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Installation view A Tooth for an Eye, view on Self Portrait, 2017, by Daniel Kurth, Kunsthalle Basel, 2018. Photo: Philipp Hänger / Kunsthalle Basel

ART CITIES:Basel-A Tooth for an Eye

The title of the exhibition “A Tooth for an Eye”, at Kunsthalle Basel, is borrowed from a song title that reimagines the Old Testament code of corporeal retaliation (an eye for an eye) or (a tooth for a tooth), proposing non- commensurable exchange in its stead. Simultaneously, the title points …

Fernand Léger and Charlotte Perriand, Essential Happiness, New Pleasures. Pavilion of Agriculture, Paris, International Exhibition (Joies essentielles, plaisirs nouveaux. Pavillon de l'Agriculture, Paris, Exposition Internationale) 1937–2011, Acrylic paint, collage and print on paper on board, 3500 x 9410 mm, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía-Madrid Donated by Archives Charlotte Perriand-Pernette Perriand Barsac, Paris, 2012, © ADAGP, Paris and DACS, London 2018. Photographic Archives Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia

ART CITIES:Liverpool-Fernand Léger

Though Fernand Léger built his reputation as a Cubist, his style varied considerably from decade to decade, fluctuating between figuration and abstraction …

Sylvie Fleury, Playdate Collection, (Water Slide Blue), 2018, Acrylic on canvas on wood, 15 kgs, 57,7 x 180,5 x 6,5 cm, Photo: Charles Duprat, © Sylvie Fleury, Courtesy Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac-London/Paris/Salzburg

ART CITIES:Paris-Sylvie Fleury

Born in 1961 in Geneva, where she continues to live and work, Sylvie Fleury emerged in the early 90’s as a significant …

John Bock, Unheil (2018), Set photo with Jose Marlit Schneider und Effi Rabsilberm, © John Bock, Photo: Martin Sommer, Courtesy Sprüth Magers

ART CITIES:Berlin-John Bock

John Bock uses the form of performance as artistic medium, combining theater, video, installation and sculpture. Most of his early actions or …

Brent Wadden, Untitled, 2018, Handwoven fibers, wool, cotton and acrylic on canvas, 232 cm × 232 cm × 4 cm, © Brent Wadden, Courtesy Pace Gallery

ART CITIES:London-Brent Wadden

Working within the vein of assemblage, Brent Wadden makes paintings by piecing together his hand-woven weavings to create large scale, hard-edge geometric …

Lisa Yuskavage, Little Outskirts, 2010-2011, Oil on linen, Diptych Each: 25.7 x 20.3 cm) Overall: 25.7 x 41 cm), © Lisa Yuskavage, Courtesy the artist and David Zwirner Gallery

ART CITIES:N.York-Lisa Yuskavage

Over the past three decades Lisa Yuskavage has developed her own genre of the female nude: lavish, erotic, cartoonish, vulgar, angelic young …

Leslie Thornton, Cut from Liquid to Snake, HD video, 22’ 6’’, Exhibition view “Speed” at Künstlerhaus Stuttgart, 2018, © Leslie Thornton, Courtesy the artist & Rodeo Gallery-London/Piraeus

ART CITIES:London-Leslie Thornton

The American filmmaker and artist Leslie Thornton creates vigorously experimental film and video. All her work delves into the mystery and ongoing …

Hideaki Kawashima, grove, 2014, Acrylic on canvas, 50.0 x 61.0 cm, © Hideaki Kawashima, Courtesy the artist and Tomio Koyama Gallery

ART CITIES:Tokyo-Hideaki Kawashima

Hideaki Kawashima was born in Aichi, Japan in 1969, after graduating from Tokyo Zokei University in 1991, Kawashima undertook two years of …

Jeff Wall, Siphoning Fuel, 2008, Color photograph, 186 × 235 cm, Edition of 2 + 1 AP, © Jeff Wall, Courtesy the artist and Gagosian

ART CITIES:Hong Kong-Laws of Motion

If Karl Marx’s theory of surplus-value is his most revolutionary contribution to economic science, his discovery of the basic long-term “Laws of …

Anna Bjerger, Luminous/Night, 2018, Oil on aluminium, 85x100 cm, © Anna Bjerger, Courtesy the artist and Galleri Magnus Karlsson

ART CITIES:Stockholm-Anna Bjerger

Anna Bjerger’s paintings, which hide aluminium panels, get down a type of 21st Century photo-based impressionism that pushes far beyond the usual …

Left: Blair Thurman, Double Pumpkin, 2015, Painting - Acrylic on canvas, wood, 149.9 x 66 x 12.1 cm, © Blair Thurman, Courtesy the artist and Peres projects. Right: Blair Thurman, Cheetos & Thanatos, 2017, Painting - Acrylic on canvas on wood, 236.2 x 114.3 x 10.2 cm, © Blair Thurman, Courtesy the artist and Peres projects

ART CITIES:Berlin-Blair Thurman

Blair Thurman’s influences range from Pop art and Minimalism to relics from childhood, popular music, and 1970s cinema. His standardized forms, pulled …

Spencer Sweeney, Self-Portrait, 2018, oil and oil stick on linen, 167.6 x 109.7 cm, © Spencer Sweeney, Courtesy the artist and Gagosian Gallery

ART CITIES:N.York-Spencer Sweeney

Often referred to as a Downtown Renaissance man, Spencer Sweeney’s ever-shifting and versatile practice moves across genres and styles within visual art, …

Friedrich Kunath, Yes and No, It Was Late, 2017, Acrylic on canvas, Two parts; 60 x 48 x 1 1/2 inches each, © Friedrich Kunath, Courtesy the artist and Blum & Poe

ART CITIES:N.York-Friedrich Kunath

Inextricably entwining the experience of the ordinary with the sublime, Friedrich Kunath’s work explores interior sensation, recontextualization and abstraction, and oppositional relationships …

Zheng Bo, Weed Plot II, 2016, Commissioned by Sifang Art Museum-Nanjing

ART CITIES:Turin-Zheng Bo

Zheng Bo is an artist, writer, and teacher, committed to socially and ecologically engaged art. He investigates the past and imagines the …

Kamrooz Aram, Green Memorial, 2017, Green marble, linen on mdf, ceramic, brass, 13 × 14 × 14 in, Photo: Kevin Todora, Courtesy of the Artist and Green Art Gallery-Dubai

ART CITIES:N.York-Kamrooz Aram

Over the last few years, Kamrooz Aram’s paintings have sought to rehabilitate the status of ornament and pattern within modernist aesthetics. Challenging …