Interviews
‘I’m looking at history and the human need to make things’ – an interview with Magdalene Odundo
The ceramic artist is showing her own work alongside historic pieces from all over the world
‘The paint makes its own image’ – an interview with Pat Steir
The artist’s ‘Waterfall’ series is about the movement of water, the movement of paint – and the painter’s own moves around the canvas
‘I’m as excited about etching now as I ever have been’ – an interview with Norman Ackroyd
The artist’s etchings capture the mood and meaning of the remotest landscapes in the British Isles
The bleak beauty of Berlinde de Bruyckere
An interview with the Belgian sculptor, who discusses hope, suffering, bodies, and blankets
‘Artistic disciplines are breaking down’ – an interview with Haroon Mirza
As he prepares for an exhibition at Ikon Gallery in Birmingham, the artist talks about ‘composing’ with light and sound
‘Now I can steal from myself as much as from other artists’ – an interview with Cecily Brown
The painter discusses her many influences and sources of inspiration, from the Old Masters to the YBAs
Rethinking Islamic art at the British Museum
Two curators at the British Museum, Ladan Akbarnia and Venetia Porter, discuss the displays at the new Gallery of the Islamic World
‘There’s something suspicious about painting’ – an interview with Joe Bradley
The painter talks about his attachment to black and the three-dimensional quality of his canvases
‘I find myself making growling noises while I’m painting’ – an interview with Walton Ford
The artist’s new body of work reimagines the life and times of the Barbary lion
‘Colour became the subject’ – Phoebe Unwin on her new series of paintings
The artist brightens up the Collezione Maramotti with paintings that blur the line between abstraction and figuration
‘It’s hard at this particular moment to be optimistic’ – Edward Burtynsky on the future of the planet
The Canadian photographer talks about ‘The Anthropocene Project’ and trying to capture the spirit of a new geological epoch
Tania Bruguera on transforming Tate Modern’s Turbine Hall
The Cuban artist wants people to mingle in the museum – and still believes in the power of political art
‘I’m working with and against painting’ – an interview with Amy Sillman
The American painter discusses the comic impulse, landline phones, and her love/hate relationship with painting
‘I paint for my sanity’ – an interview with Mary Corse
The painter talks about her formal experiments and the importance of being self-sufficient
‘The space has an otherworldly quality’ – Stuart McKnight on Westminster Abbey
A conversation with Stuart McKnight of MUMA, the architects responsible for the new galleries in the triforium at Westminster Abbey
Stones, scrolls and the mysteries of the universe – an interview with Michelle Stuart
The American artist looks back on half of a century of working in and with the landscape
Edmund de Waal looks back at his early porcelains
An interview with the British ceramicist, who reflects on a formative relationship with a collector of his art
‘I’ve always insisted on remaining an artist’
Sam Gilliam has consistently challenged the traditional premises of painting. As he tells Apollo, his need to make art is as urgent as ever
Chantal Joffe on painting, pastel and parenthood
An interview with the British artist, renowned for expressive portraits of family, friends and fellow artists
Christian Boltanski expands his repertoire
The French artist explains why organising a retrospective is like rustling up a meal
‘Every work I create is a mathematical dream’ – an interview with Beatriz Milhazes
Beatriz Milhazes discusses colour, craft, and collaboration – and what her work owes to her native Brazil
‘It feels like the sculptures have landed on the roof’
Huma Bhabha discusses sci-fi, politics and her Roof Garden Commission for the Metropolitan Museum of Art
‘My sculptures don’t exist in a vacuum’
Eva Rothschild talks about her work and influences – from minimalism to Ireland’s coastal landscapes
‘I don’t call myself a printmaker’ – an interview with Christiane Baumgartner
Christiane Baumgartner uses the very traditional medium of the woodcut to capture the complexity of the modern world
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