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Joseph Beuys, Badewanne (Bathtub), 1961-87. Bronze, lead, copper, double-walled casting, 1000 kg., 90 x 165 x 340 cm (35.43 x 64.96 x 133.86 in). Ed. 2 of 3 + 1 AP., © Joseph Beuys Estate, Courtesy Joseph Beuys Estate and Thaddaeus Ropac Gallery

ART CITIES: London-Joseph Beuys

Joseph Beuys’s artistic project stands as one of the most ambitious attempts in twentieth-century art to redefine not only sculpture, but the …

Elisheva Biernoff, Shadow Box, 2024-2025, Glazed ceramic, acrylic, and plywood in hand-painted wood grain frame, 8 3/4 x 8 3/4 x 2 3/8 inches (22.2 x 22.2 x 6 cm), © Elisheva Biernoff, Courtesy the artist and David Zwirner Gallery

ART CITIES: N.York-Elisheva Biernoff

Elisheva Biernoff’s paintings of photographs involve close looking and slow painting: lingering over pictures of strangers and paying attention to the overlooked …

Martial Raysse, La Peur, 2023, Acrylic on canvas, 300 × 400 cm — 118 × 157 1/2 in, © Martial Raysse, Courtesy the artist and Galerie Templon

ART CITIES: Paris-Martial Raysse

Martial Raysse, a pioneer of French Pop Art, creates images that transcend the banality of everyday life. Strongly influenced by advertising, he …

xhibition view “Mathilde Denize - Camera Ballet”, Frac Île-de-France, Le Plateau, photo: Tanguy Beurdeley. Courtesy of the artist and Perrotin. © Mathilde Denize / ADAGP, Paris 2025

ART CITIES: Paris-Mathilde Denize

Mathilde Denize has often recounted the story of her “original sin”: studying at the Beaux-Arts de Paris in the early 2010s, she …

Wu Xiaojun, The Incomplete Beginning: Notes on 2025, Exhibition view, Magician Space-Breijing, 2025, Courtesy the artist and Magician Space

ART CITIES: Beijing-Wu Xiaojun

Wu Xiaojun was an important figure in the conceptual photography movement in the 1990s, when he created clay figures staged them in …

Installation view of Ryoji Ikeda&’s solo exhibition “data-cosm [nº1”, on view at 180 The Strand, London, UK from 15/10/2025 to 1/2/2026, Photo: 180 Studios

ART CITIES: London-Ryoji Ikeda

Japan’s leading composer and visual artist Ryoji Ikeda focuses on the essential characteristics of sound itself and that of visuals as light …

Hun-Chung Lee, Jar, 2025, Glazed ceramic, 21 ¼ x 12 in, 51 x 54 cm, Photo: Jeon Byung-cheol, © Hun-Chung Lee, Courtesy the artist and Gladstone Gallery

ART CITIES: Seoul-Irreverent Forms

The exhibition “Irreverent Forms”  brings together Korean artists across three generations who defy the tradition of ceramics: Through clay—the most elemental artistic …

Left: Joseph Cornell, A Dressing Room for Gille, 1939, Glazed wooden box, wood panel cover, paint, mirror, cork, printed paper collage, cotton thread, textiles, ribbon tape, 15 x 8 5/8 x 6 3/4 inches (38.1 x 21.9 x 17 cm), Richard L. Feigen Collection, © 2025 The Joseph and Robert Cornell Memorial Foundation/Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York, Photo: Owen Conway, Courtesy Gagosian Right: Joseph Cornell, Pharmacy, 1943, Glass-paned wood cabinet, marbled paper, mirror, glass shelves, and twenty glass bottles containing various paper cuttings (crêpe, tissue, printed engravings, and maps), colored sand, pigment, colored aluminum foil, feathers, paper butterfly wing, dried leaf, glass marble, fibers, driftwood, wood marbles, glass rods, beads, seashells, crystals, stone, wood shavings, sawdust, sulfate, copper, wire, fruit pits, paint, water, and cork, 15 1/4 x 12 x 3 1/8 inches (38.7 x 30.5 x 7.9 cm), © 2025 The Joseph and Robert Cornell Memorial Foundation/Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York, Photo: Dominique Uldry, Courtesy Gagosian

ART CITIES: Paris-Joseph Cornell

From a New York basement, Joseph Cornell transformed everyday finds into some of the 20th century’s most poetic artworks. Rarely travelling, he …

Ellie Murphy, Yellow Fleece Square, 2025, Macrame and non-woven fiber, 24 × 18 × 4 in | 61 × 45.7 × 10.2 cm, © Ellie Murphy, Courtesy the artist and McKenzie Fine Art

ART CITIES: N.York-Material Witness

The  Group exhibition “Material Witness” explores each artist’s deep investigation of a particular medium. The paintings, sculptures, textiles, graphic and multi-media works …

Moyra Davey, Hell Notes (1990/2017), Super-8-film transferred to HD, color, sound; EM Copperheads 151–210, J.L. + R.B.G., n.b.k. (1990–2025), 60 pigment prints, tape, postage, ink, exhibition view Moyra Davey, Neuer Berliner Kunstverein (n.b.k.), 2025 © Photo: n.b.k. / Jens Ziehe

ART CITIES: Berlin-Moyra Davey

Moyra Davey is an artist known for her experimental films that take root in written monologues, her portraits, and her essays that …

Hito Steyerl, Image CC 4.0. Courtesy of the artist, Andrew Kreps Gallery, New York and Esther Schipper, Berlin/Paris/Seoul

ART CITIES: Milan-Hito Steyerl

The practice of Hito Steyerl combines artistic production with theoretical analysis to investigate complex socio-political and cultural issues such as the power …

Neriman Polat, 'Gönül Dağı', 2024, Intervened tulle, 62 x 87 cm, © Neriman Polat, Courtesy the artist and Zilberman Gallery Belin-Istanbul

ART CITIES: Berlin-Neriman Polat

Neriman Polat focuses on socio-political issues in her works. Critically analyzes phenomena such as gender, public space, urban transformation, and forms of …

akui Hardware, Thresholdsm, Exhibition view carlier|Gebauer Gallery-Berlin 2025, Courtesy the artists and Carlier|Gebauer Gallery

ART CITIES: Berlin-Pakui Hardware

Pakui Hardware is the name chosen by collaborative artist duo Neringa Černiauskaité and Ugnius Gelguda. Pakui Hardware refers to Pakui – special …

Jennifer Guidi, We play together on your hills and peaks—one energy united, traversing the biome of your soul, deep into the center where we find only love, 2025, oil and sand on linen, 34 1/4 x 50 1/4 x 1 5/8 inches (87 x 127.6 x 4.1 cm), © Jennifer Guidi, Courtesy the artist and David Kordansky Gallery

ART CITIES: Los Angeles-Jennifer Guidi

Jennifer Guidi’s work draws on multiple artistic traditions, from the visionary Modernism of the American Southwest, process-driven Minimalism, the Light and Space …

Archie Rand, Untitled #5, 2024, Acrylic on canvas, 34.3 x 64.7 cm, © Archie Rand, Courtesy the artist and Contemporary Fine Arts Galerie GmbH

ART CITIES: Berlin-Archie Rand

Born in Brooklyn in 1949, Archie Rand has long occupied a singular place in American painting—an audacious voice at the crossroads of …

Photo Left: Chiharu Shiota, Inside Memory, 2025 Mixed media, 45 x 45 x 80 cm, 17 3/4 x 17 3/4 x 31 1/2 inches, © Chiharu Shiota, Courtesy the artist and Templon Gallery. Photo Center: Chiharu Shiota, Forgotten Memories, 2025 Mixed media, 135 x 55 x 20 cm, 53 1/4 x 21 3/4 x 7 7/8 inches, © Chiharu Shiota, Courtesy the artist and Templon Gallery. Photo Right:  Chiharu Shiota, Inside Memory, 2025 Mixed media, 120 x 80 x 45 cm, 47 1/4 x 31 1/2 x 17 3/4 inches, © Chiharu Shiota, Courtesy the artist and Templon Gallery

ART CITES: N.York-Chiharu Shiota

There is a silence that hums in the air when standing before a work by Chiharu Shiota—a silence woven from countless threads, …

Edi Hila, Pyramides, From the series Relations, 2011 Courtesy Collection Van Abbe Museum, Eindhoven, the Netherlands Photo: Peter Cox Eindhoven, the Netherlands

ART CITIES: Malmö-Edi Hila

Edi Hila is one of Albania’s most significant contemporary artists. Living and working in Tirana, Hila’s practice reflects the complex social and …