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Bertrand Lavier, Walt Disney Productions 1947-2017 n°1, 2017 , Acrylic on inkjet on canvas, 130 x 150 cm, Exhibition view ‘’Walt Disney Productions’’, kamel mennour, London, 2018, © ADAGP Bertrand Lavier, Courtesy the artist and kamel mennour-Paris/London

ART CITIES:London-Bertrand Lavier

As a seminal figure in the movement toward appropriation art, Bertrand Lavier is perhaps best known for his readymades, created by covering everyday industrial objects with an impasto layer of paint. He appropriates ubiquitous objects and images in order to reposition them as elements in a strategic critique of consumerism, …

To Breathe – Zone of Nowhere, 2018, Installation view, 12 nylon flags, 243×152 cm (each) Unique, Photo: Lorenzo Palmieri, Courtesy of the artist and Galleria Raffaella Cortese-Milan

ART CITIES:Milan-Kimsooja

Addressing existential issues of self and others, Kimsooja’s work spans site-specific installation, performance, video and photography using sound, light and daily objects. …

Jeff Koons, Lips, 2000, Oil on canvas, 304.8 × 426.7 cm), © Jeff Koons, Courtesy of the artist and Gagosian

ART CITIES:N.York-Jeff Koons

Jeff Koons is one of of American artists that emerge in the 1980s with an aesthetic devoted to the decade’s pervasive consumer …

Anna Sophie Berger, Installation View, ARS VIVA 2018, Photo: Dirk Pauwels, Courtesy S.M.A.K.

ART-PRESENTATION: Ars Viva 2018

Since 1953, the Association of Arts and Culture of the German Economy Federation of German Industries has been awarding the annual ARS …

Rachel Whiteread, Untitled (Clear Torso), 1993, Polyurethane resin, 100 x 180 x 255 mm, Courtesy of the artist; Photo: Courtesy of the artist

ART-TRIBUTE:Rachel Whiteread,Part I

Rachel Whiteread’s approach to sculpture is predicated on the translation of negative space into solid form. Casting from everyday objects, oftentimes using …

ART NEWS:March 01

Jason Fox’s solo exhibition “Beware of Darkness” is on presentation at Almine Rech Gallery in Brussels. Fox’s work itself acts as a …

Alex Katz, Chance 2, 2016,Porcelain enamel on shaped steel (double-sided figures) mounted on a polished stainless steel base, 199.4 x 360.7 x 53.3 cm, Edition 6 + 2 APs (#1/6), Art © Alex Katz/Licensed by VAGA-New York, NY, Photo: Diego Flores, Courtesy Paul Kasmin Gallery

ART CITIES:N.York-Alex Katz

Alex Katz’s portraits feature his own social milieu: friends, fellow artists, and most notably his wife Ada, whom he has painted more …

Left: Cy Twombly, Coronation of Sesostris (Part V), 2000 (detail), Acrylic, wax crayon, and lead pencil on canvas, 206 × 156.5 cm, © Cy Twombly Foundation, Courtesy Gagosian Gallery. Right: Cy Twombly, Untitled, 2001, Acrylic, wax crayon, and cut-and-pasted paper on paper, 123.2 × 98.4 cm, © Cy Twombly Foundation, Photo: Rob McKeever, Courtesy Gagosian Gallery

ART-PRESENTATION:Cy Twombly

Cy Twombly ranks among the leading exponents of a generation of artists who broke away from Abstract Expressionism in the ‘50s to …

Installation View: Sudarshan Shetty, A Song, A Story and The Empty Vessel, Leila Heller Gallery, 2018, Leila Heller Gallery Archive

ART CITIES:Dubai-Sudarshan Shetty

Sudarshan Shetty initially trained as a painter, later turning to sculpture and installations which now account for all of his practice. A …

Serra Behar Untitled, 2017-2018 Brass, iron, concrete and soil 260 x 122.5 x 4.5 cm

ART CITIES:Istanbul-Serra Behar

Every one of Serra Behar’s works can be evaluated as a concrete reflection of the situations corresponding to a specific period of …

Lauren Halsey, detail, Kingdom Splurge (2.4.6.14), 2014, mixed media, 24 x 40 ft., Yale University, New Haven

ART CITIES:Los Angeles-Lauren Halsey

The American artist Lauren Halsey builds fantasy sculptures and environments that remix ephemera she gathers with hyperreal nature, technicolors, outerspace and Funk. …

Marius Bercea, Physics for the liminal training, 2017, Courtesy the artist and BlainSouthern, Photo: Peter Mallet

ART CITIES:Berlin-Marius Bercea

Marius Bercea is a painter from Cluj, Romania. He finds his subject matter in the clash of aesthetics within the urban environment, …

Robert Filliou, Built-in Versus Built-upon, 1968-1978, Paintbrush, sock, bottle, photograph and text on painted wood, 34.9 x 34.9 x 8.9 cm, Peter Freeman Inc. Gallery Archive

ART CITIES:N.York-Robert Filliou

A prolific artist beginning in the 1950s, Robert Filliou was self-taught, embracing disciplines as diverse as economics (in which he first trained …

Lucas Blalock, Olives and Ham, 2015-2017, Archival Inkjet-Print, Unique, 33 x 47 cm, © Lucas Blalock, Courtesy Galerie Eva Presenhuber

ART-PREVIEW:Zurich-Lucas Blalock

Lucas Blalock has emerged as one of a new generation of photographers, a group largely concerned with issues of image scale, speed, …