Doug Aitken, Lighstcape (2024) (still). Video. © Doug Aitken Workshop

ART CITIES:N.York-Doug Aitken

Beginning in the 1990s, artist and filmmaker Doug Aitken has developed a boundary-defying multimedia oeuvre that both studies and leads into new art forms. Integrating film, sound, photography, sculpture, performance, happenings, and site-specific installations, Aitken’s immersive multimedia landscapes disrupt the conventions of the contemporary art world. By Efi Michalarou Photo: …

Michaël Borremans, Killer, 2026, Oil on linen, 16 1/2 x 20 7/8 inches (42 x 53 cm), Signed, titled, dated, and inscribed verso, © Michaël Borremans, Courtesy the artist and David Zwirner Gallery

ART CITIES: Paris-Michaël Borremans

Few contemporary artists manage to weaponize technical mastery quite like Michaël Borremans. The creates works that are instantly mesmerizing—reminiscent of Old Master …

Robert Venturi

ARCHITECTURE: Robert Venturi

Robert Venturi (25/6/25-18/9/2018) is best known for being an innovator of Postmodern Architecture, he and his wife Denise Scott Brown have worked …

Lee Ufan

Lee Ufan (24/6/1936- )

The painter, sculptor, writer and philosopher Lee Ufan  (24/6/1936- ), who came to prominence in the late 1960s as one of the …

Sylvie Fleury

Sylvie Fleury (24/6/1961- )

The contemporary Swiss artist Sylvie Fleury (24/6/1961- ), is known for her mises-en-scène of glamour, fashion and luxury products. Although at first …

Liang Hao, Orchid, 2026, 40 × 60 cm, 78 3/4 × 78 3/4 inches, Oil on linen, © Liang Hao, Courtesy the artist and Massimodecarlo Gallery

ART CITIES: Paris-Liang Hao

Liang Hao’s paintings stage a drama of the hand—its hesitations, its tests, its suspended intentions. What emerges is not a narrative of …

Marilou Schultz weaving Geo XX Diné Computer Chip Weaving, 2026, Photo Credit: Gabby Usinger

ART CITIES: Basel-Labouring Bodies

In the history of industrial modernity, the relationship between humans and machines has often been narrated through the image of the male …

Chloe Wise, Extrasensory, Exhibition view, Kulturstiftung Basel H. Geiger, 2026, Photo: Kulturstiftung Basel H. Geiger | KBH.G

ART CITIES: Basel-Chloe Wise

Chloe Wise’s work is grounded in an interest in the history of portraiture and examines the multiple channels through which the Self …

Alejandro Aravena

ARCHITECTURE: Alejandro Aravena

The Chilean Architect Alejandro Aravena (22/6/1967- ) is the winner of the 2016 Pritzker Prize. Highlighting his dedication to improve urban environments …

Rirkrit Tiravanija

Rirkrit Tiravanija (21/6/1961- )

Even though his diverse artistic production eludes classification, Rirkrit Tiravanija (21/6/1961- )  has accurately described it as “relational”: a body of work …

Pipilotti Rist

Pipilotti Rist (21/6/1962- )

Pipilotti (Elisabeth) Rist (21/6/1962 – ). She is best known for creating experimential video art and installations that often portrays self-portraits and …