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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 …

David Goldblatt, «Temporary» Censorship of its artworks by management of the University of CapeTown : at left a drawing by Diane Victor has been covered ; at right, woodcuts by Cecil Skotnes have been removed. University of Cape Town, 14 May 2016, Digital print on gelatin silver paper, 29,5 x 44 cm, Courtesy David Goldblatt and Goodman Gallery Johannesburg/Cape Town, © David Goldblatt

PHOTO:David Goldblatt-Retrospective

Since the 1960s, David Goldblatt has tirelessly explored his native country through his photographs, recording South Africa’s history, physical features and inhabitants. …

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 Mapplethorpe, Jack Walls, 1982 © Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation, Used by permission

PHOTO:Robert Mapplethorpe

Robert Mapplethorpe lived a life of passion in the New York underground and rock scenes in the ‘70s and ‘80s. That passion …