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Rachel Jones, A Sliced Tooth, 2020, Oil stick and oil pastel on canvas, 161 x 328 cm, © Rachel Jones, Institute of Contemporary Art, Miami, Courtesy the artist and Thaddaeus Ropac Gallery

ART CITIES: London-Rachel Jones

Rachel Jones is known for the distinctive way that she blends abstraction and figuration together. Her paintings are extensively informed by her …

Nancy Holt, Sun Tunnels, 1973-76, Concrete, steel, earth, 280 × 2620 × 1620 cm / 110 1/4 × 1031 1/2 × 637 7/8 inches, © Holt/Smithson Foundation, Licensed by VAGA at ARS, New York Courtesy Sprüth Magers Gallery

ART CITIES: Berlin-Nancy Holt

Nancy Holt is among the most important figures of the earth, land, and conceptual art movements. A pioneer of site-specific installation and …

Installation view Artwork © 2021 Stephen Flavin/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Photo: Rob McKeever, Courtesy Gagosian

ART CITIES: N.York-Dan Flavin

Beginning in the 1960s, Dan Flavin made wall-mounted, floor-mounted, and site-specific sculptures and installations composed of intersecting and parallel lines of white …

Yoshitomo Nara, 1.2.3.4., Change the History, 2007, acrylic on wood, 74-7/16" × 55-1/2" × 3-1/8", © Yoshitomo Nara, Courtesy the artist and Pace Gallery. Right: Yoshitomo Nara, STOP THE BOMBS, 2019, acrylic on wood, 58-7/8 x 46-1/4 x 3-1/16" © Yoshitomo Nara, Courtesy the artist and Pace Gallery

ART CITIES: London-Yoshitomo Nara

Yoshitomo Nara’s work spans painting, drawing, photography, large-scale installations, and sculpture in ceramic, bronze, and fibre-reinforced plastic. Influenced by popular music, memories …

Arakawa, Textures of Time, 1977, acrylic, pencil and art marker on canvas, framed, 175.3 x 262.9 cm, © Estate of Madeline Gins, Reproduced with the permission of the Estate of Madeline Gins, Photo Rob McKeever, Courtesy Estate of Madeline Gins and Gagosian

ART CITIES: Basel-Arakawa

Born in Japan in 1936, Arakawa was one of the founding members of the Japanese avant-garde collective Neo Dadaism Organizers, describing himself …

Mandy El-Sayegh, Recombinant series (call for), 2020, Resin, oil silkscreened muslin, acrylic newspaper and wood in artist's brass frame, Diptych, each: 54.6 x 47 cm, © Mandy El-Sayegh, Courteys the artist and Thaddaeus Ropac Gallery

ART CITIES: Paris-Mandy El Sayegh

Mandy El-Sayegh’s highly process-driven practice is rooted in an exploration of material and language. Executed in a wide range of media, including …

Shahpour Pouyan, Flying walls, 2021, Acrylic paint on canvas, three parts, each 189,3 x 120,5 x 7 cm, © Shahpour Pouyan, Courtesy of the artist and Galerie Nathalie Obadia, Paris/Brussels

ART CITIES: Brussels-Shahpour Pouyan

Shahpour Pouyan’s work is a commentary about power, domination and possession through the force of culture. His interest lies in singling out …

Sterling Ruby, DROP. PISSING. (detail), 2021 Fiberglass, wood, spray paint, and laminate, 120 × 34 × 34 inches / 304.8 × 86.4 × 86.4 cm, © Sterling Ruby. Photo: Robert Wedemeyer, Courtesy the artist and Gagosian

ART CITIES: Rome-Sterling Ruby

Sterling Ruby is known for the multifaceted nature of his practice, which encompasses painting, ceramics, collage, video and photography, textiles, sculpture and …

Sarah Morris, Monaco Reflecting Pools Key Biscayne, Florida, permanent commission Commissioned by The Village of Key Biscayne, 2005, Two fountains of water over ceramic tile, Two pools, each: 174 × 174 in. (442 × 442 cm), © Sarah Morris, Courtesy the artist and White Cube Gallery

ART CITIES: London-Sarah Morris

Since the ‘90s, Sarah Morris works with painting and film, which she regards as separate media with complementary content. She describes her …

Ines Doujak, Like and Not Like, 2021, courtesy the artist

ART CITIES: Vienna-Ines Doujak,Part II

Since the 1990s, Ines Doujak has been developing a multidisciplinary practice that encompasses photography, performance, film, and installation and uses political theory …

Glenn Ligon, Triangle Trade, Neon and metal support, Edition of 1, 3 parts:sth: 213.4 x 237.5 x 61 cm \/ 84 x 93 1\/2 x 24 in, chups: 213.4 x 474.3 x 66 cm \/ 84 x 186 3\/4 x 26 in, tchip: 213.4 x 397.5 x 66 cm \/ 84 x 156 1\/2 x 26 in, © Glenn Ligon, Courtesy the artist and Hauser & Wirth

ART CITIES: N.York-Glenn Ligon

Throughout his career, Glenn Ligon has pursued an incisive exploration of American history, literature, and society across bodies of work that build …

Installation view: Ines Doujak. Geistervölker, Kunsthalle Wien 2021, photo: Markus Wörgötter, Courtesy Kunsthalle Wien

ART CITIES: Vienna-Ines Doujak

Since the 1990s, Ines Doujak has been developing a multidisciplinary practice that encompasses photography, performance, film, and installation and uses political theory …

Neil Jenney, Modern Africa #1, 2015–16 Oil on canvas, in painted wood artist’s frame, 67 × 97 × 3 ¼ inches (170.2 × 246.4 × 8.3 cm), © Neil Jenney, Photo: Rob McKeever, Courtesy the artist and Gagosian

ART CITIES:N.York-Neil Jenney

Neil Jenney is committed to exploring, and ultimately transcending, realism as both style and philosophy, a project first sparked by the preponderance …

Wifredo Lam, Les Oiseaux Voilés, 1945, oil on canvas, 43-5/8" × 49-1/2" (110.8 cm × 125.7 cm), © 2021 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris

ART CITIES:N.York-Wifredo Lam

Born in Cuba to a Chinese father and Congolese-Iberian mother, Wifredo Lam is widely considered one of the greatest artists of the …

Paul Mignard, Version, 2021, Pigments on free-standing canvas Diameter : 200 cm, © Paul Mignard, Courtesy the artist and Galerie Jérôme Poggi

ART CITIES:Paris-Paul Mignard

Paul Mignard’s syncretic paintings revisit the landscape genre from the depths of psyche and time. He is an explorer of the expanded …

Mary Corse, Untitled (White Multiband, Horizontal Strokes), 2021, glass microspheres in acrylic on canvas, 78" × 102" (198.1 cm × 259.1 cm), © Mary Corse, Courtesy the artist and Pace Gallery

ART CITIES:N.York-Mary Corse

Mary Corse investigates materiality, abstraction, and perception through the subtly gestural and precisely geometric paintings that she has made over her fifty-year …