Ben Luke

Ben Luke is a contributing editor and podcast host at The Art Newspaper

Copyrightarchive

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

Focusarchive

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

Friezearchive

Spotlight: an alternative canon of 20th-century art or savvy sales strategy?

Frieze Masters both embraces and challenges the idea of 'masters'

Featuresarchive

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