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Ed Ruscha, Ton Lb. Oz., 2016, © Ed Ruscha, Gagosian Gallery Archive

ART CITIES:London-Ed Ruscha

  Ed Ruscha’s photography, drawing, painting, and artist books record the shifting emblems of American life in the last half century. His deadpan representations of Hollywood logos, stylized gas stations, and archetypal landscapes distil the imagery of popular culture into a language of cinematic and typographical codes that are as …

Sarkis, Icon 18, December 26 1993, © Courtesy of the artist and Galerie Nathalie Obadia Paris/Brussels, Zilberman Gallery Istanbul/Berlin Archive

ART CITIES:Berlin-The Red Gaze

  The group exhibition “The Red Gaze” combines two works of classical modernity: a self-portrait of the composer Arnold Schoenberg from 1944 …

ART CITIES:Paris-Openings 8/10/16

If Abstract Expressionism continues to dominate the Los Angeles art scene, numerous artists have also decided to tread the path of a …

Mona Hatoum, Hot Spot, 2013, © Mona Hatoum, Photo: Finnish National Gallery / Pirje Mykkänen

ART-PRESENTATION: Mona Hatoum

Born in Beirut in 1952 to Palestinian parents, Mona Hatoum was on a short visit to London in 1975 when the Lebanese …

Camille Henrot, Grosse Fatigue, 2013, Galerie kamel mennour Archive

ART FAIRS:Frieze London 2016

Frieze was founded in 1991 by Matthew Slotover and Amanda Sharp, with the launch of frieze magazine, in 2003, Sharp and Slotover …

ART FAIRS:Frieze Masters 2016

Installed in a vibrant, light-filled structure in The Regent’s Park, Frieze Masters brings together 133 of the world’s leading historical and modern …

Jeff Koons, Seated Ballerina, 2010-15, © Jeff Koons, Courtesy of the artist & Almine Rech Gallery, Photo: Consultario Real Estate

ART-PRESENTATION: Jeff Koons

Mirrors from the very beginning have played an essential role in almost all of Jeff Koons’s work. They appear in the first …

Bruce Nauman, Natural Light, Blue Light Room, Installation view at Ace Gallery, Vancouver, 1971

ART CITIES:London- Bruce Nauman

Intrigued and inspired by the neon beer signs on shopfronts in his San Francisco neighborhood, Bruce Nauman created his first neon piece, …

Adriana Varejão, Olympic Aquatics Stadium Rio, 2016, Photo: Rio 2016/André Motta, Courtesy Gagosian Gallery

ART CITIES:Rome-Adriana Varejão

  One of the most original voices in Contemporary Brazilian art, Adriana Varejão’s diverse practice comprises painting, sculpture, photography and installation. The …

Jean Tinguely, Elément Détaché III, 1954 Collection Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, c/o Pictoright Amsterdam, 2016

ART CITIES:Amsterdam- Jean Tinguely

The Swiss sculptor and pioneer of Kinetic art Jean Tinguely was a highly ingenious individual who explored several Avant-Garde art movements of …

Tony Cragg, Ginko, 2015, © Tony Cragg, Courtesy Lisson Gallery

ART CITIES:London- Tony Cragg

Tony Cragg is one of the world’s most foremost sculptors. The continual sculptural investigations led Cragg from his early uses of detritus …

Cai Guo-Qiang, Seasons of life Summer, 2015, © Cai Guo-Qiang, Photo: Courtesy of the Yokohama Museum_of_Art, Bonnefantenmuseum Archive

ART CITIES:Maastricht- Cai Guo Qiang

Cai Guo-Qiang has worked in multiple mediums within art, including drawing, installation, video and performance art. Drawing upon Eastern philosophy and contemporary …