Ben Luke

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

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Paris+: is the French capital still on the rise as a cultural hub?

Plus, Hiroshi Sugimoto at the Hayward Gallery in London and Marie Laurencin's 'La femme-cheval'

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Rising talent: stand-out galleries from this year's Focus section at Frieze London

One highlight, East London’s Public Gallery, has won the 2023 Focus Stand Prize on its debut at the fair

Frieze turns 20: what's next for the popular art fair?

Plus, we speak to the artist Hildigunnur Birgisdóttir, who will be representing Iceland in Venice next year, and pick a work from the Matisse show at the Metropolitan Museum in New York

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Claudette Johnson: ‘I’m trying to introduce another gaze—a Black feminist gaze’

The artist discusses her Courtauld show and why Black men became subjects for her work

Kwer'ata Re'esu: the astonishing story of Ethiopia's most treasured icon

Plus, the AI copyright debate in the US and the end of China’s museum boom

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A brush with... Torkwase Dyson

An in-depth interview with the artist on her cultural experiences and greatest influences, from Kiki Smith to Saidiya Hartman

Hosted by Ben Luke. Produced by David Clack
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Marina Abramović: the artist on her ‘best ever show’

Plus, Frans Hals at London's National Gallery and a Peter Paul Rubens painting inspired by Ovid's Metamorphoses

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A brush with… Sarah Lucas

An in-depth conversation with the artist about her cultural experiences and greatest influences, from the sculptor Eva Hesse to the Museo Diego Rivera-Anahuacalli in Mexico City

Hosted by Ben Luke. Produced by David Clack
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What happens when Unesco becomes the enemy?

Plus, remembering Fernando Botero and a pioneering Barkley L. Hendricks portrait

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A brush with... Claudette Johnson

An in-depth interview with the artist on her cultural experiences and greatest influences, from Toni Morrison's writings to Picasso's Les Demoiselles d’Avignon

Hosted by Ben Luke. Produced by David Clack
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Is Saudi Arabia the next big cultural powerhouse?

Plus, Michelangelo at the Albertina in Vienna and Julianknxx at the Barbican in London

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A brush with... Yinka Shonibare

An in-depth interview with the artist on his cultural experiences and greatest influences, from William Hogarth to the "total artwork" of opera

Hosted by Ben Luke. Produced by David Clack
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The Week in Art | Special 250th episode: what’s next for the visual arts?

We ask leading art world figures about their hopes and concerns, and discuss what the future has in store for museums, the art market and artists with our long-term contributors Cristina Ruiz, Georgina Adam and Louisa Buck

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The Week in Art: The British Museum in crisis—an in-depth look

Plus, the Sāo Paulo biennial and Chaïm Soutine in Düsseldorf

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A brush with… Analia Saban

An in-depth interview with the artist on her cultural experiences and greatest influences, from the writings of Julia Kristeva to her epiphanic visit to New York

Hosted by Ben Luke. Produced by David Clack
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Ignore the nay-sayers: great things can happen when art forms collide

'It turns out that dancing about architecture—or filming about music—can produce great art'

A brush with... Alvaro Barrington

An in-depth interview with the artist on his cultural experiences and greatest influences, from Johannes Vermeer to Tupac Shakur

Hosted by Ben Luke. Produced by David Clack
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A brush with... Mandy El-Sayegh

An in-depth interview with the artist on her cultural experiences and greatest influences, from Albrecht Dürer to Theresa Hak Kyung Cha

Hosted by Ben Luke. Produced by David Clack
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A brush with... Larry Achiampong

An in-depth interview with the artist on his cultural experiences and greatest influences, from Adrian Piper to The Legend of Zelda video game

Hosted by Ben Luke. Produced by Aimee Dawson and David Clack
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Suzy Kleininterview

From Piero della Francesca's frescoes to John Berger's Ways of Seeing: Suzy Klein on the cultural experiences that have inspired her

The head of arts and classical music TV at the BBC also discusses her love for novelist Nikolai Gogol and Australian comedy series Colin from Accounts

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A brush with... Nicky Wilson, founder of Jupiter Artland

'For me, art is to create a moment when you understand something that you had not understood before.'

How will the art market cope with stagflation?

Plus, Spain’s historical memory and a Dürer plate remade by Goldin + Senneby

Hosted by Ben Luke. Produced by David Clack, Aimee Dawson and Julia Michalska
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London's National Portrait Gallery's revamp: the review

Plus, William Edmondson in Philadelphia and Zinzi Minott's Windrush 75 film in London

Ben Luke. With guest speakers Alison Cole and Martin Bailey. Produced by David Clack, Aimee Dawson and Julia Michalska
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A brush with... Jeremy Deller

An in-depth interview with the artist on his cultural experiences and greatest influences, from Francis Bacon to Mike Kelley

Hosted by Ben Luke. Produced by Aimee Dawson and David Clack
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'As politicians look away, we need artists like Steve McQueen more than ever'

The British artist invited dozens of MPs to view his film about Grenfell Tower at London's Serpentine Galleries, but most only showed up after subsequent guilt-tripping

Africa rising: the TV show capturing a continent of creativity

Plus, the Liverpool Biennial, and Basquiat in Basel with Jeffrey Deitch

Hosted by Ben Luke. With guest speaker Louisa Buck. Produced by David. Clack, Aimee Dawson and Julia Michalska
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A brush with... Jacqueline Humphries

An in-depth interview with the artist on her cultural experiences and greatest influences, from Caravaggio to early-2000s video games

Hosted by Ben Luke. Produced by David Clack and Aimee Dawson
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Doris Salcedointerview

'Feelings and emotions are dirty words in art': Doris Salcedo on her unflinching works that confront global crises

As her major retrospective opens in Basel, we talk to the artist about her gentle but brutal artworks

A Radiohead special: we speak to Thom Yorke and Stanley Donwood about their upcoming art show

Plus, choreographer Wayne McGregor performance piece at London's Royal Opera House and Whistler's Mother returns to Philadelphia

Hosted by Ben Luke. Produced by David Clack, Aimee Dawson and Julia Michalska
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