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Exhibition view “Arte Povera”, Bourse de Commerce, Pinault Collection-Paris, 2024, Photo: © & Courtesy Dimitris Lempesis

ART CITIES: PARIS-Arte Povera

The exhibition “Arte Povera “ spreads across the three levels of the immense Bourse de Commerce, a historic building that gathers the crème de la crème of contemporary art—the Arte Povera artists at their finest—with unique and exceptional artworks, firmly inscribed in the history of contemporary art through the Pinault …

Liliane Lijn, Liquid Reflections/ Series 2 (32"), 1968, Acrylic drum containing water, turntable and projector lamp, acrylic balls, 81,3 cm in diameter, Courtesy Liliane Lijn and Sylvia Kouvali, London / Piraeus, Photo: Stephen Weiss, © Bildrecht, Wien 2024

ART CITIES: Vienna-Liliane Lijn

Liliane Lijn has been working at the intersection of visual art, poetry and science for over six decades. Her category-defying work takes …

Ryuichi Sakamoto + Shiro Takatani, LIFE - fluid, invisible, inaudible…, 2007/2021, installation view of “seeing sound, hearing time” at M WOODS HUTONG, Beijing, 2021

ART CITIES: Tokyo-Ryuichi Sasamoto

Ryuichi Sasamoto is a New York-based artist who works in performance, sculpture, dance, and whatever medium is effective for conveying her ideas. …

Thomas J Price, Momentary Interface, 2022, acrylic on canvas, 130.2 x 160.4 x 4.4 cm. Photo: John Etter, © Thomas J Price, Courtesy the artist and Hauser & Wirth

ART CITIES: Rotterdam-Thomas J Price

Thomas J Price’s practice confronts preconceived attitudes towards representation and identity, foregrounding the intrinsic value of the individual and subverting structures of …

Adrian Paci Il vostro cielo fu mare, il vostro mare fu Cielo, Exhibition view Mudec-Milan, 2024, Photo: Sara Rizzo, Courtesy the artist and Mudec

ART CITIES: Milan-Adrian Paci

Adrian Paci is known primarily for his work in performance and video, although he explores similar subjects in painting, photography, and sculpture. …

Tia-Thuy Nguyen, Tension so intense (Căng thẳng mãnh liệt), 2024, Quartz, cullet and watercolor on mulberry paper, 35 x 50 cm, 14 x 19 1/2 in (unframed), 50 x 65 cm, 19 1/2 x 25 1/2 in (framed), © Tia-Thuy Nguyen, Courtesy the artist and Almine Rech Gallery

ART CITIES: Monaco-Tia Thuy Nguyen

Tia-Thuy Nguyen has been practicing painting since 1999. Her artworks usually focus on the observation of her surroundings, and the colorful yet …

Takashi Murakami, Maiko in Springtime Kyoto, 2024, Acrylic, gold leaf, and platinum leaf on canvas mounted on wood panel, 43 3/8 x 43 3/8 inches (110 x 110 cm), © 2024 Takashi Murakami/Kaikai Kiki Co., Ltd. All Rights Reserved, Photo: Kei Okano, Courtesy Gagosian

ART CITIES: London-Takashi Murakami

Drawing from traditional Japanese painting, sci-fi, anime, and the global art market, Takashi Murakami creates paintings, sculptures, and films populated by repeated …

Alexandra Grant, The Spark, Cosmos V, (excerpted from Olga Tokarczuk’s, “Prowadź swój pług przez kości umarłych” 2009), 2024, Silk screen, colored pencil, acrylic paint, acrylic ink and sumi ink on paper, 390 × 450 cm, © Alexandra Grant, Courtesy the artist and Carlier|Gebauer Gallery

ART CITIES: Berlin-Alexandra Grant

Alexandra Grant is an American visual artist who examines language and written texts through painting, drawing, sculpture, video, and other media. She …

Gerhard Richter, Moving Picture (946-3) Kyoto Version, 2019-24 (still), Digital projection (color, sound, 36 min.), © Gerhard Richter 2024 (28102024), Courtesy the artist and Gagosian

ART CITIES: Rome-Gerhard Richter

Throughout his career, Gerhard Richter has negotiated the frontier between photography and painting, captivated by the way in which these two seemingly …

Lucy Bull, 4:28, 2024. Oil on linen, 100 x 76 x 1 1/4 inches (254 x 193 x 3.2 cm) Courtesy of David Kordansky Gallery. Photo credit: Elon Schoenholz

ART CITIES: Miami-Lucy Bull

A singular voice in contemporary abstract painting, Lucy Bull’s dynamic practice explores the formal and experiential concerns of the medium. Through a …

Bill Viola, The Sleepers, 1992, Seven channels of black-and-white video images on seven small monitors, each sumerged on the bottom of a 55-gallon white, metal barrel filled with water; large dark room, Room dimensions: 12 x 20 x 25 ft (3.7 x 6.1 x 7.6 m), Continuously running, Edition 2 of 2, Courtesy Bill Viola Studio & Kukje Gallery

ART CITIES: Seoul-Bill Viola

Bill Viola is a pioneer in the fields of new media, video, and installation art. For over 50 years his visionary environments, …

Lynne Drexler, Bayhead, 1981, Oil on canvas, 125.7 x 171.5 cm | 49 1/2 x 67 1/2 in., © The Lynne Drexler Archive, Courtesy White Cube Gallery

ART CITIES: London-Lynne Drexler

Affiliated with the second-generation Abstract Expressionist movement of the late 1950s and early ’60s, Lynne Drexler’s symphonic and vividly chromatic compositions synthesise …

Adrian Piper, Just Who The Hell Do You Think You Are?, (detail). Number 3 of 7. From “Artist’s Project,” Artforum, 54, 10 (Summer 2016): 330-337. © Adrian Piper Research Archive (APRA) Foundation Berlin

ART CITIES: Frankfurt-Adrian Piper

Adrian Piper is Conceptual artist and analytic philosopher. Since the 1960s, her work across mediums has drawn from her personal and professional …

James Rosenquist, Coenties Slip Studio, 1961, Oil on canvas and shaped hardboard, 86.4 x 109.2 cm, Courtesy James Rosenquist Estate and Thaddaeus Ropac Gallery

ART CITIES: Seoul-James Rosenquist

James Albert Rosenquist was one of the proponents of the pop art movement. Drawing from his background working in sign painting, Rosenquist’s …

Matt Mullican, Untitled (Model), 2022, oil stick rubbing and gouache on canvas, 78.74 x 78.74 in (200 x 200 cm), © Matt Mullican, Courtesy the artist and Mai 36 Gallery

ART CITIES: Madrid-Matt Mullican

Since the 1970s, Matt Mullican has been interested in models for explaining the world. He has developed a complex system of symbols …

Gottlieb, Untitled, 1973, acrylic on paper, 12" × 9" (30.5 cm × 22.9 cm), © 2024 The Adolph & Esther Gottlieb Foundation / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York, Courtesy The Adolph & Esther Gottlieb Foundation and Pace Gallery

ART CITIES: N.York-Adolph Gottlieb

Growing up during the Depression and maturing throughout the interwar period and the rise of Hitler, American painter Adolph Gottlieb staunchly defended …

Photo left: Sarah Crowner, Elevation, Dusk or Dawn, 2024 (detail), Acrylic on canvas, sewn, 72 x 90 inches (182.9 x 228.6 cm), © Sarah Crowner, Photo: Maris Hutchinson, Courtesy Gagosian. Photo right: Sarah Crowner, Tropical Nocturnal, 2024 (detail), Acrylic on canvas, sewn, 96 x 72 inches (243.8 x 182.9 cm), © Sarah Crowner, Photo: Maris Hutchinson, Courtesy Gagosian

ART CITIES: Athens-Sarah Crowner

Sarah Crowner is recognized for her sustained engagement with line, form, color and materiality. Working across a breadth of media, she investigates …

Noah Davis, Untitled, 2014, Courtesy David Zwirner Gallery

ART CITIES: N.York-Noah Davis

Based primarily in Los Angeles, Noah Davis created a body of figurative paintings that explore a range of Black life. Davis knew …