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Robert Filliou, Built-in Versus Built-upon, 1968-1978, Paintbrush, sock, bottle, photograph and text on painted wood, 34.9 x 34.9 x 8.9 cm, Peter Freeman Inc. Gallery Archive

ART CITIES:N.York-Robert Filliou

A prolific artist beginning in the 1950s, Robert Filliou was self-taught, embracing disciplines as diverse as economics (in which he first trained …

Young-Jae Lee, Sans titre (14), 2005, Ceramic (Sandstone, feldspar enamel, baked in a 1280 ° gas oven), h = 35,5, Ø 28 cm, Galerie Karsten Greve Archive

ART CITIES:Paris-Young Jae Lee

Born in Seoul in 1951, Young-Jae Lee studied at the College of Art Education in her native city before moving to Germany …

A Parrot for Juan Gris, © The Joseph and Robert Cornell Memorial Foundation/Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY

ART CITIES:N.York-Joseph Cornell

Joseph Cornel had no formal training in art and his most characteristic works are his highly distinctive “boxes”. These are simple boxes, …

Left: Taryn Simon, Finance package for the construction of the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan pipeline. Baku, Azerbaijan, February 3, 2004, Paperwork and the Will of Capital, 2015, Archival inkjet print & text on archival herbarium paper in mahogany frame, 215.9 x 186.1 x 7 cm, Edition of 3 + 2Aps, © Taryn Simon, Courtesy Gagosian. Right: Taryn Simon, Contract to rehabilitate the Lebanese postal system. Beirut, Lebanon, July 22, 1998, Paperwork and the Will of Capital, 2015, Archival inkjet print & text on archival herbarium paper in mahogany frame, 215.9 x 186.1 x 7 cm, Edition of 3 + 2Aps, © Taryn Simon, Courtesy Gagosian

ART CITIES:Athens-Taryn Simon

Taryn Simon’s practice incorporates photography, text, and graphic design. Known for applying classification systems to troves of images, Simon produces heavily researched …

View of the exhibition “Стансы / Stances”, kamel mennour (6 rue du Pont de Lodi), Paris, 2018, © Marie Bovo, Photo: archives kamel mennour, Courtesy the artist and kamel mennour Paris/London

ART CITIES:Paris-Marie Bovo

For 15 years, Marie Bovo has been photographing views of natural and urban landscapes. She records a specific motif at intervals, making …

Cally Spooner, DRAG DRAG SOLO (video still), 2016, single channel projection without sound daylight, daylight bulbs, double-sided room-dividing screen (11'20''), Centre d'Art Contemporain Genève Archive

ART CITIES:Geneva-Cally Spooner

Cally Spooner has developed a distinctive body of work consisting of media installations, essays, novels and live performances such as radio broadcasts, …

View of Isa Genzken’s studio, 2018, Courtesy David Zwirner-New York/London/Hong Kong and Galerie Buchholz-Berlin/Cologne/New York, Photo: Jens Ziehe, © VG Bildkunst-Bonn 2018

ART CITIES:N.York-Isa Genzken

With a career spanning over 40 years, Isa Genzken has incessantly probed the shifting boundaries between art, design, architecture, media, technology, and …

Broomberg & Chanarin, Divine Violence, Psalms (Detail), 2013, Set of 57 Frames Containing 724 Sheets, Inkjet Proof for Text and Image Elements, © Broomberg & Chanarin, Adagp 2018, © Centre Pompidou / Dist. RMN-GP

ART CITIES:Paris-Broomberg & Chanarin

Tackling politics, religion, war and history, Broomberg & Chanarin prise open the fault lines associated with such imagery, creating new responses and …

Katinka Bock, Orangerie (weiss) [Detail], 2014, Ceramics, Courtesy the artist and Meyer Riegger

ART CITIES:Malmö-Odradek,Part II

In his short story, “The Cares of a Family Man” (1919), Franz Kafka introduces Odradek as a deliberately undefined protagonist. It is …

Josh Sperling, View of the exhibition “Chasing Rainbow”, Perrotin-Paris, 10/1-24/2/018, © Claire Dorn / Courtesy Perrotin

ART CITIES:Paris-Josh Sperling

JoshSperling’s works on canvas waves between wall sculptures and paintings. Building layered plywood structures by hand, the artist stretches canvas over these …

Left: Hassan Sharif, Nylon Satin Ribbon, 2006, Carboard, cloth, glue, plastic caps, nylon thread, cotton rope, paper and marker, Estate of Hassan Sharif, Courtesy Gb agency Paris and Estate of Hassan Sharif. Right: Henri Jacobs, Journal Drawing 547, 28 June 2011, Spots and dots, Watercolour and self-adhesives on Epson paper

ART CITIES:Malmö-Odradek,Part I

In his short story, “The Cares of a Family Man” (1919), Franz Kafka introduces Odradek as a deliberately undefined protagonist. It is …

Rafael Yossef Herman, Carmel V, 2011, Chromogenic print, 180x270cm, Courtesy Ludwig Museum

ART CITIES:Budapest-Rafael Yossef Herman

Rafael Yossef Hermanis is a revolutionary Israeli-Italian artist working in Paris. His dreamy, landscapes look like they’ve been photographed in the daylight, …

Abraham Cruzvillegas, Autorreconstrucción: Social Tissue, Work in progress, Installation view Kunsthaus Zürich, 2018, Photo: Lena Huber, © Abraham Cruzvillegas

ART CITIES:Zurich-Abraham Cruzvillega

Abraham Cruzvillegas’ artistic process is deeply influenced by his surroundings. Rather than being defined by a particular medium, many of his projects …

Jim Dine, Nancy and I at Ithaca (Straw Heart) 1966-69/1998, Steel, straw, resin, glue, Collection Centre Pompidou, Musée national d’art modern, Photo © Ellen Page Wilson, © Adagp, Paris 2017

ART CITIES:Paris-Jim Dine

Pioneer of the happening and associated with the Pop Art Movement, Jim Dine, has always followed a unique path. He experiments extensively …

Judith Hopf, Installation view Stepping Stairs at KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Photo: Frank Sperling

ART CITIES:Berlin-Judith Hopf

Since the 1990s, Judith Hopf has mastered an independent artistic language that unswervingly manages to stake out new ground, be it in …

Maria Thereza Alves, Seeds of Change: New York - A Botany Colonization, Exhibition view at Michel Rein Gallery, 2018, Courtesy the artist and Michel Rein-Paris/Brussels, © Florian Kleinefenn

ART CITIES:Paris-Maria Thereza Alves

Maria Thereza Alves’ long-term project “Seeds of Change” started in 2002 and studies settler colonialism, slavery, global migration, and commodification through the …

Axel Kasseböhmer, Meereslandschaft 8, 2003, Oil on canvas, 120 x 160 cm, Sprüth Magers Gallery Archive

ART CITIES:Berlin-Axel Kasseböhmer

Axel Kasseböhmer earned a reputation at the beginning of the 1980’s for his enigmatic paintings that called to mind segments of well-known …

Sheila Hicks

ART CITIES:Paris-Sheila Hicks

Throughout her career, Sheila Hicks has been a groundbreaking artist using textiles and fiber as her material. Her contributions to the art …