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Jim Dine, Nancy and I at Ithaca (Straw Heart) 1966-69/1998, Steel, straw, resin, glue, Collection Centre Pompidou, Musée national d’art modern, Photo © Ellen Page Wilson, © Adagp, Paris 2017

ART CITIES:Paris-Jim Dine

Pioneer of the happening and associated with the Pop Art Movement, Jim Dine, has always followed a unique path. He experiments extensively with different techniques, working with wood, lithography, photography, metal, stone and paint. The tool and the creative process are just as important as the finished work. The artist …

William Eggleston, Memphis ca. 1965-1968, -from the-series LosAlamos-1965-1974, © Eggleston Artistic Trust 2004, Courtesy David-Zwirner New York/London/Hong Kong

PHOTO:William Eggleston-Los Alamos

The American photographer William Eggleston emerged in the early ‘60s as a pioneer of modern color photography. Now, 50 years later, he …

Judith Hopf, Installation view Stepping Stairs at KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Photo: Frank Sperling

ART CITIES:Berlin-Judith Hopf

Since the 1990s, Judith Hopf has mastered an independent artistic language that unswervingly manages to stake out new ground, be it in …

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 …

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 …