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Agnès Thurnauer, Predelle (border #1), 2018, 2 elements, acrylic on canvas, wooden frame, each: 57 x 35 cm, unique artwork, signed, titled, dated, © Agnès Thurnauer, Courteys the artist and Michel Rein Gallery

ART CITIES:Paris-Agnès Thurnauer

Through her paintings, sculptures and installations, Agnès Thurnauer deals with the question of language. In her pictorial practice, writing is often integrated into the painting and even when it is not, the allusive force that emanates from the subject places the viewer in the history of art as well as …

Korakrit Arunanondchai, No history in a room filled with people with funny names 5, 2020, Installation view, © Korakrit Arunanondchai 2020, Courtesy the artist; Carlos/Ishikawa-London, Clearing-New York; Bangkok CityCity Gallery Bangkok

ART CITIES:Porto-Korakrit Arunanondchai

Korakrit Arunanondchai draws on an eclectic array of references in his practice: from popular culture, technology and geopolitics, to Buddhist and animist …

Sanford Biggers, Orpheus, 2020, Antique quilt, assorted textiles, wood, 208.3 x 212.1 cm, © Sanford Biggers,Courtesy the artist and Marianne Boesky Gallery

ART CITIES:N.York-Sanford Biggers

For over two decades, Sanford Biggers has been developing a singular body of work that is deeply informed by African American history …

Laurie Anderson, Handphone Table, 1978, In “Handphone Table” visitors are invited to perceive sounds through the bones in their elbows, © Laurie Anderson, Courtesy the artist and MASS MOCA

ART CITIES:Los Angeles-Laurie Anderson

Laurie Anderson is one of today’s multimedia artists, known for her achievements as a visual artist, composer, poet, photographer, filmmaker, vocalist, and …

Lea Porsager, FULL OF BEANS, 2020 © Lea Porsager. Photo: Malle Madsen, © Lea Porsager, Courtesy the artist and Moderna Museet

ART CITIES:Stockholm-Lea Porsager

Lea Porsager graduated from the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, Copenhagen, and the Städelschule in Frankfurt am Main in 2010. She …

Photo: Left: Martin Boyce, While on the Roof, 2015, Jesmonite, galvanised steel and aluminum, Installation 326 x 115 x 105 cm, © Martin Boyce, Courtesy the artist and Galerie Eva Presenhuber Right: Martin Boyce, Turbulent Shores, 2020, Chair: Painted & galvanised steel, painted & galvanised perforated steel, Door: Tulipwood and birch ply, welded steel, brass, Chair 40.5 x 50 x 79 cm, Door 204 x 83 x 10 cm, © Martin Boyce, Courtesy the artist and Galerie Eva Presenhuber

ART CITIES:Zurich-Martin Boyce, Part II

Martin Boyce’s sculptures, photographs and installations poetically investigate the intersections between art, architecture, design, and nature. Since the beginning of his career, …

Ewa Juszkiewicz, Sisters (after Anton Graff), 2014, Oil on canvas, 142 × 116 cm, © Ewa Juszkiewicz, Courtesy the artist and Gagosian

ART CITIES:N.York-Ewa Juszkiewicz

Through her paintings, Ewa Juszkiewicz challenges visual conventions and confronts stereotypical perceptions of women’s beauty in classical European painting. By deconstructing and …

Ed Ruscha, Hardscrabble, 2020 Acrylic on canvas, 81.3 × 122 cm, © Ed Ruscha. Photo: Paul Ruscha, Courtesy the artist and Gagosian

ART CITIES:N.York-Ed Ruscha

Ed Ruscha is widely regarded as one of the world’s most important artists with a career spanning six decades from the early …

Left: Martin Boyce, We Are Still Here, 2005, Steel gate, powder coated black, 200 x 100 x 4 cm, © Martin Boyce, Courtesy the artist and Galerie Eva Presenhuber Right: Martin Boyce, We are Resistant. We Dry Out in the Sun (Large blue poolside bin, 2004, Powder coated black, 85 x 80 x 60 cm, © Martin Boyce, Courtesy the artist and Galerie Eva Presenhuber

ART CITIES:Zurich-Martin Boyce

Martin Boyce’s sculptures, photographs and installations poetically investigate the intersections between art, architecture, design, and nature. Since the beginning of his career, …

Sophia Narrett, Whisper Like a Magnet (detail), 2020, Embroidery thread, aluminum and fabric, 33 x 40 inches, © Sophia Narrett, Courtesy the artist and Kohn Gallery

ART CITIES:Los Angeles-Sophia Narrett

Known for her elaborately embroidered shaped canvases, the New York based artist Sophia Narrett weaves together spatially unfolding narratives of desire and …

Ivan Mitrovic, Ted Kaczynski‘s House (detail), 2017, © Ivan Mitrovic, Courtesy the artist and Swiss Institute

ART CITIES:N.York-Haunted Haus

Hauntology (a portmanteau of haunting and ontology is a neologism introduced by French philosopher Jacques Derrida in his 1993 book “Spectres of …

Sandra Mujinga, Ghosting, 2019. Courtesy kuntsneren and Croy Nielsen, Wien. Photo: David Stjernholm

ART CITIES:Copenhagen-Witch Hunt

By the Early Middle Ages in Europe, pagan civilizations had developed various ideologies regarding the way the world functioned through the idea …

Sam Durant, Trope, 2020, Two channel video projection with sound, TRT: 12 minutes, 35 seconds, continuous loop, Edition of 3, 2AP, Video editor Ana Branea, Sound design Laurențiu Coțac, © Sam Durant, Courtesy the artist and Blum & Poe Gallery

ART CITIES:Los Angeles-Sam Durant

Growing up near Boston in the 1970s Sam Durant experienced the radical pedagogy of A.S. Neill, Maria Montessori, and John Holt, along …

Stefanie Gutheil, Subway, 2020, Oil on canvas, 180 × 250 cm, © Stefanie Gutheil, Courtesy the artist and Krinzinger Projekte

ART CITIES:Vienna-Stefanie Gutheil

Stefanie Gutheil is a Berlin-based artist. It’s impossible to forget her paintings once you’ve seen them: those mixed creatures, monsters, spooky smiles …

Left: Katharina Grosse, Untitled, 2019 Watercolor on paper, 119 × 89 cm, © Katharina Grosse and VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn, Germany 2020. Photo: Jens Ziehe Right: Katharina Grosse, Untitled, 2019 Watercolor on paper, 119 × 89 cm, © Katharina Grosse and VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn, Germany 2020. Photo: Jens Ziehe

ART CITIES:Rome-Katharina Grosse

Widely known for her in situ paintings, in which explosive color is sprayed directly onto architecture, interiors, and landscapes, Katharina Grosse embraces …

Luc Tuymans, Still, 2019, Oil on canvas, 90.6 x 176.2 cm, © Luc Tuymans, Courtesy the artist and David Zwirner Gallery

ART CITIES:Hong Kong-Luc Tuymans

Luc Tuymans has become known for a distinctive style of painting that demonstrates the power of images to simultaneously communicate and withhold. …

Ioanna Myrka, When this is not it, 2020, © Ioanna Myrka, Courtesy the artist and F.O.B. Art Container

ART CITIES:Athens-Ioanna Myrka

Ioanna Myrka was born in Athens. She has pursued postgraduate studies in the Athens University School of Fine Arts “Digital Art Forms” …

Robert Rauschenberg, Bounders (Phantom), 1991, Silkscreen ink on anodized mirrored aluminum, 123.1 x 152.2 cm, Courtesy Robert Rauschenberg Foundation & Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac

ART CITIES:Paris-Robert Rauschenberg

Over the course of his sixty-year long career, Robert Rauschenberg was inspired by wide-ranging experiences, collaborations, and a spirit of experimentation with …