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Jordan Wolfson, Riverboat Song (Video still), 2017, color, sound, © Jordan Wolfson

ART-PREVIEW:Jordan Wolfson-Riverboat Song

Jordan Wolfson belongs to the post-Internet generation: artists who reflect upon the increasing digitalization of society and developments in genetics, robotics, and cybernetics. The artist borrows intuitively from the world of advertising, the Internet, and the technology industry, producing ambitious, enigmatic narratives. With this, he creates idiosyncratic content often featuring …

Eduardo Chillida, CH-87/GB-15, 1987, Paper, thread, 21 x 30 cm, © Estate of Eduardo Chillida, Courtesy of the estate and Hauser & Wirth

ART-PRESENTATION: Eduardo Chillida

Eduardo Chillida is Spain’s foremost sculptor of the 20th Century. Widely recognized for monumental iron and steel public sculptures, Chillida is also …

Frank Thiel, Damay y Yamay Gómez Hernández, La Habana, Plaza de la Revolución, Nuevo Vedado, 2015, C-print mounted on Alu-Dibond, 231 x 330.5 cm, © Frank Thiel, Blain|Southern Gallery Archive

ART CITIES:Berlin-Frank Thiel

You may know Frank Thiel through his photographs of the transformation of Berlin from the mid-1990s to the mid-2000s. These representations of …

Thomas Struth, Exhibition view at Galerie Max Hetzler-Berlin, 2018, Galerie Max Hetzler Archive

ART-PRESENTATION: Thomas Struth

Since the late 1970s, Thomas Struth has been creating photographs about humanity, its rituals and their relationship to the physical world. A …

Adam McEwen, Orange Tank (detail), 2017, Inkjet print on cellulose sponge and graphite, 218.4 × 165.1 cm, © Adam McEwen, Photo Adam McEwen, Gagosian Gallery Archive

ART CITIES:Beverly Hills-Adam McEwen

Adam McEwen’s work resides somewhere between the celebratory and funereal. After writing obituaries for the Daily Telegraph in London, he began producing …

Left: Beatriz Milhazes, Coqueiral em marrom e azul celeste, 2017, Acrylic on, 279 x 189.5 cm, © Beatriz Milhazes. Photo: © Pepe Schettino, Courtesy White Cube. Right: Beatriz Milhazes, Sonho Tropical, 2017, Acrylic on canvas, 270 x 240.5 cm, © Beatriz Milhazes. Photo: © Pepe Schettino, Courtesy White Cube

ART CITIES:London-Beatriz Milhazes

The Brazilian artist Beatriz Milhazes fuses modernist styles of painting with the emblems of her cultural heritage. Her abstract compositions are typically …

Left: Burçak Bingöl, Follower, 2017, Ceramics, 35 x 33 x 10 cm, © the artist, Teachers College-Columbia University Archive. Right: Jacob Olmedo, And The World Will Be As One, 2018, Installation with hydroponic textiles, Dimensions Variable, © the artist, Teachers College-Columbia University Archive

ART-PRESENTATION: Unleashing

Sarah Maxine Greene was an American educational philosopher, author, social activist, and teacher, who promoted the arts as a fundamental learning tool …

Alex Mirutziu, Where is the poem, 2013- , HD video 9’ 49” and framed C-prints, Courtesy the artist

ART CITIES:London-Alex Mirutziu

Alex Mirutziu is a Romanian artist whose practice extends over a wide range of media and activities, including: writing, photography, media-critical video …

Arlene Shechet, Equal Time (detail), 2017, Glazed ceramic, paint, hardwood, steel, 53 x 35 x 23 in, © Arlene Shechet, Photo: Phoebe d’Heurle, Courtesy of the artist and Almine Rech Gallery

ART CITIES:Paris-Arlene Shechet

Arlene Shechet isknown for her sculptures that defy categotization. Some are figurative, some are architectural, and others resemble melting vessels or growing …

Ettore Spalletti, Departure Hall, Permanent installation, Hôpital Raymond-Poincaré, Garches - Paris, 1996, Photo: Attilio Maranzano, © Ettore Spalletti, Courtesy the artist and Marian Goodman Gallery-New York/Paris/London

ART-PRESENTATION: Ettore Spalletti

Ettore Spalletti’s paintings and sculptures are a combination of the two media, since his paintings protrude from the wall and his sculptures …

Left: Hiroshi Sugimoto, Henry VIII, from “Portraits”, Commissioned work for the Deutsche Guggenheim, 1999, © Hiroshi Sugimoto. Right: Queen Victoria, 1999, Hiroshi Sugimoto, gelatin silver print, Courtesy of Fraenkel Gallery-San Francisco, © Hiroshi Sugimoto

ART CITIES:Brussels-Hiroshi Sugimoto

A multidisciplinary artist, Hiroshi Sugimoto works with photography, sculpture, architecture and installation. A photographer since the ‘70s, his work deals with history …