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George Shaw remembers the excitement and optimism of graduating in the late 1990s and considers “the role of an artist as a truth teller”.

Artist collective Rat Trap outline their hopes for the future of the arts in Wales and consider “how to keep striving for utopian visions”.

Gary Hume reflects on his successes during the 1990s and on being “prepared to risk my career for being an artist.”

Richard Billingham reflects on the turning points in his photography and experimental films, which he began making during the 1990s.

Lubaina Himid remembers the difficulties and successes of the “wilderness years” of 1990s, and how she built her “whole life around making work.”

Jane and Louise Wilson discuss the start of their artistic collaboration in the 1990s, and how a-n is “an essential resource.”

Magdalene Odundo remembers a-n’s role in “helping to dispel the distinction made between art and craft in the use of clay” during the 1980s.

Chila Kumari Singh Burman discusses the development of her work during the “highly experimental, politically charged time” of the 1980s.

We speak to Maria Hatling about what inspired her a-n at 40 logo design, her painting practice and what she’s been up during a tumultuous 2020.

Mona Hatoum discusses the ways in which her own work “became more confrontational” in the 1980s through live performance and direct street action.

Read the first 10 conversations in our 40 Years 40 Artists series of interviews with artists who feature in a-n’s archive.