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Becoming Sophie Calle: “Sometimes you suffer, and it offers you a boulevard of pleasure.”

French artist Sophie Calle reflects on a life and practice shaped by intimacy, absence, and a persistent urge to transform personal experience into art....

Mexican artist Pedro Reyes gives advice to aspiring artists

“Do first, theorize after.” Mexican sculptor Pedro Reyes is known for his works that merge classical technique, social practice, and conceptual rigor. Originally trained...

Artist France-Lise McGurn on Making Painting Less Precious

”How can you get under the covers with me, but with painting?” We visited Scottish painter France-Lise McGurn in her London studio and were blown...

Will Oldham/Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy on Songwriting, Identity and the Healing Power of Music

A personal interview with American singer-songwriter Will Oldham, who reflects on the artistic path that led him from experimental theatre in Kentucky to a...

Sophie Calle gives advice to the young #contemporaryart #art

With her ingenious mix of fact and fiction, seriousness and playfulness, cool distance and unabashed intimacy, French artist Sophie Calle stands as one of...

How Małgorzata Mirga-Tas Uses Textile Art to Reclaim Roma Stories

”Art is a tool to convey what really matters.” Romani artist Małgorzata Mirga-Tas uses art to reclaim and celebrate Roma history, identity, and memory....

Turkish writer Zülfü Livaneli on poet Yaşar Kemal: “He was my best friend for 44 years.”

Turkish writer and composer Zülfü Livaneli reflects on his decades-long friendship with the celebrated novelist Yaşar Kemal. Speaking about one of the towering figures...

Painter Michael Craig-Martin: “A picture of a shoe has nothing to do with a shoe.”

“It's one of the most extraordinary things we learn.” We visited legendary artist Michael Craig-Martin in his London studio and found a man who, in...

Pipilotti Rist on her iconic work ‘Ever Is Over All’ (1997) #contemporaryart #art

Pipilotti Rist works with video, film, and moving images. Her video work ‘Ever Is Over All’ (1997) has received the Premio 2000 award at...