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Installation view: Douglas Gordon, The anatomy of my desire, Galerie Kamel Mennour (47 rue Saint André des Arts & 6 rue du Pont de Lodi), Paris, 2019, © Studio lost but found / Douglas Gordon / VG Bild Kunst, Bonn, 2019, Photo. archives kamel mennour, Courtesy kamel mennour-Paris/London

ART CITIES:Paris,Douglas Gordon

Working across mediums and disciplines, Douglas Gordon investigates moral and ethical questions, mental and physical states, as well as collective memory and selfhood. Using literature, folklore, and iconic Hollywood films in addition to his own footage, drawings, and writings, he distorts time and language in order to disorient and challenge. …

The Octogonal Mirror Room, from La Menesunda, 1965 (detail). Installation view: “La Menesunda según Marta Minujín” [La Menesunda according to Marta Minujín], Museo de Arte Moderno de Buenos Aires, 2015. Courtesy Museo de Arte Moderno de Buenos Aires. Photo: Agustina Vizcarra

ART CITIES:N.York-Marta Minujín

Over the past 60 years, the epoch-defining Marta Minujín has developed happenings, performances, installations, and video works that have greatly influenced generations …

Monica Bonvicini, Hy$teria, 2019, Photo: Roman März, © Monica Bonvicini and Bildrecht Wien

ART CITIES:Vienna-Monica Bonvicini

Since the mid-1990s Monica Bonvicini has been exploring political, social and institutional situations and their impact on society as well as on …

Alex Katz, Red Dancer 8, 2018, Oil on linen, 91,4 x 274,3 cm, Photo: Paul Takeuchi, © Alex Katz / Adagp, Paris

ART CITIES:Paris-Alex Katz

Although Alex Katz belongs to the Pop generation of Andy Warhol, Robert Rauschenberg and Jasper Johns, it was not until the 1970s …

Maria Lai, Untitled, 1991, Thread, cloth, tempera, 17 x 19 x 2,5 cm, M77 Gallery-Milano, Photo: Lorenzo Palmieri, Courtesy M77 Gallery e Archivio Maria Lai, © Archivio Maria Lai by SIAE 2019

ART CITIES:Rome-Maria Lai

Maria Lai is without doubt one of the leading figures in the history of contemporary Italian art. Not only on account of …

Jeff Wall, An Eviction, 1988/2004, Transparency in lightbox, 229 × 414 cm, Courtesy the artist

ART CITIES:Athens-Jeff Wall

As a major art figure in recent decades, Jeff Wall has developed a body of work that has profoundly changed the way …

Christian Boltanski, Prendre la parole 2005, Woodboards, coats, lamps and sound boxes / Collection of the artist. © Christian Boltanski / ADAGP, Paris, 2019, © MACs_Grand Hornu-Belgique, Photo : Philippe De Gobert

ART CITIES:Tokyo-Christian Boltanski

Christian Boltanski is a leading figure in contemporary art, considered as France’s most influential living artist. Since 1967, he has developed an …

Shahpour Pouyan, After examining the logbook, the doctors assume they are dealing with the plague, Exhibition view, Galerie Nathalie Obadia, 2019, , Courtesy the artist and Galerie Nathalie Obadia

ART CITIES:Paris-Shahpour Pouyan

Shahpour Pouyan’s work is a commentary about power, domination and possession through the force of culture. His interest lies in singling out …

Geumhyung Jeong, installation view, Homemade RC Toy, Kunsthalle Basel, 2019. Photo: Philipp Hänger / Kunsthalle Basel

ART CITIES:Basel-Geumhyung Jeong

In her practice as choreographer, dancer and performer Geumhyung Jeong constantly renegotiates the relationship between the human body and the objects that …

Oscar Murillo , (untitled) news, 2017-2018, Oil and oil stick on canvas and linen, © Oscar Murillo, Courtesy the artist and David Zwirner

ART CITIES:London-Oscar Murillo

Born in Colombia and based in various locations, Oscar Murillo is known for an inventive and itinerant practice that encompasses paintings, works …

Senga Nengudi, RSVP (performance still), 2013, Activated by Maren Hassinger, Photo: Nisa Ojalvo, Courtesy the Grey Art Gallery

ART CITIES:London-Senga Nengudi

The work of Senga Nengudi has been at the forefront of sculptural, performative, and photographic practices for over forty years. After studying …

Anibal Brizuela, untitle, 2005, Ballpoint pen on paper, 32.41 x 47.5 cm, Courtesy Christian Berst Art Brut

ART CITIES:Paris-Anibal Brizuela

Aníbal Brizuela recently died in Argentina, at the age of 84, after spending more than half a century at the Colonia d’Oliveros …

Ilya and Emilia Kabakov, How to Meet an Angel. Facade of Mentrum Clinic, Amsterdam, 2009, Photo: Emilia Kabakov, Courtesy the artists

ART CITIES:Moscow-Ilya & Emilia Kabakov

The most recognizable Russian contemporary artists on the international scene, Ilya and Emilia Kabakov are known for their paintings, objects, albums, books, …

Rebecca Horn, Pencil Mask, 1973 (Filmstill), 16 mm (digitised), color, sound, Rebecca Hom Collection, © 2019: Rebecca Hom/ProLitteris-Zurich

ART CITIES:Basel-Rebecca Horn

In her oeuvre Rebecca Horn has developed a distinctive symbolic universe whose openness and poetry continues to touch us. In her works, …

Allora & Calzadilla, Under Discussion (Video Still), 2005, Single-channel color video with sound, 6’ 14”, © Allora & Calzadilla, Courtesy the artists and Garage Museum of Contemporary Art

ART CITIES:Moscow-Allora & Calzadilla

Through a complex research-oriented practice, Allora & Calzadilla critically address the intersections and complicities between the cultural, the historical and the geopolitical. …