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... 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
A brush with... Kehinde Wiley
An in-depth interview on the artist's influences and cultural experiences, from Richard Dyer to John Singer Sargent
A brush with... Isaac Julien
An in-depth interview on the artist's influences and cultural experiences, from Aimé Césaire to Glenn Ligon
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
A brush with... Billie Zangewa
An in-depth interview on the artist's big influences, from Jane Campion to Vincent van Gogh
'A silence like you’ve never heard before': Sarah Sze on Zen temples in Kyoto, Zadie Smith and Chopin's Nocturnes
The American sculptor and installation artist on Velázquez, Emily Dickinson and what she learnt from living in Japan for a year
A brush with... Thomas J Price
An in-depth interview on the artist's big influences, from Giorgio Morandi to Alberto Giacometti
A brush with... Sarah Sze
An in-depth interview on the artist's big influences, from Hokusai to Vermeer
‘The whole of cinema is under threat’: Tacita Dean on vaccinations, Giotto and the future of film
The British moving image artist tells us about her favourite books, music and artists on the A brush with… podcast
A brush with... Tacita Dean
An in-depth interview on the artist's big influences, from Cy Twombly to WG Sebald
'I was always fascinated by the paintings of Goya': Philippe Parreno on his new video work at the Beyeler
The French-Algerian artist discusses how Goya’s Black Paintings provided inspiration for his latest piece in Switzerland
A brush with... Philippe Parreno
An in-depth interview on the artist's big influences, from Francisco de Goya to Mary Shelley
'America is both a shining beacon and the Death Star': Glenn Ligon on Andy Warhol, ambivalence and his Stevie Wonder obsession
The New York-based artist tells us about his favourite books, music and artists on the A brush with… podcast
A brush with... Glenn Ligon
An in-depth interview on the artist's big influences, from Stevie Wonder to Charles Dickens
'The creative act is inherently dangerous': Alberta Whittle on amnesia, deep bass and the Black Atlantic
The Scottish-Barbadian artist tells us about her favourite books, music and artists on the A brush with… podcast
A brush with... Alberta Whittle
An in-depth interview on the artist's big influences, from Kamau Brathwaite to Hilma af Klint
A brush with... Tino Sehgal
An in-depth conversation on the artist's big influences, from Beethoven to Watteau
A brush with... Oscar Murillo
An in-depth conversation on the artist's big influences, from Jannis Kounellis to Okwui Enwezor
A brush with... Ellen Gallagher
An in-depth conversation on the artist's big influences, from Keith Haring to Moby Dick
A brush with... Julian Opie
An in-depth conversation on the artist's big influences, from Egon Schiele to Raymond Carver
A brush with...Cristina Iglesias
An in-depth conversation on the artist's big influences, from Giotto to Björk
A brush with... Michael Rakowitz
An in-depth podcast conversation on the artist's big influences, from T.S. Eliot to Leonard Cohen
A brush with... Do Ho Suh
An in-depth podcast conversation on the artist's biggest influences, from Matthew Barney to marine biology
A brush with... Doris Salcedo
An in-depth podcast conversation on the artist's big influences, from Joseph Beuys to Paul Celan