Influences

The winner of the 2016 Turner Prize discusses skeuomorphism, skins and soup - from issue 155

'We are all fighting for something'

The LA-based artist shares some of his favourite people, places and things

'Saturated bodies of colour banging into each other'

From 19th century cyanotypes to rose-printed napkins: the Berlin-based artist shares some significant images

'I think her ears are there to be whispered into'

'It's the presence of the body on the body of the earth'

Corrupt pennies, Parisian sewers: as his Staatliche Kunsthalle Baden-Baden show draws to a close, the LA-based artist shares some significant images

'A grid for understanding the cosmos'

'You wake up one morning and someone is gone'

Ahead of her show at Rodolphe Janssen, Brussels, the New York-based artist gathers together her favourite fantasy figures from art history

The US artist reflects on the art and events that have shaped a career spanning almost seven decades

Mealworms and Chinese scrolls: Ahead of her show at London's Cell Project Space, the Berlin-based artist shares some important images

From hissing dragons to oozing amoebas: as his show opens at Stuart Shave/Modern Art, the London-based artist picks some favourite images

From Jenny Holzer to the Ferguson protests, the filmmaker shares some important images ahead of her show at Ryan Lee

From prop frogs to torture machines, the New York-based artist writes about the images she finds the most arresting

The enduring intensity of Agnes Martin and an H&M advertising campaign: the London-based artist shares her Portfolio

A Neolithic mask and Roberto Bolaño’s Savage Detectives: the artist duo share a selection of important quotations and images

From Shahmaran, Queen of Snakes, to Star Trek: First Contact: the London-based artist explains her favourite images

A cancelled seminar, a misprinted newspaper, and Invasion Day graffiti: the Australian artist shares her selection of important images