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Marcel Dzama, Blue water blues, 2024, Pearlescent acrylic ink, watercolor, and graphite on paper, Triptych, Overall: 70 1/2 x 156 inches (179.1 x 396.3 cm), Overall, framed: 76 x 172 1/2 inches (193 x 438 cm), Signed recto; signed, titled, dated, and inscribed verso, © Marcel Dzama, Courtesy the artist and David Zwirner Gallery

ART CITIES: Los Angeles-Marcel Dzama

Since rising to prominence in the late 1990s, Marcel Dzama has developed an immediately recognizable visual language that investigates human action and …

Akane Saijo, Soil and Flesh, 2024, ceramic, 10 1/8 x 31 1/4 x 15 7/8 inches, Photo: SAIKI, © Akane Saijo, Courtesy the artist and Blum Gallery

ART CITIES: Tokyo-Surface and Signal

The group exhibition “Surface and Signal” brings together four artists whose practices engage with formal clarity, material honesty, and sensitivity to the …

Y.Z. Kami, Blue Dome, 2025, Oil on linen, 63 × 72 inches (160 × 182.9 cm), © Y.Z. Kami, Photo: Owen Conway, Courtesy Gagosian

PRESENTATION: Y.Z. Kami-The Domes

Y.Z. Kami’s paintings, drawings, collages, and sculptures explore the tension between the physical and the spiritual, surface and depth. His large-scale portraits, …

Trevor Paglen, Courtesy the artist and Pace Gallery

ART CITIES: N.York-Trevor Paglen

Trevor Paglen is an artist whose practice persistently interrogates the unseen forces that shape contemporary life. Known for bridging disciplines—ranging from photography, …

akako Yamaguchi, Procession, 2024, oil and metal leaf on canvas, 40 × 60 in. (101.6 × 152.4 cm). Courtesy of the artist; Ortuzar, New York; and as-is.la, Los Angeles. Photo: Gene Ogami

PRESENTATION: Takako Yamaguchi

Moving between the United States, Japan and France in the early years of her practice, Takako Yamaguchi developed a uniquely syncretic approach …

Sharon Ellis, Rose Garden, 2020, alkyd on panel, 20 x 16 inches, © Sharon Ellis, Courtesy the artist and Michael Kohn Gallery

ART CITIES: Los Angeles-Sharon Ellis

Sharon Ellis’s luminous interpretations of the natural world function simultaneously as cautionary tales and alluring invitations. Her compositions, marked by fluid lines …

TRACES: Michelangelo Pistoletto

Today is the occasion to bear in mind the Italian artist, and art theorist, Michelangelo Pistoletto (25/6/33- ). Born in Biella, Italy, …

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 …

Sylvie Fleury

TRACES: Sylvie Fleury

Today is the occasion to bear in mind the contemporary Swiss artist Sylvie Fleury (24/6/1961- ). She is known for her mises-en-scène …

Anselm Kiefer, für Ingeborg Bachmann 2023-25, Emulsion, oil, acrylic, shellac, gold leaf and ash on canvas, 280 x 380 cm | 110 1/4 x 149 5/8 in., © Anselm Kiefer, Courtesy the artist and White Cube Gallery

PRESENTATION: Anselm Kiefer

The language of material plays an essential role in the work of Anselm Kiefer, most of whose pictures have a geological sedimentary …

Lee Ufan

TRACES: Lee Ufan

Today is the occasion to bear in mind the painter, sculptor, writer and philosopher Lee Ufan  (24/6/1936- ), who came to prominence …

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

TRACES: Rirkrit Tiravanija

Today is the occasion to bear in mind Rirkrit Tiravanija (21/6/1961- ). Even though his diverse artistic production eludes classification, he has …

Photo left: Mary Corse, Untitled (Blue Diamond with Black Inner Band), 2024, Glass microspheres in acrylic on canvas, 233.7 x 233.7 x 10.2 cm, © Mary Corse, Courtesy the artist and Pace Gallery. Photo right: Mary Corse, Untitled (White Diamond with White Inner Band), 2024, Glass microspheres in acrylic on canvas, 280.7 x 280.7 x 9.5 cm, © Mary Corse, Courtesy the artist and Pace Gallery

PRESENTATION: Mary Corse

Mary Corse explores materiality, abstraction, and perception through geometric, gestural paintings developed over her fifty-year career. Emerging with the Light and Space …

Pipilotti Rist

TRACES: Pipilotti Rist

Today is the occasion to bear in mind the visual artistPipilotti (Elisabeth) Rist (21/6/1962 -). She is best known for creating experimential …