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Qiu Shihua, Untitled, 2017, Oil on canvas, 51.5 x 81.5 x 2 cm (20 1/4 x 32 3/4 in), On the side lower left signed and dated, © Qiu Shihua, Courtesy the artist and Galerie Karsten Greve

ART CITIES:Paris-Qiu Shihua

At first glance, the paintings of Chinese artist Qiu Shihua seem to be monochrome, completely white canvases. Yet upon closer inspection, vast landscapes emerge from the painted surface which, depending on where the viewer is standing, either reveal an increasing number of details or slip away again before his eyes. …

Adolf Wamper, Memorial with Miners, 1953, Cemetery in Rotthausen in Gelsenkirchen © DHM/Photographer: Thomas Bruns, 2020

PRESENTATION: Divinely Gifted

Many protagonists of the National Socialist art scene continued working in the Federal Republic as full-time visual artists after 1945. They produced …

Beatriz González, Ángelus local, 2020, Oil on canvas, 50 x 120 cm, © Beatriz González, Courtesy of the artist and Galerie Peter Kilchmann

ART CITIES:Zurich-Beatriz González

Over the past six decades, Beatriz González has developed a strong artistic vocabulary that makes her one of Colombia’s most influential artists …

Sally Mann, Deep South #17, 1998, Gelatin silver enlargement print, toned with tea, Ed. 8/10 + 3 AP, 94,6 x 119,4 cm (37 1/4 x 47 in), Frame: 109,4 x 134 x 2,7 cm, signed, dated and numbered verso, © Sally Mann, Courtesy the artist and Galerie Karsten Greve

PHOTO:Sally Mann

Sally Mann first achieved recognition for her work towards the end of the 1980s when photographs she had taken of her family, …

Joel Shapiro, untitled, 2019, painted bronze, 71-3/4" × 65-1/2" × 31-1/2" (182.2 cm × 166.4 cm × 80 cm), © Joel Shapiro, Courtesy the artist and Pace Gallery

ART CITIES:Seoul-Joel Shapiro

Joel Shapiro creates abstract geometric sculpture that elicits a sense of movement and engages viewers’ physical and psychological relationships with space. In …

Zachari Logan, Rococo Sky (guardai in alto e vidi le sue spalle) (detail), 2021, pastel, graphite, watercolour and coloured pencil on paper, 127 x 1372 cm. Courtesy of the artist

PRESENTATION: Zachari Logan-Ghost Meadows

Zachari Logan is a Canadian visual artist working in drawing, ceramics and related installation practices. Logan is known internationally for his monumentally-scaled …

Yoko Ono, Mend Piece, 1966-2021, Broken cups and saucers, thread, glue, tape, © Yoko Ono, Courtesy the artist and Whitechapel Gallery

ART CITIES:London-Yoko Ono

Ono played a pioneering role in the international development of conceptualism, performance art and experimental film. Ideas, more than materials, are the …

Natalia Turnova, The Egg and the Rock, installation view, Garage Museum of Contemporary Art, Moscow, 2021, Photo: Dmitry Shumov, © Garage Museum of Contemporary Art

ART CITIES:MOSCOW-Natalia Turnova

Throughout her artistic career, Natalia Turnova has remained outside the focus of art professionals and the viewers, escaping narrow definitions and associations …

Alexandra Bircken, Klein’s Jacket, 2017, Bronze, 74 × 84 × 9 cm, Loan from the Federal Republic of Germany – Collection of Contemporary Art, © Alexandra Bircken. Photo: Roman März, Berlin, Courtesy BQ, Berlin and Herald St, London

PRESENTATION: Alexandra Bircken A-Z

that surrounds us can become a sculptural medium, Alexandra Bircken is best known for her objects and installations that incorporate an unusual …

Yael Bartana, Malka Germania (film still), 2021, three channel video and sound installation, 43 min, Commissioned by the Jewish Museum Berlin, © Yael Bartana, Courtesy the artist and Jewish Museum Berlin

ART CITIES:Berlin-Yael Bartana

Yael Bartana is a video artist who explores the imagery of cultural identity. In her photographs, films and installations Bartana critically investigates …