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Nancy Holt, Sun Tunnels, 1973-76, Concrete, steel, earth, 280 × 2620 × 1620 cm / 110 1/4 × 1031 1/2 × 637 7/8 inches, © Holt/Smithson Foundation, Licensed by VAGA at ARS, New York Courtesy Sprüth Magers Gallery

ART CITIES: Berlin-Nancy Holt

Nancy Holt is among the most important figures of the earth, land, and conceptual art movements. A pioneer of site-specific installation and the moving image, Holt redefined the limits of art. She expanded the places where art could be found and embraced the new media of her time. Over five …

Installation view Artwork © 2021 Stephen Flavin/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Photo: Rob McKeever, Courtesy Gagosian

ART CITIES: N.York-Dan Flavin

Beginning in the 1960s, Dan Flavin made wall-mounted, floor-mounted, and site-specific sculptures and installations composed of intersecting and parallel lines of white …

Yoshitomo Nara, 1.2.3.4., Change the History, 2007, acrylic on wood, 74-7/16" × 55-1/2" × 3-1/8", © Yoshitomo Nara, Courtesy the artist and Pace Gallery. Right: Yoshitomo Nara, STOP THE BOMBS, 2019, acrylic on wood, 58-7/8 x 46-1/4 x 3-1/16" © Yoshitomo Nara, Courtesy the artist and Pace Gallery

ART CITIES: London-Yoshitomo Nara

Yoshitomo Nara’s work spans painting, drawing, photography, large-scale installations, and sculpture in ceramic, bronze, and fibre-reinforced plastic. Influenced by popular music, memories …

Arakawa, Textures of Time, 1977, acrylic, pencil and art marker on canvas, framed, 175.3 x 262.9 cm, © Estate of Madeline Gins, Reproduced with the permission of the Estate of Madeline Gins, Photo Rob McKeever, Courtesy Estate of Madeline Gins and Gagosian

ART CITIES: Basel-Arakawa

Born in Japan in 1936, Arakawa was one of the founding members of the Japanese avant-garde collective Neo Dadaism Organizers, describing himself …

Mandy El-Sayegh, Recombinant series (call for), 2020, Resin, oil silkscreened muslin, acrylic newspaper and wood in artist's brass frame, Diptych, each: 54.6 x 47 cm, © Mandy El-Sayegh, Courteys the artist and Thaddaeus Ropac Gallery

ART CITIES: Paris, Mandy El-Sayegh

Mandy El-Sayegh’s highly process-driven practice is rooted in an exploration of material and language. Executed in a wide range of media, including …

Shahpour Pouyan, Flying walls, 2021, Acrylic paint on canvas, three parts, each 189,3 x 120,5 x 7 cm, © Shahpour Pouyan, Courtesy of the artist and Galerie Nathalie Obadia, Paris/Brussels

ART CITIES: Brussels-Shahpour Pouyan

Shahpour Pouyan’s work is a commentary about power, domination and possession through the force of culture. His interest lies in singling out …

Sterling Ruby, DROP. PISSING. (detail), 2021 Fiberglass, wood, spray paint, and laminate, 120 × 34 × 34 inches / 304.8 × 86.4 × 86.4 cm, © Sterling Ruby. Photo: Robert Wedemeyer, Courtesy the artist and Gagosian

ART CITIES: Rome-Sterling Ruby

Sterling Ruby is known for the multifaceted nature of his practice, which encompasses painting, ceramics, collage, video and photography, textiles, sculpture and …

Sarah Morris, Monaco Reflecting Pools Key Biscayne, Florida, permanent commission Commissioned by The Village of Key Biscayne, 2005, Two fountains of water over ceramic tile, Two pools, each: 174 × 174 in. (442 × 442 cm), © Sarah Morris, Courtesy the artist and White Cube Gallery

ART CITIES: London-Sarah Morris

Since the ‘90s, Sarah Morris works with painting and film, which she regards as separate media with complementary content. She describes her …

Ines Doujak, Like and Not Like, 2021, courtesy the artist

ART CITIES: Vienna-Ines Doujak,Part II

Since the 1990s, Ines Doujak has been developing a multidisciplinary practice that encompasses photography, performance, film, and installation and uses political theory …

Glenn Ligon, Triangle Trade, Neon and metal support, Edition of 1, 3 parts:sth: 213.4 x 237.5 x 61 cm \/ 84 x 93 1\/2 x 24 in, chups: 213.4 x 474.3 x 66 cm \/ 84 x 186 3\/4 x 26 in, tchip: 213.4 x 397.5 x 66 cm \/ 84 x 156 1\/2 x 26 in, © Glenn Ligon, Courtesy the artist and Hauser & Wirth

ART CITIES: N.York-Glenn Ligon

Throughout his career, Glenn Ligon has pursued an incisive exploration of American history, literature, and society across bodies of work that build …

Installation view: Ines Doujak. Geistervölker, Kunsthalle Wien 2021, photo: Markus Wörgötter, Courtesy Kunsthalle Wien

ART CITIES: Vienna-Ines Doujak

Since the 1990s, Ines Doujak has been developing a multidisciplinary practice that encompasses photography, performance, film, and installation and uses political theory …

Neil Jenney, Modern Africa #1, 2015–16 Oil on canvas, in painted wood artist’s frame, 67 × 97 × 3 ¼ inches (170.2 × 246.4 × 8.3 cm), © Neil Jenney, Photo: Rob McKeever, Courtesy the artist and Gagosian

ART CITIES:N.York-Neil Jenney

Neil Jenney is committed to exploring, and ultimately transcending, realism as both style and philosophy, a project first sparked by the preponderance …

Wifredo Lam, Les Oiseaux Voilés, 1945, oil on canvas, 43-5/8" × 49-1/2" (110.8 cm × 125.7 cm), © 2021 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris

ART CITIES:N.York-Wifredo Lam

Born in Cuba to a Chinese father and Congolese-Iberian mother, Wifredo Lam is widely considered one of the greatest artists of the …

Paul Mignard, Version, 2021, Pigments on free-standing canvas Diameter : 200 cm, © Paul Mignard, Courtesy the artist and Galerie Jérôme Poggi

ART CITIES:Paris-Paul Mignard

Paul Mignard’s syncretic paintings revisit the landscape genre from the depths of psyche and time. He is an explorer of the expanded …

Mary Corse, Untitled (White Multiband, Horizontal Strokes), 2021, glass microspheres in acrylic on canvas, 78" × 102" (198.1 cm × 259.1 cm), © Mary Corse, Courtesy the artist and Pace Gallery

ART CITIES:N.York-Mary Corse

Mary Corse investigates materiality, abstraction, and perception through the subtly gestural and precisely geometric paintings that she has made over her fifty-year …

Ruth Asawa, Untitled (S.237, Hanging Six-Lobed, Interlocking Continuous Form), c. 1958, Private Collection, © 2021 Ruth Asawa Lanier, Inc. / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Courtesy David Zwirner

ART CITIES:N.York-Ruth Asawa

Born in rural California in 1926, Ruth Asawa is best known for her looped-wire sculptures, which challenge conventional notions of material and …

Installation view, Picture a Vacuum!, Kunstkredit Basel-Stadt, Kunsthalle Basel, 2021, view on Franziska Baumgartner, Tidal, 2021. Photo: Moritz Schermbach

ART CITIES:Basel-Picture a Vacuum!

Titled “Picture a Vacuum!” the Kunstkredit Basel-Stadt Annual Exhibition 2021 reflects on the many different strategies that artists adopt to record or …