A brush with
A brush with Léon Kruijswijk
The curator of the KW Institute for Contemporary Art, and co-curator of Present Future at Artissima 2024, on his take on art
A brush with... Gemma Peppé, founder of Art on a Postcard
“If you don’t create art yourself, you can borrow from artists to express how you feel, how you see the world and what’s important to you.”
A brush with… Lois Stonock, the director of Metroland Cultures, London
The arts charity director tells us about her cultural influences, from Lucian Freud to the British-Pakistani writer and artist Rasheed Araeen
A brush with... Ruba Katrib, director of curatorial affairs, MoMA PS1, New York
The curator tells us about her cultural influences, from Izumi Suzuki’s short stories to the Detroit house music of Theo Parrish
'Art cannot change the world, but we must act is if it could': Bruno Racine on his greatest influences
An interview with the chief executive officer of the Palazzo Grassi—Punta della Dogana in Venice
A brush with... Martin Clark, director, Camden Art Centre
'One day our music teacher played us Steve Reich’s early tape works; it was a total revelation'
A brush with... Camille Henrot
An in-depth interview with the artist on her cultural experiences and greatest influences, from Louise Bourgeois to the violence of Disney cartoons
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
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
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
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
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.'
A brush with... Alfredo Jaar
An in-depth interview with the artist on his cultural experiences and greatest influences, from Marcel Duchamp to Ben Okri
From an Aboriginal memorial site to the music of Nina Simone: curator Beatrice Gralton on her greatest influences
Senior curator at Australia's Art Gallery of New South Wales discusses her podcast recommendations and her multi-genre music playlist
From Abstract Expressionism to Finland’s national poet: art historian Janne Sirén on his greatest cultural experiences
Director of soon-to-be expanded Buffalo AKG Art Museum in New York State reveals his favourite artworks, writers and cultural experiences
Etel Adnan's poetry and Hilma af Klint's hidden worlds: curator Rebecca Lamarche-Vadel on her greatest influences
Director of Lafayette Anticipations tells us about her favourite writers, what music and podcasts she's been listening to, and the cultural experience that changed the way she sees the world
A brush with... Haroon Mirza
An in-depth interview with the artist on his cultural experiences and greatest influences, from Salvador Dalí to the Royal Academy's Sensation
James Baldwin and Doris Salcedo's Turbine Hall chasm: Gilane Tawadros on her greatest influences
The Whitechapel Gallery director tells us about her favourite writer, what she has been watching recently, and the cultural experience that changed the way she sees the world
A brush with... William Kentridge
An in-depth interview with the artist on his cultural experiences and greatest influences, from Manet to Shostakovich
A brush with... Anicka Yi
An in-depth interview with the artist on her cultural experiences and greatest influences, from Donna Haraway to Isamu Noguchi
A brush with... Glenn Brown
An in-depth interview with the artist on his cultural experiences and greatest influences, from Salvador Dalí to Maria Lassnig
A brush with... Adam Pendleton
An in-depth interview with the artist on his cultural experiences and greatest influences from Joan Jonas to Julius Eastman
A brush with... Zadie Xa
An in-depth interview with the artist on her cultural experiences and greatest influences, from Lee Bul to Ursula K. Le Guin
Paintings made by Sicilian prisoners and the poetry of Maxine Kumin: Megan Rooney on her greatest influences
The artist tells us about her favourite music, artists and the cultural experience that changed the way she sees the world on the A brush with..., podcast
A brush with... Lina Iris Viktor
An in-depth interview with the artist on her cultural experiences and greatest influences, from Chris Ofili to Sylvia Plath
A brush with... Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster
An in-depth interview with the artist on her cultural experiences and greatest influences, from Gustave Moreau to Peter Pan
A brush with... Cornelia Parker
An in-depth interview with the artist on her cultural experiences and greatest influences, from Noam Chomsky to Bernini
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
'The power of whiteness rests in its ability to deny its existence': Candice Breitz on placenta, Marcel Broodthaers and Apartheid
The South African artist tells us about her favourite books, music and artists on the A brush with… podcast
A brush with... Candice Breitz
An in-depth interview on the artist's influences and cultural experiences, from the work of On Kawara to growing up in Apartheid South Africa