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… Goshka Macuga — podcast
An in-depth interview with Turner nominee Goshka Macuga, discussing her influences from Eileen Agar to Stanisław Lem—and how she came to dance in her studio
A brush with…Sonia Boyce — podcast
An in-depth interview with the Golden Lion-winner, discussing her shift to social practice, the influence of Billie Holiday and Ella Fitzgerald, and how William Morris’s wallpaper designs have made their way into her work
Podcast | Episode 100: A brush with… Marlene Dumas
An in-depth interview with the endlessly daring Dumas, discussing her admiration for Nicole Eisenman and Diane Arbus, and the impact of Francisco Goya on her practice
Podcast | A brush with… Robert Longo
An in-depth interview with "collision" artist Robert Longo, who explains the process behind his responses to works by everyone from Jackson Pollock to Rembrandt
Podcast | A brush with… Rana Begum
An in-depth interview with sculptor and painter Rana Begum, exploring her experiences with the Qur’an, J.M.W. Turner and negotiating the London cityscape
Podcast | A brush with… Arthur Jafa
An in-depth interview with the filmmaker and sculptor, discussing his eye for systemic and historic inequity, and how Anne Imhof and Mahalia Jackson have influenced his practice
Podcast | A brush with… Eva Rothschild
An in-depth interview with the sculptor, exploring the 'material giddiness' of making work—and the profound effect of Sinead O’Connor
Podcast | A brush with… Michael Craig-Martin
An in-depth interview with the artist spanning his 50-year career, exploring his influences, use of humour, and how he succeeds in making the humdrum so compelling
Podcast | A brush with… Charline von Heyl
An in-depth interview with the artist, exploring her description-defying work and her ability to keep us all guessing
Podcast | A brush with… Igshaan Adams
An in-depth interview with the artist on his cultural experiences and greatest influences, from Louise Bourgeois’s art to the love poems of Rumi
Podcast | A brush with... Otobong Nkanga
The Nigerian-born artist 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
Podcast | A brush with... Lynn Hershman Leeson
An in-depth interview with the artist on her cultural experiences and greatest influences, from Cézanne to the theatre of Tadeusz Kantor
Podcast | A brush with... Michaël Borremans
An in-depth interview with the artist on his cultural experiences and greatest influences, from Goya to Taylor Swift
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
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
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
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 brush with... Stanley Whitney
An in-depth interview with the artist on his cultural experiences and greatest influences from Paul Cézanne to Miles Davis
A brush with... Urs Fischer
An in-depth interview with the artist on his cultural experiences and greatest influences, from jazz and drawing workshops to Hieronymus Bosch
A brush with… Stephen Willats
An in-depth interview with the British artist, exploring his radical work from the 1960s to today
A brush with... Sutapa Biswas
An in-depth interview with the artist on her cultural experiences and greatest influences, from the the textural, labour-intensive work of Howardena Pindell to Jean Cocteau's film Orphée
A brush with... Torkwase Dyson
An in-depth interview with the artist on her cultural experiences and greatest influences, from Kiki Smith to Saidiya Hartman
A brush with... Claudette Johnson
An in-depth interview with the artist on her cultural experiences and greatest influences, from Toni Morrison's writings to Picasso's Les Demoiselles d’Avignon
A brush with... Yinka Shonibare
An in-depth interview with the artist on his cultural experiences and greatest influences, from William Hogarth to the "total artwork" of opera
A brush with… Analia Saban
An in-depth interview with the artist on her cultural experiences and greatest influences, from the writings of Julia Kristeva to her epiphanic visit to New York
A brush with... Alvaro Barrington
An in-depth interview with the artist on his cultural experiences and greatest influences, from Johannes Vermeer to Tupac Shakur
A brush with... Mandy El-Sayegh
An in-depth interview with the artist on her cultural experiences and greatest influences, from Albrecht Dürer to Theresa Hak Kyung Cha
A brush with... Larry Achiampong
An in-depth interview with the artist on his cultural experiences and greatest influences, from Adrian Piper to The Legend of Zelda video game
A brush with... Jeremy Deller
An in-depth interview with the artist on his cultural experiences and greatest influences, from Francis Bacon to Mike Kelley
A brush with... Jacqueline Humphries
An in-depth interview with the artist on her cultural experiences and greatest influences, from Caravaggio to early-2000s video games