In the studio with… Sarah Staton
With prehistoric carvings and stills from ‘2001: A Space Odyssey’ on the walls, the artist’s studio is a mix of the past and yesterday’s vision of the future
In the studio with… Gilbert & George
The duo’s east London studio is, they say, the world’s cleanest, so that they can be as dirty as they want in their art
In the studio with… Kaye Donachie
The painter prefers her studio to be tidy, but it doesn’t stay that way for long – and she’s completely oblivious to the smell of turpentine and oil paint
In the studio with… Liza Lou
These days the California-based artist works nomadically in the Mojave Desert – which means playing host to the odd mountain lion
The week in art news – Chuck Close (1940–2021)
Chuck Close has died at the age of 81. The photorealist painter first came to prominence in the late 1960s…
In the studio with… Alberta Whittle
The Glasgow-based artist misses bumping into her studio neighbours in the corridors – but has a bag of volcanic ash to keep her company these days
In the studio with… Arthur Timothy
The UK-based painter opens the door on his studio in Bath – where he sometimes dons a suit to work, he says, if not a tie
In the studio with… Emeka Ogboh
The sound artist carries his studio with him wherever he goes – on a 13-inch MacBook Pro
My cultural city – Basel’s captivating contrasts, with Josef Helfenstein
The director of the Kunstmuseum Basel picks out his cultural highlights from a city in which vibrant traditions meet cosmopolitan flair
In the studio with… Shezad Dawood
The London-based artist increasingly works with VR technology – but his studio still smells of textiles, which remind him of his childhood
In the studio with… Shahzia Sikander
The artist’s miniature paintings aren’t as diminutive as they may sound, but the magnifying glass attached to her worktable is still absolutely essential
In the studio with… Do Ho Suh
For the past six years, the artist and his children have been building a magical world out of modelling clay in his London studio – but they’re running out of room
In the studio with… Michael Landy
Unsurprisingly, the artist who once destroyed all his possessions keeps an entirely clutter-free studio
In the studio with… Reginald Sylvester II
The New York-based painter loves working alone in his studio, but its high ceilings have encouraged him to work on larger canvases – and he’s running out of room
Will unions make a difference at US museums?
Union drives have accelerated during the pandemic, but museum workers have been frustrated with management for years, write Dana Kopel and Maxwell L. Anderson
Four sports that have produced some half-decent art
Sport nowhere for most of last year – and now sport everywhere. But there is some passable sport art out there, we promise…
In the studio with… Betty Tompkins
During the pandemic the pioneering feminist painter has retreated to her studio in rural Pennsylvania, where she has truly embraced the quiet life
In the studio with… Mandy El-Sayegh
The unlikeliest objects in the London-based artist’s studio? Either the sex toys or the taxidermy collection, she says
In the studio with… Chantal Joffe
The painter offers a glimpse of her canalside studio in London, where she works alone save for her portrait sitters – and a stuffed toy camel on wheels
A home for empathy and artists, in a former socialist-realist district of Cracow
Utopia Home – International Empathy Centre will provide a place of interaction, exchange and community for the artists and residents of Cracow in Poland
In the studio with… Sheila Hicks
When the weather permits, the artist builds her textile sculptures in the cobblestone courtyard of her studio in the heart of Paris
Is the ‘arm’s-length’ principle under threat in UK museums?
With the government waging its ‘culture war’, the independence of national museums is at stake, write Chris Smith and Margot Finn
In the studio with… Samson Kambalu
At Modern Art Oxford, the artist has set the stage for a ceremony initiating visitors into a utopian world of racial justice
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