Ben Luke is a contributing editor and podcast host at The Art Newspaper. He focuses on fine art, art dealing, digital art, and urban and street art, while also covering broader themes in arts and entertainment and theater. Ben's work has been featured in Sotheby's, Yahoo News UK, The Art Newspaper, and the Evening Standard.
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Ben Luke's work predominantly focuses on entertainment news and culture, with a keen interest in popular franchises like Batman, Marvel, and DC Comics. He often includes expert commentary and covers events related to these topics. To effectively reach out to Ben, consider offering exclusive insights or interviews with experts within the entertainment industry who can provide valuable perspectives on trending topics or events related to well-known franchises like Call of Duty, Marvel, DC Comics, and major technological updates from companies such as Google or Samsung.
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By: David Clack, Alexander Morrison, Ben Luke
In this week's episode, Ben Luke takes a tour of the Zurbarán survey at the National Gallery in London, speaks to the director of the Carnegie Museum of Art ahead of this year's Carnegie International in Pittsburgh, and learns about a Walter Sickert painting on view at Charleston in Sussex.
By: Ben Luke
Our guide to the themes and strands of this year's international exhibition, and some of the key artists on display
By: Alexander Morrison, David Clack, Ben Luke
In this week's special Venice Biennale episode, Ben Luke reviews In Minor Keys along with Louisa Buck and Jane Morris, interviews artists Gabrielle Goliath and Lubaina Himid and meets writer Saidiya Hartman. Digital editor Alexander Morrison hears about a collateral event by Belarus Free Theatre, and Ben Luke learns about the restoration of two paintings by Tintoretto.
Staged a year after the death of its curator, Koyo Kouoh, the Venice Biennale’s main exhibition unfolds as a sometimes-cacophonous procession guided by sentinels and hybrid beings in a rich but uneven show
By: J. Cabelle Ahn, Gabriella Angeleti, J.S. Marcus, Ben Luke, Xintian Tina Wang, Elena Goukassian
Check out our top picks from the many exhibitions taking place across the city
By: David Clack, Alexander Morrison, Ben Luke
In this week's episode, Ben Sutton and Kabir Jhala discuss this year's Frieze New York, other fairs across the city this week and the upcoming New York auctions. Ben Luke speaks to Martin Bailey about a Cranach painting discovered to have once hung in Hitler's home, and hears from Charlotte Keenan of the Walker Art Gallery in Liverpool on a photography series by Ajamu X.
By: Ben Luke
The revelation of witnessing a groundbreaking show can redefine an artist's creative trajectory
By: Alexander Morrison, Ben Luke, David Clack
In this week's episode, Ben Luke speaks to correspondent Judd Tully on the New York spring auction results and takes a tour of the James McNeill Whistler exhibition at Tate Britain in London. Digital editor Alexander Morrison sees a frieze by Edvard Munch on display in Oslo.
By: Ben Luke
From the writings of Olivia Laing to dream analysis, the Texas-based museum director shares her cultural influences
By: Alexander Morrison, Ben Luke, David Clack
In this week's episode, Ben Luke discusses the disruptions to plans for a new Smithsonian women's museum in Washington DC, speaks with artist Oliver Beer and musician Rufus Wainwright on their recent collaboration, and learns about a painting by Jasper Johns on show at the Guggenheim Bilbao.
