Artist interview
A brush with... Hew Locke—podcast
The artist talks to Ben Luke about about his influences and the cultural experiences that have shaped his life and work—from a tutorial with Paula Rego to Hans Haacke’s German pavilion at the Venice Biennale
'I'm a container for my own spirit': Nickola Pottinger on her show of sculptures at the Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum
The artist's first solo museum exhibition explores her personal and ancestral history through folkloric Jamaican imagery and the material stuff of family memory
Julian Charrière: ‘The deep sea is a phantasmagorical space’
The French Swiss artist—whose practice focuses on the Arctic, the oceans and the history of the Earth—finds connections with the kinetic art of Jean Tinguely in his latest solo exhibition
Ser Serpas: ‘I’m hoping I can add a bit of what I think is a healthy dose of unease’
In addition to scouring Basel’s streets for debris for her signature assemblages of found objects, the American artist is exhibiting a series of new paintings in her show at the Kunsthalle
A brush with… Rudolf Stingel — podcast
Rudolf Stingel talks to Ben Luke about his influences—from writers to musicians, film-makers and, of course, other artists—and the cultural experiences that have shaped his life and work
Jordan Wolfson: ‘An experienced artist doesn’t ask why they’re doing something’
The American artist, known for pushing the boundaries of technology, discusses his new VR installation at the Fondation Beyeler—a work he says he has been “trying to make since 2017”
‘My bank account is the only thing that slows me down’: Arlene Shechet on trusting her instincts
The American artist likes to pay it forward when she makes a sale
Katharina Grosse: ‘Imagination doesn’t have a scale’
The artist discusses the trajectory of her practice and her vast, unmissable commission for Art Basel, which covers the entire Messeplatz
Anna Maria Maiolino: ‘My body speaks to me and I’ve been listening to it since I was really young’
She won the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement at Venice last year, but the Italian-born, Brazil-based artist is not slowing down. Her retrospective at the Musée Picasso in Paris contains new works, including a labour-intensive commission in clay
A brush with… Lubaina Himid — podcast
Lubaina Himid talks to Ben Luke about her influences—from writers to musicians, film-makers and, of course, other artists—and the cultural experiences that have shaped her life and work
A brush with… Huma Bhabha — podcast
Ben Luke talks to Huma Bhabha about her influences—from writers to musicians, film-makers and, of course, other artists—and the cultural experiences that have shaped her life and work
Che Onejoon: ‘The AfroAsia collective is now more important to me than my personal art’
Meet the artist who has been selected for this year's Korean Artists Today
Sun Woo: ‘I’m interested in how the body navigates unfamiliar territory’
Meet the artist who has been selected for this year's Korean Artists Today
Choi Goen: ‘My work always begins with discovering a material’
Meet the artist who has been selected for this year's Korean Artists Today
Jewyo Rhii: ‘If you don’t die today, you get another opportunity to live’
Meet the artist who has been selected for this year's Korean Artists Today
ikkibawiKrrr: ‘We spend a lot of time visiting sites and being with people’
Meet the artists who have been selected for this year's Korean Artists Today
Min ha Park: ‘I think about creating situations where things don’t immediately explain themselves’
Meet the artist who has been selected for this year's Korean Artists Today
Byungjun Kwon: ‘I want to break away from the passive, one-sided way of experiencing performances’
Meet the artist who has been selected for this year's Korean Artists Today
Dexter Dalwood: ‘If we want art history to change, we need to include artists in creating shows’
The Bristol-born artist has been back in the UK to co-curate a show at the National Gallery dedicated to José María Velasco, a painter well known in Dalwood’s adopted home, Mexico, but virtually unheard of here
‘We are all part of this intergalactic universe’: Saya Woolfalk’s solo show immerses viewers in her “Empathic Universe”
The artist’s exhibition at the Museum of Arts and Design features works spanning more than 20 years of her world-building practice
‘I see hidden codes within the everyday’: Sandra Poulson’s first museum exhibition explores material histories of global exchange
In the Angolan artist’s show at MoMA PS1, she uses wooden sculpture and found furniture to question the legacies of postcolonialism and globalisation
A brush with… Salman Toor — podcast
Salman Toor talks to Ben Luke about his influences—from writers to musicians, film-makers and, of course, other artists—and the cultural experiences that have shaped his life and work
Wafaa Bilal: ‘I see democracy slowly eroding now’
On the occasion of his solo exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, the Iraqi American artist reflects on how his work grapples with the personal impact of political power
'These strings are connective tissues between points and cultures': Jennie C. Jones on her sonic sculptures on the Metropolitan Museum's roof
The artist's installation on the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Roof Garden explores the outer limits of sound and form
A brush with… Kent Monkman — podcast
Kent Monkman talks to Ben Luke about his influences—from writers to musicians, film-makers and, of course, other artists—and the cultural experiences that have shaped his life and work
Imran Qureshi’s site-specific work in Dubai reimagines traditional forms from his native Pakistan
The artist, who teaches miniature painting in Lahore, is showing his new work at Concrete gallery during Art Dubai
‘The violence hasn’t stopped, it has just learned to behave’: Maurizio Cattelan on why his new works chime with the times
The art world provocateur's latest works have been unveiled at Gagosian gallery, London
A brush with… Ed Atkins — podcast
Ed Atkins talks to Ben Luke about his influences—from writers to musicians, film-makers and, of course, other artists—and the cultural experiences that have shaped his life and work
Steven Shearer: ‘I started to think of the internet as a kind of sarcophagus’
Inspired by religious figuration, the Canadian artist’s latest series uses images of people sourced online that he has enlarged to create painterly canvases exploring the vulnerability and universality of sleep
A brush with… Celia Paul — podcast
In this first episode of the new series of A brush with…, Ben Luke talks to the painter Celia Paul about her influences—including writers as well as contemporary and historic artists—and the cultural experiences that have shaped her life and work