Ben Luke
Ben Luke is a contributing editor and podcast host at The Art Newspaper
The Week in Art podcast | Should UK museums charge for entry? Plus, Michelangelo’s last decades and Maria Blanchard
The case for and against the policy of free admission for UK museums, a tour of the British Museum's new Michelangelo show and an in-depth look at Maria Blanchard’s Girl at Her First Communion in Malaga
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
The Week in Art podcast | Klimt’s last picture auctioned, Rebecca Horn in Munich, a Cézanne restored
Unpacking the mystery around the Austrian artist’s painting, which sold for €30 million in Vienna, plus a look at a retrospective of Horn’s pioneering practice and a newly conserved Cézanne
Venice Biennale 2024 review | Intimacy and violence: 'Foreigners Everywhere' explodes the Biennale model
Adriano Pedrosa's international exhibition combines the old and new to undermine Western narratives, but still creates a compelling survey of global contemporary art, in which Queer art stands out
The Week in Art podcast | Venice Biennale 2024 special
We review the international exhibition, talk to artists and curators behind five national pavilions and take an exclusive look at Titian’s newly conserved Assunta
The poetry in Jean Cocteau’s visual art celebrated in Venice exhibition
A multimedia exhibition at the Peggy Guggenheim Collection includes many of the famed filmmaker's drawings, including his sketches while working with Picasso on the ballet 'Parade'
A brush with... Kapwani Kiwanga
An in-depth interview with the artist on her cultural experiences and greatest influences, from residencies in Paris to the jazz legend Sun Ra
Willem de Kooning’s Italian adventures explored in Gallerie dell’Accademia show
The American artist’s prolific career included two spells in Italy, ten years apart. An exhibition in Venice explores the impact these visits had on his work
The Week in Art podcast | Marlborough Gallery closes, Rose B. Simpson in New York, Caravaggio’s final painting
Looking back at the history of the pioneering dealership in post-war art, plus a thought-provoking new installation in Madison Square Park and Caravaggio's The Martyrdom of Saint Ursula
Podcast | A brush with... Michael Raedecker
An in-depth interview with the artist on his cultural experiences and greatest influences, from the New Romantics of the 1980s to a 1992 edition of Documenta
The Week in Art podcast | Inigo Philbrick and art world fraud, Hong Kong’s new security law, a Maharaja’s sword
Is a return for the disgraced art dealer that unthinkable? Plus, how Article 23 might impact the art sector, and a closer look at a royal weapon coming on show in London
World view: Adriano Pedrosa, the curator of the 2024 Venice Biennale, discusses his show ‘Foreigners Everywhere’
The Brazilian curator, who is committed to highlighting the art of the Global South, explains his thinking behind the most diverse Venice Biennale exhibition ever
A brush with... Alex Katz
An in-depth interview with the artist on his cultural experiences and greatest influences, from artist Paul Cezanne to jazz maestro Charlie Parker
Richard Serra remembered and an Expressionist art special
Donna De Salvo, senior adjunct curator of special projects at Dia Art Foundation, reflects on the work of the late American sculptor, plus we speak to the organisers of exhibitions of shows on Käthe Kollwitz and the Blue Rider group
A brush with… Shahzia Sikander
An in-depth interview with the artist on her cultural experiences and greatest influences, from time spent in Mogadishu, Somalia, to the work of the artist Eva Hesse
The 2024 Whitney Biennial: our review
Plus, an analysis of our museum visitor figures survey and a drawing by Pieter Bruegel the Elder
Being ‘discovered’ late in life can be maddening—but it can have advantages
The Buffalo AKG Art Museum just opened a Stanley Whitney retrospective—the 77-year-old artist's first museum survey
Keith Piper on tackling Tate Britain’s racist Whistler mural
Plus, the top takeaways from the new Art Basel/UBS report and a weaving by Anni Albers
Keith Piper's thoughtful response to Tate Britain's racist mural avoids the usual get-out clauses
The artist's research-based video exploring Rex Whistler's The Expedition in Pursuit of Rare Meats benefited from the museum's collaborative approach
Photography and feminist activism, Jacob Rothschild remembered and Robert Ryman
We speak to the curators of the South London Gallery's latest show and to our founding editor about the legacy one of the UK's leading philanthropists. We also discuss Robert Ryman's work Adelphi on show at the Musée de l’Orangerie
'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
Ten years on: art world is still in search of its virtual reality Eden
In March 2014, Facebook bought Oculus VR, heralding a new era in extended reality. Will the arrival of the Apple Vision Pro move the medium from artistic experiment to widespread use?
How has Frieze Los Angeles impacted the city’s art scene?
Plus, Angelica Kauffman at London’s Royal Academy and Matthew Wong’s response to a lost Van Gogh
Ekow Eshun on the power of Black figuration and his new London show
Plus, 100 years of the Surrealist manifesto and Tonita Peña’s Eagle Dance
A brush with… Nalini Malani
An in-depth interview with the artist on her cultural experiences and greatest influences, from Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland to her time in 1970s Paris
Yoko Ono at Tate Modern: a closer look at ‘the world's most famous unknown artist’
Plus, Elton John‘s treasures at Christie’s and Factum Foundation’s reconstructed Roman colossus
A brush with… Zineb Sedira
An in-depth interview with the artist on her cultural experiences and greatest influences, from the conceptualist Mary Kelly to jazz and ska music
A string of new exhibitions shows that textile art is finally being taken seriously
The historical association of textiles with gender, sexuality and identity norms make them ripe for subversion and reimagining
Is censorship on the rise in the West?
Plus, Frank Auerbach at the Courtauld and an Indian painting from Howard Hodgkin’s collection
A brush with... Stanley Whitney
An in-depth interview with the artist on his cultural experiences and greatest influences from Paul Cézanne to Miles Davis