Bloomberg Connects

Bloomberg Connects is the free arts and culture app that lets you access museums, galleries, and cultural spaces around the world anytime, anywhere.

A brush with… Jeff Wall — podcast

An in-depth interview with photographer Jeff Wall, discussing hallucinations, Franz Kafka and the inspiration he draws from comics

Hosted by Ben Luke. Produced by David Clack
Sponsored byBloomberg Connects

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

Hosted by Ben Luke. Produced by David Clack
Sponsored byBloomberg Connects

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

Hosted by Ben Luke. Produced by David. Clack
Sponsored byBloomberg Connects

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

Hosted by Ben Luke. Produced by David Clack
Sponsored byBloomberg Connects

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

Hosted by Ben Luke. Produced by David Clack
Sponsored byBloomberg Connects

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

Hosted by Ben Luke. Produced by David Clack
Sponsored byBloomberg Connects

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

Hosted by Ben Luke. Produced by David Clack
Sponsored byBloomberg Connects

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

Hosted by Ben Luke. Produced by David Clack
Sponsored byBloomberg Connects

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

Hosted by Ben Luke. Produced by David Clack
Sponsored byBloomberg Connects

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

Hosted by Ben Luke. Produced by David Clack
Sponsored byBloomberg Connects

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

Hosted by Ben Luke. Produced by David Clack
Sponsored byBloomberg Connects

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

Hosted by Ben Luke. Produced by David. Clack
Sponsored byBloomberg Connects

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

Hosted by Ben Luke. Produced by David Clack
Sponsored byBloomberg Connects

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

Hosted by Ben Luke. Produced by David. Clack
Sponsored byBloomberg Connects

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

Hosted by Ben Luke. Produced by Louis Jebb
Sponsored byBloomberg Connects

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

Hosted by Ben Luke. Produced by David Clack
Sponsored byBloomberg Connects

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

Sponsored byBloomberg Connects

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

Hosted by Ben Luke. Produced by David Clack
Sponsored byBloomberg Connects

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

Hosted by Ben Luke. Produced by David Clack
Sponsored byBloomberg Connects

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

Hosted by Ben Luke. Produced by David Clack
Sponsored byBloomberg Connects

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

Hosted by Ben Luke. Produced by David Clack
Sponsored byBloomberg Connects
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A brush with… Stephen Willats

An in-depth interview with the British artist, exploring his radical work from the 1960s to today

Hosted by Ben Luke. Produced by David Clack
Sponsored byBloomberg Connects

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

Hosted by Ben Luke. Produced by David Clack
Sponsored byBloomberg Connects

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

Hosted by Ben Luke. Produced by David Clack
Sponsored byBloomberg Connects

A brush with… Sarah Lucas

An in-depth conversation with the artist about her cultural experiences and greatest influences, from the sculptor Eva Hesse to the Museo Diego Rivera-Anahuacalli in Mexico City

Hosted by Ben Luke. Produced by David Clack
Sponsored byBloomberg Connects

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

Hosted by Ben Luke. Produced by David Clack
Sponsored byBloomberg Connects

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

Hosted by Ben Luke. Produced by David Clack
Sponsored byBloomberg Connects

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

Hosted by Ben Luke. Produced by David Clack
Sponsored byBloomberg Connects

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

Hosted by Ben Luke. Produced by David Clack
Sponsored byBloomberg Connects

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

Hosted by Ben Luke. Produced by David Clack
Sponsored byBloomberg Connects