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Sholto Blissett, Arboreal, Installation view, Peres Projects-Milan, 2023, Courtesy Peres Projects

ART CITIES: Milan-Sholto Blissett

Nature and its representation in the history of art are central to both the life and work of Sholto Blissett. His landscape paintings are comprised of mountains, bodies of water, and samples of neoclassical architecture, assembled into fantastic combinations reminiscent of Renaissance capriccios. Blissett uses these uninhabited vistas to investigate …

Petrit Halilaj, Unfinished Histories, © Mennour Archives

ART CITIES: Geneva-Petrit Halilaj

Emerging from his personal experiences, the Cosovarian artist Petrit Halilaj’s work is deeply connected with the recent history of Kosovo and the …

Ron Mueck, Courtesy the artist and Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain

ART CITIES: Paris-Ron Mueck

Born in Melbourne in 1958 and living in the UK  since 1986, Ron Mueck has developed a body of work which touches on …

Peter Cook, work from the exhibition, Courtesy the artist and Richard Saltoun Gallery

ART CITIES: London-Peter Cook

Professor Sir Peter Cook, founder of Archigram, former Director the Institute for Contemporary Art, London (the ICA) and Bartlett School of Architecture …

Installation view “Doyle Lane-Weed Pots”, David Kordansky Gallery-New York, 2023, Courtesy David Kordansky Gallery

ART CITIES: N.York-Doyle Lane

Doyle Lane was a defining voice in twentieth-century West Coast studio ceramics and an important figure in the community of Black artists …

Cong, Cherry in White, 2023, Oil on canvas, 100 x 190 cm, © Cong, Courtesy the artist and Antenna Space Gallery

ART CITIES: Sanghai-Cong

Cong’s first solo exhibition “The Palace” was presented at Antenna Space four years ago. She resides in a remote water town near …

eli Safia Maksud, studio image of recent work, 2023. Photo courtesy the artist

ART CITIES: N.York-Keli Safia Maksud

Keli Safia Maksud is an interdisciplinary artist and writer working in sound, sculpture, installation, printmaking, and embroidery. Concerned with histories of colonial …

Matthew Day Jackson, Two Moons (after Bierstadt), 2023, wood, acrylic paint, urethane plastic, fiberglass, UV pigment, lead, stainless steel frame, 59-1/2" × 98-3/4" × 2" (151.1 cm × 250.8 cm × 5.1 cm), © Matthew Day Jackson, Courtesy the artis and Pace Gallery

ART CITIES:Seoul-Matthew Day Jackson

In his expansive practice spanning painting, sculpture, installation, collage, drawing, photography, video, and performance, Jackson explores a wide range of subjects, often …

Cinga Samson, Umkhusana, 2021, Oil on canvas, 220 x 260 x 7.5 cm | 86 5/8 x 102 3/8 x 2 15/16 in., © Cinga Samson, Courtesy the artist and White Cube

ART CITIES: London-Cinga Samson

Cinga Samson’s works inhabit and extend a painterly tradition, asserting their place within the long trajectory of figuration in art. This commitment …

Julia Haumont, Sans titre (verre n°6), 2021, pâte de verre, 3 1/8 x 5 7/8 in, 8 x 15 cm, © Julia Haumont, Courtesy the artist and Praz-Delavallade Gallery

ART CITIES: Paris-Summer Spirits

In the group exhibition “Summer Spirits”, the invited artists explore the ambiguous, plural, and fluid relationship between our unconscious and the “phantasmal.” …

Acaye Kerunen, Eeh eeh, 2021, Mixed media, 27 1/2 x 22 1/8 x 28 3/8 inches, © Acaye Kerunen, Courtesy the artist and Blum & Poe Gallery

ART CITIES:Los Angeles-Acaye Kerunen

Acaye Kerunen is known for her multidisciplinary practice encompassing visual art, curation, activism, acting, poetry, writing, and performance. Her works often meditate on …

Left: Joel Shapiro, untitled, 2019–2021, Bronze, 31 13/16 x 27 1/4 x 27 1/4 inches (80.8 x 69.2 x 69.2 cm), © 2023 Joel Shapiro / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York, Courtesy Pace Gallery. Right: Joel Shapiro, untitled, 2021-2022, wood and casein, 52-5/8" × 61" × 21-3/4" (133.7 cm × 154.9 cm × 55.2 cm), © 2023 Joel Shapiro / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York, Courtesy Pace Gallery

ART CITIES: Hong Kong-Joel Shapiro

Subverting the distinctions between abstraction and representation, Joel Shapiro reconsiders the modern figurative tradition. Shapiro creates abstract geometric sculpture that elicits a …

Alex Katz, Purple Split 15, 2022, Oil on linen. 91.4 x 121.9 cm (36 x 48 in), © Alex Katz, Courtesy the artist and Thaddaeus Roppac Gallery

ART CITIES: Paris-Alex Katz

Coming of age as an artist in 1950s New York, Alex Katz developed his unique approach to contemporary representational painting at the …

left: Elizabeth Peyton, Spencer, 1999. Collection of The Museum of Modern Art, New York, © Elizabeth Peyton, Courtesy the artist and David Zwirner Gallery, Photo right: Elizabeth Peyton, Spencer Walking, 2001. Collection of Philadelphia Museum of Art, © Elizabeth Peyton, Courtesy the artist and David Zwirner Gallery

ART CITIES: London-Elizabeth Peyton

Elizabeth Peyton is best known for her intimate, small-scale portraits of celebrities, friends, and historical figures. Characterized by transparent washes of pigment …

Stan Douglas, Vancouver, 15 June 2011, 2021, Digital chromogenic print mounted on Dibond aluminum, 59 1/8 x 118 1/8 inches (150.2 x 300 cm), Framed: 61 3/4 x 120 3/4 inches (156.8 x 306.7 cm), Edition of 5, 2 AP, © Stan Douglas, Courtesy the artist and David Zwirner Gallery

ART CITIES: Los Angeles-Stan Douglas

Since the late 1980s, Stan Douglas has created films and photographs that investigate the parameters of their respective mediums. His ongoing inquiry …

Hernan Bas, Conceptual artist #17 (With the aid of scissors, paper doilies and origami he elevates lily ponds to attract potential princes), 2023, Acrylic on linen, 84 x 72 x 1.5 inches, 213.4 x 182.9 x 3.81 cm, Photo by Silvia Ros, © Hernan Bas, Courtesy the artist and Lehmann Maupin, New York, Hong Kong, Seoul, and London

ART CITIES: N.York-Hernan Bas

Hernan Bas is often compared to American painters like Elizabeth Peyton and Karen Kilimnik. Yet while this older generation has depicted pop …