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The Week in Art

The Art Newspaper
Venice Biennale
Art Market
Tate Modern
Michelangelo
Royal Academy Of Arts
Raphael
Gaza
Artificial Intelligence
Leonardo Da Vinci
Art Exhibitions
National Gallery
Adriano Pedrosa
The Frick Collection
Frank Auerbach
Paul Gauguin
Art History
Contemporary Art
Van Gogh
Art Basel
Battle Of Pavia

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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The latest edition of Frieze New York is open now and we hear all about this year’s fair from The Art Newspaper’s editor-in-chief in the Americas, Ben Sutton, and our art market editor, Kabir Jhala. Cupid Complaining to Venus (1526-27), a painting by... more

It’s Venice Biennale opening week and so, as ever, this episode is our Venice special. The Biennale comprises many aspects: an international exhibition that this year features more than 100 artists in the Central Pavilion in the Giardini—Venice’s eas... more

The largest career survey of the great 17th-century Spanish master Francisco de Zurbarán since the 1980s opens this weekend at the National Gallery in London. It presents a more rounded perspective on an artist best known for his austere paintings of... more

This Sunday, 26 April, marks the 40th anniversary of the accident at the Chernobyl nuclear reactor in Soviet Ukraine. It is the most serious disaster ever to occur in the nuclear power industry, with widespread effects then and now. An exhibition at ... more

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Recent Guests

Charlotte Keenan
Head of the Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool
Walker Art Gallery
Episode: Frieze New York, the Cranach in Hitler’s Munich apartment, Ajamu X
Gabrielle Goliath
Artist, South Africa Pavilion, Elegy
South Africa Pavilion
Episode: Venice Biennale Special 2026
Lubaina Himid
Artist, British Pavilion, Predicting History, Testing Translation
British Council
Episode: Venice Biennale Special 2026
Saidiya Hartman
Writer/thinker, Minor Keys project collaborator
Columbia University
Episode: Venice Biennale Special 2026
Daniella Kaliada
Co-curator, Official Unofficial Belarus
Belarus Free Theatre
Episode: Venice Biennale Special 2026
Gabriele Matino
Senior researcher, Save Venice
Save Venice
Episode: Venice Biennale Special 2026
Eric Crosby
Director, Carnegie Museum of Art
Carnegie Museum of Art
Episode: Zurbarán in London, the Carnegie International, Walter Sickert’s Ennui
Robert Travers
Founder, Piano Nobile
Piano Nobile (gallery)
Episode: Zurbarán in London, the Carnegie International, Walter Sickert’s Ennui
Ola Kovalevska
Curator/organizer of the Chernobyl exhibition in Potsdam
Ukrainian association Push UA / The Chernobyl Exhibition team
Episode: Chernobyl 40 years on, Paula Rego at Munch in Oslo, Gluck’s flower painting

Host

Ben Luke
Host of The Week in Art

Reviews

4.6 out of 5 stars from 766 ratings
  • Musical backing voice

    Très énervant ce fond musical dans la séquence des informations . Affreux

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    h.g1975
    Francea month ago
  • One of my favorite shows

    The week in art is a consistently excellent program. I always come away having learned something new.

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    Frank Davenport
    France4 months ago
  • I listen, but find all too many times the assumption is that no one lives in the middle ground of politics - only on the extremes...especiallythe left side, where all artists exist, of course. I have stopped listening to a handful simply because they try too hard to be politically correct and inclusive of all ideas even when doing so isolates and minimalzes others and it makes them sound a bit crazy 🤪. While I enjoy hearing about all the the gallery openings, I find it makes them sound even mor... more

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    3
    Sarah A
    United Statesa year ago
  • Pompous & A Bit Entitled/Privileged

    I listen, but find all too many times the assumption is that no one lives in the middle ground of politics - only on the extremes...especiallythe left side, where all artists exist, of course. I have stopped listening to a handful simply because they try too hard to be politically correct and inclusive of all ideas even when doing so isolates and minimalzes others and it makes them sound a bit crazy 🤪. While I enjoy hearing about all the the gallery openings, I find it makes them sound even mor... more

    Audible
    3
    Sarah A
    United Statesa year ago
  • 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

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    Miriam Schulman
    United Statesa year ago

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Audience feedback emphasizes the podcast's role in fostering thoughtful conversations around the intersections of art and societal issues, making it valuable for art professionals and enthusiasts.
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Reviews reflect a mix of reception, with enthusiasm about the host's ability to articulate complex topics and dissatisfaction from some regarding political commentary and perceived biases.

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Venice Biennale Special 2026
Q: What are your immediate impressions of the main international exhibition?
The show is richly layered and political, balancing quiet, garden-like environments with sharp confrontations, and it depends heavily on how the curatorial team interpreted Koyo Kouoh's vision after her passing.
Marcel Duchamp at MoMA, Dorothea Tanning book, Leonora Carrington at the Freud Museum, London
Q: How does the Duchamp retrospective structure the career arc given its non-linearities?
The curators describe a chronological approach that reveals Duchamp's non-linearity by tracing an arc of ideas, replicas, and open-ended processes rather than a straightforward linear progression.
Louvre heist: the fallout, RoseLee Goldberg on the Performa Biennial, Wayne McGregor on his new installation
Q: What happened during the Louvre heist and what is its significance beyond the theft itself?
The discussion outlines how the robbery involved specialized planning, questioned security and surveillance, and sparked a broader debate about how culture is funded, protected, and valued in French society.
New Museum extension opens, NextGen collectors, a Wardian Case in Oxford
Q: What was the impetus behind expanding the New Museum building?
Gioni explains it was an organic process due to a nearby building becoming available, which allowed the museum to expand space and capabilities rather than simply modernize the existing structure.
Iran war and culture in the Gulf, the Whitney Biennial, Rembrandt discovery
Q: What makes the Rembrandt attribution significant, and how was the attribution established?
A combination of high-resolution imaging, macro XRF scanning, dendrochronology, and careful stylistic comparison demonstrated matching pigments and panel dating, leading to the conclusion that the painting is an authentic Rembrandt from 1633.

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2. Gabrielle Goliath
3. Lubaina Himid
4. Saidiya Hartman
5. Daniella Kaliada
6. Gabriele Matino
7. Eric Crosby
8. Robert Travers

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