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Olaf Holzapfel, Fin de siècle , 2026, Rye straw on wood and India, ink 115 x 95 cm, © Olaf Holzapfel, Courtesy the artist and Xippas Gallery

ART CITIES: Geneva-Olaf Holzapfel

Olaf Holzapfel is particularly interested in how history, culture and architecture intersect and interact, and how these interactions can be examined and reinterpreted through art. His work is often characterised by repetitive patterns and organic forms, which are inspired by both nature and human constructions. By Dimitris Lempesis Photo: Xippas …

Christian Marclay, Oculi (Quartet), 2026, Four record covers and sleeves, 62.7 x 62.7 cm | 24 3/4 x 24 3/4 in., 77.2 x 77.2 x 4 cm | 30 1/2 x 30 1/2 x 1 1/2 in. (framed), © Christian Marclay, Courtesy the artist and White Cube Gallery

ART CITIES: PARIS-Christian Marclay

Christian Marclay’s latest exhibition brings together landmark works and recent series by Christian Marclay, exploring his longstanding fascination with the relationship between …

Left : Yasuko Hirano, Again, 2026, Oil, plaster, glue on canvas, wooden panel, 162 x 130.3 cm, 63 3/4 x 51 1/4 in., © Yasuko Hirano, Courtey the artist and Galerie Frank Elbaz Right: Yasuko Hirano, There you are, 2025, Oil, plaster, glue on canvas, wooden panel, 162 x 130.3 cm, 63 3/4 x 51 1/4 in., © Yasuko Hirano, Courtey the artist and Galerie Frank Elbaz

ART CITIES: Paris-Yasuko Hirano

Yasuko Hirano’s paintings are constructed by stretching canvas over wooden panels, applying a ground of animal glue and gesso, sanding the surface …

Sajal Sarkar, Imaginary Bridge, 2026, Oil on canvas, 48h x 55.75w in, © Sajal Sarkar, Courtesy the artist and Aicon Contemporary

ART CITIES:N.York-Sajal Sarkar

Sajal Sarkar’s practice explores transformation, identity, migration, and the fragility of human civilization. Working across painting, drawing, printmaking, and sculpture, he combines …

Hejum Bä, Mosungchoosang, Oil on canvas, 2024-2026, 115 × 200 × 3.8 cm, 45 1/4 × 78 3/4 × 1 1/2 inches, © Hejum Bä, Courtesy the artist and MASSIMODECARLO Gallery

ART CITIES: Seoul-Hejum Bä

Hejum Bä’s understanding of contemporary communication – from both verbal and non-verbal language to the complex codes we navigate in everyday interactions …

Charles Ray: Bull, 2026, Photo: Nicolas Wefers, (Installation view Fridericianum, Kassel), © Charles Ray, documenta und Museum FrideriCharles Ray: Bull, 2026, Photo: Nicolas Wefers, (Installation view Fridericianum, Kassel), © Charles Ray, documenta und Museum Fridericianum gGmbHcianum gGmbH

ART CITIES: Kassel-Charles Ray

Charles Ray is an influential American artist celebrated for his disquieting, meticulously crafted sculptures and conceptual works. Beginning his career in the …

Violeta Maya, Pequeños resultados de un gran tema II, 2026, Cotton canvas, padding, feathers, semi-precious stones, glass beads, 25 x 29 x 26 cm, 9.84 x 11.42 x 10.24 in, © Violeta Maya, Courtesy the artist and NILS STÆRK Gallery

ART CITIES: Copenhagen-Violeta Maya

Violeta Maya’s paintings act as a direct channel for her immediate emotions and personal memories. Her creative process merges artistic intent with …

Rudy Loewe, The Search for Care / The Lack of Care’, Rudy Loewe, 2026, Commissioned by Wellcome Collection. “Rudy Loewe: Intimacies of Care – Spaces of Grief and Possibility” exhibition at Wellcome Collection-London, 2026, © Rudy Loewe, Courtesy the artist and Wellcome Collection, Photo: Benjamin Gilbert

ART CITIES: London-Rudy Loewe

Rudy Loewe is a multidisciplinary artist who blends painting, drawing, and sculpture to examine a complex web of socio-political dynamics. Through their …

Hito Steyerl, Mechanical Kurds (Still(, 2025, Single-channel HD video installation (color, sound), Duration: 13 min, © Hito Steyerl, Courtesy the artist and MACRO (Museo d'Arte Contemporanea di Roma)

ART CITIES: Rome Hito Steyerl

For more than two decades, Hito Steyerl has been one of the most influential artists, filmmakers, and theorists of contemporary art. Her …

Exhibition view, “Shuang Li: Alliance”, Kunsthalle Basel – Basel, 2026, Courtesy the artist and Kunsthalle Basel, Photo: Philipp Hänger / Kunsthalle Basel

ART CITIES: Basel-Shuang Li

Through videos, performances, and installations, Shuang Li examines how digital technologies shape relationships, bodies, and desire. She investigates the entanglements of humans, …

Dana Schutz, Eaters, 2026, Aquarell-Monotypie mit handschriftlichen Ergänzungen in Gouache und Kreide auf Lanaquarelle-Papier, 126,7 x 101 cm, Courtesy the artist, Two Palms, Contemporary Fine Arts, Berlin - Basel, and David Zwirner, Photo: Stephen Arnold

ART CITIES: Munich-Dana Schutz

Dana Schutz’s work blends vivid colors, distorted figures, and emotional intensity to explore themes such as identity, memory, and human experience. Schutz …

Piero Dorazio, L’incarnato, 1991, oil on canvas, 150 x 200 cm - 59,05 x 78,74 in, reverse: signed, dated and titled Piero Dorazio / 1991 / L’incarnato, Courtesy Tornabuoni Art

ART CITIES: Paris-Moving Colors

Color has always been one of painting’s most powerful instruments, but throughout the twentieth century it underwent a radical transformation: it ceased …

Helen Marden, Spring, 2025, Resin, shells, and glass on linen, in 3 parts, overall: 50 × 150 inches (127 × 381 cm), © Helen Marden/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Photo: Maris Hutchinson, Courtesy the artist and Gagosian

ART CITIES: N.York-Helen Marden

Helen Marden’s paintings feature a vivid palette informed by her travels to Greece, India, and Morocco. Using resin to bind color-saturated acrylics …

Mika Tajima, 24 Hour Cosmos (Prototype), 2026 © Mika Tajima

ART CITIES:N.York-Mika Tajima

At the heart of Mika Tajima’s multidisciplinary practice, which spans performance, sculpture, painting, and new media installation is a profound inquiry into …

Doug Aitken, Lighstcape (2024) (still). Video. © Doug Aitken Workshop

ART CITIES: N.York-Doug Aitken

Beginning in the 1990s, artist and filmmaker Doug Aitken has developed a boundary-defying multimedia oeuvre that both studies and leads into new …

Michaël Borremans, Killer, 2026, Oil on linen, 16 1/2 x 20 7/8 inches (42 x 53 cm), Signed, titled, dated, and inscribed verso, © Michaël Borremans, Courtesy the artist and David Zwirner Gallery

ART CITIES: Paris-Michaël Borremans

Few contemporary artists manage to weaponize technical mastery quite like Michaël Borremans. The creates works that are instantly mesmerizing—reminiscent of Old Master …

Liang Hao, Orchid, 2026, 40 × 60 cm, 78 3/4 × 78 3/4 inches, Oil on linen, © Liang Hao, Courtesy the artist and Massimodecarlo Gallery

ART CITIES: Paris-Liang Hao

Liang Hao’s paintings stage a drama of the hand—its hesitations, its tests, its suspended intentions. What emerges is not a narrative of …