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Alexandre Lenoir, Cascade, 2020, Acrylic and oil on cotton canvas, 177 x 256 cm, Courtesy of the Artist and Almine Rech, © Alexandre Lenoir, Photo: Antoine Rozès

ART CITIES:Brussels-Alexandre Lenoir

After graduating from Ecole des Beaux-Arts de Paris with honors in 2016, Alexandre Lenoir moved to Casablanca in 2017 for a residency, where he practiced painting. Having encountered this medium before his studies at the Beaux-Arts, he worked on large-scale figurative works, which are systematically created in different territories, over …

Tom Wesselmann, Torso Drawing, 1984, Pastel pencil on Bristol board, 23.5 × 27.9 cm, © The Estate of Tom Wesselmann/Licensed by ARS/VAGA, New York/ADAGP, Paris, 2020. Photo: Jeffrey Sturges, Courtesy The Estate of Tom Wesselmann and Gagosian

ART CITIES:Paris-Bustes de Femmes

Spanning a breadth of stylistic and conceptual approaches, the paintings, sculptures, and photographs on view in the group exhibition “Bustes de Femmes”, …

Theaster Gates, Flag Scetch, 2020, Industrial oil-based enamel, rubber torch down, bitumen, wood, and copper © Theaster Gates, Photo: Jacob Hand, Courtesy Gagosian

ART CITIES:N.York-Theaster Gates

Theaster Gates’ oeuvre is among the most conceptually and materially rich in contemporary art, anchored equally in the canons of art history …

Turi Simeti, 8 ovali rossi, 2015, Acrylic on shaped canvas, 125 x 125 cm, Courtesy Tornabuoni Art

ART CITIES:London-Dynamic Visions

The exhibition “Dynamic Visions” is inspired by the legendary 1965 show “The Responsive Eye” at MoMA in New York, which documented a …

Ha Chong-Hyun

ART CITIES:London-Ha Chong Hyun

Ha Chong-Hyun came to prominence with his Conjunction series in the early 1970s. These early experiments have led him to build his …

Aziz Hazara, Bow Echo (Video still), 2019, Duration: 4 min 6 , Five channel HD video, color, sound, Video produced by the Han Nefkens Foundation, © Aziz Hazara, Courtesy the artist, Han Nefkens Foundation and Fundació Antoni Tàpies

ART CITIES:Barcelona-Aziz Hazara

Born in the province of Wardak, close to Kabul in Afghanistan in 1992, Aziz Hazaraworks across mediums such as photography, video, sound, …

Louise Bonnet, Calvary with Potato, 2020, Oil on linen, 182.9 × 304.8 cm, © Louise Bonnet, Photo: Jeff McLane, Courtesy the artist and Gagosian Gallery

ART CITIES:N.York-Louise Bonnet

Known for her portraits of exaggerated proportions and grotesque features, Louise Bonnet continually explores emotions of melancholy, loneliness, nostalgia and grief in …

Jesse Wine

ART CITIES:N.York-Jesse Wine

Jesse Wine has been working with and appropriating ceramics into his expanded sculptural practice since graduating from the Royal College of Art …

Asuka Anastacia Ogawa, Friends!, 2018, Acrylic on canvas, 48 × 60 inches, © Asuka Anastacia Ogawa, Courtesy the artist and Blum & Poe Gallery

ART CITIES:Tokyo-Asuka Anastacia Ogawa

Asuka Anastacia Ogawa creates large figurative paintings that depict androgynous children in chimerical dreamscapes, otherworldly scenes formed from solid fields of color …

Ann Veronica Janssens, Untitled (Blue Glitter), 2015 – ongoing. Courtesy the artist. Photo: Dirk Pauwels

ART CITIES:London-Ann Veronica Janssens

Ann Veronica Janssens has created an extensive body of work over four decades spanning installations, projections, immersive environments and sculptures. At the …

En Être, Exhibition view Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac-Pantin, 2020, Courtesy Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac

ART CITIES:Paris-En Être

In solidarity with the artistic community in these challenging times, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac hosts the exhibition ’”En Être” in collaboration with the …

Rita Ackermann, Mama Study, 2020, Oil and China marker on paper, 55.9 x 76.2 cm, © Rita Ackermann, Photo: John Etter, Courtesy the artist and Hauser & Wirth Gallery

ART CITIES:Zurich Rita-Ackermann

The opposing impulses of creation and destruction mark the touchstone of the Hungarian-born, New York-based artist Rita Ackermann’s practice, which continues to …

Aya Takano, hello friend, cheer up, 2020, Oil on canvas, 91 × 116. ©2020 Aya Takano/Kaikai Kiki Co., Ltd. All Rights Reserved. Courtesy Perrotin

ART CITIES:Seoul-Aya Takano

AyaTakano has been creating figures akin to anime characters to compose science-fictional or mythologically peculiar scenes from her imaginary world. The artist, …

Rashid Johnson, Stage

ART CITIES:N.York-PS1 Courtyard

“PS1 Courtyard” is a year-long program to reimagine the uses of and access to the Museum’s outdoor courtyard, which is the interstitial …

Stanley Whitney,

ART CITIES:Rome-Stanley Whitney

Stanley Whitney has been exploring the formal possibilities of color within ever-shifting grids of multi-hued blocks and all-over fields of gestural marks …

Portia Zvavahera, This is where I travelled [1], 2020, Oil based printing ink and oil bar on canvas, 205.5 x 265.8 cm, Framed: 208.6 x 269.4 cm), © Portia Zvavahera, Courtesy the artist and David Zwirner Gallery

ART CITIES:London-Portia Zvavahera

Portia Zvavahera’s vast canvases contain a world of dreamscapes heavy with burdens of our futures and unresolved pasts. The women depicted in …