Ben Luke
Ben Luke is a contributing editor and podcast host at The Art Newspaper
Climate disaster: photographer Richard Mosse on environmental crime in the Amazon
Plus, artist Rachel Maclean on Hieronymus Bosch's influence
Return to La La Land: art is back in California
Plus, artists' album covers, and Grace Jones in the Work of the Week
Kusama-rama: Yayoi exhibitions open in London, New York and Berlin
We take a deep dive into the Japanese artist's polka dots, pumpkins and infinity rooms as major shows open at Tate Modern, Gropius Bau and the New York Botanical Garden
Let loose after lockdown: London’s best gallery shows
Plus, Idris Khan on his latest show and James Welling on an ancient Greek Kore
A brush with... Do Ho Suh
An in-depth podcast conversation on the artist's biggest influences, from Matthew Barney to marine biology
Can Netflix help solve the Isabella Stewart Gardner art heist?
Plus, vaccine passports in museums and Gossaert's Adoration
A brush with... Doris Salcedo
An in-depth podcast conversation on the artist's big influences, from Joseph Beuys to Paul Celan
Tess Jaray: ‘I wanted to make space, to make something that you could disappear into’
As shows of her paintings open in the UK and Austria, Jaray reflects on the influence of Piero della Francesca and Brunelleschi on her work across six decades
Has the drop in visitors changed museums forever?
Exhibitions editor José da Silva breaks down the results from our Visitor Figures 2020 survey and digital expert Chris Unitt explains how museums have pivoted to digital
A brush with... Ali Banisadr
An in-depth podcast conversation on the artist's big influences, from Sufi poetry to Hieronymus Bosch
Benin bronzes: looted treasures will return to Nigeria at last
Plus, the newly discovered Van Gogh is sold and artist Rana Begum on Tess Jaray
A brush with... Julie Mehretu
An in-depth podcast conversation on the artist's big influences, from Kara Walker to Chris Abani
The results are in: the real impact of Covid-19 on the art market
Plus, Dawn Ades on Duchamp and Superflex on Cildo Meireles
Studio jams: we made a Spotify playlist of artists' top tunes, from Ragnar Kjartansson to Rachel Whiteread
From Keith Jarrett to Kanye, Les Mis to Mozart—the music artists listen to as they work, as told to our podcast A brush with…
UK culture war: how should museums confront colonialism?
Plus, craft and American identity and critic Michael Peppiatt on Frank Auerbach
Old Masters meet Brutalism: inside Frick Madison in New York
Plus, the story of a notorious forger and artist Collier Schorr on August Sander
WTF are NFTs? Why crypto is dominating the art market
Plus, artist Doug Aitken on composer Terry Riley
As new gallery platform South South launches, collaborator and curator Elvira Dyangani Ose reveals her greatest cultural influences
The director of non-profit gallery The Showroom in London discusses her love of Audre Lorde's poetry and the music of Thelonious Monk
'Black grief and white grievance' at New York’s New Museum
Plus, artists with disabilities in the Covid era and Goya's Disasters of War
Stonehenge: could a road tunnel ruin the ancient site?
Plus, French museums revolt against lockdown closures and artist Crystal Fischetti on Karla Black
A brush with… eight artists tell us about the books and poems that inspire their work
Artists including Rachel Whiteread, Ragnar Kjartansson and Roni Horn share texts ranging from 19th-century poetry to postmodern fiction on The Art Newspaper’s podcast
Mary Heilmann: My work follows 'no linear time. It's all a chunk'
As her Hauser & Wirth exhibition launches online, the 81-year-old artist tells us about her early influences, being taught by David Hockney, and why pink is punk
The fight against Putin: artists on the frontline
Plus, India reconstructs its history and Navid Nuur on Walter de Maria
A brush with... Tala Madani
An in-depth podcast conversation on the artist's big influences, from Francis Bacon to Miles Davis
New normal for Old Masters: Botticelli's record online sale and new AI research on Leonardo's Salvator Mundi
Plus, Gerard Byrne on his work inspired by a Swedish diorama
A brush with... Charles Gaines
An in-depth podcast conversation on the artist's big influences, from Frantz Fanon to John Coltrane
What will Biden-Harris do for the visual arts?
Plus, QAnon's origins in Italian conceptual art and Alphonse Mucha's Slav Epic
Tearing down troubling statues is not lying about our history—it is removing impediments to truth
The UK communities secretary Robert Jenrick's plans to prevent the removal of controversial monuments reveals his inability to view the past as shifting and complex
A brush with... Tal R
An in-depth podcast conversation on the artist's big influences, from W. G. Sebald to Georges Rouault
Beryl Cook, queer history and Dolly Parton: gallery director Joe Scotland on his cultural influences
The head of non-profit space Studio Voltaire in London tells us about his favourite books, television shows and artists