibition at Somerset House
A brush with… Peter Doig—podcast
Peter Doig talks to Ben Luke about his influences—from writers to musicians, film-makers and, of course, other artists—and the cultural experiences that have shaped his life and work
Young at art: inside Frieze London's Focus section
Our pick of the best stands in the section devoted to galleries up to 12 years old
Sound and vision: artists take to the decks for Peter Doig’s Serpentine show
The painter’s latest exhibition includes a vintage sound system, through which Doig and a roster of his famous friends, including Brian Eno and David Byrne, will play their favourite tracks
Frieze in London, Hypha Studios and a Renoir drawing for ‘The Great Bathers’—podcast
Ben Luke discusses the mood at Frieze with The Art Newspaper's art market editor, Kabir Jhala, explores the parallel art world that exists for unrepresented artists and catches up with the curator of a new Renoir show in New York
At London's Barbican, Lucy Raven chronicles the destruction of a California dam
The artist’s video installation explores devastating impacts on the environment and Indigenous communities
A brush with… Christopher Wool—podcast
Christopher Wool talks to Ben Luke about his influences—from writers to musicians, film-makers and, of course, other artists—and the cultural experiences that have shaped their lives and work
Nigerian Modernism, Tehran’s art scene after the war, Wayne Thiebaud’s ‘Cake’—podcast
Alexander Morrison visits Tate Modern to meet curator Osei Bonsu, while Ben Luke discusses Tehran's art market with correspondent Sarvy Geranpayeh and explores Wayne Thiebaud's new exhibition at The Courtauld
A brush with… Suzanne Jackson—podcast
Suzanne Jackson talks to Ben Luke about her influences—from writers to musicians and, of course, other artists—and the cultural experiences that have shaped her life and work
Who made ancient Egyptian art? Plus, Michaelina Wautier, Robert Rauschenberg’s ‘Bed’—podcast
Alexander Morrison visits the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge, while Ben Luke meets curators from the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna, and the Museum Ludwig in Cologne
A brush with… Wolfgang Tillmans—podcast
Wolfgang Tillmans talks to Ben Luke about his influences—from writers to musicians, film-makers and, of course, other artists—and the cultural experiences that have shaped his life and work
Museums and ethics, Fra Angelico in Florence, Cornelia Parker’s PsychoBarn—podcast
Unpacking the issues facing cultural institutions today, plus chats about a Renaissance blockbuster and a ”cut-up” architectural installation in Basel
A brush with… Roxana Marcoci, curator, Museum of Modern Art, New York
Art, says the acting chief curator and senior curator of photography at MoMA, is about considering what it means to be human
Kerry James Marshall, National Gallery expansion, Picasso’s Three Dancers—podcast
Ben Luke takes a tour of Kerry James Marshall's critically acclaimed Royal Academy show and meets the curators behind Tate Modern's ‘Theatre Picasso’, and Alexander Morrison discusses the National Gallery's expansion with its director
Comment | Picasso’s ‘Three Dancers’ sparked my love of art. Let's give others the chance to find their own way in
The arts education crisis in the UK risks holding the young back from discovering what visual culture can teach us about self-expression, empathy, open-mindedness and more
David Bowie Centre, Bukhara Biennial, Hilton Als on Jean Rhys, Hurvin Anderson and Kara Walker—podcast
Ben Luke steps inside the V&A East's latest addition, discusses the Bukhara biennial with our art market editor, and explores a new exhibition at Michael Werner Gallery
Smithsonian under fire from Trump, Frieze Seoul, Dara Birnbaum and Quantum—podcast
The Art Newspaper's editor-in-chief in the Americas discusses the Trump administration’s interference in museums, we take an inside look at the season's first art fair and discuss landmark video art
A brush with… Jeffrey Gibson—podcast
Jeffrey Gibson talks to Ben Luke about his influences—from writers to musicians, film-makers and, of course, other artists—and the cultural experiences that have shaped his life and work
Comment | Monet might have seen Venice, but his paintings suggest he didn’t feel it
The Impressionist failed to grasp the innate melancholy of the city he described as “too beautiful to be painted”
A brush with… Teresita Fernández—podcast
Teresita Fernández talks to Ben Luke about her influences—from writers to musicians, film-makers and, of course, other artists—and the cultural experiences that have shaped her life and work
A brush with… Jane and Louise Wilson—podcast
Jane and Louise Wilson talk to Ben Luke about their influences—from writers to musicians, film-makers and, of course, other artists—and the cultural experiences that have shaped their lives and work
A brush with... Natalie Kane, curator of digital design, Victoria and Albert Museum
The curator’s cultural life—from James Turrell’s comfortable immersive orbs to Laura Carreira’s film On Falling
‘You’re so close you can see how their toes grip the floor’: Wayne McGregor on his radical new immersive dance experience
The work, which is travelling to London’s Somerset House in October, comprises a panoramic installation featuring a 12k LED, 26-million-pixel screen
A brush with… Tai Shani—podcast
Tai Shani talks to Ben Luke about her influences—from writers to musicians, film-makers and, of course, other artists—and the cultural experiences that have shaped her life and work
As an Emily Kam Kngwarray survey opens at Tate Modern this week, contemporary Indigenous artists are finally taking centre stage in the UK
Other landmark shows of First Nation artists this summer include Duane Linklater at Camden Art Centre and Santiago Yahuarcani at the Whitworth
Arthur Jafa and Mark Leckey, Cecilia Alemani on SITE Santa Fe, Trisha Brown and Robert Rauschenberg—podcast
We speak to Jafa and Leckey about their forthcoming London exhibition, ask Alemani about the US-based biennial—whose title this year was inspired by a film by Godfrey Reggio—and zone in on a landmark dance collaboration
A brush with... Hew Locke—podcast
The artist talks to Ben Luke about about his influences and the cultural experiences that have shaped his life and work—from a tutorial with Paula Rego to Hans Haacke’s German pavilion at the Venice Biennale




























