
Ben Luke
Ben Luke is a contributing editor and podcast host at The Art Newspaper
The top five YouTube channels for an art fix this Christmas season
While many museums across the globe remain closed, you can still get through the virtual doors via video—from artist interviews to archival gems
A brush with... Rachel Whiteread
An in-depth podcast conversation on the artist's big influences, from Bruce Nauman to George Orwell
Art could have dwindled into insignificance in the upheaval of this year—instead it endured
Through the major shifts and moments of victory, art has proved itself to be cathartic, resistant and powerful
2020: the year in review
The Art Newspaper team picks apart this year's biggest art stories, from the art market heading online to the fight for racial justice
A brush with... Roni Horn
An in-depth podcast conversation on the artist's big influences, from Icelandic glaciers to Emily Dickinson
Brexit: how will it change the art market?
Plus, Neville Wakefield on John McCracken's planks
A brush with... Christina Quarles
An in-depth podcast conversation on the artist's big influences, from epic musicals to James Baldwin
Contemporary public art: who is it for?
Plus, Tom Sachs on Mondrian's Broadway Boogie-Woogie
A brush with... Ragnar Kjartansson
An in-depth podcast conversation on the artist's big influences, from Elizabeth Peyton to Cardi B
Is the future of museums in Africa?
We speak to museum experts András Szántó and Sonia Lawson. Plus, Dan Hicks on the legacy of colonial looting and National Gallery curator Christopher Riopelle on the Polish painter Jan Matejko
Revisiting the Thanksgiving myth: the Mayflower and the Wampanoag, 400 years on
Plus, artist Chantal Joffe on a poignant painting by Paula Modersohn-Becker
Where art fairs still happen: the Shanghai buzz
Plus, Chila Kumari Singh Burman and the art work that inspired that Biden-Harris video
Missing out on Artemisia Gentileschi because of lockdown? Here's a video tour of the National Gallery exhibition
As coronavirus forces English museums to close, take a virtual guided trip around the much-anticipated show of the female Old Master with this video and podcast
Philip Guston show: 2022 opening is welcome news but confusion still remains
The museums should make urgent use of the delay already caused by the pandemic rather than lurch towards lengthy postponement
US election: How Trump’s presidency has affected the arts
Plus, artist Pedro Reyes on his New York project; cartoonist Martin Rowson on Hogarth
The Art Newspaper at 30: how has art criticism changed in the digital age?
Through blogs, websites and social media, there is more writing than ever on the arts. But whether it adds meaningful insight, or just noise, is a matter of debate
Has coronavirus helped unmask the real prices of art?
Plus, JMW Turner at the Tate and John Stezaker on Bruegel
Smartphones, Foucault and anti-fascist tapestries: Elmgreen and Dragset on their biggest cultural influences
The subversive artist duo tell us about their favourite books, music and poetry
The great museum sell-off: should public collections deaccession to survive Covid-19?
Plus, the artist Jennifer Packer on a Buddhist mural in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York
Marina Abramovic TV: five-hour takeover will teach you everything you need to know about performance art
As well as her new Sky Arts programme, the artist's mixed reality work The Life will be sold at Christie’s this month, with an estimate of £400,000-£800,000
What does the Philip Guston delay tell us about museums and race?
Plus, Maggi Hambling on making love with paint
Exhibitions need a perfect storm to succeed—but shows opening during Covid-19 are getting a disappointing drizzle
With no group student visits, no art-world private view, and limits on public access, the buzz of new exhibitions has potentially been short-circuited
Frieze: the show goes on. Plus, Theaster Gates
It’s Frieze Week in London, yet there’s no big art fair at its heart. Can galleries create the usual excitement—and is anyone still buying?
Under the influence: three artists on how Bruce Nauman continues to be an inspiration
As a retrospective opens at Tate Modern, we speak to Rashid Johnson, Jacolby Satterwhite and Adham Faramawy about the enduring appeal of the 78-year-old artist's work
Artemisia and Frida: great art, turbulent lives
We take a tour of the Artemisia Gentileschi show in London with curator Letizia Treves and explore a new biography of Frida Kahlo with its author, Hettie Judah
Philip Guston’s KKK paintings ‘are not asleep—they’re woke’: catalogue contradicts museum statement controversially halting show
Essays from African American artists such as Glenn Ligon and Trenton Doyle Hancock show that issues were being addressed
Sell the Michelangelo or lose 150 staff? The Royal Academy of Arts’s Covid-19 conundrum
Plus, the curator Legacy Russell talks about her new book Glitch Feminism
This is America: Grayson Perry on race and class
Plus, Robert Storr on his huge new book about the painter Philip Guston. Sponsored by Christie's
Berlin: still a magnet for artists?
Plus, Jadé Fadojutimi on Laura Owens. Sponsored by Christie's
What songs do contemporary artists listen to while they work? Tune in to our Spotify playlist to find out
From Joni Mitchell to Radiohead and Sun Ra, Michael Armitage, Jenny Saville, Chantal Joffe and Rashid Johnson reveal their favourite tracks