The artist talks to Ben Luke about about his influences and the cultural experiences that have shaped her life and work—from ...

The artist had intended to recontextualise a statue of king Leopold II, who oversaw a brutal regime in the Democratic ...

Hew Locke’s voice arrives like a whisper out of nowhere, emanating from speakers suspended throughout his new show at the British Museum in London. The invitation is generous, assuring visitors ...

A British artist has been blocked from “reinterpreting” a controversial statue of a colonial Belgian king. Brixton-based ...

Hew Locke at the British Museum review: a dense but endlessly fascinating look at untold histories - 4/5 The artist is after ...

Hew Locke visits the British Museum in preparation for his exhibition. Richard Cannon “What have we here?” is the fruit of two years of Guyanese-British artist Hew Locke’s research at the ...

Hew Locke's installation, "The Procession," was commissioned by Tate Britain in 2022. It's now on view at the ICA's Watershed in East Boston. (Courtesy Mel Taing/Institute of Contemporary Art) ...

Hew Locke’s “El Dorado” (2005), a mixed-media portrait of Queen Elizabeth II seen in New York in 2007, was “molten and spiky, monstrous and fragile,” our critic writes, ...

The volume of problematic artifacts Locke uncovered in the British Museum’s archives illustrates the fundamental importance of objective historical research. Hew Locke, (left to right) "Souvenir ...

Hew Locke’s Armada 6 (2019), part of a ghostly flotilla of 45 suspended model ships Credit: Hew Locke That said, restitution, he believes, should proceed “case-by-case”.

Hew Locke, the British artist, will ‘interrupt the view’ of the King Leopold II statue with golden symbols of the Congo’s exploitation on poles Credit: Hew Locke/City of Ostend/Rii Schroer ...