Artist’s Questionnaire

The artist discusses his work routine, selling paintings as a teenager and the first piece that made him cry.

The artist on his new work at the Freedom Monument Sculpture Park in Alabama, the development of his practice and taking drum lessons from Jimmie Smith.

The 97-year-old artist’s newest works reflect her decades-long interest in cultural artifacts and self-emancipation.

The artist discusses marine life and African American myth from her studio in the Netherlands.

The painter discusses her latest work, her previous career in the New York City welfare department and why she tries to make a brushstroke every day.

The artist reflects on witnessing war up close — and then photographing it at a distance.

The artist discusses violence, AI, his latest work and how he comes up with his ideas.

At his studio in Queens, the artist’s routine includes turkey meatballs, cut-up Crocs and the patience to let his materials set his pace.

The experimental artist discusses Black Southern storytelling, the blues and the guilt-free pleasures of a romance novel.

The restless innovation of the influential painter is on display in a retrospective in California.