
Ben Luke
Ben Luke is a contributing editor and podcast host at The Art Newspaper
Podcast episode 22: the genius of Picasso
We take a tour of Tate Modern's blockbuster and explore the strength of Picasso's market
Podcast episode 21: Photography special—from Victorian pioneers to 2018 prize contenders
We meet the men and women behind three fascinating but very different exhibitions of lens-based art
Dreaming to drowning: a year in the life of Picasso
Tate Modern’s major new show focuses on 1932, a period of turbulent creativity that gave rise to some of the artist’s greatest work
Büchel’s feeble satire ignores the hateful reality of Trump’s wall
The petition to make the proposed border wall a National Landmark is one of the worst excesses of contemporary art and needs to be called out
Civilisations: how the BBC's new series takes on Kenneth Clark's legacy
Documentary breaks with many of the assumptions in the art historian’s seminal series, but it also owes a great deal to it
Podcast episode 20: Yes to Picasso, no to Van Gogh—inside the Rockefellers’ collection
We talk to the American dynasty’s historian about David and Peggy Rockefeller’s tastes, and explore the funding crisis at Glasgow’s Transmission Gallery
Podcast episode 19: celebrating Gustav Klimt and Egon Schiele on the centenary of their deaths
A look at the life and art of the two Austrian greats as shows open marking their 100th anniversary. And the New Museum Triennial is reviewed.
Podcast episode 18: What's the future for ivory antiques?
We explore what new ivory regulations will mean for the art world and meet the 2017 Election Artist Cornelia Parker
Podcast episode 17: Real or fake? The suspicious Russian avant-garde show in Ghent
Expert on Russian art Simon Hewitt discusses developments in The Art Newspaper's current cover story, plus we explore an unusual collaboration at Hauser & Wirth Somerset
Lydia Ourahmane on why she made a work about her grandfather pulling all his teeth
The Algerian-British artist explores her family’s experiences living in the shadow of colonialism
Andy Warhol goes to church
Why the pop artist—a lifelong, closeted Catholic—deserves to be shown at The Vatican
Podcast episode 16: Charles I at the Royal Academy—an exhibition fit for a king
We pick apart the latest smash hit show to open in London with art historian Bendor Grosvenor, then complete our 2018 preview with a look at the big exhibitions coming to the US this year
In pictures: the Hayward Gallery opens with Andreas Gursky
Highlights of the upcoming photography exhibition by the German photographer
Podcast episode 15: What will 2018 hold for the art world?
We are at the London Art Fair speaking to Georgina Adam about her art market predictions and to Louisa Buck about the top shows and artists to keep on your radar this year
Podcast episode 14: the top stories of 2017
From Louvre Abu Dhabi to Leonardo, Documenta to Trump, we look back at the year with our journalists Louisa Buck, Gareth Harris and Anny Shaw
Podcast episode 13: the dark side of the art market
Former editor of the The Art Newspaper Jane Morris speaks to Georgina Adam about her new book Dark Side of the Boom and the art world's less savoury side
From VR masterpieces to PR disasters: 2017's ups and downs
The Art Newspaper team assesses the art world's fortunes in a turbulent year
As waters rise, artists answer a call to action
Florida is on the frontline of global warming—a crisis that demands creative thinking
Podcast episode 12: Old Masters after the Leonardo and Art Basel in Miami Beach
We talk Titian, Constable, Veneziano, Wright of Derby, Van Dyck and, yes, Leonardo, with art historian Bendor Grosvenor. And we get Judd Tully’s views on Miami’s annual art fair.
Lubaina Himid's win is richly deserved but raises questions about the future of the Turner Prize
It may be impossible for juries to give the award to younger artists ahead of long deserving ones
Podcast episode 11: antiquities now and Rose Wylie
How is the antiquities trade coping with increased focus on Middle East looting and new approaches to collecting? And Rose Wylie on the pleasures and struggles of painting
Podcast epsiode ten: restoring Iraq’s heritage, plus the complex politics of First Nations art
John Darlington of the World Monuments Fund discusses projects to train local people in craft traditions and the curator Victor Wang on the work of Lawrence Paul Yuxweluptun, whose first European solo show opens in London next week
Podcast episode nine: $450m! The Leonardo breaks all records
How the art sale of the century happened, with Judd Tully, our man in the salesroom. Plus, a new museum in Indonesia
Podcast episode eight: how hackers are attacking the art world
Galleries are losing huge sums to cybercrime, what makes them vulnerable? Plus: the dubious restoration along the Camino di Santiago.
Podcast episode seven: the tale of an Old Master forgery scandal
The 'masterpieces' that fooled the art world. Plus: a review of London's latest shows, from Cezanne to Soutine.
Podcast episode six: trouble at Unesco, plus Art and Terror
Why did the US pull out of the organisation? Plus: 9/11 and its impact on art at London’s Imperial War Museum. Produced in association with Bonhams, auctioneers since 1793
Camille Henrot speaks about her major new show at Palais de Tokyo
French artist has filled the 13,000 sq. m space in Paris with an exhibition based on the days of the week
Podcast episode five: what's the story behind the $100m Leonardo?
What will happen when the only painting in private hands by the Renaissance master heads to auction? Plus: the New Museum's big new show on gender, and our literary editor talks 18th-century princesses