Artist interview
'Galleries are not for me’: Imran Perretta on state surveillance and his difficult relationship with art spaces
As his latest film exploring the treatment of young Muslim men tours the UK, opening at Baltic in Gateshead this weekend, Perretta explains how he never wanted to be in the art world
A brush with... Sterling Ruby
We ask the artist about his favourite novels and find out about the Polish song he listens to on repeat
Shirin Neshat on why Frida Kahlo is one of her favourite artists
The US-Iranian artist tells The Art Newspaper which artists inspire her and why
A brush with... Tomás Saraceno
We ask the artist about his favourite book, film and cultural experience as well his thoughts on the most underrated—and overrated—cultural figures
‘At 99, I’m another person entirely’: Luchita Hurtado on fossil fuels and new challenges ahead
As her touring retrospective arrives in Los Angeles and then heads for Mexico, the nonagenarian artist is excited about showing her new work—and the prospect of making more
Tschabalala Self: 'what information is needed for one’s body to become gendered and racialised?'
The US artist’s colourful, tactile works that mix printmaking, painting and fabric are political without being ponderous.
The story of a fake Gauguin at the Getty
Plus, Canadian First Nations artist Kent Monkman on his Met paintings and the art of food at the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge
Capturing the streets: the Lebanese revolution through the eyes of an artist
Three months into the uprising we speak to Abed Al Kadiri about popular unity, state brutality and why he is documenting events through Chinese-style ink drawings
A brush with... Gillian Wearing
We ask the artist about her favourite book, writer and work of art as well her thoughts on the most underrated— and overrated—cultural figures
‘I mix the paint with rainwater, mud and fish glue': Vivian Suter on being back in the limelight after 30 years in rural Guatemala
She left Switzerland and art-world success behind, but with current and forthcoming shows in New York, London, Liverpool and Madrid, Vivian Suter is much in demand again
Teresita Fernández, an artist of place, brings her art home to Miami
The MacArthur award-winner revisits her early works with a large-scale survey in the city of her birth
Interview with Pepe Mar on his work safeguarding queer histories
The Mexican-born Miami-based artist is presenting Varla TV, a tribute to the South Beach painter and drag performer Craig Coleman, in Art Basel in Miami Beach’s Meridians show
Valie Export: ‘Female artists are disadvantaged because the market is determined by men’
Austrian performance artist is showing her 1980 Venice Biennale installation for the first time in 40 years in London
A brush with... Paula Rego
We ask the artist about her favourite book, writer and work of art as well her thoughts on the most underrated—and overrated—cultural figures
Anselm Kiefer on why size matters
On the podcast, we speak to the German artist about his new works inspired by String Theory, now on show at White Cube in London
From the archive | ‘Public art is propaganda, frankly’: Hank Willis Thomas discusses gun violence and the urgent need for alternative memorials
A host of the artist’s exhibitions and public projects open in various locations across the US open this year
‘This US government looks more like Iran's every day’: Shirin Neshat talks about the power of political satire ahead of LA show
The Iranian artist's major exhibition opens at the Broad museum features new work addressing discrimination in Trump's America
Mark Bradford addresses modern-day xenophobia through Greek mythology and a Motown classic
US artist talks on The Art Newspaper Podcast about his London exhibition Cerberus at Hauser & Wirth
Mark Leckey on using Victorian techniques to evoke magical memories
For his new Tate Britain show, the artist used illusion to recreate his childhood experience beneath a motorway
'I'm drawn to contradictions': Danh Vo on why his London show includes work by the professor who told him to give up art
For his sprawling exhibition at South London Gallery the Vietnam-born, Danish artist salutes those who have influenced him
Frieze week: Ai Weiwei, Mark Bradford, Peter Doig, Melanie Gerlis, Hettie Judah
In this bumper edition we interview three of the world's leading artists, all of whom have shows timed to coincide with Frieze in London, plus all the latest news from the fair
'Artists have to be good citizens': Himali Singh Soin on Brexit, climate change and the alien other
Frieze Artist Award winner’s Arctic-inspired video draws on the Victorian Ice Age to talk about today's big issues
Elizabeth Peyton on Kurt Cobain, the Twilight films and painting a museum director in his shorts
In her new solo show at London's National Portrait Gallery, the artist connects the past with the present
Trevor Paglen on questioning the intelligence of AI
US artist’s new show at the Barbican continues his exploration into how artificial intelligence is shaping how organisations control us
Thomas Struth on being taught by Gerhard Richter and how he almost cancelled his Guggenheim Bilbao show
A retrospective of the German photographer opens this week and includes more than 130 works spanning four decades
'It’s our intervention that causes the mayhem': Kiki Smith on work, wandering and the wonders of nature
Tapestries, photography and sculpture feature in the US artist’s first major UK show for 25 years at Modern Art Oxford
Native American artist Santiago X on rebuilding Indigenous cities, one mound at a time
The forgotten history of Indigenous mound building will be reclaimed at this year’s Chicago Architecture Biennial
'Art's most high-profile provocateur' Maurizio Cattelan on his new Blenheim Palace show
Known for this dangling horse and gold toilet, the Italian artist's exhibition is in the unlikely setting of Winston Churchill's birthplace
Top of the Pods: video artists in the spotlight
We bring together discussions with three masters of video art: Ragnar Kjartansson, John Akomfrah and Christian Marclay
Lars Vilks: “Censorship is based on fear, not sensitivities towards ethnic minorities”
The Swedish artist is currently writing a musical about Islam