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Josh Sperling, Sex on a Hammock, 2020, Acrylic on canvas, acrylic on panel, hammered enamel on panel, 154 × 227.3 cm, © Josh Sperling, Courtesy the artist and Perrotin Gallery

ART CITIES:Shanghai-Josh Sperling

Josh Sperling has been spending lockdown with his family at home in Ithaca, New York, where he also works. He is known for his shaped canvases painted with saturated colors, which live in a space between sculpture and painting. Sperling’s distinct visual vocabulary has made him a rising talent to …

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 …

VIDEO:Danh Vo-Art Should Estrange

In Danh Vo’s art you’ll find religious sculptures that are cut up, old American flags and his grandmother’s laundry machine. By using …

Left: Nigel Cooke, Telemachus, 2020, oil and acrylic on linen, 225 cm × 164 cm, © Nigel Cooke, Courtesy the artist and Pace Gallery. Right: Nigel Cooke, Athena, 2020, oil and acrylic on linen, 225 cm × 164 cm, © Nigel Cooke, Courtesy the artist and Pace Gallery

ART-PRESENTATION: Nigel Cooke-Oceans

Nigel Cooke is known for his evocative paintings which blend personal memories with art historical influences, classical themes with abstract interpretations of …

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 …

Martin Puryear, Aso Oke, 2019. Bronze, 213 x 259 x 189 cm, © Martin Puryear, Courtesy the artist and Matthew Marks Gallery

ART-PREVIEW: Martin Puryear

Over the last five decades Martin Puryear has created a body of work based on abstract organic forms rich with psychological, cultural, …

OSV. Oslo Collected Works before the new instalments open on 26 September 2020. Photo: Tor Simen Ullstein

BIENNALS:osloBIENNALEN 2020

osloBIENNALEN FIRST EDITION 2019-2024 opened on May 25 2019, launching a new biennial model. Its five-year evolving program of art in public …

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 …

Yayoi Kusama, I WHO SLEEP IN A ILLUSION WORLD, 2020, Acrylic on canvas, 100 x 100 cm, © Yayoi Kusama, Courtesy the artist and David Zwirner Gallery

ART-PRESENTATION: 20/20-Part II

The world has never faced such uncertainty: everything from our understanding of public health and racial injustice to our geopolitical order and …

Enzo Mari, I luoghi deputati (The designated places), 1953, tempera on paper, 70 x 100 cm, Private collection, Photo: Benvenuto Saba

ART-TRIBUTE:Enzo Mari-Part II

Enzo Mari (1932-19/10/2020) attended the Brera Academy of Fine Arts (Milan) and dedicated himself to exploring the psychology of vision and design …

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 …

Barbara Kruger, Untitled, 2020, Digital print on vinyl, Desk: 127 x 373.4 cm, Large wall: 377.2 x 530.9 cm, Entry wall: 379.1 x 286.4 cm, West wall: 180.3 x 327.7 cm, North wall: 232.4 x 326.4 cm, Overall dimensions vary with installation, © Barbara Kruger, Courtesy the artist and David Zwirner Gallery

ART-PRESENTATION: 20/20

The world has never faced such uncertainty: everything from our understanding of public health and racial injustice to our geopolitical order and …