The Kazakh collective’s approach to making art involves walking and talking – and even singing – before anything concrete is created
The fashion designer has often looked to the art world for inspiration, but dressing the artist Simone Leigh for the Venice Biennale required an entirely new approach
The painter of bejewelled, fantastical scenes has created his very own urban paradise filled with birdsong and the delicate fragrances of seasonal blooms
The Biennale’s artistic director is taking viewers on a surreal journey this year – with women artists at the heart of things
The Ghana-based collector is known for discovering talented artists – but there is a more important mission behind her collecting instincts
The Brazilian artist works with materials he retrieves from the streets – but his studio space must be kept clean as a shrine
The Mexican artist offers a glimpse of his makeshift studio in a Venetian palazzo
The painter of fantastical jungle scenes can actually see the forest from her studio in the Dominican Republic – but she’s not afraid to use her imagination
The sculptor used to make work made out of meat, but although she now uses marble she is still fascinated by processes of decay
In his Brooklyn studio the Swiss painter and sculptor looks to Rosalba Carriera, Georgia O’Keeffe and an ancient rock formation for inspiration
The artist talks about her long career of painting and protest – and the points where they overlap
The American sculptor discusses her passion for audio books and what she has in common with Roger Federer
The painter of urban desolation explains why boredom is essential for painting and how motorbikes relieve the monotony
The Lahore-born painter keeps his spacious New York studio scrupulously clean and tidy – but he’ll never sleep in it again, all the same
Renowned for his quirky drawings, the artist extols the virtues of his paint-spattered sink and the benefits of a good nap
The painter is generally regarded as a Photorealist but, as he tells Apollo, he prefers to see himself as part of the long tradition of view painting
The artist’s studio in Mumbai is animated by the rumbling of the railway – and home to a collection of cough-syrup bottles
In 2018, the Lebanese–American painter and poet talked to Apollo about her love of California and the difference between her painting and writing
The British artist has consistently used film as a means of making a statement about painting. But now her chosen medium is urgently in need of saving
The pioneering new media artist has seven computers in her studio – and their hum provides a constant soundtrack to her work
The artists sometimes still sleep in their studio in Berlin – but not with each other, any more
The artist with a training in trompe l’oeil painting keeps ring binders with recipes for gilding and how to create a convincing sky
The artist works between studios in Brighton and London – where her best visitor is her Bedlington-whippet puppy
The artist has a strict curfew when it comes to working late in her studio in New Haven – her absolute cut-off is 7pm
