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Claudio Parmiggiani, Senza Titolo, 2021, Smoke and soot on board, 150 x 200 cm / 59 1/8 x 78 3/4 in., © Claudio Parmiggiani,, Courtesy of Simon Lee Gallery

ART CITIES:London-Claudio Parmiggiani

The work of Italian artist Claudio Parmiggiani is concerned with themes of absence, the inevitable passage of time, fragmentation and silence. Over …

Left: Jessica Stockholder, Kathmandu Residency Paper Wall Work 02, 2019, Hand-made Nepali lokta paper, found material, 97,8 x 62,5 x 4,2 cm / 38 1/2 x 24 19/32 x 1 21/32 in, © Jessica Stockholder, courtesy the artist and Galerie Nathalie Obadia. Right: Jessica Stockholder, Kathmandu Residency Paper Wall Work 03, 2019, Hand-made Nepali lokta paper, found material, 97,8 x 62,5 x 4,2 cm / 38 1/2 x 24 19/32 x 1 21/32 in, © Jessica Stockholder, courtesy the artist and Galerie Nathalie Obadia

ART CITIES:Paris-Jessica Stockholder

Although extremely “situated” and unpublished, this work fits easily into the practice of Jessica Stockholder, considered since the 1980s as one of …

Hiwa K , The Bell Project (Videostill), 2007-2015, Two channel video installation, SD & HD video, color, sound with English subtitles, © Hiwa K, Courtesy the artist and Kow

ART CITIES:Berlin-Hiwa K

Hiwa K’s works escape normative aesthetics but give a possibility of another vibration to vernacular forms, oral histories, modes of encounter and …

Zheng Bo, Botanical Comrades 植物同志, What Do the Trees Want?, 24.10.2020, © Gropius Bau, Photo: Laura Fiorio

ART CITIES:Berlin-Zheng Bo Wanwu

Hong Kong-based artist Zheng Bo’s social, ecological, and community-engaged art practice has, in recent years, focused on moving beyond a human-centred perspective …

Joseph Beuys, himself, 1977, postcard, Edition Staeck, 10.5 x 14.8 cm, © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2021 / Berlin State Museums, Art Library / Dietmar Katz

ART CITIES:Berlin-Joseph Beuys

Marking the centenary of Joseph Beuys’ birth, 2021 will see over 30 museum exhibitions taking place internationally in Europe, America and Asia.This …

Meg Webster, Concave Room for Bees, 2016, a site-specific installation 70 feet in diameter created from over 300 cubic yards of soil forming an earthen bowl 5 feet high planted with flowers, herbs and shrubs that attract pollinating creatures, Socrates Sculpture Park, New York, 2016, © Meg Webster, Courtesy the artist and Paula Cooper Gallery

ART CITIES:N.York-Meg Webster

Meg Webster’s practice as a sculptor has long been guided by an environmentalist imperative to celebrate and take account of the natural …

Chiharu Shiota, State of Being, 2021, doll house and threads, 42,5 × 81,5 × 45 cm - 16 6/8 × 32 1/8 × 17 6/8 in, © Chiharu Shiota, Courtesy the artist and Galerie Templon

ART CITIES-Brussels-Chiharu Shiota

Chiharu Shiota is best known for creating room-filling, monumental, delicate and poetic environments. Central to the Chiharu Shiota’s work are the themes …

Matthew Angelo Harrison, installation view, Proto, Kunsthalle Basel, 2021. Photo: Philipp Hänger / Kunsthalle Basel

ART CITIES:Basel-Matthew Angelo Harrison

Matthew Angelo Harrison’s sculptures are haunted by the legacy of colonialism and transatlantic slavery even as they explore modern technology and contemporary …

Cyprien Gaillard, Frankfurter Schacht (detail) , 2021, Production for the Frankfurter Positionen 2021, Photo: Max Paul, Courtesy the artist and MMK Stiftung

ART CITIES:Frankfurt-Cyprien Gaillard

Between iconoclasm and minimal aesthetics, romanticism and Land Art, the work of Cyprien Gaillard questions man’s traces in nature. Through sculpture, painting, …

Marie Ségolène, Documentation of Esquisse pour Rouge Gorge, 2021, Photo: Santiago Tamayo Soler

ART CITIES:N.York-In Longing

The group of artists, In the exhibition “In Longing” are united by their grappling with the emotionally and politically charged power of …

Wood Kusaka Studios, Los Angeles, 2021, Artwork © Jonas Wood. Photo: Marten Elder, Courtesy the artists and Gagosian

ART CITIES:N.York-Jonas Wood

Known for his colorful and compressed depictions of the people, places, and things that populate his daily life in Los Angeles, Jonas …

Brian Calvin, Untangled, 2020, Acrylic on linen, 71.1 x 55.9 cm / 28 x 22in, © Brian Calvin, Courtesy the artist and Almine Rech Gallery

ART CITIES:Paris-Brian Calvin

Since the 1990s, Brian Calvin has developed a body of highly stylized flattened paintings, rendering his figures in light-soaked portraits that retain …

Shara Hughes, Sigh, 2020, Oil, acrylic and dye on canvas, 172.5 x 152.5 cm / 67 15/16 x 60 1/16 inche, © Shara Hughes. Courtesy the artist and Galerie Eva Presenhuber Zurich / New York

ART CITIES:Zurich-Shara Hughes

Shara Hughes is best known for her colorful, invented landscapes that reference multiple art movements, such as Symbolism, Fauvism, and Surrealism, and …

Francis Alÿs, Painting/Retoque (Video still)k 2008, Video, 8:30 min, color, sound, © Francis Alÿs, Courtesy the artist and David Zwirner Gallery

ART CITIES:Paris-Francis Alÿs

Born in 1959 in Antwerp, Belgium, Francis Alÿs originally trained as an architect. He moved to Mexico City in 1986, where he …

Eileen Agar, The Reaper,1938, Gouache and leaf on paper, Tate Collection, © The estate of Eileen Agar

ART CITIES:London-Eileen Agar

Eileen Agar was, one of the most adventurous and influential artists of the Surrealist movement in Britain, working with a prolific energy …