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A brush with...

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A brush with..., sponsored by Bloomberg Connects, is a podcast by The Art Newspaper that features in-depth conversations with leading international artists. Host Ben Luke asks the questions you've always wanted to: who are the artists, historical and contemporary, they most admire? Which are the museums they return to? What are the books, music and other media that most inspire them? What do they get up to in the studio every day? And what is art for, anyway?

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The podcast offers a fascinating insight into the inspirations, the preoccupations and the working lives of some of the most prominent artists today.

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  1. A brush with... Sung Tieu

    · 1 h 00 min · S36 E4

    Sung Tieu talks to Ben Luke about her influences—from writers to film-makers, and, of course, other artists—and the cultural experiences that have shaped her life and work. Tieu’s work uses her own personal history to…

  2. A brush with... George Shaw

    · 1 h 12 min · S36 E3

    George Shaw talks to Ben Luke about his influences—from writers to musicians, and, of course, other artists—and the cultural experiences that have shaped his life and work. Shaw, who was born in 1966 in Coventry, UK,…

  3. A brush with... Gabriel Orozco

    · 1 h 13 min · S36 E2

    Gabriel Orozco talks to Ben Luke about his influences—from writers to musicians, and, of course, other artists—and the cultural experiences that have shaped his life and work. You can also watch this conversation as a…

  4. A brush with… Cecilia Vicuña

    · 51 min · S36 E1

    Cecilia Vicuña talks to Ben Luke about her influences—from writers to musicians, and, of course, other artists—and the cultural experiences that have shaped her life and work. Born in 1948 in Santiago, Chile, Vicuña is…

  5. A brush with... Sunil Gupta

    · 1 h 08 min · S35 E4

    Sunil Gupta talks to Ben Luke about his influences—from writers to film-makers, and, of course, other artists—and the cultural experiences that have shaped his life and work. Across more than half a century Gupta has…

  6. A brush with... Richard Tuttle

    · 1 h 05 min · S35 E3

    Richard Tuttle talks to Ben Luke about his influences—from writers to musicians, and, of course, other artists—and the cultural experiences that have shaped his life and work. Tuttle, who was born in 1941 in Rahway,…

  7. A brush with... Dawoud Bey

    · 1 h 14 min · S35 E2

    Dawoud Bey talks to Ben Luke about his influences—from writers to musicians, and, of course, other artists—and the cultural experiences that have shaped his life and work. Bey, who was born in 1953 in New York, makes…

  8. A brush with... Katharina Grosse

    · 1 h 08 min · S35 E1

    Katharina Grosse talks to Ben Luke about her influences—from writers to musicians, and, of course, other artists—and the cultural experiences that have shaped her life and work. Grosse, who was born in Freiberg im…

  9. A brush with... Pio Abad

    · 1 h 08 min · S34 E4 · Explicit

    Pio Abad talks to Ben Luke about his influences—from writers to musicians, and, of course, other artists—and the cultural experiences that have shaped his life and work. Abad explores objects and images that have…

  10. A brush with... Anne Imhof

    · 1 h 03 min · S34 E3 · Explicit

    Anne Imhof talks to Ben Luke about her influences—from writers to musicians, and, of course, other artists—and the cultural experiences that have shaped her life and work. Imhof, who was born in 1978 in Giessen in…

  11. A brush with... Caragh Thuring

    · 1 h 06 min · S34 E2

    Caragh Thuring talks to Ben Luke about her influences—from writers to musicians, and, of course, other artists—and the cultural experiences that have shaped her life and work. Thuring, who was born in Brussels in 1972…

  12. A brush with... Lisa Yuskavage

    · 1 h 07 min · S34 E1

    In this first episode of the new series, Lisa Yuskavage 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…

  13. A brush with... Andrew Cranston

    · 1 h 13 min · S33 E4

    Andrew Cranston talks to Ben Luke about his influences—from writers to musicians, film-makers and, of course, other artists—and the cultural experiences that have shaped his life and work. Cranston, who was born in…

  14. A brush with… Sanya Kantarovsky

    · 1 h 12 min · S33 E3 · Explicit

    Sanya Kantarovsky talks to Ben Luke about his influences—from writers to musicians, and, of course, other artists—and the cultural experiences that have shaped his life and work. Kantarovsky was born in Moscow in 1982…

  15. A brush with... Hurvin Anderson

    · 48 min · S33 E2

    Hurvin Anderson talks to Ben Luke about his influences—from writers to musicians, and, of course, other artists—and the cultural experiences that have shaped his life and work. Anderson was born in Birmingham, UK, in…

  16. A brush with... Lorna Simpson

    · 1 h 06 min · S33 E1 · Explicit

    Lorna Simpson 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. Simpson was born in Brooklyn,…

  17. A brush with... Danh Vo

    · 1 h 00 min · S32 E4 · Explicit

    Danh Vo talks to Ben Luke about his influences—from writers to musicians, film-makers and, of course, other artists—and the cultural experiences that have shaped his life and work. Vo was born in 1975 in Bà Rja,…

  18. A brush with... Veronica Ryan

    · 1 h 06 min · S32 E3

    Veronica Ryan talks to Ben Luke about her influences—from writers to musicians and, of course, other artists—and the cultural experiences that have shaped her life and work. Ryan was born in 1956 in Plymouth on the…

  19. A brush with... Catherine Opie

    · 1 h 14 min · S32 E2

    Catherine Opie 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. Over more than three decades,…

  20. A brush with... Louis Fratino

    · 1 h 06 min · S32 E1

    Louis Fratino talks to Ben Luke about his influences—from writers to musicians, film-makers and, of course, other artists—and the cultural experiences that have shaped his life and work. Fratino was born in 1993 in…

  21. A brush with... Olafur Eliasson

    · 1 h 15 min · S31 E4

    Olafur Eliasson talks to Ben Luke about his influences—from writers to musicians, film-makers and, of course, other artists—and the cultural experiences that have shaped his life and work. Eliasson was born in 1967 in…

  22. A brush with... Luc Tuymans

    · 1 h 02 min · S31 E3 · Explicit

    Luc Tuymans talks to Ben Luke about his influences—from writers to musicians, film-makers and, of course, other artists—and the cultural experiences that have shaped his life and work. Tuymans, who was born in 1958 in…

  23. A brush with… Kader Attia

    · 1 h 01 min · S31 E2

    Kader Attia talks to Ben Luke about his influences—from writers to musicians, film-makers and, of course, other artists—and the cultural experiences that have shaped his life and work. Attia was born in 1970 in Dugny,…

  24. A brush with... Mary Kelly

    · 1 h 00 min · S31 E1

    Mary Kelly 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. Kelly was born in Fort Dodge,…

  25. A brush with... Peter Doig

    · 57 min · S30 E4

    Peter Doig talks to Ben Luke about his influences—from writers to musicians, film-makers and, of course, other artists—and the cultural experiences that have shaped his life and work. Doig, who was born in Edinburgh in…

  26. A brush with… Christopher Wool

    · 55 min · S30 E3

    Christopher Wool talks to Ben Luke about his influences—from writers to musicians, film-makers and, of course, other artists—and the cultural experiences that have shaped their lives and work. Wool, who was born in…

  27. A brush with... Suzanne Jackson

    · 1 h 06 min · S30 E2

    Suzanne Jackson talks to Ben Luke about her influences—from writers to musicians and, of course, other artists—and the cultural experiences that have shaped her life and work. Jackson, who was born in 1944 in St.…

  28. A brush with… Wolfgang Tillmans

    · 1 h 11 min · S30 E1

    Wolfgang Tillmans talks to Ben Luke about his influences—from writers to musicians, film-makers and, of course, other artists—and the cultural experiences that have shaped his life and work. Tillmans, born in…

  29. A brush with… Jeffrey Gibson

    · 1 h 14 min · S29 E4

    Jeffrey Gibson talks to Ben Luke, welcome to A brush with… about his influences—from writers to musicians, film-makers and, of course, other artists—and the cultural experiences that have shaped his life and work.…

  30. A brush with… Teresita Fernández

    · 1 h 05 min · S29 E3

    Teresita Fernández 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. Fernández, born in 1968 in…

  31. A brush with… Jane and Louise Wilson

    · 1 h 14 min · S29 E2

    Jane and Louise Wilson talk to Ben Luke about their influences—from writers to musicians, film-makers and, of course, other artists—and the cultural experiences that have shaped their lives and work. Jane and Louise…

  32. A brush with... Tai Shani

    · 1 h 24 min · S29 E1

    Tai Shani 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.Shani makes sculpture and…

  33. A brush with... Hew Locke

    · 58 min · S28 E4

    Hew Locke talks to Ben Luke about his influences—from writers to musicians, film-makers and, of course, other artists—and the cultural experiences that have shaped his life and work. Locke was born in 1959 in…

  34. A brush with... Rudolf Stingel

    · 59 min · S28 E3

    Rudolf Stingel talks to Ben Luke about his influences—from writers to musicians, film-makers and, of course, other artists—and the cultural experiences that have shaped his life and work. Stingel was born in 1956 in…

  35. A brush with… Lubaina Himid

    · 1 h 11 min · S28 E2

    Lubaina Himid 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. Himid was born 1954 in Zanzibar…

  36. A brush with… Huma Bhabha

    · 56 min · S28 E1

    Ben Luke talks to Huma Bhabha 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. Bhabha was born in 1962 in…

  37. A brush with... Salman Toor

    · 1 h 04 min · S27 E4 · Explicit

    Salman Toor talks to Ben Luke about his influences—from writers to musicians, film-makers and, of course, other artists—and the cultural experiences that have shaped his life and work. Toor was born in Lahore,…

  38. A brush with... Kent Monkman

    · 1 h 00 min · S27 E3

    Kent Monkman talks to Ben Luke about his influences—from writers to musicians, film-makers and, of course, other artists—and the cultural experiences that have shaped his life and work. Monkman was born in 1965 in St…

  39. A brush with... Ed Atkins

    · 1 h 11 min · S27 E2

    Ed Atkins talks to Ben Luke about his influences—from writers to musicians, film-makers and, of course, other artists—and the cultural experiences that have shaped his life and work. Atkins, born in Oxford, UK, in…

  40. A brush with... Celia Paul

    · 1 h 09 min · S27 E1

    In this first episode of the new series of A brush with…, Ben Luke talks to the painter Celia Paul about her influences—including writers as well as contemporary and historic artists—and the cultural experiences that…

  41. A brush with… Renée Green

    · 59 min · S26 E4

    Renée Green 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. Green was born in 1959, in…

  42. A brush with... Somaya Critchlow

    · 1 h 09 min · S26 E3

    Somaya Critchlow 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. Critchlow, born in London in…

  43. A brush with... Thomas Ruff

    · 1 h 04 min · S26 E2

    Thomas Ruff talks to Ben Luke about his influences—from writers to musicians, film-makers and, of course, other artists—and the cultural experiences that have shaped his life and work. Ruff was born in 1958 in Zell am…

  44. A brush with... Linder

    · 1 h 15 min · S26 E1

    The first episode of 2025 of A brush with… features a conversation with Linder, who discusses her influences—from writers to musicians and, of course, other artists—and the cultural experiences that have shaped her…

  45. A brush with… Michael Elmgreen and Ingar Dragset

    · 1 h 07 min · S25 E4 · Explicit

    Michael Elmgreen and Ingar Dragset talk to Ben Luke about their influences—from writers to musicians, film-makers and, of course, other artists—and the cultural experiences that have shaped their lives and work. This…

  46. A brush with... Hank Willis Thomas

    · 1 h 00 min · S25 E3

    Hank Willis Thomas talks to Ben Luke about his influences—from writers to musicians and, of course, other artists—and the cultural experiences that have shaped his life and work. Thomas, born in 1976 in Plainfield, New…

  47. A brush with… Jeff Wall

    · 1 h 05 min · S25 E2

    Jeff Wall talks to Ben Luke about his influences—from writers to musicians, film-makers and, of course, other artists—and the cultural experiences that have shaped his life and work. Wall—who was born in 1946 in…

  48. A brush with... Goshka Macuga

    · 1 h 11 min · S25 E1

    Goshka Macuga 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. Macuga was born in 1967 in…

  49. A brush with... Sonia Boyce

    · 1 h 03 min · S24 E4

    Sonia Boyce 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. Boyce, a recent Golden…

  50. Episode 100: A brush with... Marlene Dumas

    · 1 h 03 min · S24 E3

    Episode 100: A brush with… Marlene DumasIn this, the 100th episode of A brush with…, Marlene Dumas talks to Ben Luke about her influences—from writers to film-makers and, of course, other artists—and the cultural…

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