The Iraqi-American artist talks to Apollo about making an anti-war memorial in Margate – and about ‘problem-solving and trouble-making’ with his art
Having picked up the paintbrush for film roles, the actor found that he couldn't stop painting – and he now has a solo show of his own
The Welsh artist’s studio looks out on to the mountains of Snowdonia – idyllic were it not for the children screaming in the playground next door, he says
The one tool Julian Opie could least do without? His eyes, he says – although he’d be pretty lost without his computer too
The artist, poet and musician Heather Phillipson may live and work in London – but her main studio, she says, is in her head
The painter is currently commuting to a studio in his garden and has an encyclopaedia of palm trees close at hand
An interview with Antony Gormley – public servant, Romantic artist and utopian thinker
The England rugby star is presenting an art exhibition in London exploring Africa’s contribution to world culture
While preparing for his latest show at Victoria Miro, the artist listened to Max Richter’s remix of the Four Seasons on repeat
The Scottish painter Caroline Walker offers a glimpse inside her north London studio – where she’s kept company by slugs, spiders and cuddly toys
The artist recently moved into a new studio overlooking a cemetery in Hackney – the view’s great, but there is a minor mosquito problem
For Katherine Parkinson's TV play about portrait sitters, Roxana Halls ‘ghost-painted’ a series of portraits – a demanding role, as they tell Apollo
Locked down in Arles, the celebrated interiors photographer François Halard made a series of dreamlike Polaroids that emerge as an enigmatic self-portrait
Gillian Wearing is in an unusually candid mode in her lockdown paintings, writes Martin Herbert – if you take them at face value, that is
She may paint Penthouse pin-ups, but Lisa Yuskavage's work is far more compassionate than some critics allow – not that she makes art with morality in mind
From that scandalous scallop to her Mary Wollstonecraft monument, Maggi Hambling is no stranger to controversy
The writer and curator discusses his latest project at Art Abu Dhabi and how the contemporary art scene in Africa has changed in recent years
The conceptual artist talks about his interest in unusual materials – and in what it means to ‘run’
In her enigmatic paintings, the California-based artist explores the gap between our bodies and how they’re perceived
The sculptor’s installation at the Fondation Cartier uses images and streams of information to investigate the nature of reality
Oliver Beer's sound installations reveal a music that was already quietly present
The Ohio-based artist discusses her long-term research into our throwaway culture – and how a LACMA fellowship led to her working with NASA
The London-based artist discusses her reimaginings of the Venetian painter’s celestial visions
The artist talks about how the history of modern India has shaped her life and her desire to reach a wide audience
