The Art Newspaper

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. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Jun 25, 2026

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Episodes

Episode 34: Venice Biennale for architecture, and the Brutalist social housing debate 01.06.2018

Edwin Heathcote of the Financial Times reviews the Biennale, and Christopher Turner on his controversial exhibition focusing on Alison and Peter Smithson’s Robin Hood Gardens housing estate. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Episode 33: Absent friends: Howard Hodgkin's final paintings; Robert Indiana remembered 25.05.2018

We talk to Antony Peattie, the music writer and partner of the late Howard Hodgkin and to Barbara Haskell, curator of Robert Indiana's 2013 retrospective at the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Episode 32: The Royal Academy’s new project unveiled: David Chipperfield interview 18.05.2018

The Academy’s £56m project opens, with subtle additions and revamps by the British architect. Chipperfield talks about the subtleties of architecture, the RA’s chief executive Charles Saumarez Smith discusses funding and the quirks of the institution and we review the buildings and its displays with Jane Morris. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Episode 31: The $646m Rockefeller sale. Plus: should big galleries subsidise smaller ones? 11.05.2018

We drill down into the big numbers from the Post-Impressionist and Modern sale in New York, talk to Professor Rachel Pownall about the wider market and look at a small gallery housed in Piccadilly Circus Tube station. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Episode 30: All about Berlin 04.05.2018

Our guest host Arsalan Mohammad takes us behind the scenes of Gallery Weekend Berlin and beyond, speaking to dealers and artists about the changing face and enduring appeal of one of the world's most creative cities. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Episode 29: Taryn Simon interview, and restoring a Renaissance masterpiece at the Met 27.04.2018

We talk to the American artist about her acclaimed work staged in New York and now London, An Occupation of Loss. We hear from a curator and conservator at the Metropolitan Museum of Art about resurrecting Moretto da Brescia’s final great painting. And Louisa Buck and Ben Luke appraise the Turner Prize shortlist. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Episode 28: The battle over Ethiopia’s treasures 20.04.2018

We speak to Hailemichael Aberra Afework, Ethiopia’s ambassador to the UK, about the treasures looted by the British army at Maqdala, go behind the scenes of the Sony Photography Award with judge Gareth Harris and speak to Richard Parry about his plans for Glasgow International. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Episode 27: The enduring appeal of enigmatic Beuys. Plus, lost masterpieces reborn 13.04.2018

We hear from Adam Lowe of Factum Arte about a new TV series in which seven lost paintings are recreated using digital means, and speak to Norman Rosenthal and Thaddaeus Ropac about the enigmatic German artist Joseph Beuys Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Episode 26: Christo interview, plus museum visitor figures 06.04.2018

We speak to the Bulgarian-born artist about his grand project for the Serpentine, and look at our annual survey of visitor figures Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Episode 25: Living with Leonardo da Vinci 28.03.2018

Leonardo specialist Martin Kemp on decades spent in the company of the Renaissance master, plus the 300th edition of The Art Newspaper Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Episode 24: Mural-gazing with the Dalai Lama, plus Michael Rakowitz 23.03.2018

We speak to Thomas Laird about his new sumo-sized book on Tibetan murals, and to the artist creating the new work for the Fourth Plinth commission in London's Trafalgar Square. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Episode 23: The death of Venice? 16.03.2018

Salvatore Settis talks about his new book, plus Tacita Dean on her three London shows Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Episode 22: The genius of Picasso 09.03.2018

We take a tour of Tate Modern's blockbuster and explore the strength of Picasso's market Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Episode 21: Photography special: from Victorian pioneers to 2018 prize contenders 02.03.2018

We meet the men and women behind three fascinating but very different exhibitions of lens-based art Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Episode 20: Yes to Picasso, no to Van Gogh: the Rockefellers’ collection 23.02.2018

We talk to the American dynasty’s historian about David and Peggy Rockefeller’s tastes, and explore the funding crisis at Glasgow’s Transmission Gallery Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Episode 19: Klimt and Schiele plus Songs for Sabotage 16.02.2018

A look at the life and art of the two Austrian greats as shows open marking the 100th anniversary of their deaths. And the New Museum Triennial is reviewed. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Episode 18: Talking politics with Cornelia Parker and the future of ivory 09.02.2018

We meet the 2017 Election Artist. Plus, what do new ivory regulations mean for the art world? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Episode 17: Real or fake? The suspicious Russian avant-garde show in Ghent 02.02.2018

Expert on Russian art Simon Hewitt discusses developments in The Art Newspaper's current cover story, plus we explore an unusual collaboration at Hauser & Wirth Somerset Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Episode 16: Charles I at the Royal Academy—an exhibition fit for a king 26.01.2018

We pick apart the latest smash hit show to open in London with art historian Bendor Grosvenor, then complete our 2018 preview with a look at the big exhibitions coming to the US this year Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Episode 15: What will 2018 hold for the art world? 19.01.2018

We are at the London Art Fair speaking to Georgina Adam about her art market predictions and to Louisa Buck about the top shows and artists to keep on your radar this year Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Episode 14: The top stories of 2017 22.12.2017

From Louvre Abu Dhabi to Leonardo, Documenta to Trump, we look back at the year in art with our journalists Louisa Buck, Gareth Harris and Anny Shaw Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Episode 13: The dark side of the art market 15.12.2017

Former editor of the The Art Newspaper Jane Morris speaks to Georgina Adam about her new book Dark Side of the Boom and the art world's less savoury side Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Episode 12: Old Masters after the Leonardo and Art Basel Miami Beach 08.12.2017

We talk Titian, Constable, Veneziano, Wright of Derby, Van Dyck and, yes, Leonardo, with art historian Bendor Grosvenor. And our deputy art market editor Anna Brady gets Judd Tully’s views on Miami’s annual art fair. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Episode 11: Antiquities now and Rose Wylie 01.12.2017

How is the antiquities trade coping with increased focus on Middle East looting and new approaches to collecting? And Rose Wylie on the pleasures and struggles of painting. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Episode 10: Restoring Iraq’s heritage, plus the complex politics of First Nations art 24.11.2017

John Darlington of the World Monuments Fund discusses projects to train local people in craft traditions and the curator Victor Wang on the work of Lawrence Paul Yuxweluptun, whose first European solo show opens in London next week Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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