A brush with...
In this podcast, based on The Art Newspaper's regular interview series, our host Ben Luke talks to artists in-depth. He asks the questions you've always wanted to: who are the artists, historical and contemporary, they most admire? Which are the museums they return to? What are the books, music and other media that most inspire them? And what is art for, anyway?
A brush with... Gary Simmons
An in-depth interview with the artist on his cultural experiences and greatest influences, from David Hammons to 1980s punk rock
A brush with… Phyllida Barlow
We sat down with the late artist earlier this year to discuss her cultural experiences and greatest influences, from Louise Nevelson to Fyodor Dostoevsky
From Romare Bearden to Marvel Comics: Tonya Matthews on the art and artists she loves
The president and chief executive of the International African American Museum in Charleston, United States also talks about her experiences of Japan and the power of a Lucille Clifton poem
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
A brush with... Mike Nelson
An in-depth interview with the artist on his cultural experiences and greatest influences, from Francis Bacon to J.G. Ballard
A brush with... Matthew Krishanu
An in-depth interview with the artist on his cultural experiences and greatest influences, from Jean-Michel Basquiat to Gwen John
A brush with... Amy Sillman
An in-depth interview with the artist on her cultural experiences and greatest influences, from Maria Lassnig to Gertrude Stein
A brush with... Joan Jonas
An in-depth interview with the artist on her cultural experiences and greatest influences, from the writer Jorge Luis Borges to her life-changing visit to Iceland
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
A brush with... Tess Jaray
An in-depth interview with the artist on her cultural experiences and greatest influences, from Henri Matisse to W.G. Sebald
A brush with... Alicja Kwade
An in-depth interview with the artist on her cultural experiences and greatest influences, from Gordon Matta-Clark to Leonardo da Vinci
A brush with... Nick Cave
An in-depth interview with the artist on his cultural experiences and greatest influences, from Elsa Schiaparelli to Parliament/Funkadelic.
A brush with... Helen Marten
An in-depth interview with the artist on her cultural experiences and greatest influences, from Robert Rauschenberg to Roland Barthes
A brush with... Theaster Gates
An in-depth interview with the artist on his cultural experiences and greatest influences, from Agnes Martin to Frankie Knuckles
A brush with... John Akomfrah
An in-depth interview with the artist on his cultural experiences and greatest influences, from Jackson Pollock to Virginia Woolf
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… Pierre Huyghe
An in-depth interview with the artist on his cultural experiences and greatest influences, from John Cage to Marcel Duchamp
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
A brush with... Megan Rooney
An in-depth interview with the artist on her cultural experiences and greatest influences, from Maxine Kumin to Henry Moore
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... Emma Talbot
An in-depth interview with the artist on her cultural experiences and greatest influences, from Sassetta to Klimt
A brush with… Stan Douglas
An in-depth interview with the artist on his cultural experiences and greatest influences, from Agnes Martin to Samuel Beckett
A brush with... Nari Ward
An in-depth interview with the artist on his greatest cultural influences, from The Staples Singers to Piero Manzoni
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... Mark Leckey
An in-depth interview with the artist on his cultural experiences and greatest influences, from Mike Kelley to the Mexican Muralists
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
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
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
A brush with... Charles Ray
An in-depth interview on the artist's cultural experiences and influences, from Anthony Caro to Huckleberry Finn
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