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Mohammed Ehsai, Mohabbat (Kindness), 2006, Oil and silver leaf on canvas, © Mohammed Ehsai, Courtesy Mohammed Afkhami Foundation

ART CITIES:Toronto-Contemporary Persians

The exhibition “Rebel, Jester, Mystic, Poet: Contemporary Persians” at AGA KHAN Museum in Toronto, showcases the many identities of today’s Iranians. The exhibition includes contemporary Iranian artists that have used power, humour, mysticism, and poetry to both openly and subversively critique subjects such as gender, politics, war, religion, and spirituality. …

Francesco Candeloro, Linee Siamesi, 2016, Plexiglass acetate and paper, Courtesy Marignana Arte Gallery

ART CITIES:Venice-The Hidden Dimension

Throughout his career the American anthropologist and cross-cultural researcher Edward T. Hall , introduced a number of new concepts, including proxemics, polychronic …

Amy Feldman, Public Lick, 2016, Acrylic on canvas, 200.7 x 304.8 cm, Blain|Southern Gallery Archive

ART CITIES:Berlin-Amy Feldman

Amy Feldman is an abstract painter known for her loosely geometric figures set against areas of bare canvas. The same geometric figures …

Philippe Parreno, Quasi Objects: Marquee (cluster). Disklavier Piano. My Room is a Fish Bowl (Detail), 2014, 56 neon, 20 transformers, 32 light bulbs, 8 sound transducers, sound amplifiers, microphones, computer, disklavier piano, set of fish balloons, Photo: © Andrea Rossetti, Installation views in Esther Schipper Gallery-Berlin, Collection Fundação de Serralves – Museu de Arte Contemporânea, Porto, Acquisition in 2015

ART CITIES:Porto-Philippe Parreno

Philippe Parreno is a French Avant-Garde artist who came to prominence in the ‘90s, he works across film, video, sound, sculpture, performance …

Rineke Dijkstra, Lina and Bruun, Amsterdam, December 7, 2016, Archival inkjet print, 77.8 x 100 cm, 97 x 119 cm, framed, edition of 10, Galerie Max Hetzler Archive

ART CITIES:Berlin-Rineke Dijkstra

Since the early ‘90s, Rineke Dijkstra has produced a complex body of photographic and video work, offering a contemporary take on the …

Jimmie Durham

ART CITIES:Paris-Openings 28 Jan. 2017

Didier Mencoboni in his solo exhibition “Episode XII” at Galerie Eric Dupont presents a selection of paintings from the series “…Etc…”. Since …

Parallax Scrolling image, Lauren Keeley, Courtesy Breese|Little Gallery

ART CITIES:London-Parallax Scrolling

Incorporating a number of different moving image techniques, the short films in the “Parallax scrolling” screening programme at Breese|Little Gallery in London, …

Kenneth Noland, Into the Cool No.10, 2006, Acrylic on canvas, 170.2 cm x 160 cm, © The Paige Rense Noland Marital Trust/Licensed by VAGA-New York NY Photo: Kerry Ryan McFate and Tom Barratt, Courtesy of Pace Gallery

ART CITIES:N.York-Kenneth Noland

Kenneth Noland emerged in the wake of the first generation of the New York School. Interested in breaking away from the prevailing …

Sally Mann, Remembered Light, Untitled (Wall Drip with Blue Tape), Inkjet print, 20.3 × 25.4 cm, 2012, © Sally Mann, Gagosian Gallery Archive

ART CITIES:Paris-Sally Mann

Sally Mann took up photography at the Putney School in Vermont, where she met Larry, to whom she proposed. After a year …

Marepe, Spaceship parking, 2016, aluminum basins and bicycle tires, 70 x 20 cm each, © the artist, Galerie Max Hetzler Archive

ART CITIES:Paris-Marepe

The work of the Brazilian artist Marepe has evolved from a deep connection with the local traditions, customs, and materials of Bahia, …

Liza Lou, ingxube (Umlazi), 2015, woven glass beads, 163.5 x 163.5 x 3.5 cm, Lehmann Maupin Gallery Archive

ART CITIES:Hong Kong-Liza Lou

With an emphasis on repetition, formal perfection and materiality, Liza Lou’s sculptures and environments thrive on the tension between the apparent impossibility …

Katharina Grosse, Untitled (Detail), 2016, Acrylic on canvas, 300 x 230 cm, © Katharina Grosse and VG Bild-Kunst-Bonn 2016, Photo Jens Ziehe, Courtesy Gagosian

ART CITIES:N.York-Katharina Grosse

Katharina Grosse’s approach to painting is not limited by the traditional rectilinear proportions of the canvas or even the architectural margins of …

Sofia Stevi, Untitled (Detail), 2016, Mixed media on canvas, Courtesy The Breeder-Athens

ART CITIES:Athens- Sofia Stevi

Returning in Athens from a few years in London, Sofia Stevi co-founded Fokidos 21, an artist-led project space in Athens and began …