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Isaac Julien, Mazu, Silence (Ten Thousand Waves), 2010, Endura Ultra photograph, 180 x 240 cm, Courtesy of the artist

ART CITIES:San Francisco-Isaac Julien

Isaac Julien is as acclaimed for his fluent, arresting films as his vibrant and inventive gallery installations. One of the objectives of his work is to break down the barriers that exist between different artistic disciplines, drawing from and commenting on film, dance, photography, music, theatre, painting and sculpture, and …

Song Dong, Frying Water (Video Still), 1992, Video, Curation 1’ 40”, © Song Dong, Courtesy the artist and Pace Gallery

ART CITIES:Seoul-Song Dong

Song Dong has been at the forefront of Conceptual art in China since the 1990s. Song grew up in a tight-knit, traditional …

Naeem Mohaiemen, Tripoli Cancelled (Video Still), 2017, Digital video (color, sound), 95 min, © 2017 Naeem Mohaiemen, Courtesy of the artist and Experimenter-Kolkata

ART CITIES:N.York-Naeem Mohaiemen

Naeem Mohaiemen works with using essays, films, and photography, his projects explore the intersecting regional histories of South Asia and its leftist …

Leonor Antunes: the frisson of the togetherness, Installation view at the Whitechapel Gallery, Gallery 2, Photo: Nick Ash, Whitechapel Gallery Archive

ART CITIES:London-Leonor Antunes

Leonor Antunes creates sculptures that reflect the environment that surrounds them and make reference to the work of lesser-known figures from the …

Barbara Kruger, FOREVER, Installation view, Sprüth Magers Berlin, 2017

ART CITIES:Berlin-Barbara Kruger

Barbara Kruger’s work with pictures and words has become iconic for the reach of its political and social critique. In only a …

Fabian Knecht, ISOLATION (Eismeer), 2017, Fine Art Inkjet Print on Hahnemühle Photoreg Ultra smooth mounted on Alu Dibond, 180 x 225 cm, Unique artwork, Courtesy Galerie Christophe Gaillard

ART CITIES:Paris-Fabian Knecht

One of the most prominent figures of Berlin’s contemporary art scene, Fabian Knecht works with temporal and spatial installations, performances and actions. …

Ran Hwang, East Palace, 2011, Buttons, pins on wood panel, 149.8 x 300 cm, Leila Heller Gallery Archive

ART CITIES:N.York-Ran Hwang

Ran Hwang is best-known for creating intricate, large-scale Installations, part mural, part sculpture. Although some of her works may look simple from …

Edgar Sarin, Evenement Soporiphique, 2017, Photo: MarcDomage, Courtesy Galerie Michel Rein

ART CITIES:Paris-Edgar Sarin

Edgar Sarin was born 1989 in Marseille, he lives and works between Paris and New York. Educated as an engineer, he is …

Tadashi Kawamata, View of the exhibition “Nest”, kamel mennour-Paris, 2017, Photo: Archives kamel mennour, © Tadashi Kawamata, Courtesy the artist and kamel mennour Paris/London

ART CITIES:Paris-Tadashi Kawamata

Based in Tokyo and Paris, Tadashi Kawamata creates site-specific works all over the world. His favourite material is wood, and he uses …

Elizabeth Murray, Picture-Crack Up, 1985, Oil on canvas, 274.3 cm x, 320 cm x 26.7 cm, Photo: Kerry Ryan McFate, Courtesy Pace Gallery, © 2017 The Murray-Holman Family Trust / Artists Rights Society (ARS)-New York

ART CITIES:N.York-Elizabeth Murray

Elizabeth Murray belongs to a generation of artists who emerged in the 1970s and whose exposure to Cubist-derived Minimalism and Surrealist-influenced Pop …

Josh Kline, Sighs of the Times, 2017, Overall dimensions vary with installation; Part 1: 76.7 x 136 x 80 cm, Part 2: 58 x 79 x 71 cm, Polymerized gypsum, sand, and gravel; urethane foam,rebar, acrylic, and assorted toiletries, Edition 1 of 3, 2 AP, Courtesy David Zwirner Gallery

ART CITIES:London-Markers

The group exhibition “Markers” celebrates the humble punctuation mark. Like the exclamation mark, and the multivalent and shifting sentiments it has come …

Giuseppe Penone, Essere Fiume, 1981, Installation View at Courtesy Marian Goodman, Photo: Courtesy Marian Goodman Gallery

ART CITIES:N.York-Giuseppe Penone

One of the most important living sculptors and a legendary figure associated with the revolutionary Arte Povera movement, Giuseppe Penone has combined …

Torbjørn Rødland, Trichotillomania, 2010, © Torbjørn Rødland, Courtesy MAI 36 Galerie-Zürich

ART CITIES:Berlin-Torbjørn-Rødland

Torbjørn Rødland’s approach to image-making, using analogue photography in staged set-ups, draws attention to their constructed nature, while leaving open the potential …

Jasper Johns, Edisto Beach, 1965, Pigment inkjet print on cotton fine-art paper, 63 x 58 x 4 cm, Edition of 7, Photo Ugo Mulas © Ugo Mulas Heirs. All rights reserved, Marian Goodman Gallery Archive

ART CITES:Paris-Ugo Mulas

Ugo Mulas was a major figure of 20th century Italian photography. Nevertheless, his work remains little known in France. When he arrived …

Installation View at David Zwirner Gallery-New York

ART CITIES:N.York: Richard Serra

One of the preeminent sculptors of our era, Richard Serra, has long been acclaimed for his challenging and innovative work, which emphasizes …

Daniel Arsham, Nanzen-ji Pink Gradient, 2017, Colored sand, resin, paint, 177.8 x 114.3 x 7.6 cm, Exhibition View of Angle of Repose at Perrotin Paris, Photo: Claire Dorn, Courtesy Perrotin

ART CITIES:Paris-Daniel Arsham

The point where sculpture, architecture, and performance meet, is the place that Daniel Arsham calls home, the artist is capable of great …

Maja Čule, Mouth (Video Still), 2017, © Maja Čule, Courtesy the artist and Arcadia Missa

ART CITIES:London-Maja Čule

Maja Čule in her video works constructs the scenarios from which the image is formed, encompassing both performance and image production. Much …

Waltercio Caldas, Absoluto, 2017, Acrylic on cardboard and stainless steel, 44 x 72 x 40 cm, Photo: Jaime Acioli, Courtesy Galerie Xippas and Galeria Raquel Arnaud

ART CITIES:Paris-Waltercio Caldas

Working in a variety of mediums, Waltercio Caldas examines the physical qualities of objects and spaces, challenging the assumptions viewers bring to …