Artist interview
‘It’s important to me to show what happened’: the Israeli artist drawing the traumatic events of 7 October
In the aftermath of Hamas’s attack on Israel, the Kyiv-born, Tel Aviv-based artist Zoya Cherkassky-Nnadi made drawings depicting victims and hostages
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
‘As a tool, meaning has its limits’: Pope.L on being inspired by the romantics and the power of the absurd
As his South London Gallery show opens, the self-proclaimed “friendliest Black artist in America” explains why creating new versions of his work is so important
Judy Chicago: the veteran artist backing great forgotten women and creating beauty from pain
As a vast retrospective opens in New York, the US artist discusses a 15th-century female author who has inspired her, the “purpose of life” and why she believes her work is only now being properly understood
Zak Ové: ‘I learned that the important thing is never to be shut down’
The artist’s rocket sculpture explores Black influences on the Western world
Claudette Johnson: ‘I’m trying to introduce another gaze—a Black feminist gaze’
The artist discusses her Courtauld show and why Black men became subjects for her work
'How do you take the palette of a sunset and sour it just a little?' Tammy Nguyen on her solo show at the ICA Boston
Tammy Nguyen discusses her exhibition at ICA Boston, which takes on the legacy of transcendentalism through the lens of the Vietnam War
El Anatsui: the sculptor on making art from waste, and waking up the artist in all of us
The Ghanaian artist, whose new work is about to be unveiled in Tate Modern’s Turbine Hall, explains the layered meanings behind his use of recycled bottle tops in his signature glittering, fabric-like hangings
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
Experimental artist Sung Neung Kyung on why he's still performing at 79-years-old
Sung's performances and early installations are included in a major survey on experimental art in mid-20th century Korea, currently at the Guggenheim Museum in New York
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
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
Takashi Murakami: the pop artist on cartoons, capitalism and what he learnt from Star Wars
The Japanese artist, whose latest show opens in San Francisco this month, explains the connection between his colourful aesthetic and darker influences, including natural disasters and the pandemic
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
'I'm receiving messages from a parallel universe': Naudline Pierre on the ecstatic world of her works on paper
Pierre discusses her latest exhibition at the Drawing Center in New York
Grayson Perry: the newly knighted potter on the power of accessibility and why he’s making a musical
Ahead of a retrospective in Edinburgh, the Turner Prize-winning artist, who inspired a nation of makers during the Covid-19 pandemic, explains why he never wants to stop learning
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
Sin Wai Kin's films challenge gender binaries and fascist Italian architecture
The Turner Prize-nominated artist-filmmaker discusses their current solo show in Rome and award-winning solo stand at Art Basel
Pianos, asparagus and shame: Andrea Büttner mines philosophy and art history in Kunstmuseum Basel show
The Heart of Relations is the German artist’s largest solo exhibition so far, with almost 90 works from the past 15 years
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
'Feelings and emotions are dirty words in art': Doris Salcedo on her unflinching works that confront global crises
As her major retrospective opens in Basel, we talk to the artist about her gentle but brutal artworks
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
Carrie Mae Weems: the photographer recreating and reframing famous historical moments
Ahead of her largest European show to date, the artist tells us why her early work focused on her family and how she grew to embrace large-scale installation
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
Joe Tilson: the Pop artist who dodged Hitler’s torpedoes and life on a building site
The nonagenarian talks about why Italy is more welcoming to artists, how meaning is always in the eye of the beholder, and his displeasure in learning that Boris Johnson is a fan
‘My work holds a mirror to one’s perspective’: Nicholas Galanin on his new public sculpture made of border wall steel
The Indigenous artist used steel destined for construction of the US’s southern border fence to make a large text art piece in Brooklyn