Interviews
‘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
‘It’s a record of my life, translated into art’
An interview with Joan Jonas, on the occasion of the artist’s major retrospective at Tate Modern
‘We want to get people involved in their city’
Judikje Kiers, director of the Amsterdam Museum, on the museum’s expansion plans and its TEFAF loan exhibition
Light, fire and smoke – an interview with Anthony McCall
Anthony McCall talks about sculpting with materials such as light and fire – on view in Wakefield and London
Robert Wilson creates a feast for the senses
The celebrated theatre director and artist explains his approach to creating exhibitions
‘This exhibition is about forces enacted on the body’
George Henry Longly discusses his exhibition at the Palais de Tokyo, which features eight Japanese armours
‘Painting has its own identity’ – an interview with Giorgio Griffa
The Italian painter discusses music, poetry and the unfinished nature of his art
‘There is an element of optimism in my work’
Rasheed Araeen talks to Apollo about six-decades of making visually arresting and politically engaged art
‘The most substantial Kunsthalle in London’
Ralph Rugoff, the director of the Hayward Gallery, explains what the revamped brutalist building has to offer artists and audiences
‘Feminism is just another colour in the work’
Polly Apfelbaum talks about bodies – human and mythic – in her new show at Frith Street Gallery
‘Sculpture is part of the public realm’
Mark Handforth discusses his commission for the ICA Miami’s new home – and the city’s thriving art scene
‘I always felt that paintings had a lot of ego’
R.H. Quaytman talks to Apollo about the problems and possibilities of painting
‘I’m interested in the architectural concerns of sound’
Susan Philipsz talks about her new work at BALTIC, dismantling an opera about space, and the power of the human voice
Back in the USSR: an interview with Ilya and Emilia Kabakov
Ilya and Emilia Kabakov are a formidable artistic partnership, whose work takes a piercing look at life in the Soviet Union
‘I wanted to do something I have never done before’
Nathalie Du Pasquier talks about trying something different at the Camden Arts Centre, and the difference between art and design
Geometry, pastries and paint: an interview with Wayne Thiebaud
‘I started painting these triangles and turning them into pies. I thought, “My God! I’m done in! Nobody will ever take me seriously!”’
‘I think of myself as a producer of ideas’
Pioneering conceptual artist David Lamelas on space, identity, and taking advice from Anthony Caro
Painting for pleasure: an interview with Carolee Schneemann
Carolee Schneemann talks about capturing the moment – and explains why ‘performance art’ is a demeaning term
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