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Hamad Butt, Transmission, 1990, Glass, steel, ultraviolet lights and electrical cables Dimensions variable., Installation at Milch, London, 1990. Tate. Image © Jamal Butt. Photo: Tim Martin

ART CITIES: London-Hamad Butt

Hamad Butt was a British-Pakistani artist whose innovative work in the early 1990s bridged art and science, engaging deeply with themes of danger, transformation, and the AIDS crisis. His installations often incorporated hazardous materials, such as chlorine and iodine gases, to evoke the invisible threats of disease and societal fears. …

Photo left: Norbert Prangenberg, Figur, ca. 1998, Terracotta, glazed, h: 49.5 cm ø 30 cm (h: 19 1/2 in ø 11 3/4 in), Courtesy Galerie Karsten Greve. Photo right: Norbert Prangenberg, Der Maler, 2009, Oil on canvas, 50 x 40 cm (19 2/3 x 15 3/4 in), Signed, titled, dated und inscribed verso on the hole screen: Norbert Prangenberg „Der Maler“, 6.1.2009 in Brunnen Niederarnbach, Courtesy Galerie Karsten Greve

PRESENTATION: Norbert Prangenberg

Norbert Prangenberg’s art emerges from a fundamental interaction of hand, eye and material which has manifested itself in a variety of genres …

Salvo, Giugno, 2009, Oil on canvas, 13 3/ Salvo Estate 8 x 19 inches (34 x 48 cm), © Salvo Estate, Courtesy Salvo Estate & Gladstone Gallery

ART CITIES: Seoul-Salvo

Throughout Salvo’s career, the artist pursued a spiritual connection with the world of antiquity and explored themes of temporality and materiality. Salvo’s …

Li Hei Di, Liquid Meadow in the Lust of Dawn, 2022, oil on canvas, 67 × 134 inches, © Li Hei Di. Photo courtesy Pippy Houldsworth Gallery

ART CITIES: Hong Kong-Li Hei Di

Li Hei Di transmutes impassioned energy into paintings that intertwine biomorphic shapes with oneiric, ethereal environments. Straddling the line between figuration and …

Lars Fredrikson, Partitur A (detalj), 1971. Courtesy Lars Fredrikson Estate & Galerie In Situ – fabienne leclerc, Paris

PRESENTATION: Lars Fredrikson

Born in Sweden, Lars Fredrikson settled in the south of France in 1960. A tireless curious and skillfully inventive artist, he created …

Ran Hwang, Healing oblivious aqua_OS, 2024, Buttons, Hanji Paper, Beads, Pins on Wooden Panels, 78.7 x 141.7 in. / 199.9 x 359.9 cm, © Ran Hwang, Courtesy the artist and Leila Heller Gallery

ART CITIES: N.York-Nature and Form

Presenting a dialogue across time and space, the exhibition “Nature and Form: Sculptural Dialogues Across Time and Place” explores materiality as a …

Julian Rosefeldt, American Night, 2008/2009, © Julian Rosefeldt, Courtesy the artict and C/O Berlin

ART CITIES: Berlin-Julian Rosefeldt

Julian Rosefeldt is one of the leading contemporary artists and filmmakers today. In his elaborately staged film and video installations, he works …

Candida Höfer, © Candida Höfer/VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2025

PHOTO: Candida Höfer Photographs

Candida Höfer began taking color photographs of interiors of public buildings, such as offices, banks, and waiting rooms, in 1979 while studying …

ART NEWS: May 04

  Titled “The Last Museum”, the group exhibition takes its name from a photographic series and eponymous book by Brion Gysin—an iconic …

Cy Gavin, Untitled (Marsh marigolds), 2025, Acrylic and vinyl on wood, 60 3/4 x 60 3/4 x 2 3/4 inches (154.3 x 154.3 x 7 cm), © Cy Gavin, Photo: Maris Hutchinson, Courtesy Gagosian

PREVIEW: Cy Gavin

Cy Gavin’s paintings transmute subjective responses to specific places into expansive works with striking palettes and fluid, gestural brushwork. Composed in dimensions …