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Installation view: Leo Villareal: ESCAPE VELOCITY, 2018, © Leo Villareal, Photo: Cow Lau, Courtesy the artist and Pace Gallery

ART CITIES:Hong Kong-Leo Villareal

Leo Villareal works with LED lights to create complex, rhythmic artworks for both gallery and public settings. He focuses on identifying the governing structures of systems and is interested in base units such as pixels and binary code. His installations use artist-created code, which constantly changes the frequency, intensity, and …

Left: Elizabeth Peyton, Sander (Sander Lak), 2018, Pastel on paper, 45.1 x 35.6 cm, © Elizabeth Peyton, Photo: Kristian Emdal, Courtesy Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac-London/Paris/Salzburg. Right: Elizabeth Peyton, Hanyu (Yuzuru Hanyu), 2018, Oil on board, 36 x 28,5 cm, © Elizabeth Peyton, Photo: Kristian Emdal, Courtesy Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac-London/Paris/Salzburg

ART CITIES:Salzburg-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 …

John Akomfrah, Peripeteia (Still), 2012, Single channel HD colour video, 5.1 sound, 17 minutes 28 seconds, © Smoking Dogs Films, Courtesy Lisson Gallery

ART CITIES:Rome-Road To Justice

In the history of the African continent, the deportation of entire populations and colonization have progressively destroyed existing cultures and altered political, …

Exhibition view, Matt Mullican, The Feeling of Things, Pirelli HangarBicocca-Milan, 2018, Photo: Agostino Osio, Courtesy the Artist and Pirelli HangarBicocca

ART CITIES:Milan-Matt Mullican

Active since the early 1970s, Matt Mullican is one of the leading figures on the International Art Scene, a pioneer in the …

Joe Goode, Untitled (Torn Cloud B), 1973, Pastel on paper, 76.2 x 101.6 cm, Courtesy the artist and Van Doren Waxter Gallery

ART CITIES:N.York-Gaze

Spanning almost 60 years “Gaze” is a multigenerational group exhibition which explores, multidisciplinary approaches to depicting forms found in or related to …

Leelee Kimmel, Slinger, 2017, Acrylic on canvas, 162.6 x 238.8 cm, © Leelee Kimmel, Courtesy the artist and Simon Lee Gallery

ART CITIES:London-Leelee Kimmel

Leelee Kimmel, (nee Sobieski) has been painting privately for years, even when Kimmel rose up as Hollywood star after appearing in Stanley …

Yang Luzi, What Miracles Took Place When You Were Born (film still), 2018, single-channel video, Duration 8′18″, © Yang Luzi, Courtesy the artist and : Ullens Center For Contemporary Art (UCCA)

ART CITIES:Beijing-Yang Luzi

Yang Luzi is a filmmaker and science fiction writer residing in Los Angeles. A Chinese national, she has spent the past decade …

Vincent Fecteau, Untitled, 2014, Mixed media collage, 15 x 13 x 4 cm, © Vincent Fecteau, Courtesy the artist and Matthew Marks Gallery

ART CITIES:Los Angeles – Vincent Fecteau

Vincent Fecteau’s abstract sculptures defy summary description. Out of everyday material like papier-mâché, cardboard, pictures from magazines, and paint, he fashions complex …

Installation view, Robert Irwin, New Sculpture/Configurations, 11/5-17/7/18, Page Gallery New York, Photo: Toma Baratt, © Robert Irwin

ART CITIES:N.York-Robert Irwin

For over six decades, Robert Irwin) has explored perception as the fundamental issue of art. Irwin, who began his career as a …

Adriana Varejão, Budapeste I, 2013-2018, Oil on canvas, 40 x 50 cm, © Adriana Varejão, Courtesy the Artist and Victoria Miro Gallery

ART CITIES:Venice-Adriana Varejão

One of the most original voices in Contemporary Brazilian art, Adriana Varejão’s diverse practice comprises painting, sculpture, photography and installation. The artist …

Megan Rooney, Others got wings for flying, 2017, Tramway. Choreography by Andrew Graham Performed by Megan Rooney & Andrew Graham, Photo: Keith Hunter

ART CITIES:London-Park Nights 2018

Park Nights is the Seprentine’s experimental, interdisciplinary live platform, sited with the Galleries annual architectural commission, the Serpentine Pavilion, designed this year …

Installation view of Fred Wilson: Afro Kismet, 6 Burlington Gardens, London, 23/3-27/4/2018, Photo: Courtesy Pace Gallery, © Fred Wilson, Courtesy Pace Gallery

ART CITIES:N.York-Fred Wilson

Fred Wilson is known for repurposing objects and artifacts to lead people to see them in a different way. His installations typically …

Dan Graham

ART CITIES: Los Angeles Dan Graham

A conceptual artist, architect, photographer, performer, video artist, and critic, Dan Graham began in the 1960s to reflect on the artistic system, …

Ernesto Neto, GaiaMotherTree, 2018, Zurich Main Station, Photo: Mark Niedermann, Courtesy Fondation Beyeler

ART CITIES:Zurich-Ernesto Neto

Ernesto Neto is one of Latin America’s most important contemporary artists. Spirituality, humanism, and ecology are among his principal concerns. His work …

Christo and Jeanne-Claude, The London Mastaba, Serpentine Lake, Hyde Park, 2016-18, Photo: Wolfgang Volz, © 2018 Christo

ART CITIES:London-Christo

Christo’s first large-scale public sculpture in the UK floats on The Serpentine lake in Hyde Park. The work consists of 7,506 horizontally …

Voice of America

ART CITIES:N.York-Voice of America

Vito Acconci’s Installation at the Portland Center for Contemporary Arts “Voice of America” dates back to 1975. Two over-sized wooden chairs occupy …