Artist Sanya Kantarovsky is the subject of a podcast interview. He discusses his artistic practice, influences, and the guiding principle of 'ostranenija' or 'making strange' in his figurative paintings, which blend bodies, animals, and plants in atmospheric, often threatening scenarios.
ArtReview Podcast | Episode 3: Noémie Goudal
The ArtReview Podcast released its third episode featuring an interview with artist Noémie Goudal. Hosted by ArtReview editor J.J. Charlesworth, the conversation explores Goudal's practice through three selected artworks, touching on VR technology, the representation of time in photography, and the concept of 'immersiveness' in contemporary art.
Brooklyn-based painter Shara Hughes is entering a major career phase with a series of high-profile exhibitions and commissions. In September 2025, her first New York solo show since 2019, “Weather Report,” opens at David Kordansky Gallery, featuring nine large-scale paintings. Two months later, a mid-career survey titled “Shara Hughes: Inside Outside” debuts at the Norton Museum of Art in West Palm Beach, including both paintings and ceramics. Next year, she will unveil a large-scale mosaic floor installation at JFK International Airport’s Terminal 6, alongside works by Charline von Heyl and Candida Alvarez. The article includes an interview with Hughes, who discusses her studio routine, creative process, and the emotional depth behind her psychedelic landscapes.
Artist Tom Burckhardt discusses his creative process and upbringing in a studio interview, highlighting his upcoming work and the influence of his New York School lineage. The son of artists Yvonne Jacquette and Rudy Burckhardt, he explores the concept of "mouthfeel" in painting—a textural quality that parallels culinary experiences—while utilizing humor and skepticism to challenge artistic pretension.
Glenn Ligon, the New York–based artist known for probing identity and language through neons, canvases, and essays, is featured on the cover of Cultured's 2025 Aspen issue. He will receive the 2025 Lewis Family Art Award at the Aspen Art Museum's ArtCrush gala this August, and a solo exhibition of his work focusing on self-portraiture and text will open at the Aspen Art Museum this winter. In an interview, Ligon discusses the current American psyche, his artist-driven institutional roots, and his creative process with curator Daniel Merritt.
Artist Friedrich Kunath, known for his sincere yet absurd paintings, discusses his unlikely friendship with tennis star Reilly Opelka, who is also an art collector. The two share a mutual obsession with each other's crafts—Kunath coaches Opelka in tennis, while Opelka seeks Kunath's insights on artists like Philip Guston. Kunath is preparing for his solo debut at Pace Gallery in New York this November, following his move from Blum Gallery, which closed shortly after. He reflects on the loneliness of both tennis and art, and his creative process, which draws heavily from music and film.
"Ich glaube, ich habe viele Künstler nicht verstanden"
Adrian Searle, the long-standing chief art critic for The Guardian, is stepping down after three decades at the publication and nearly 50 years in art criticism. In a reflective interview, Searle discusses his transition from a practicing painter and educator to a critic, noting that his early interactions with students like Peter Doig and Isaac Julien helped him realize his true strength lay in writing rather than art-making. He recounts his experiences navigating the British art scene, from the decline of Greenbergian abstraction to his encounters with formidable figures like Richard Serra.
Danielle Mckinney, a rising painter known for intimate depictions of Black women in moments of repose, shares insights into her creative process in a studio visit interview. She has two concurrent exhibitions: one at the Norton Museum of Art in West Palm Beach (through Oct. 4) and one at Marianne Boesky Gallery in New York (through June 13), where she debuts a series of watercolors and continues dissolving boundaries between figures and their domestic surroundings.
Berlin-based Polish artist Alicja Kwade opens her studio ahead of a major solo show, revealing the creative process behind her sculptural works that explore time, uncertainty, and reality. Her studio, a historic industrial complex in Oberschöneweide acquired from musician Bryan Adams, houses a team of a dozen full-time employees and up to 30 freelancers, including stone masons, welders, and architects. Kwade's recent high-profile exhibition at Pace Gallery in New York featured suspended stainless-steel cylinders with clocks and distorted reflections, while her best-known works include 2019 sculptures commissioned for the rooftop of The Metropolitan Museum of Art and a contribution to the 2017 Venice Biennale.
Flora Yukhnovich, the British artist known for her large-scale gestural paintings that blend Rococo and Abstract Expressionism with digital aesthetics, discusses her inspirations and recent move from London to New York. Her works have achieved record auction prices, including £2.7m at Sotheby's in 2022, but she prefers to focus on the art itself. She has upcoming exhibitions at The Frick Collection in New York and Hauser & Wirth in Los Angeles, and her new series 'Four Seasons' references François Boucher's 18th-century paintings while incorporating glitchy, pixelated effects from digital collages created on her iPad and phone.
British-Montserratian sculptor Veronica Ryan discusses her extensive career and creative process in a new podcast interview, ahead of her major upcoming exhibition at the Whitechapel Gallery in 2026. Ryan explores how she utilizes diverse materials—ranging from bronze and marble to textiles and found objects—to investigate themes of personal memory, historical legacy, and the unconscious.
Kader Attia, the Algerian-French artist born in 1970, is the subject of a podcast interview that explores his three-decade career across photography, collage, sculpture, installation, and sound. Attia, who lives in Berlin and Paris, discusses his central concept of "repair" and how it connects to violence, injury, colonialism, and political issues. He reflects on his Algerian-French identity, his travels in Congo and Mexico, and his influences from Michelangelo to writers like Karima Lazali, Édouard Glissant, and Aimé Césaire. The podcast also highlights his current exhibitions, including "Shattering and Gathering our Traces" at Lehmann Maupin in New York, "The Lost Paradise" at Centro Andaluz de Arte Contemporáneo in Seville, and "A Descent into Paradise" at Museo Amparo in Puebla, Mexico, as well as his participation in the Bienal de São Paulo and the 24th Paiz Art Biennial.
Lauren Halsey, an artist known for immersive architectural projects rooted in South Central Los Angeles, is expanding her civic engagement with a new sculpture park titled "sister dreamer," opening in March in collaboration with the nonprofit LAND. The article, presented as a studio visit, details her creative process, influences, and upcoming projects, including a limited-edition cycling jersey with Rapha and the Miami Design District to raise funds for cancer research. It also highlights her recent exhibitions at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Venice Biennale, and the Serpentine Galleries.
French artist Annette Messager, 82, welcomes Beaux Arts Magazine into her Malakoff studio and home ahead of her exhibition at the Musée de la Chasse et de la Nature in Paris. The studio is a chaotic, poetic bric-à-brac filled with hybrid creatures, stuffed toys, anatomical objects, and textile works, including her iconic piece "Les Piques" (1992–1993). Messager, who won the Golden Lion at the Venice Biennale in 2005, discusses her playful yet serious approach to art, describing artists as "mad, like children" who play constantly, sometimes very seriously. Her upcoming shows include presentations at Centre Pompidou Málaga, Galería Albarrán Bourdais in Madrid, the National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, and the Kunsthalle Prague.
Pace Gallery announced representation of Los Angeles-based painter Lauren Quin in August 2024, following a solo show of her manic, neon-tinged abstractions at its downtown offshoot 125 Newbury. Quin, age 33, is slated for a solo exhibition at Pace's Los Angeles outpost opening in January. In an interview, she discusses her creative process, the struggle behind works like "Cub Cross," and her dream of building a sauna gallery in her backyard.
The article is a podcast interview with renowned painter Peter Doig, who discusses his upcoming exhibition "House of Music" at Serpentine South in London, running from October 10, 2025, to February 8, 2026. Doig reflects on his career, his evolving body of work informed by memory, personal photographs, art history, and music, as well as his time living in Trinidad and Canada. He delves into specific paintings in the show, his influences including Edward Burra, Henri Matisse, and Caravaggio, his collaboration with poet Derek Walcott, and the repertory cinema he founded in Port of Spain.
Ernest Edmonds, a pioneering computer artist, discusses his six-decade career and his latest exhibition 'Networked' at Gazelli Art House in London. The interview covers his early works from 1968, including 'Nineteen' and 'Communications Game', and his ongoing exploration of human-machine interaction through interactive installations, videos, and algorithmic systems. His latest piece, 'Quantum Tango', continues his interest in networked interactivity. The article also highlights his collaborations with fellow pioneers like Stroud Cornock and his inclusion in the 2015 exhibition 'Primary Codes' in Rio de Janeiro.
Alex Da Corte, known for his dreamlike installations such as the Big Bird piece on the Met's roof, is taking on a new role as curator. He is co-organizing the Whitney Museum's upcoming Roy Lichtenstein exhibition with Meg Onli, the largest Lichtenstein show in New York since 1993. In a Q&A for Cultured's 2026 CULT100 honorees, Da Corte discusses his influences, including poet Miyó Vestrini and filmmakers Len Lye and Todd Haynes, and reflects on his six-year preparation for the show.
Alison Saar, a Los Angeles-based sculptor known for works rooted in the African diaspora and spirituality, is featured in a studio visit interview. She discusses her creative process, use of salvaged materials, and recent achievements, including a monumental commission for the 2024 Paris Olympics and the 2025 David C. Driskell Prize from the High Museum of Art. The interview covers her daily routines, tool preferences, and reflections on the art world.
Luz Carabaño, a 30-year-old Venezuelan-born artist based in Los Angeles, is featured in Cultured's 2025 Young Artists list. Known for her small, candy-hued canvases with glossy, imperfect surfaces, Carabaño's work has attracted attention from galleries such as Nina Johnson, Lulu, Hoffman Donahue, and April April. In the profile, she discusses her creative process, including a formative painting called 'araña' made from a bandsaw offcut, her admiration for writer John Berger, and her reliance on a single palette knife. She also expresses a dislike for iPad art and names her dream dinner party guests: Natalia Goncharova, Luchita Hurtado, and Etel Adnan.
Coco Klockner, a 34-year-old artist based in New York, is featured in Cultured's 2025 Young Artists list. She emerged from the early 2010s DIY music scene, developing a sensitivity to sound, site, and timing that now informs her sculptural interventions. Her work has been shown at galleries including Silke Lindner and lower_cavity, and she recently opened her first institutional solo exhibition at SculptureCenter in Queens, on view through December 22. Her practice explores transfeminine representation through materials ranging from sounding rods to first-aid kits, often incorporating sound and spatial dynamics.
Adam Golfer, the director of the short film "Camille Henrot: In Movement," reflects on the process of creating the documentary. He describes following the artist Camille Henrot over a full year in New York and Paris, capturing her wide-ranging creative process from sketches to paintings, model-making to large-scale sculptures, and the evolution of her film work.
Kye Christensen-Knowles, a 32-year-old figurative painter based in New York, is featured in Cultured's 2025 Young Artists list. A recent solo exhibition at Lomex in New York showcased his range, from unnerving contemporary society portraits to epic science-fiction scenes. His work is also on view in a group show at the Warehouse, a private museum in Dallas. In an interview, he discusses his readymade work "Painting" (2019–23), a studio rug covered in accumulated paint, and cites influences such as Vito Acconci and Louise Bourgeois.
The article profiles Colombian-born, Paris-based artist Iván Argote, focusing on his monumental aluminum-cast pigeon sculpture *Dinosaur* (2024), currently installed on the High Line Plinth in New York. It discusses his broader practice, which includes performance, video, and installation, often addressing themes of power, resistance, and public space. Argote is preparing for his second exhibition at Albarrán Bourdais in Madrid, centered on a civic performance where he fills sidewalk cracks with colored concrete. The piece also includes a studio visit during Paris Art Week, revealing his creative process, team, and personal touches like a stocked champagne fridge.
ArtReview Podcast episode 6 features artist Hyeree Ro, who speaks with associate editor Jenny Wu about her practice, including her attraction to objects with ambiguous functions. Ro discusses her work *Niro* (2024), a skeletal car installation exploring her relationship with her late father, and her upcoming exhibition at the Korean pavilion for the 61st Venice Biennale. The episode also touches on gardens and maintaining friendships as artists, with references to the Soswaewon garden and Hua Hsu's memoir *Stay True*.
Hyperallergic's ongoing series "A View From the Easel" features two artists describing their unconventional studio practices. Georgina Arroyo works in a shared academic space at Purchase College, compartmentalizing her process-intensive mold-making and casting work around her job schedule. Linda Jacobson, based in her Venice, California studio for 17 years, works on multiple pieces simultaneously, currently focusing on a large commissioned painting.
Alix Vernet, a 28-year-old Yale Sculpture MFA graduate based in New York, is profiled as part of Cultured's 2025 Young Artists list. Her downtown-inspired sculptural work, made from materials like cheese cloth, spray paint, and stoneware, has been shown at Market Gallery, Museion, and Helena Anrather. She describes a recent project where she invented a job as a prayer collector at a church, gathering and refilling prayer cards that are eventually recycled, exploring themes of disposability and sacredness.
Cultured magazine profiles photographer Charlie Denis, who works across commercial and fine art photography. Denis is nominated by Nadia Lee Cohen and known for his exuberant style, with clients including Levi’s and Skims. He co-directed a four-minute experimental Christmas film starring Kim Kardashian in 2024. In the article, Denis discusses his creative process, comparing photographing women to playing with Barbie dolls as a queer child, and explains his embrace of theatricality over strict realism.
Artist Jehan Legac, originally from Paris and based in Bangkok, discusses his practice of oil painting and photorealistic surrealism in an interview. His work, which explores femininity, sensuality, and sci-fi or fantasy narratives, has been exhibited at Nave8 Gallery in Ibiza, Saba Gallery in Miami, and Chaiyos Gallery in Bangkok. Legac describes his creative process as a slow, intuitive dialogue with the medium, emphasizing patience and emotional depth over intellectual understanding.
Taiwanese-American visual artist James Jean visited Jakarta for the first time in July 2025, laying groundwork for a solo exhibition at BAIK Gallery in spring 2026. During his trip, he met with Indonesian fashion designer Biyan to discuss a potential collaboration, and also visited the atelier of Beyond. In an exclusive interview with Prestige Indonesia, Jean discussed his creative process, his approach to collaborations (including past work with Prada), and his interest in blurring boundaries between fine art, fashion, and pop culture.