Interviews
In the studio with… Gilbert & George
The duo’s east London studio is, they say, the world’s cleanest, so that they can be as dirty as they want in their art
In the studio with… Kaye Donachie
The painter prefers her studio to be tidy, but it doesn’t stay that way for long – and she’s completely oblivious to the smell of turpentine and oil paint
In the studio with… Liza Lou
These days the California-based artist works nomadically in the Mojave Desert – which means playing host to the odd mountain lion
In the studio with… Alberta Whittle
The Glasgow-based artist misses bumping into her studio neighbours in the corridors – but has a bag of volcanic ash to keep her company these days
Surface tension – an interview with Mamma Andersson
They may look like tranquil scenes, but stick with Andersson’s paintings and their sense of encroaching menace is bound to creep up on you
In the studio with… Arthur Timothy
The UK-based painter opens the door on his studio in Bath – where he sometimes dons a suit to work, he says, if not a tie
In the studio with… Emeka Ogboh
The sound artist carries his studio with him wherever he goes – on a 13-inch MacBook Pro
In the studio with… Shezad Dawood
The London-based artist increasingly works with VR technology – but his studio still smells of textiles, which remind him of his childhood
In the studio with… Shahzia Sikander
The artist’s miniature paintings aren’t as diminutive as they may sound, but the magnifying glass attached to her worktable is still absolutely essential
In the studio with… Do Ho Suh
For the past six years, the artist and his children have been building a magical world out of modelling clay in his London studio – but they’re running out of room
In the studio with… Michael Landy
Unsurprisingly, the artist who once destroyed all his possessions keeps an entirely clutter-free studio
In the studio with… Reginald Sylvester II
The New York-based painter loves working alone in his studio, but its high ceilings have encouraged him to work on larger canvases – and he’s running out of room
In the studio with… Betty Tompkins
During the pandemic the pioneering feminist painter has retreated to her studio in rural Pennsylvania, where she has truly embraced the quiet life
In the studio with… Mandy El-Sayegh
The unlikeliest objects in the London-based artist’s studio? Either the sex toys or the taxidermy collection, she says
The king of collage – an interview with Peter Blake
The artist talks to Martin Gayford about a life spent pushing the possibilities of collage, from his Sgt. Pepper cover to recent digital experiments
In the studio with… Chantal Joffe
The painter offers a glimpse of her canalside studio in London, where she works alone save for her portrait sitters – and a stuffed toy camel on wheels
In the studio with… Sheila Hicks
When the weather permits, the artist builds her textile sculptures in the cobblestone courtyard of her studio in the heart of Paris
In the studio with… Samson Kambalu
At Modern Art Oxford, the artist has set the stage for a ceremony initiating visitors into a utopian world of racial justice
Salvage value: the rescue missions of Michael Rakowitz
The Iraqi-American artist talks to Apollo about making an anti-war memorial in Margate – and about ‘problem-solving and trouble-making’ with his art
After playing Turner and Lowry, now Timothy Spall has taken up painting for real
Having picked up the paintbrush for film roles, the actor found that he couldn’t stop painting – and he now has a solo show of his own
In the studio with… Bedwyr Williams
The Welsh artist’s studio looks out on to the mountains of Snowdonia – idyllic were it not for the children screaming in the playground next door, he says
In the studio with… Julian Opie
The one tool Julian Opie could least do without? His eyes, he says – although he’d be pretty lost without his computer too
In the studio with… Heather Phillipson
The artist, poet and musician Heather Phillipson may live and work in London – but her main studio, she says, is in her head
In the studio with… Hurvin Anderson
The painter is currently commuting to a studio in his garden and has an encyclopaedia of palm trees close at hand
‘This is to art what constitutional monarchy is to kingship’ – Jonathan Yeo’s portrait of Charles III, reviewed