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Francis Alÿs, Don’t Cross the Bridge Before You Get to the River Strait of Gibraltar, Morocco-Spain, 2008, 2 video projections, 7:44 min each, Photo: Roberto Rubalcava, © Francis Alÿs, Courtesy the artist and Art Sonje Center

ART CITIES:Seoul-Francis Alÿs

One of the most compelling artists working today, Francis Alÿs offers a thought-provoking point of view on the times in which we live, raising issues and articulating approaches that allow us to engage our world with new perspectives. Creating work that is equal poetic, political, beautiful and absurd, Francis Alÿs …

MASBEDO, Videomobile, 2018, Multichannel video installation, Installation view at manifesta12-Palermo, © & Courtesy MASBEDO

ART CITIES:Palermo-MASBEDO

MASBEDO are Nicolò Massazza and Iacopo Bedogni, they live in Milan and work together since 1999, focusing on video art and installations. …

20 papier-mache botanical models, 1866-1927, Each between 26-49cm x 11-15 cm, Germany, Image Courtesy George Loudon Collection, Photo: Rosamond Purcell

ART CITIES:London-Surreal Science

George Loudon is a London-based retired banker, art collector, and author. He began his collection in the late 1970s, he started with …

ART CITIES:Venice-Machines À Penser

During the Venice Architecture Biennale, Fondazione Prada presents “Machines à penser”, an exhibition that focuses on three 20th Century philosophers: Theodor W. …

Henrik Samuelsson, Frozen Orbit 4:01 a.m., 2012-17, Mixed media on canvas, 180 x 216 cm, © Henrik Samuelsson, Courtesy the artist and : Galerie Laurent Godin

ART CITIES:Stockholm-Henrik Samuelsson

The architecture and formal composition of Henrik Samuelsson’s paintings generate a strong sense of presence, emphasised by an underlying structure of vertical …

Nina Canell, Cucumber (Detail), 2018, installation view S.M.A.K. 2018, Courtesy the artist and S.M.A.K.

ART CITIES:Gent-Nina Canell

Nina Canell’s sculptures and installations are the result of both chance encounters and careful observations. They generate dynamic connections between solid objects …

Olaf Nicolai, Trauer und Melancholie, 2009/2012, Courtesy Galerie EIGEN + ART Leipzig/Berlin, & VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2018

ART CITIES:Vienna-Olaf Nicolai

Renowned for his inventive work with a diverse array of materials and mediums, over the last 25 years Olaf Nicolai has conceived …

Bronwyn Katz, Grond Herinnering (Soil Memory) (2015) Video, 3min 52sec, © Bronwyn Katz, Courtesy the artist and Palais de Tokyo

ART CITIES:Paris-Bronwyn Katz

As a multi-disciplinary artist, Bronwyn Katz produces installations, sculptures, videos and performances. She takes an interest in contemporary forms of discrimination and …

Akram Zaatari, Letter to A Refusing Pilot (Film still), 2013, © Akram Zaatari, Courtesy the artist, kurimanzutto-Mexico City and Moderna Museet-Stockholm/Malmö

ART CITIES:Malmö-Akram Zaatari

Akram Zaatari has developed an interdisciplinary practice that combines the roles of image-maker, archivist, curator, and critical theorist. He is concerned with …

Etel Adnan, Untitled, 1965, Folded leporello book, 21.2 x 243.2 cm, Courtesy the artist and Sfeir-Semler Gallery (Hamburg/Beirut), Photo: Volker Renner-Hamburg

ART CITIES:Bern-Etel Adnan

 Etel Adnan’s career spans several decades and encompasses a wide range of media as it does traditions and locations. Adnan was first …

Laure Prouvost, Swallow me, From Italy to Flander, a tapestry, 2015, Tapestry, 200 x 462 cm, Courtesy of the artist and Nathalie Obadia (Paris / Brussels), carlier | gebauer (Berlin), Lisson Gallery (London / New York)

ART CITIES:Paris-Laure Prouvost

Laure Prouvost’s work adopts the form of independent stories that intersect and answer to each other, in which fiction mixes with reality. …

Left: Petrit Halilaj, RU, installation view, New Museum-New York, 2017, © Dario Lasagni. Right: Petrit Halilaj, Shkrepëtima, 2018, Ink drawing on cover page of the magazine Shkrepëtima

ART CITIES:Bern-Petrit Halilaj

Petrit Halilaj uses his own biography as a point of departure, adopting exhibition processes to alter the course of private and collective …

Philip Taaffe, Cairene Window I, 2008 , Mixed media on canvas, 42 x 60.5 in, © Philip Taaffe, Courtesy the artist and Leila Heller Gallery

ART CITIES:Dubai-Philip Taaffe

Philip Taaffe derives inspiration from a variety of sources, including Islamic architecture, Pompeiian mosaics, 1960s Op Art, and 19th Century monographs on …

Installation view: Leo Villareal: ESCAPE VELOCITY, 2018, © Leo Villareal, Photo: Cow Lau, Courtesy the artist and Pace Gallery

ART CITIES:Hong Kong-Leo Villareal

Leo Villareal works with LED lights to create complex, rhythmic artworks for both gallery and public settings. He focuses on identifying the …

Left: Elizabeth Peyton, Sander (Sander Lak), 2018, Pastel on paper, 45.1 x 35.6 cm, © Elizabeth Peyton, Photo: Kristian Emdal, Courtesy Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac-London/Paris/Salzburg. Right: Elizabeth Peyton, Hanyu (Yuzuru Hanyu), 2018, Oil on board, 36 x 28,5 cm, © Elizabeth Peyton, Photo: Kristian Emdal, Courtesy Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac-London/Paris/Salzburg

ART CITIES:Salzburg-Elizabeth Peyton

Elizabeth Peyton is best known for her intimate, small-scale portraits of celebrities, friends, and historical figures. Characterized by transparent washes of pigment …