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ART CITIES:N.York-Zach Harris

Zach Harris’s carved panel paintings unfold complex utopian and dystopian worlds. His psychedelic visions, which almost verge on abstraction, immerse viewers in …

Simon Fujiwara Who the Bær, 2020, © Simon Fujiwara, Courtesy the artist, Dvir Gallery-Tel Aviv/ Brussels, GioMARCONI-Milan Taro Nasu-Tokyo, Esther Schipper-Berlin

ART CITIES:Milan-Simon Fujiwara

Over the past decade, Simon Fujiwara has become known for his staging of large, complex exhibitions that explore the deeply rooted mechanisms …

Cindy Sherman

ART CITIES:Los Angeles-Cindy Sherman

Since the late 1970s, Sherman has been photographing herself in guises inspired by stereotypes and characters from mass media, everyday life and …

Lucas Blalock, Reverse Titanic / Hell is in the Air, 2019, Dye sublimation print on aluminum, 150 x 175.5 cm / 59 x 69 inches, © Lucas Blalock, Courtesy the artist and Gallery Eva Presenhuber

ART CITIES:N York-Lucas Blalock

The eccentric, surreal images of Lucas Blalock are products of both analogue and digital technologies. Using a large-format camera, he takes photographs …

Luisa Lambri, Untitled (100 Untitled Works in Mill Aluminum, 1982-1986, # 03), 2012 Laserchrome print, 94 x 79.39 cm, © Luisa Lambri Courtesy Galleria Raffaella Cortese, Milan; Thomas Dane Gallery, London

ART CITIES:Milan-Luisa Lambri

Luisa Lambri’s discrete photographs occupy a unique space between photographic abstraction and the spatial exploration of architecture. They are pared down to …

Ding Yi, Appearance of Crosses 2020-13, 2020, Mixed media on wood, 120 x 120 cm (47 1/4 x 47 1/4 in), Recto lower right signed and dated: “Ding Yi 2020”, © Ding Yi, Courtesy the artist and Galerie Karsten Greve

ART CITIES:Paris-Ding Yi

Since the end of the 1980s, Ding Yi has devoted himself exclusively to working with the theme of the cross (+) and …

from the exhibition: Kasper Bosmans- A Perfect Shop-Front”, Fondazione Arnaldo Pomodoro, 2021, © Kasper Bosmans, Courtesy the artist and Fondazione Arnaldo Pomodoro

ART CITIES:Milan-Kasper Bosmans

In his practice, Kasper Bosmans associates socio-political themes and different historical-cultural contexts in forms which draw on heraldry, folkloristic symbolism, the tradition …

Roni Horn, Wits’ End Mash (get under my skin), 2019, Individually silkscreened idioms. Original texts handwritten, authored by app. 300 people, silkscreen on paper, Up to 50 colors, 132/1 x 162.6 cm / 52 x 64 in, Photo: Ron Amstutz, © Roni Horn, Courtesy the artist and Hauser & Wirth Gallery

ART CITIES:N.York-Roni Horn

Using drawing, photography, installation, sculpture and literature, Roni Horn’s work consistently questions and generates uncertainty to thwart closure in her work, engaging …

William Wegman, Looking Right, 2015, Courtesy Sperone Westwater, New York

ART-PRESENTATION: We Are Animals

The exhibition “We are Animals” explores different aspects of the relationship between humans and animals. The works either express edgy perspectives on …

César Piette, Sunset Landscape, 2020, Acrylic on board, varnished, 95 x 70 cm, 97 x 72 cm, © César Piette, Courtesy the artist and Almine Rech Gallery

ART CITIES:Paris-Un Hiver à Gstaad Paris

The exhibition “Un Hiver à Gstaad Paris” brings together 22 artists from diverse generations and geographies, who demonstrate varying practices within painting. …

Nalini Malani, Can You Hear Me?, Installation view at Whitechapel Gallery, 2020-2021, Photo: Luke Walker, Courtesy the artist and Whitechapel Gallery

ART CITIES:London-Nalini Malani

Nalini Malani is widely acknowledged for her masterful refinement of a woman’s historical vision concerning the global tensions around piercing conflicts. Born …

Thilo Heinzmann, O.T.(detail), 2020, Oil, pigment and glass on canvas, plexiglass cover 164 x 154 x 9 cm, Photo: Roman März, © Thilo Heinzmann, Courtesy of the artist and Perrotin

ART CITIES:Tokyo-Thilo Heinzmann

Thilo Heinzmann works primarily in the field of painting, taking its classic concern, the production of expressive pictures, and making it his …

Iván Navarro, Planetarium, Exhibition view Le Centquatre-Paris, 2021, Courtesy the artist and Le Centquatre

ART CITIES:Paris-Iván Navarro

Born in 1972 in Santiago, Iván Navarro grew up under the Pinochet dictatorship. He uses light as his raw material, turning objects …

© Boyd Webb, Courtesy the artist and Bernier/Eliades Gallery

ART CITIES:Athens-Boyd Webb

Influenced by the Conceptual and Post-Minimal Art of the 1970s, Boyd Webb began to make life-casts of people in fibreglass, arranging them …

Joachim Bandau, Ophelia, badewassergrün, 1967

ART CITIES:Basel-Joachim Bandau

Like that of many of his peers, Joachim Bandau’s work is uncom­promising, politicized, antigustatory, and academic-he was a profes­sor of sculpture at …

Iván Navarro, Planetarium, Exhibition view Le Centquatre-Paris, 2021, Courtesy the artist and Le Centquatre

ART CITIES:Paris-Iván Navarro

Born in 1972 in Santiago, Iván Navarro grew up under the Pinochet dictatorship. He uses light as his raw material, turning objects …

Charles Gaines, Multi-Racial/Ethnic Combinations Series 1, Set A: Face #11, Martina Crouch (Nigerian Igbo Tribe/White (detail), 2020, acrylic paint, acrylic sheet and photograph, 96.5 x 81.3 x 8.9cm/38 x32 x 3 ½ in., Photo Fredrik Nilsen, © Charles Gaines, Courtesy the artist and Hauser & Wirth Gallery

ART CITIES:London-Charles Gaines

Since the late 1970s, Charles Gaines is highly regarded as an important exponent of conceptual art. In his drawings, works on paper …

ngel Otero, Lucky Mirror, 2020, Oil paint and fabric collaged on canvas, 213.4 x 274.3 x 3.8 cm / 84 x 108 x 1 1/2 in., © Angel Otero, Courtesy the artist and Lehman Maupin Gallery

ART CITIES:N.York-Angel Otero

Angel Otero is best known for his process-based paintings, collages, and sculptural works that venerate the inherent qualities of his material of …

Xu Ning, Oil painting in history – Freedom, 2020, oil on canvas, 248.5 x 333.0 cm, © Xu Ning, Courtesy the artist and Tomio Koyama Gallery

ART CITIES:Tokyo-Xu Ning

Xu Ning was born in 1979, in Beijing, China. She moved to Japan with her family in 2006 after graduating with a …

François Morellet, Rouge pair - Bleu impair n° 5, 2012, Eleven red neon tubes and 9 blue argon tubes, acrylic on canvas, 120 x 100 cm / 47 1/4 x 39 3/8 in, © François Morellet/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York/ADAGP, Paris, Courtesy Estate Morellet

ART CITIES:N.York-François Morellet

A prolific self-taught painter, sculptor, and installation artist, François Morellet, developed a radical approach to geometric abstraction during a career spanning more …