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WangShui, From its mouth came a river of highend residential appliances (Video still), 2018, one-channel video, water, Courtesy of the artist

ART-PRESENTATION: Horizontal Vertigo

For the first time in its history, the Julia Stoschek Collection presents an ensemble of solo exhibitions, performances, and screenings of works not included the Collection. Over the course of a year, three exhibitions in Düsseldorf and three in Berlin, will open successively, beginning in March 2019 and running until …

Raymond Depardon, Le chêne de Venon, Isère, France, 2019

ART CITIES:Paris-Trees

Bringing together a community of artists, botanists, and philosophers, the exhibition “Trees” echoes the latest scientific research that sheds new light on …

Olafur Eliasson, Your uncertain shadow (colour), 2010, HMI lamps (green, orange, blue, magenta), glass, aluminium, transformers , Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary Collection-Vienna, Photo: María del Pilar García Ayensa/ Studio Olafur Eliasson, © 2010 Olafur Eliasson

ART-PRESENTATION: Olafur Eliasson-In Real Life

Moving seamlessly from his early photographs to sculpture, immersive environments, large-scale public interventions, and architectural projects, Olafur Eliasson uses simple natural elements …

Elaine Byrne, Fortified Boundaries IV, 2018, Ultra-Chrome HDR pigment inks and UV protective spray on Hahnemuhle Fine Art Pearl paper, Courtesy of the artist and Kevin Kavanaugh Gallery-Dublin

ART CITIES:N.York-The Watchers

Derived from the French word “surveiller”, meaning “to keep watch” or “to watch over”, the surveillance camera has been used to police …

Max Colby, Hotbed I, 2018, Crystal and plastic beads, sequins, found fabric, trim, costume jewelry, polyester batting, and thread, 14 x 14 x 17 inches, © Max Colby, Courtesy the artist and Jane Lombard Gallery

ART CITIES:N.York:A Body of Work

The group exhibition “A Body of Work” features drawing, collage, and sculpture by six artists: Julia Brandão, Max Colby, Margaux Crump, Anneli …

Ria Pacquée, The sun is moving, the clock ticking, the earth sinking, 2019, © Ria Pacquée, Photo: Ans Brys, Courtesy the artist and Middelheim Museum

ART-PRESENTATION:Ria Pacquée

Ria Pacquée has been researching the concept of “identity” since the 1970s. She does this using her own body as a tool: …

Banu Cennetoğlu, Installation view, 2019, Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfahlen, 2019, Photo: Achim Kukulies, © Kunstsammlung NRW

ART-PRESENTATION: Banu Cennetoğlu

Banu Cennetoğlu deals with the political, social, and media conditions of contemporary information societies. Her conceptual works question the relationship between the …

Anthony Pearson, Untitled (Embedment) [detail], 2018, Canvas-embedded, pigmented hydrocal in enamel-finished aluminum frame, 146.1 x 55.2 x 5.1 cm, © Anthony Pearson, Courtesy the artist and Marianne Boesky Gallery

ART CITIES:Aspen-Anthony Pearson

Anthony Pearson occupies a quietly antithetical position in a contemporary cultural landscape characterized by visual noise and short attention spans. An exploration …

Sheila Hicks , Zihzabal, 2018, Pigments, synthetic fibers, cotton, linen, Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas Art Fair Foundation Acquisition Fund, Photo: Markus Wörgötter, © Sheila Hicks

ART-PRESENTATION: Sheila Hicks

Since the late 1950s, Sheila Hicks has been producing work exceptionally difficult to categorise. Knotting, wrapping, folding, twisting and stacking wool, linen …

Left & Right: André Butzer, Untitled, 2019, Acrylic on canvas, 274 x 213 cm, © André Butzer, Courtesy the artist and Metro Pictures

ART-PRESENTATION: André Butzer

André Butzer’s work is characterized by an intensive exploration of the limits and possibilities of the medium painting, while the artist develops …

Paolo Scheggi, Maquette for the ‘Plastic Interchamber’, 1966, Sheets of curved, punched wood painted yellow, 52.5 × 86 × 66 cm, Franca and Cosima Scheggi Collection-Milan

ART CITIES:London-Paolo Scheggi

Born in Florence in 1940, died very young in Rome in 1971, within a “long” decade (1958-1971) the research of Paolo Scheggi …

Takis, Magnetic Wall 9 (Red), 1961, Acrylic paint on canvas, magnets, metal, cloth, nylon thread, 180 × 220 × 10 cm, Centre Pompidou, Musée national d’art moderne – Centre de création industrielle-Paris, © ADAGP, Paris and DACS, London 2019, Photo: Georges Meguerditchian

ART-TRIBUTE:Takis

Over a 70-year career, Takis (Panayiotis Vassilakis) has created some of the most innovative art of the 20th Century. A sculptor of …

Askhat Akmediayarov, If the Pain Burned Down, 2018, Courtesy the artist and Astana Art Show

ART-PRESENTATION: Racing The Galaxy

“Racing The Galaxy” is the title of the very first international exhibition in Kazakhstan, bringing together around 20 artists from 15 countries, …