Trailer: A brush with... Michael Armitage, dropping 5 August

Introducing A brush with... a new podcast series by the team behind The Week in Art at The Art Newspaper. Each week in this four-part series, the host Ben Luke has a conversation with a leading painter, exploring their life and work through their cultural experiences, asking the questions you've always wanted to know: who are the artists, historical and contemporary, they most admire? Which are the museums they return to? What are the books, music and other media that most inspire them? And what is art for, anyway? Join us on 5 August for the first episode, A brush with... Michael Armitage.

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A brush with..., sponsored by Bloomberg Connects, is a podcast by The Art Newspaper that features in-depth conversations with leading international artists. Host Ben Luke asks the questions you've always wanted to: who are the artists, historical and contemporary, they most admire? Which are the museums they return to? What are the books, music and other media that most inspire them? What do they get up to in the studio every day? And what is art for, anyway?The podcast offers a fascinating insight into the inspirations, the preoccupations and the working lives of some of the most prominent artists today. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.