Ben Luke
Ben Luke is a contributing editor and podcast host at The Art Newspaper
How the Venice Biennale made social practice cool
Why political works continued to dominate this year
Eddie Peake, the young artist who is ahead of the curve
London-based artist deals in desire, and his love affair with the Barbican has resulted in his biggest show yet
Six artists to watch at Frieze
Our choice of adventurous works in Focus, the section of the fair where you can discover emerging—and re-emerging artists
Leeds Art Gallery emptied out for British Art shows collaborative spirit
City’s art collection out on loan to make room for 42 contemporary artists’ work on view from Friday
Goya inspires Tuymans to conjure spectre of Isil in new work
Belgian artist’s paintings for exhibition in Qatar address “the ongoing story of violence and ignorance”
Agents of change: how dynamic directors have transformed the UK’s regional scene
Funding cuts spell trouble for the UK’s smaller museums and galleries, but their directors are making great strides through imaginative programming, striking buildings and links with their national peers<br>
Back to school: top six gallery shows in London this week
William Kentridge's marching refugees, Luc Tuymans's abstract friends and possibly the capital's tiniest show
Manchester show is a taster of what’s to come at Hong Kong’s vast M+ museum
The selection of 80 works is a peek at the Swiss collector Uli Sigg’s comprehensive collection of contemporary Chinese art
Kader Attia lends gravitas to Art Basel's Unlimited
Artist’s response to looting of Egyptian Museum puts widespread cultural destruction and political violence into sharp focus
A conceptual artist takes on his critics
Artist and teacher Michael Craig-Martin’s insightful and entertaining memoir provides sage advice to younger artists
Okwui Enwezor, this year's Venice director, on making sense of 'a global landscape that again lies shattered and in disarray'
The Nigerian curator's exhibtions in the Giardini and Arsenale promise to be the most topical Venice show of recent years
The verdict that flies in the face of art history: Luc Tuymans guilty of copyright infringement
A Belgian court recently found Tuymans guilty, a ruling that ignores appropriation’s vital role in art over the centuries and has worrying implications for the future
Conversations with Bacon: Marking Grey Gowrie's 75th birthday with his poem on the artist
Gowrie, a former UK arts minister, art dealer and chair of Sotheby’s and the Arts Council, is also a poet
Rising contemporary art stars from on and off the net
Outstanding new talent from the international art world, in the physical and digital realms
(Inter)facing the future at Barbican's 'Digital Revolution'
Exploring the impact of digital technology on art, music, film and design
Clarity in the fog of war: the drawings of Laura Footes
She bases her drawing partly on her experiences at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, “the largest military hospital in Europe”
Web of intrigue: How has the 'post-internet' era changed the contemporary art world?
In the ‘post-internet’ age, digital artists are reassessing their relationship with galleries and collectors.
Unexpected chemistry between Moore and Bacon on show at the Ashmolean
This show compares the two artists, revealing that the painter even asked the sculptor for lessons
All aboard: from the Biennale to Basel
Artists weigh in on exhibiting at both events in quick succession
Drip, drag and drape: Tate explores performance art and paint in motion
Tate Modern shows that painting and performance are not polar opposites, but have a long history of interaction
Spotlight: an alternative canon of 20th-century art or savvy sales strategy?
Frieze Masters both embraces and challenges the idea of 'masters'
Music to the ears of the post-war avant garde: exhibitions mark the 100th anniversary of composer John Cage's birth
The celebrations of his life show how much he influenced—and was influenced by—some of the greats of American 20th-century art
The Unilever Series: Tino Sehgal comes to the Turbine Hall
His ephemeral performance art is on display 24 July-28 October
Los Angeles’ post-war art remapped: Pacific Standard Time puts city’s lesser known artists in the spotlight
The Getty funded project has resulted in more than 125 exhibitions, performances, and events to celebrate the city's history