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Hernan Bas, Conceptual artist #17 (With the aid of scissors, paper doilies and origami he elevates lily ponds to attract potential princes), 2023, Acrylic on linen, 84 x 72 x 1.5 inches, 213.4 x 182.9 x 3.81 cm, Photo by Silvia Ros, © Hernan Bas, Courtesy the artist and Lehmann Maupin, New York, Hong Kong, Seoul, and London

ART CITIES: N.York-Hernan Bas

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

Left: Kiki Smith, Evening Star, 2023, © Kiki Smith, Courtesy the artist and Pace Gallery Right: Kiki Smith, Sungrazer VII, 2019, Bronze, 279.4 x 121.9 x 121.9 cm, © Kiki Smith, Courtesy the artist and Pace Gallery

ART CITIES: Seoul-Kiki Smith

Kiki Smith is recognized for her multidisciplinary practice through which she explores embodiment and the natural world. The body, mortality, regeneration, gender …

Cecilia Vicuña, Caracol Azul (Blue Snail), 2017, Unspun wool, site-specific installation, 30.25 x 201.75 x 40.5 inches (installed) 76.8 x 512.4 x 102.9 cm, overall dimensions variable, © Cecilia Vicuña, Courtesy the artist and Lehmann Maupin Gallery

ART CITIES: London-Cecilia Vicuña

Cecilia Vicuña integrates practices of poetry, performance, Conceptualism, and textile craft in response to pressing concerns of the modern world, including ecological …

Yayoi Kusama, I Spend Each Day Embracing Flowers (detail), © Yayoi Kusama, Courtesy the artist and David Zwirner Gallery

ART CITIES: N.York-Yayoi Kusama

One of the most influential artists of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, Yayoi Kusama occupies a unique position within recent art history. …

Left: Harold Ancart, Untitled, 2023, Oil stick and pencil on canvas, in artist’s frame, 81 × 71 × 2 ¾ inches (205.7 × 180.3 × 7 cm), © Harold Ancart. Photo: JSP Art Photography, Courtesy the artist and Gagosian. Right: Harold Ancart, The Guiding Light, 2021 Oil stick and pencil on canvas, in artist’s frame, 99 ¼ × 137 ⅜ × 2 ¼ inches (252.1 × 348.9 × 5.7 cm), © Harold Ancart. Photo: JSP Art Photography, Courtesy the artist and Gagosian

ART CITIES: N.York-Harold Ancart

Harold Ancart was born in Brussels in 1980. After starting out studying political science, he changed paths and graduated with an MFA …

ART CITIES: Vienna-Vivian Suter

Vivian Suter works in close partnership with the natural environment surrounding her home and studio in Panajachel, Guatemala. Over thirty years Suter …

Liza Lou, Heart Meat, 2022-2023, Acrylic paint on glass beads, 142,24 x 140,97 x 5,08 cm (56 x 55,5 x 2 in), © Liza Lou, Courtesy the artist and Thaddaeus Ropac Gallery

ART CITIES: Paris-Liza Lou

Liza Lou first gained attention in 1996 when her room-sized sculpture “Kitchen” was shown at the New Museum in New York. Representing …

Rina Banerjee, Contagious Migrations, 1999–2023, Incense sticks, kumkum, vaseline, turmeric, Indian blouse gauze, fake fingernails and eyelashes, chalk, foam, feathers, fabric, Spanish moss, light bulbs, wax, Silly Putty, quilting pins, plastic tubing, latex and rubber gloves, acrylic and dry pigment, Dimensions Variable, © Rina Banerjee, Courtesy of the artist and Perrotin

ART CITIES: N.York-Rina Banerjee

Born in Calcutta in 1963, but raised in London and New York, Rina Banerjee’s sculptural assemblages of textiles, fashion items, colonial objects, …

Bernar Venet, Difféo Red 2, 2022, Acrylic on canvas, Height : 230 cm | 90 9/16 inch (framed), © Bernar Venet, Courtesy the artist and Perrotin Gallery

ART CITIES: Paris-Bernar Venet

As a central figure on the international art scene, Bernar Venet has lived mainly in New York since 1966, and now resides …

Rosemarie Castoro, White Yellow Raw Interference, 1966, Acrylic and Prismacolor pencils on canvas, 72 × 143 1/2 inches, © Rosemarie Castoro Estate, Courtesy Judd Foundation

ART CITIES: N.York-Rosemarie Castoro

Finding early inspiration in experimental dance and choreography while a student at the Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, and in subsequent collaborations with Minimal …

Al Held, Particular Paradox #8, 1999, Watercolor on paper mounted on board, 50 × 83 in. (127 × 210.8 cm), © Al Held, Courtesy the artist and  White Cube Gallery

ART CITIES: Paris-Al Held

A pioneer of hard-edged abstraction, Al Held created works of great complexity during his 50-year career. Held is considered a prominent figure …

David Heo, Courtesy Hashimoto Contemporary

ART CITIES: N.York-David Heo

David Heo is a Korean-American image maker known for his multidisciplinary practice that seamlessly combines painting, collaging, and various mediums and symbologies. …

Tyler Hobbs, QQL: Analog #2 (detail), 2023, © Tyler Hobbs (Pictured: NFT version of QQL: Analog #2, to be accompanied by related painting)

ART CITIES: N.York-Tyler Hobbs

Tyler Hobbs’ work focuses on computational aesthetics, how they are shaped by the biases of modern computer hardware and software, and how …

7. Untitled (LEGO Incident). © Image courtesy Ai Weiwei Studio

ART CITIES: London-Ai Weiwei

Ai Weiwei has been called the most influential artist of our time. After denouncing government corruption and lack of respect for human …

Ran Hwang, Soaring Again_P1, 2022, Paper buttons, beads, crystals, pins on plexiglass 60 x 60 cm, © Ran Hwang, Courtesy the artist and Leila Heller Gallery

ART CITIES: Dubai-Ran Hwang

Ran Hwang is best-known for creating intricate, large-scale Installations, part mural, part sculpture. Although some of her works may look simple from …

Liu Jianhua, A Unified Core, 2018, Porcelain, Variable dimensions, © Liu Jianhua, Courtesy the artist and Pace Gallery

ART CITIES: Seoul-Liu Jianhua

Liu Jianhua is one of China’s best-known contemporary artists who experiments with comprehensive materialsmixed media. Liu’s porcelain and mixed media works reflect …

Douglas Gordon, kick out the chairs, 2022, Neon, 2 ⅞ × 35 ⅞ × 2 inches (7.3 × 91 × 5 cm, © Studio lost but found/VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn, Germany 2022. Photo: Prudence Cuming Associates Ltd, Courtesy Gagosian

ART CITIES: Athens-Douglas Gordon

Working across mediums and disciplines, Douglas Gordon investigates moral and ethical questions, mental and physical states, as well as collective memory and …