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Tony Cragg, Hardliner, 2013, Photo © Charles Duprat, Courtesy Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac - Paris/Salzburg

ART CITIES:Paris-Tony Cragg

Tony Cragg is one of the world’s most foremost sculptors. His work is notable for its exploration of different materials, including found objects and raw matter of various kinds. His early, stacked works present a taxonomical understanding of the world, and he has said that he sees manmade objects as …

Gina Pane

ART CITIES:Paris-Gina Pane

Gina Pane is a seminal figure in the history of Body Art and more generally in that of the arts scene in …

Ed Atkins, Safe Conduct, Production Still, 2016, National Gallery of Denmark Archive

ART CITIES: Copenhagen-Ed Atkins

Ed Atkins’ new video project, “Safe Conduct”, is a live-action and a Burlesque computer-generated imagery of airport security instruction videos, set to …

ART CITIES:N.York-Michael Heizer

Working largely outside the limits of a gallery or a Museum, Michael Heizer has redefined sculpture in terms of size, mass, gesture, …

Jac Leirner, The End (detail), 2016, Photo: White Cube (Ben Westoby)

ART CITIES:London-Jac Leirner

Jac Leirner was one of Brazil’s first contemporary artists to rise to international prominence during the ‘90s. Her work references the history …

ART CITIES:N.York-T. J. Wilcox

T.J. Wilcox’s work is characterized by a fascination with personal narrative and the ways in which history is always under construction, woven …

Exhibition View, Foto: Annar Bjørgli, Museum of Contemporary Art Oslo Archive

ART CITIES:Oslo,Poor Art-Rich Legacy

The exhibition “Poor Art – Rich Legacy: Arte Povera and Parallel Practices 1968–2015” is based on most significant works from the Norwegian …

Christodoulos Panayiotou, Untitled, 2014, © Christodoulos Panayiotou, Courtesy the artist and kamel mennour - Paris

Art Cities:Paris-Christodoulos Panayiotou

Christodoulos Panayiotou (4th DESTE Prize Winner 2005, from the DESTE Foundation for Contemporary Arts, Athens), composes a world from different – multidimensional …

Mariko Mori, Dream Temple, 1997-1999, ed. 2 + 1AP, Scai The Bathhouse Gallery Archive

ART CITIES:Tokyo-Mariko Mori

In her works, Mariko Mori brings an uncanny combination of unique Japanese traditional elements and cutting-edge technology. Her works present popular culture …

Yoko Ono, Parts Of A Light House, 1966, Photo by Iain Macmillan, © Yoko Ono

ART CITIES:Lyon-Yoko Ono

For her first Retrospective in France, at the Musée d’Art Contemporain de Lyon, Yoko Ono has chosen the title “Lumière de L’aube”. …

Elmgreen & Dragset, The Well Fair (exhibition view), 2016, Ullens Center for Contemporary Art (UCCA) Archive

ART CITIES:Beijing-Elmgreen & Dragset

The artist duo Elmgreen & Dragset continue their critiques of cultural institutions with their latest show, “The Well Fair”. For the exhibition, …

Heimo Zobernig, ohne Titel, 2015 (HZ 2015-128), Galerie Nagel Draxler Archive

ART CITIES: Cologne -Heimo Zobernig

Heimo Zobernig has achieved wide recognition for his sculptures, paintings, videos and performances. With works that respond to the legacy of the …

Joachim Bandau, Grüne Zitrone, 1966 / 2014, Galerie Mark Müller Archive

ART CITIES:Zurich-Joachim Bandau

Joachim Bandau, who came out of the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf in 1961 along with Gerhard Richter, Joseph Beuys and Imi Knoebel, has established …

Paul Brand, “Rinnsal II” (detail), 1975, The Museum of Contemporary Art Oslo Archive

ART CITIES:Oslo-Silent Revolt

Towards the end of the ’60s, Conceptual Art emerged as a new radical art Movement on the international art scene. With a …

Lucie Picandet, Celui que je suis à déjeuner version 528, 2016, Galerie Georges-Philippe & Nathalie Vallois

ART CITIES:Paris-Heroes

The question of the exhibition “Heroes” is “Who are the heroes of contemporary drawings and artists? And what do they say about …

Andy Warhol, Shadows, 1978–79, Dia Art Foundation, View of the installation: Dia:Beacon-Beacon-New York, © The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc. / VEGAP, Photo: Bill Jacobson

ART CITIES:Bilbao-Andy Warhol

In 1978-79 Andy Warhol produced “Shadows”, a monumental, 102-part series of silkscreened canvases. The work’s internal compositions are culled from photographs of …

Arman, L'Affaire du Courrier, 1961 - 1966, Galerie Daniel Templon Archive

ART CITIES:Paris-Arman

Arman’s greatest breakthrough came in the 1960, with his innovation of the “Accumulation”. Each “Accumulation” consisted of a large number of identical …