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Rodrigo Matheus, Valeur Instable, 2018, Documents, threads and pins, 122 x 180 cm, Courtesy of the artist and Galerie Nathalie Obadia-Paris/Brussels, Photo: Bertrand Huet

ART CITIES:Paris-Rodrigo Matheus

Born in 1974, the Brazilian artist Rodrigo Matheus is one of the most promising artists of his generation. His work revolves around …

Brice Marden, Helen’s Moroccan Painting, 1980 Oil and wax on canvas, 175.3 × 114.3 cm, © 2019 Brice Marden/Artists Rights Society (ARS)-New York

ART CITIES:Paris-Brice Marden

Since beginning his career in the 1960s, Brice Marden living and working in different locations (New York City; Tivoli, New York; Hydra, …

Sheela Gowda , And that is no lie (Detail), 2015, Installation view: Pérez Art Museum Miami, 2015–16, Courtesy the artist and Pérez Art Museum Miami. Photo: Oriol Tarridas

ART CITIES:Milan-Sheela Gowda

Sheela Gowda is an artist living and working in Bangalore, India. She began painting in her early career but started to make …

Guy Yanai, Normandie, 2019, Oil on canvas, 150 x 180 cm, © Guy Yanai, Courtesy the artist and Praz-Delavallade Gallery

ART CITIES:Paris-Guy Yanai

Guy Yanai’s paintings are characterized by bold colors, simplified shapes, and a shallow depth of field. He often chooses everyday objects and …

Shara Hughes, Tippy Tippy Toe, 2018, Oil, dye and acrylic on canvas, 147.5 x 127 cm, © Shara Hughes, Courtesy the artist and Galerie Eva Presenhuber

ART CITIES:Beijing-Shara Hughes

Working at the boundary between abstraction and representation, Shara Hughes’ approach blends memory, association and imagination to encourage new ways of exploring …

XU ZHEN®, Under Heaven-Gold-0102MQ1809, (Detail), 2016-2018, Oil on canvas, gold foil, aluminium, 160 × 130 cm, Courtesy the Artist and Perrotin

ART CITIES:Hong Kong-Xu Zhen®

XU ZHEN®’s provocative aesthetics relies on both conceptual and pop strategies. He first undertook behavioral and cultural experiments as an autonomous artist …

Joan Jonas, Moving Off the Land, 2016/2018, Cowell Theater, Fort Mason Center for Arts & Culture-San Francisco, 2019, © Fort Mason Center for Arts & Culture/Justine Elephant

ART CITIES:Venice-Joan Jonas

A pioneer of performance and video art, Joan Jonas works in video, installation, sculpture, and drawing, often collaborating with musicians and dancers …

John Cage, Ryoanji Temple, 1962

ART CITIES:Salzburg-John Cage

Widely considered as the most influential composer of our time, John Cage’s inventive and unorthodox approach revolutionised contemporary music and his influence …

Johan Creten, Wargame Tondo IX, 2016-17, Ceramic, 8 x 56 cm, Unique © Johan Creten, Courtesy the artist and Leila Heller Gallery

ART CITIES:Dubai-Johan Creten

Johan Creten started working with clay from the late 80s, when the medium was still a taboo in the art world. Earth …

Dan Graham, Portal Model, 1997, Two Way Mirror, Glass Aluminum Painted Wood, Courtesy the Artist and Lisson Gallery

ART CITIES:MILAN-Dan Graham

For fifty years, Dan Graham has traced the symbiosis between architectural environments and their inhabitants. With a practice that encompasses curating, writing, …

Spencer Finch, Sunlight in an Empty Room (Passing Cloud for Emily Dickinson, Amherst, MA, August 28, 2004) [Detail], 2004, 100 fluorescent lights, filters, clothespins, Dimensions variable, © Spencer Finch, Courtesy the artist and Lisson Gallery

ART CITIES:London-Spencer Finch

Spencer Finch is best known for light installations that visualise his experience of natural phenomena. His investigations into the nature of light, …

Allan Sekula, This Ain't China: A Photonovel (Detail), 1974, Courtesy of the artist

ART CITIES:London-Allan Sekula

Allan Sekula revitalized documentary photography, provided critical foundations for theorizing the relationship between word and image, and was one of the earliest …

Sherrie Levine, Monochromes After Reinhardt: 1-14 (Detail), 2018, 14, oil on mahogany panels, Each: 71.1 x 53.3 cm, Overall dimensions variable, © Sherrie Levine, Courtesy the artist and David Zwirner Gallery

ART CITIES:N.York-Sherrie Levine

Sherrie Levine’s methods of appropriating and citing the works of important 20th Century male artists established her as a consequential artist of …

Patrick Martinez, Coretta, 2019, Neon, Edition of 3, 1 AP, 24 x 30 x 3 in, © Patrick Martinez, Courtesy the artist and Fort Gansevoort

ART CITIES:N.York-Patrick Martinez

Born and raised in the San Gabriel Valley (lying generally to the east of Los Angeles), Patrick Martinez’s L.A. suburban upbringing and …

ART CITIES:Paris, Openings 7-9/3/19

Combining the laboratory and the studio, chemical experiments and performances, Hicham Berrada creates a personal universe that plays on the codes and …

View of the exhibition « Activations », kamel mennour (6 rue du Pont de Lodi), Paris, 2019, © ADAGP Hicham Berrada, Photo: archives kamel mennour, Courtesy the artist and kamel mennour-Paris/London

ART CITIES:Paris-Hicham Berrada

Strongly influenced by his background as both an artist and a scientist, Hicham Berrada combines intuition and knowledge, science and poetry. He …

Rakka / astor, falsified - study for exhibition new works - 2018, Charcoal on paper

ART CITIES:Brussels-Edgar Sarin

Edgar Sarin caught the eye of the public and art professionals right from the start thanks to his “Lifetime Concessions”, sealed artworks …

Shusaku 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

ART CITIES:N.York-Shusaku Arakawa

Renowned for his paintings, drawings, and prints, as well as his innovative architectural constructions, Shusaku Arakawa was one of the earliest practitioners …

Rana Begun

ART CITIES:Dubai-Rana Begun

Lodged between Op Art and Minimalism, Rana Begum’s works draw their inspiration from repetitive geometric patterns found within Islamic art and urban …