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Michael Rakowitz, The Invisible Enemy Should Not Exist (detail), 2006– , Photo: RCHEKH, © Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Courtesy Barbara Wien Gallery & Art Bookshop

ART CITIES:Berlin-Michael Rakowitz

Michael Rakowitz is an Iraqi-American Conceptual artist who operates within art spaces and beyond them. His work is deeply political and focuses mostly on Iraq which is where his family fled from. Rakowitz began to explore other aspects of the US-led invasion of Iraq, and its devastating effects on Iraqi …

Ralf Baecker, Order+Noise (Interface I), NOME Archive

ART CITIES:Berlin-Ralf Baecker

The work of Ralf Baecker is focused towards installations and machines which explore the poetic and artistic potential of technology. With a …

Stan Douglas, The Secret Agent (Film Still), 2015, © Stan Douglas, Courtesy the Artist, David Zwirner-New York/London

ART CITIES:N.York-Stan Douglas

Since the late ‘80s, Stan Douglas has created films, photographs, and installations that reexamine particular locations or past events. His works often …

Sigmar Polke, Die Trennung des Mondes von den einzelnen Planeten, 2015 / Zirkusfiguren, 2005, Pinault Collection, Installation view at Palazzo Grassi, 2016, Photo: Matteo De Fina, © The Estate of Sigmar Polke by SIAE 2016

ART CITIES:Venice-Sigmar Polke

For the 1986 Venice Biennale Sigmar Polke conceived an extraordinary installation for the German Pavilion generically entitled “Athanor”. Alchemy and politics were …

Adriana Varejão, Kindred Spirits, 2015, courtesy Lehmann Maupin Gallery

ART CITIES:N.York-Adriana Varejão

Adriana Varejão has developed a rigorous practice that is informed by cultural and historical research. Each series is based on intense investigation …

Kader Attia, Chaos + Repair = Universe, 2014, © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2016, Courtesy Kader Attia and Galeria Continua, Photo: MMK Museum für Moderne Kunst / Axel Schneider, Museum für Moderne Kunst Archive

ART CITIES:Frankfurt -Kader Attia

Kader Attia has been considered one of the most influential artists of his generation. He spent his childhood between France and Algeria, …

R. Crumb, Untitled, 2002, Pages from Art & Beauty Magazine, Number 2-2003, courtesy David Zwirner Gallery

ART CITIES:London-R.Crumb

Robert Crumb is universally acknowledged as the Godfather of underground comics, and is widely held up in some quarters as a counterculture …

Annette Messager, Le bras chassure, 2015, © Annette Messager, courtesy Marian Goodman Gallery

ART CITIES:N.York-Annette Messager

Annette Messager has an extensive body of work, for over 4 decades she encompasses drawing, photography, needlework, sculpture and installation. Messager’s works …

John Kørner, Organising honey, 2016, © John Kørner, Courtesy the Artist and Victoria Miro, London

ART CITIES: London -John Kørner

John Kørner, is a Danish artist who works with painting, graphics, installation and sculpture. The artist is known for his humorous approach …

Taryn Simon, Agreement to conduct impact studies of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam on neighboring countries, Khartoum, Sudan, August 26, 2014, Photo: © Taryn Simon, Courtesy Gagosian Gallery

ART CITIES:Rome-Taryn Simon

  Taryn Simon has constructed an ambitious body of work that is the result of an invisible and rigorous process of research …

Spencer Finch, Mars (Sunrise), © the artist, Lisson Gallery Archive

ART CITIES:London-Spencer Finch

Spencer Finch is known for his exploration of light and color across a range of mediums, using the effects of natural lighting …

Franz Ackermann, Lamps of Istanbul, © Franz Ackermann, Courtesy of the artist and Galerie Templon Paris and Brussels

ART CITIES:Paris-Franz Ackermann

In the work of Franz Ackermann, paintings, drawings, murals and architectural elements all play a part. His work frequently deals with the …

ART CITIES:Paris-Niele Toroni

Echoing Italian poet and novelist Cesare Pavese’s idea that the only joy in the world is to begin, Niele’s Toroni work repeats …

Omer Fast, Continuity, 2012, James Cohan Gallery

ART CITIES:N.York -Omer Fast

The multichannel video installations of Omer Fast blur the boundaries between documentary, dramatization, and fantasy, frequently generating viewers’ confusion. Omer Fast often …