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Sarah Lucas, Good Muse, Installation view at the Legion of Honor, 15/7/17-17/9/17, Photo Courtesy of the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco

ART CITIES:San Francisco-Sarah Lucas

Sarah Lucas came to prominence in the late ‘80s and early ‘90s as a member of the Young British Artists (YBAs). She has gained notoriety for creating confrontational and often humorous work, which mediates between the absurd and the abject, the ribald and the poetic. Many sculptures showcase the crudeness …

Paul Ramírez Jonas

ART CITIES:N.York-Paul Ramírez Jonas

Paul Ramírez Jonas’ work ranges from large-scale public installation and monumental sculpture to intimate drawings, performances, and videos. His practice is characterized …

Grayson Perry, Installation view, Serpentine Gallery-London, 8/6-10/9/17, Photo: © 2017 Robert Glowacki, Serpentine Gallery Archive

ART CITIES:London-Grayson Perry

Grayson Perry’d work provokes and delights in equal measure, providing both autobiographical insights and sharp observations about others. Perry’s careful combination of …

Diego Bianchi, The Charming Present-Exhibition View, Museo de Arte Moderno de Buenos Aires Archive

ART CITIES:Buenos Aires-Diego Bianchi

Diego Bianchi is known for his multi-part sculptural projects using found and manipulated materials, including defunct technologies or recently discarded commercial products, …

Tony Cragg , Fields of Heaven, 1998, © Adagp 2017-Paris/Tony Cragg, Photo: Michael Richter, Courtesy Mudam Luxembourg

ART CITIES:Luxemburg-Tony Cragg

Tony Cragg was a 20-year-old laboratory assistant in the rubber industry when he decided to pursue his interest in drawing and study …

Hernan Bas, Pink Plastic Lures, 2016, acrylic on linen, Courtesy of the artist and Lehmann Maupin New York/Hong Kong.

ART CITIES:Savanah-Hernan Bas

Hernan Bas is often compared to American painters like Elizabeth Peyton and Karen Kilimnik. Yet while this older generation has depicted pop …

Bill Viola, The Veiling, 1995, Video/sound installation, 30:00 minutes, Performers: Lora Stone, Gary Murphy, Courtesy Bill Viola Studio, © Bill Viola, Photo: Roman Mensing

ART CITIES:Bilbao-Bill Viola

Bill Viola began to experiment with video art in the early ‘70s through his participation in the Experimental Studios program at Syracuse …

Danh Vo, 2/2/1861(Detail), 2009, Handwritten letter by Phung Vo, Ink on paper, 29,7 x 21 cm, Collection Mudam Luxembourg - Production 2013, © Photo: Rémi Villaggi / Mudam Luxembourg

ART CITIES:Luxembourg – Double Coding

The starting point “Double Coding–Collection Mudam” is Andrea Mastrovito’s work “Non ci Resta Che Piangere” (2009) that encourages us to refuse any …

Patricia Cronin, Shrine for Girls (Uttar Pradesh), 2015, Saris, framed photograph, and wood crate, The LAB Gallery Archive

ART CITIES:Dublin-Patricia Cronin

Since the early-90’s, the conceptual artist Patricia Cronin has garnered international attention for her photographs, paintings and sculptures that address contemporary human …

Anya Gallaccio, reference image for to see if time was there, 2017, Artwork © Anya Gallaccio, Commissioned by The Contemporary Austin with funds provided by the Edward and Betty Marcus Foundation, Courtesy the artist and Blum & Poe-Los Angeles/New York/Tokyo.

ART CITIES:Austin-Anya Gallaccio

While Anya Gallaccio graduated from Goldsmiths College in London in the late ‘80s, during the short but fertile period that birthed Young …

Ai Weiwei, Forever Bicycles, 2014, 1,254 bicycles, Dimensions variable, Installation view at Waller Creek Delta, The Contemporary Austin – Museum Without Walls Program, Austin, Texas, 2017, Artwork © Ai Weiwei Studio, Courtesy Ai Weiwei Studio and Lisson Gallery,Courtesy The Contemporary Austin / Waller Creek Conservancy. Photo:Brian Fitzsimmons

ART CITIES:Austin-Ai Weiwei

Drawing on current global politics, Chinese culture, human rights, and more to push the definition of art into new realms, Ai Weiwei …

Nari Ward, Goats on Wheel 8, Photo: KatieDennyHorowitz, Socrates Sculpture Park Archive

ART CITIES:N.York-Nari Ward, Part I

The exhibition “G.O.A.T., again” is the first institutional solo exhibition of Nari Ward in New York and is on presentation at Socrates …

Jennifer Steinkamp, Madame Curie, 2011, Seven-channel, synchronized projection, Dimensions variable, Photo: Robert Wedemeyer, Collection Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, Museum purchase with funds provided by Joan and Irwin Jacobs, 2011.1

ART CITIES:San Diego-Jennifer Steinkamp

Jennifer Steinkamp uses 3-D computer animation and new media to create video installations that activate architectural space and alter phenomenological perception. She …

Karel Funk, Untitled #80, 2016, Acrylic on panel, 58.4 x 64.1 cm, Signed, titled, dated verso, © Karel Funk, Courtesy 303 Gallery-New York

ART CITIES:N.York-Karel Funk

Karel Funk in his solo exhibition at 303 Gallery in New York showcases his unique ability to utilize a hyper-real painting style …