Ben Luke
Ben Luke is a contributing editor and podcast host at The Art Newspaper
A world of possibility: Cecilia Alemani, the curator of the 2022 Venice Biennale, discusses the show
The Italian curator, who has organised exhibitions and events throughout the world, reveals the thinking behind her female-dominated exhibition The Milk of Dreams
Is this year’s Venice Biennale an exhibition shaped by war?
In the wake of Putin’s invasion of Ukraine, the Russian pavilion looks likely to remain empty, while the organisers of the Ukrainian pavilion battle to realise their project for Venice
'Our artists are responding to the war—they have been since 2014': the rise of documentaries in recent Ukrainian art
In an excerpt from our podcast interview, the Mexico-based Ukrainian artist and art historian Svitlana Biedarieva discusses shifts in recent Ukrainian art—and what happens now
Review: Does the Whitney Biennial really reflect the world today?
Plus, the exhibition Afro-Atlantic Histories opens in Washington and Raphael's late self-portrait at London's National Gallery
A brush with... Cornelia Parker
An in-depth interview with the artist on her cultural experiences and greatest influences, from Noam Chomsky to Bernini
Has the art market recovered? A deep dive into the Art Basel/UBS report
Plus, an exhibition about wartime hideouts in Poland and Ukraine, and Mondrian’s final work Victory Boogie Woogie
A brush with... Mark Leckey
An in-depth interview with the artist on his cultural experiences and greatest influences, from Mike Kelley to the Mexican Muralists
Metropolitan Museum of Art director Max Hollein sets out his vision for the future
Plus, the "golden age" of Beiruti art at the Gropius Bau in Berlin and Meret Oppenheim's Surrealist white heels at the Menil Collection in Houston
Ceramics are central to humanity. To dismiss them as 'decorative' is absurd
Artists from Magdalene Odundo to Ai Weiwei are demonstrating that the art form goes way beyond the "applied"
A brush with... Ali Cherri
An in-depth interview with the artist on his cultural experiences and greatest influences, from Donna Haraway to David Hockney
How Donatello changed art history forever
Plus, the Biennale of Sydney looks at the rights of rivers and Eduardo Navarro’s seed installation opens in London
What can the arts do to help Ukrainian refugees?
Plus, NFTs and more at Art Dubai, and Felix Gonzalez-Torres’s golden curtain in Toronto
Can slime mould grow into artificial intelligence? Centre Pompidou show considers interactions between human and non-human entities
Group exhibition is the fifth in the Paris museum's Mutations/Creations series
Ukraine: the response of the art community and the risks of photojournalism
Plus, Chris Burden's unrealised projects and an in-depth look at F.N. Souza's Mr Sebastian at the Barbican in London
Showing contemporary work in historical settings is a risky business—but get it right and the art world swoons
Mixing the new with the old requires care as the Venice Biennale is sure to attest
Artists’ studios: the fight for affordable spaces
Plus, photographing Paula Rego at work
A brush with... Ai Weiwei
An in-depth interview with the artist on his cultural experiences and greatest influences, from Marcel Duchamp to ancient Chinese ceramics—and why Romanticism is not for him
Warhol and Basquiat on the stage in London and Faith Ringgold's retrospective at New York's New Museum
Plus, Betye Saar remakes a mural in Los Angeles
A brush with... Allison Katz
An in-depth interview with the artist on her cultural experiences and greatest influences, from Degas to British sports radio
'Aggressive, emotional, darkly humorous’: Louise Bourgeois’s closest collaborator on her late works
Plus, Desert X opens second Saudi Arabia edition and Gerhard Richter's 90th birthday exhibition in Dresden
A brush with... Charles Ray
An in-depth interview on the artist's cultural experiences and influences, from Anthony Caro to Huckleberry Finn
Wonder women: curator Cecilia Alemani on what we can expect at the female-dominated Venice Biennale this year
Plus, Van Gogh’s self-portraits in London, and the story of when Dalí met Freud
A brush with... Dayanita Singh
An in-depth interview on the artist's influences and cultural experiences, from the poetry of Rainer Maria Rilke to being photographed by her mother
'Art lets us dance in the face of doom': Kehinde Wiley on studying in Soviet forests, Robert Motherwell and human extinction
The American artist and filmmaker discusses the music and artists and cultural experiences that have shaped him most
Bacon and beasts: an in-depth look at the visceral new show at London’s Royal Academy of Arts
Plus, Botticelli in New York and gender in Asian art in San Francisco
In this age of social fracture and political upheaval, Raphael’s sublime harmony is an underrated quality
Presenting beauty without the schmaltz is a challenge worth undertaking, as the delayed Raphael show at London's National Gallery will demonstrate
Why did the €471m Caravaggio villa fail to sell?
Plus, artists create their own monuments at Goldsmiths CCA in London and Michael Armitage on Sane Wadu at the newly opened Nairobi Contemporary Art Institute
The Year Ahead: the best exhibitions to look forward to in 2022
Plus, who will be the art market’s winners and losers?
From NFTs to LFTs: 2021's biggest art stories—and what they mean
The Art Newspaper team picks apart this year’s most important developments, from demands for colonial restitution to the return of culture wars
A brush with... Kehinde Wiley
An in-depth interview on the artist's influences and cultural experiences, from Richard Dyer to John Singer Sargent