Charles Ray: Bull, 2026, Photo: Nicolas Wefers, (Installation view Fridericianum, Kassel), © Charles Ray, documenta und Museum FrideriCharles Ray: Bull, 2026, Photo: Nicolas Wefers, (Installation view Fridericianum, Kassel), © Charles Ray, documenta und Museum Fridericianum gGmbHcianum gGmbH

ART CITIES:Kassel-Charles Ray

Charles Ray is an influential American artist celebrated for his disquieting, meticulously crafted sculptures and conceptual works. Beginning his career in the 1970s using his own body as a sculptural element, Ray later transitioned to hyper-realistic figures, altered readymades, and industrial fabrications. By manipulating scale, density, and proportion, his provocative …

Thomas Hirschhorn, My Atlas, Plate #1, #2 and #3, 2025, Photo: Yanik Bürkli, © 2026, ProLitteris, Zürich

PRESENTATION:Thomas Hirschhorn-My Atlas

Thomas Hirschhorn creates immersive, chaotic installations that critique consumerism, media saturation, and political power. Utilizing everyday, low-cost materials like cardboard, packing tape, tin foil, and plywood, he builds “monuments” and “precarious structures” in public spaces. Hirschhorn’s work deliberately rejects traditional aesthetic polish to engage audiences directly in provocative intellectual discourse, …

Peter Fischli On Snowman

VIDEO:Peter Fischli-On Snowman

Swiss artist Peter Fischli takes us through the logic and contradictions behind Fischli & Weiss’ long‑running sculpture Snowman. Speaking in front of the vitrine containing the work, Fischli describes the piece, which is a quietly meticulous exploration of energy, entropy and human caretaking. The sculpture, however, is anything but simple. …

Ai Weiwei

Ai Weiwei (28/8/1957- )

Ai Weiwei (28/8/1957- ) is an artist, architectural designer, curator, and social activist and perhaps the best-known Chinese Contemporary artist. His formal …

Do Ho Suh, Apartment A, Corridors and Staircases, 348 West 22nd Street, New York, NY 10011, USA(Kanazawa Version), 2012, Polyester and stainless steel, Apt A 690×430×245cm, © Do Ho Suh, Courtesy the artist and : National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Korea (MMCA)

PRESENTATION: Do Ho Suh

Do Ho Suh, one of the most internationally acclaimed Korean contemporary artists, has developed a distinctive artistic practice around questions of home, …

Yayoi Kusama

Yayoi Kusama (22/3/1929-14/8/2026)

Yayoi Kusama (22/3/1929–14/8/2026), a pioneering figure of the avant-garde and a precursor of Pop Art, Minimalism, and Feminist Art, is recognised as …

Man Ray

Man Ray (27/8/1890-18/11/1976)

The American Avant-Garde artist and leading figure in the Dada and Surrealist movements, Man Ray (27/8/1890-18/11/1976), was a pioneer in painting, film, …

Peggy Guggenheim

Peggy Guggenheim 26/8/1898-23/12/1979)

Marguerite “Peggy” Guggenheim (26/8/1898-23/12/1979), is the woman that created one of the most important Collections of Modern European and American art. Relying …

PRESENTATION: Seeun Kim-Pictos and Pitwall

Seeun Kim captures the essence of contemporary urban environments through dynamic, large-scale abstract paintings. Focusing her creative eye on marginal architectural spaces …

Violeta Maya, Pequeños resultados de un gran tema II, 2026, Cotton canvas, padding, feathers, semi-precious stones, glass beads, 25 x 29 x 26 cm, 9.84 x 11.42 x 10.24 in, © Violeta Maya, Courtesy the artist and NILS STÆRK Gallery

ART CITIES: Copenhagen-Violeta Maya

Violeta Maya’s paintings act as a direct channel for her immediate emotions and personal memories. Her creative process merges artistic intent with …

Carrie Yamaoka, 68 by 12 green redux, 2004-2025, © Carrie Yamaoka, Courtesy the artist and Hamburger Kunsthalle

PRESENTATION: Carrie Yamaoka

Working across sculpture, photography, painting, and drawing, Carrie Yamaoka focuses on surface, material, and process. Her art captures subtle, barely visible textures …

Thalita Hamaoui, Desertos, cordilheiras, correntes oceânicas e as tempestades, 2026, Tempera, acrylic, and oil pastel on linen, Overall: 59 1/2 x 135 3/8 inches, 151 x 344 cm, Diptych, each: 59 1/2 x 67 3/4 inches, 151 x 172 cm, © Thalita Hamaoui, Courtesy the artist and Boesky Gallery

PREVIEW: Thalita Hamaoui-A Terra Sonha Ossos

  Throughout her vibrant, kaleidoscopic paintings, Thalita Hamaoui imagines fantastical, overgrown landscapes that glow with a rich, internal luminosity. Building her work layer …