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Cauleen Smith, Sky Learn Sky, 2018/2022, site-specific installation comprises of differently colored overlapping gels and installation instructions, dimensions variable. Installation view, at dawn, JSC Berlin. Photo: Alwin Lay

ART CITIES: Berlin-At Dawn

The group exhibition “At Dawn” draws connections between techniques of image production and the social and political work that goes into imagining alternatives to what the late Cuban American thinker José Esteban Muñoz called our “poisonous and insolvent” present. The show seeks to express a sense of art’s utopian horizon—a …

Anish Kapoor, the Dark, 2021, Oil on canvas, 213 x 274 cm, Photo Dave Morgan, © Anish Kapoor. All rights reserved DACS, 2021

ART CITIES:Venice-Anish Kapoor

Anish Kapoor is one of the most influential sculptors of his generation. Perhaps most famous for public sculptures that are both adventures …

Allora & Calzadilla, Graft (Detail), 2021, Recycled polyvinyl chloride, edition of 3, Dimensions variable, © Allora & Calzadilla, Courtesy Galerie Chantal Crousel

ART CITIES:Paris-Allora & Calzadilla

Collaborating since 1995, Allora and Calzadilla approach visual art as a set of experiments that test whether ideas such as authorship, nationality, …

Titus Kaphar, New E̲nunciation, 2021 Oil on canvas with vinyl, 71 ½ × 77 ¼ × 2 ¼ inches (181.6 × 196.2 × 5.7 cm), © Titus Kaphar, Courtesy the artist and Gagosian, Photo: Rob McKeever

ART CITIES: London-Titus Kaphar

Painter, sculptor, filmmaker, and installation artist Titus Kaphar confronts history by dismantling classical structures and styles of visual representation in Western art …

Ai Weiwei, Blue-and-White Porcelain Vases, 2017, porcelain, 52 x 52 x 50,5 cm, 20,47 x 20,47 x 19,88 in, ©  Ai Weiwei, Courtesy: the artist and GALLERIA CONTINUA, Photos by: Monkeys Video Lab

ART CITIES: Rome-Ai Weiwei

Ai Weiwei has been called the most influential artist of our time. After denouncing government corruption and lack of respect for human …

Rosemarie Castoro, Mountain Range, 2003. Welded stainless steel, 9 parts. 350 x 650 cm, © Rosemarie Castoro, Courtesy Rosemarie Castoro Estate and Thaddaeus Ropac Gallery

ART CITIES: London-Rosemarie Castoro

Finding early inspiration in experimental dance and choreography while a student at the Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, and in subsequent collaborations with Minimal …

Robert Irwin, Greek Speak, 2021, Shadow + Reflection + Color, 6' × 12' 5-1/4" × 4-1/4" (182.9 cm × 379.1 cm × 10.8 cm), © Robert Irwin, Courtesy the artist and Pace Gallery

ART CITIES: N.York-Robert Irwin

For more than three decades, Robert Irwin has used fluorescent lights in his work, and in the last decade he has presented …

Steven Parrino, The Self-Mutilation Bootleg 2 (The Open Grave), 1988/2003, enamel on canvas, in 2 parts, overall: 88 × 108 × 72 inches (223.5 × 274.3 × 182.9 cm), © Steven Parrino, Courtesy the Parrino Family Estate. Photo: Zarko Vijatovic

ART CITIES: Paris-Steven Parrino

Steven Parrino is best known for his signature ‘misshaped’ monochromes with slashed, torn, or twisted canvases. A pioneer in performance and video …

Elmgreen & Dragset, Watching, 2017. Collection of Lora Reynolds and Quincy Lee, Austin. Courtesy of Perrotin. Photo: Brian Fitzsimmons and Andreas Koch

ART CITIES: Milan-Elmgreen & Dragset

Based in London and Berlin, Michael Elmgreen and Ingar Dragset have worked as a collaborative duo since the mid-1990s. Drawing from disciplines …

Monica Bonvicini, Come On Home / blue, 2021, Murano glass, mirror, ash wood, 12,6 x 55 x 50 cm, © Monica Bonvicini, Courtesy the artist and Galleria Raffaella Cortese, Photo: Anna Lott Donadel

ART CITIES: Milan-Monica Bonvicini

Monica Bonvicini emerged as visual artist and started exhibiting internationally in the mid-1990s. Her multifaceted practice—which investigates the relationship between architecture, power …

Latifa Echakhch, Night Time (As Seen by Sim Ouch) [detail], 2022,  Acrylic and concrete on canvas, 202 x 152 x 4 cm, © Latifa Echakhch, Courtesy the artist and Pace Gallery

ART CITIES: London-Latifa Echakhch

With her works, above all, her installations and environments, Latifa Echakhch invites the viewer to reflect on the rigidity and contradictions of …

Valentin Carron, imperia V (after Rossi), 2012, Polystyrene, fiberglass, acrylic resin, acrylic paint, wood, steel, Unique, 180 x 150 x 41 cm / 70 7/8 x 59 x 16 1/8 in, Weight approx. 40 kg, © Valentin Carron

ART CITIES:N.York-Valentin Carron

In his sculptures and collages, Valentin Carron imitates traditional handicrafts and unknown artworks, as well as stereotypical modern and everyday forms. By …

Mehdi Ghadyanloo, The Unreachable Beauties, 2022, acrylic on canvas, 70 7/8 × 98 1/2 inches (180 × 250 cm), © Mehdi Ghadyanloo, Courtesy the artist and Gagosian

ART CITIES: N.York-Mehdi Ghadyanloo

After growing up near the agricultural fields in the suburbs of Tehran, Mehdi Ghadyanloo began his career making public art, is considered …

A.R. Penck, Die Falsche Vorstellung von Ordnung, 1982, Synthetic resin on canvas, 78 9/16 × 118 1/8 in. (199.5 × 300 cm)80 5/16 × 119 11/16 × 1 9/16 in. (204 × 304 × 4 cm) (framed), Courtesy  White Cube Gallery

ART CITIES: London-A.R. Penck

Considered a Neo-Expressionist, A.R. Penck is best known for his paintings and sculptures characterized by simplified figures and forms, and neo-primitive symbols …

Tony Lewis, Gnash, 2017, Graphite, pencil, and colored pencil on paper mounted on wood, 78 x 100 x 2 inches framed, © Tony Lewis, Courtesy the artist and Blum & Poe Gallery

ART CITIES: Los Angeles-Tony Lewis

In an ever-expanding engagement with drawing, Tony Lewis harnesses the medium of graphite powder to confront such social and political topics as …

Leidy Churchman, Rousseau, 2015, Oil on linen, 66 × 84 inches; 168 × 213 cm, © Leidy Churchman, courtesy the artist and Matthew Marks Gallery

ART CITIES: N.York-Leidy Churchman

Leidy Churchman is a painter whose many subjects have included landscapes, advertisements, online videos, Tibetan Buddhism, nature photos, scientific diagrams, and even …

Nicholas Hlobo, Elizeni Ienkanyiso, 2021, Acrylic, and ribbons on linen and cotton canvas, 51.18 x 51.18 x 1.97 inches, 130 x 130 x 5 cm, © Nicholas Hlobo, Courtesy the artist and Lehmann Maupin Gallery

ART CITIES: London-Nicholas Hlobo

Nicholas Hlobo creates intricate two- and three-dimensional hybrid objects. Each material holds a particular association with cultural, gendered, sexual, or ethnic identity. …

Nate Lowman, Harvey, 2017, Oil and alkyd on canvas, 90 x 126 inches (228.6 x 320 cm), © Nate Lowman, Courtesy the artist and David Zwirner Gallery

ART CITIES:N.York-Nate Lowman

Nate Lowman has become known for deftly mining images culled from art history, the news, and popular media, transforming visual signifiers from …