The Week in Art

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From breaking news and insider insights to exhibitions and events around the world, the team at The Art Newspaper picks apart the art world's big stories with the help of special guests. An award-winning podcast hosted by Ben Luke.


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Recent Episodes
  • London: National Gallery refurb and rehang, Tate Modern is 25. Plus, Inge Mahn
    May 8, 2025 – 1:19:41
  • Frank Auerbach’s Berlin homecoming, human remains and museums, Ian Hamilton Finlay’s ‘Republic’
    May 1, 2025 – 1:13:21
  • Pope Francis and art, JMW Turner’s 250th birthday, John Singer Sargent’s Madame X
    Apr 24, 2025 – 1:01:54
  • Christine Sun Kim and Thomas Mader, teamLab in Abu Dhabi, Vermeer’s final painting?
    Apr 17, 2025 – 52:20
  • Trump’s assault on museums and libraries, the art market’s 12% fall, Evie Hone and Mainie Jellett
    Apr 10, 2025 – 58:38
  • Museum visitor figures—highs and lows, William Morris mania, Marguerite Matisse, the unsung hero of her father’s art
    Apr 3, 2025 – 1:00:51
  • The Frick: Annabelle Selldorf interview and our review. Plus, Taiso Yoshitoshi
    Mar 28, 2025 – 1:00:55
  • Jack Whitten at MoMA, New York, Paris Noir at the Pompidou, Arpita Singh at the Serpentine
    Mar 21, 2025 – 1:09:01
  • The big art slowdown, Dutch funding crisis, Bruegel’s Hunters in the Snow
    Mar 14, 2025 – 54:23
  • Censorship and Australia’s Venice Biennale pavilion, a controversial AI auction, and Elizabeth Catlett in Washington
    Mar 7, 2025 – 1:08:37
  • Leigh Bowery at Tate Modern, Ukraine and art—three years on, Max Beckmann and the Gothic Modern
    Feb 28, 2025 – 1:10:38
  • Gee’s Bend quiltmakers, “Degenerate” Art in Paris, and Mel Bochner remembered
    Feb 21, 2025 – 1:03:31
  • Anselm Kiefer, Hoor al Qasimi on Sharjah, a Picasso Blue Period mystery
    Feb 14, 2025 – 1:14:45
  • Trump tariffs and Zona Maco in Mexico, India Art Fair, and American photography at the Rijksmuseum
    Feb 7, 2025 – 56:56
  • Peter Hujar, Gregg Bordowitz and Rotimi Fani-Kayode: art and the Aids struggle
    Jan 31, 2025 – 1:14:51
  • Artists in Gaza respond to the ceasefire, Cimabue at the Louvre, a Baroque printmaking family
    Jan 24, 2025 – 1:00:08
  • Los Angeles wildfires, World Monuments Fund’s watch list, Katsushika Hokusai
    Jan 17, 2025 – 58:58
  • The Year Ahead 2025: market predictions, the big shows and openings
    Jan 10, 2025 – 1:19:34
  • 2024 in review: the biggest stories and the best shows
    Dec 20, 2024 – 1:22:24
  • Carsten Höller, Takashi Murakami, Dia’s Echoes from the Borderlands
    Dec 13, 2024 – 53:54
  • Art Basel Miami Beach, Notre-Dame reopens in Paris, and Parmigianino’s Vision of St Jerome
    Dec 6, 2024 – 55:48
  • Art and technology shows in London and Los Angeles, a restored 17th-century cosmic atlas
    Nov 29, 2024 – 1:04:40
  • The $6.2m banana, Frank Auerbach remembered, Lindokuhle Sobekwa’s photographs of addiction in South Africa
    Nov 22, 2024 – 1:07:21
  • Episode 300! British Museum, Tate Modern and V&A East directors in discussion
    Nov 15, 2024 – 58:36
  • Renaissance special: Michelangelo, Leonardo and Raphael in Florence, drawings and tapestries
    Nov 8, 2024 – 1:15:34
  • American sculpture—race and racism, Warsaw’s Museum of Modern Art, Jusepe de Ribera in Paris
    Nov 1, 2024 – 1:05:17
  • US election, the glory of Siena, Gabrielle Goliath
    Oct 24, 2024 – 1:10:54
  • Paris: Art Basel at the Grand Palais and Guillermo Kuitca at Musée Picasso, plus Małgorzata Mirga-Tas at Tate St Ives
    Oct 17, 2024 – 1:04:17
  • Frieze, UK critics The White Pube, Giuseppe Penone and Arte Povera
    Oct 11, 2024 – 1:05:16
  • Mike Kelley, a pivotal period of contemporary Indian art, Raoul Dufy and Berthe Weill
    Oct 3, 2024 – 1:02:28
  • Monet in London, Matisse in Basel, Frankenthaler in Florence
    Sep 26, 2024 – 1:15:12
  • Glenn Ligon in Cambridge, new Gauguin biography, Teresa Margolles’s Fourth Plinth commission
    Sep 19, 2024 – 1:12:50
  • Van Gogh blockbuster, the birth of Impressionism, Juan Pablo Echeverri
    Sep 12, 2024 – 1:01:37
  • The art market slump, the artist freed in the US-Russia prisoner swap, Max Ernst and Surrealism in Paris
    Sep 5, 2024 – 59:23
  • Arts and the UK election, ex-Uffizi head fails in Florence mayoral bid, Hank Willis Thomas at Glastonbury
    Jun 27, 2024 – 57:43
  • Just Stop Oil’s Stonehenge protest, Tavares Strachan, Louise Bourgeois at the Galleria Borghese
    Jun 20, 2024 – 52:40
  • Art Basel: fireworks and nuance, Lynn Barber on her artist interviews, Guillaume Lethière at the Clark
    Jun 13, 2024 – 1:03:02
  • Georgia O’Keeffe’s New York, Studio Voltaire at 30, Martha Jungwirth responds to Goya
    Jun 6, 2024 – 56:37
  • Art’s AI reckoning, the rise of comic art, and Degas’ Miss La La
    May 30, 2024 – 55:13
  • The Mona Lisa's endless, and problematic, allure; Judy Chicago; Christian Schad and the New Objectivity
    May 23, 2024 – 56:31
  • Tate’s historic women artists show, Dia at 50, Martin Wong’s record-breaking painting
    May 16, 2024 – 1:06:18
  • Gaza: artists’ stories, Frank Stella remembered, Vanessa Bell’s garden view
    May 9, 2024 – 1:09:48
  • Should UK museums charge for entry? Plus, Michelangelo’s last decades and Maria Blanchard
    May 2, 2024 – 1:00:31
  • Klimt’s last picture sells for €35m, Rebecca Horn, a Cézanne restored
    Apr 25, 2024 – 41:21
  • Venice Biennale special
    Apr 18, 2024 – 1:53:47
  • Marlborough Gallery closes, Rose B. Simpson in New York, Caravaggio’s final painting
    Apr 11, 2024 – 54:08
  • Inigo Philbrick and art world fraud, Hong Kong’s new security law, a Maharaja’s sword
    Apr 4, 2024 – 1:03:57
  • Richard Serra remembered. Plus, expressionist art special: Käthe Kollwitz at MoMA and the Blue Rider at Tate Modern
    Mar 29, 2024 – 1:00:42
  • Whitney Biennial reviewed, museum visits back to normal, Pieter Bruegel the Elder
    Mar 22, 2024 – 53:49
  • Tate’s racist mural—Keith Piper’s response, the Art Basel & UBS Art Market Report, Anni Albers
    Mar 15, 2024 – 53:45
Recent Reviews
  • Miriam Schulman
    beyond the pale
    i used to like this show, but the hosts repeat Hamas rhetoric and present it as “facts” @schulmanart host of the Inspiration Place podcast
  • Scooching in Here
    Performative Outrage
    Stealing from another user’s phrasing since it fits so perfectly (thank you @ElanaEda). Highly recommend The Art Angle instead for a much more nuanced, impactful report on the art market.
  • ElanaEda
    Useful idiots in their high art towers
    This show was fun until it dove head first into trendy, selective, performative outrage
  • Niplock
    Ben Luke is an iconic host
    Ben delivers an informative, impactful glimpse into the art world. Some art podcasts either stumble with articulation, or dedicate a whole show to belabor a topic that can be summed up in a few sentences. Ben knows his stuff and provides smart commentary when needed, summarizes important art news, and has interesting guests.
  • jerusalem gurl
    Saudi Arabia
    Mostly 5 stars. Why did you think giving Alia Al-Senussi a platform to obfuscate was a good idea?
  • GailJayNYC
    One of my favorite art podcasts
    Very thoughtful and intelligent news and analysis of what’s going on in the art world. Not overly focused on art as commodity. My favorite segment is their art work of the week, in which the host and a guest go deep on a single piece. Great stuff, and I love Ben Luke’s voice!
  • Moviesmusic
    Politics and Art
    It’s an interesting podcast but mostly for those interested in political and identity oriented art.
  • gg.s.y
    Great Recap
    I listen every week to catch up on art world happenings. So much goes everywhere. It’s nice to have a lens that focuses on the important issues.
  • trillionshelper
    Almost Perfect
    Thank you for your fascinating and enjoyable podcast. I would rate it 100% perfect if you didn’t have the very annoying music in the background while the host speaks—-does anyone not find that very intrusive and annoying ??
  • Syntax Babe
    review
    I was looking forward to this podcast but although a good effort, it is rather uneven. I don’t much mind the low production values (heaven knows, we’re all suddenly improvising in this medium). Nor do I mind a generally informal tone. But many of the commentators seem uncertain, frequently punctuating their remarks with “kind of” and “sort of.” How could the exhibit in Provincetown “sort of” acknowledge the native role in the U.S. holiday of Thanksgiving? It either did or it didn’t! Too much of this kind of thing (including in the 2020 wrap up). It makes me wonder the guests really know what they’re talking about. The first speaker on Thanksgiving did a fine job, however, and could serve as a model to others.
  • stuspr
    The Best
    My favorite arts podcast...full stop.
  • Mags Magee
    Juicy
    Richly informative interviews with knowledgeable creatives and critics cover art past, present, and future.
  • anyasaunt
    Top of the Line!
    I have a wide range of interests and obsessions but this podcast rates #1. Incisive, passionate, in-depth explorations of issues globally.
  • Chadd Scott
    The standard bearer art podcast
    No art podcast is more connected to what’s taking place in the art world today with an emphasis on London and England.
  • Hans Obitz
    Essential listening
    Recently discovered this cast. Where have you been all my life? I love this cast. Always relevant artworks scoop and expert accounts of wide international art topics. My weekly digest of the art wold. Thank you!
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