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Left: Jessica Stockholder, Kathmandu Residency Paper Wall Work 02, 2019, Hand-made Nepali lokta paper, found material, 97,8 x 62,5 x 4,2 cm / 38 1/2 x 24 19/32 x 1 21/32 in, © Jessica Stockholder, courtesy the artist and Galerie Nathalie Obadia. Right: Jessica Stockholder, Kathmandu Residency Paper Wall Work 03, 2019, Hand-made Nepali lokta paper, found material, 97,8 x 62,5 x 4,2 cm / 38 1/2 x 24 19/32 x 1 21/32 in, © Jessica Stockholder, courtesy the artist and Galerie Nathalie Obadia

ART CITIES:Paris-Jessica Stockholder

Although extremely “situated” and unpublished, this work fits easily into the practice of Jessica Stockholder, considered since the 1980s as one of the pioneers of contemporary art to produce singular installations, between accumulation and chaos. The fruit of recycling and recovery, his works blur the boundaries between painting and sculpture, …

Hiwa K , The Bell Project (Videostill), 2007-2015, Two channel video installation, SD & HD video, color, sound with English subtitles, © Hiwa K, Courtesy the artist and Kow

ART CITIES:Berlin-Hiwa K

Hiwa K’s works escape normative aesthetics but give a possibility of another vibration to vernacular forms, oral histories, modes of encounter and …

Zheng Bo, Botanical Comrades 植物同志, What Do the Trees Want?, 24.10.2020, © Gropius Bau, Photo: Laura Fiorio

ART CITIES:Berlin-Zheng Bo Wanwu

Hong Kong-based artist Zheng Bo’s social, ecological, and community-engaged art practice has, in recent years, focused on moving beyond a human-centred perspective …

Joseph Beuys, himself, 1977, postcard, Edition Staeck, 10.5 x 14.8 cm, © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2021 / Berlin State Museums, Art Library / Dietmar Katz

ART CITIES:Berlin-Joseph Beuys

Marking the centenary of Joseph Beuys’ birth, 2021 will see over 30 museum exhibitions taking place internationally in Europe, America and Asia.This …

Meg Webster, Concave Room for Bees, 2016, a site-specific installation 70 feet in diameter created from over 300 cubic yards of soil forming an earthen bowl 5 feet high planted with flowers, herbs and shrubs that attract pollinating creatures, Socrates Sculpture Park, New York, 2016, © Meg Webster, Courtesy the artist and Paula Cooper Gallery

ART CITIES:N.York-Meg Webster

Meg Webster’s practice as a sculptor has long been guided by an environmentalist imperative to celebrate and take account of the natural …

Chiharu Shiota, State of Being, 2021, doll house and threads, 42,5 × 81,5 × 45 cm - 16 6/8 × 32 1/8 × 17 6/8 in, © Chiharu Shiota, Courtesy the artist and Galerie Templon

ART CITIES-Brussels-Chiharu Shiota

Chiharu Shiota is best known for creating room-filling, monumental, delicate and poetic environments. Central to the Chiharu Shiota’s work are the themes …

Matthew Angelo Harrison, installation view, Proto, Kunsthalle Basel, 2021. Photo: Philipp Hänger / Kunsthalle Basel

ART CITIES:Basel-Matthew Angelo Harrison

Matthew Angelo Harrison’s sculptures are haunted by the legacy of colonialism and transatlantic slavery even as they explore modern technology and contemporary …

Cyprien Gaillard, Frankfurter Schacht (detail) , 2021, Production for the Frankfurter Positionen 2021, Photo: Max Paul, Courtesy the artist and MMK Stiftung

ART CITIES:Frankfurt-Cyprien Gaillard

Between iconoclasm and minimal aesthetics, romanticism and Land Art, the work of Cyprien Gaillard questions man’s traces in nature. Through sculpture, painting, …

Marie Ségolène, Documentation of Esquisse pour Rouge Gorge, 2021, Photo: Santiago Tamayo Soler

ART CITIES:N.York-In Longing

The group of artists, In the exhibition “In Longing” are united by their grappling with the emotionally and politically charged power of …

Wood Kusaka Studios, Los Angeles, 2021, Artwork © Jonas Wood. Photo: Marten Elder, Courtesy the artists and Gagosian

ART CITIES:N.York-Jonas Wood

Known for his colorful and compressed depictions of the people, places, and things that populate his daily life in Los Angeles, Jonas …

Brian Calvin, Untangled, 2020, Acrylic on linen, 71.1 x 55.9 cm / 28 x 22in, © Brian Calvin, Courtesy the artist and Almine Rech Gallery

ART CITIES:Paris-Brian Calvin

Since the 1990s, Brian Calvin has developed a body of highly stylized flattened paintings, rendering his figures in light-soaked portraits that retain …

Shara Hughes, Sigh, 2020, Oil, acrylic and dye on canvas, 172.5 x 152.5 cm / 67 15/16 x 60 1/16 inche, © Shara Hughes. Courtesy the artist and Galerie Eva Presenhuber Zurich / New York

ART CITIES:Zurich-Shara Hughes

Shara Hughes is best known for her colorful, invented landscapes that reference multiple art movements, such as Symbolism, Fauvism, and Surrealism, and …

Francis Alÿs, Painting/Retoque (Video still)k 2008, Video, 8:30 min, color, sound, © Francis Alÿs, Courtesy the artist and David Zwirner Gallery

ART CITIES:Paris-Francis Alÿs

Born in 1959 in Antwerp, Belgium, Francis Alÿs originally trained as an architect. He moved to Mexico City in 1986, where he …

Eileen Agar, The Reaper,1938, Gouache and leaf on paper, Tate Collection, © The estate of Eileen Agar

ART CITIES:London-Eileen Agar

Eileen Agar was, one of the most adventurous and influential artists of the Surrealist movement in Britain, working with a prolific energy …

Sheila Hicks

ART CITIES:Milan-Sheila Hicks

Inspired by the concepts of the Wiener Werkstätte and the Bauhaus, Sheila Hicks transcends media, national, and gender boundaries – emphasizing the …

Daniel Spoerri, Ohne Titel, 2020, Objects of wood, 80 x 95 cm, Daniel Spoerri, Courtesy the artist and Galerie Krinzinger

ART CITIES:Vienna-Daniel Spoerri

According to the manifesto of “Nouveau Réalisme” formulated in 1960, a work of art must come into being with as little intervention …