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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 lens of displaced plants in ballast, the waste material historically used to balance sailing ships in maritime trade. Dumped in ports at the end of passages as 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 …

Vera Lutter, Temple of Athena, Paestum, V: 8/10/15, 2015, Gelatin silver print, 133.4 × 233.7 cm, Unique, © Vera Lutter, Courtesy Gagosian Gallery

PHOTO:Vera Lutter-Turning Time

Inspired by New York’s light, architecture, and perpetual state of flux, Vera Lutter turned to photography in the early 1990s as a …

Samuel Gratacap, from the series: Empire, Refugee Camp at Choucha (Tunisia), 2012-2014, Courtesy Galerie Les filles du calvaire

PHOTO:Samuel Gratacap-Plus Près

Every day almost 34,000 people are forced to flee their homes because of military conflicts. French photographer Samuel Gratacap photographs migrants who …

MIRAGES:XLV

There are so many images that were added in our magazine, from the exhibitions from the Galleries and the Museums of Paris, …

Mat Collishaw, All Things Fall, 2014-17, Aluminium, LED Lights, Motor, Plaster, Resin, Steel, 200 x 200 x 200 cm, Courtesy Gary Tatintsian Gallery Gallery and artist’s studio

ART CITIES:Moscow-Mat Collishaw

An important member of the Young British Artists, Mat Collishaw creates works that confronts issues of moral ambiguity with formally stunning and …

Günther Förg, Almine Rech Gallery Archive

ART-PRESENTATION: Günther Förg

Günther Förg was part of the post-war generation of German artists for whom modernism had become tainted with the horrors of Fascism. …

Louise Nevelson, Dawn’s Presence – Three, 1975, Wood painted white, 312.4 cm x 322.6 cm x 251.5 cm, © 2017 Estate of Louise Nevelson/Artists Rights Society (ARS)-New York

ART CITIES:N.York-Louise Nevelson

Louise Nevelson emerged in the art world amidst the dominance of the Abstract Expressionist Movement. In her most iconic works, she utilized …