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Left: Hassan Sharif, Nylon Satin Ribbon, 2006, Carboard, cloth, glue, plastic caps, nylon thread, cotton rope, paper and marker, Estate of Hassan Sharif, Courtesy Gb agency Paris and Estate of Hassan Sharif. Right: Henri Jacobs, Journal Drawing 547, 28 June 2011, Spots and dots, Watercolour and self-adhesives on Epson paper

ART CITIES:Malmö-Odradek,Part I

In his short story, “The Cares of a Family Man” (1919), Franz Kafka introduces Odradek as a deliberately undefined protagonist. It is …

Rafael Yossef Herman, Carmel V, 2011, Chromogenic print, 180x270cm, Courtesy Ludwig Museum

ART CITIES:Budapest-Rafael Yossef Herman

Rafael Yossef Hermanis is a revolutionary Israeli-Italian artist working in Paris. His dreamy, landscapes look like they’ve been photographed in the daylight, …

Abraham Cruzvillegas, Autorreconstrucción: Social Tissue, Work in progress, Installation view Kunsthaus Zürich, 2018, Photo: Lena Huber, © Abraham Cruzvillegas

ART CITIES:Zurich-Abraham Cruzvillega

Abraham Cruzvillegas’ artistic process is deeply influenced by his surroundings. Rather than being defined by a particular medium, many of his projects …

There and Back Again-Contemporary Art from the Baltic Region

ART NEWS:Feb.01

“Before Projection: Video Sculpture 1974-1995” shines a spotlight on a body of work in the history of video art that has been …

Jim Dine, Nancy and I at Ithaca (Straw Heart) 1966-69/1998, Steel, straw, resin, glue, Collection Centre Pompidou, Musée national d’art modern, Photo © Ellen Page Wilson, © Adagp, Paris 2017

ART CITIES:Paris-Jim Dine

Pioneer of the happening and associated with the Pop Art Movement, Jim Dine, has always followed a unique path. He experiments extensively …

Judith Hopf, Installation view Stepping Stairs at KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Photo: Frank Sperling

ART CITIES:Berlin-Judith Hopf

Since the 1990s, Judith Hopf has mastered an independent artistic language that unswervingly manages to stake out new ground, be it in …

Maria Thereza Alves, Seeds of Change: New York - A Botany Colonization, Exhibition view at Michel Rein Gallery, 2018, Courtesy the artist and Michel Rein-Paris/Brussels, © Florian Kleinefenn

ART CITIES:Paris-Maria Thereza Alves

Maria Thereza Alves’ long-term project “Seeds of Change” started in 2002 and studies settler colonialism, slavery, global migration, and commodification through the …

Axel Kasseböhmer, Meereslandschaft 8, 2003, Oil on canvas, 120 x 160 cm, Sprüth Magers Gallery Archive

ART CITIES:Berlin-Axel Kasseböhmer

Axel Kasseböhmer earned a reputation at the beginning of the 1980’s for his enigmatic paintings that called to mind segments of well-known …

Sheila Hicks

ART CITIES:Paris-Sheila Hicks

Throughout her career, Sheila Hicks has been a groundbreaking artist using textiles and fiber as her material. Her contributions to the art …