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Gilbert & George, BEARD CODE, 2016, Mixed media, 254 x 452 cm, © Gilbert & George, Courtesy the artists and Lehmann Maupin New York/Hong Kong

ART CITIES:N.York-Gilbert & George

Gilbert & George (Gilbert Proesch and George Passmore), have long since been acknowledged icons of Contemporary Art. In 1967 they met as …

Claes Oldenburg, Shelf Life Number 6, 2016-17, © 2017 Claes Oldenburg. Photo: Kerry Ryan McFate, Courtesy Pace Gallery

ART CITIES:N.York-Claes Oldenburg

Working in collaboration since 1976, husband and wife artists Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen redefined the nature of outdoor sculpture in …

Left: Doug Ashford, Next Day Page A21, 2015 -16, archival inkjet print on Epson Hot Press Bright paper, image: 22 x 13 1/4 inches; sheet: 37 x 23 inches, overall: framed 37 1/2 x 23 inches, Courtesy the artist and Wilfried Lentz-Rotterdam. Right: Doug Ashford, Next Day Page A24, 2015 -16, archival inkjet print on Epson Hot Press Bright paper, image: 22 x 13 1/4 inches; sheet: 37 x 23 inches, overall: framed 37 1/2 x 23 inches, Courtesy the artist and Wilfried Lentz-Rotterdam

ART CITIES:Cleveland-A Poet*hical Wager

Timed with the 5th anniversary of MOCA Cleveland’s, the exhibition “A Poet*hical Wager” explores the ethical dimension of works that use abstraction, …

Harun Farocki / Antje Ehmann, Feasting or Flying (Video Still), (2008), © Harun Farocki / Antje Ehmann 2008, Neuer Berliner Kunstverein Archive

ART CITIES:Berlin-Harun Farocki

Harun Farocki is one of the most important and influential filmmakers, an ethnographer of capitalist living environments, which he dissected and analyzed. …

Cheryl Donegan

ART CITIES:Zurich-Cheryl Donegan

Cheryl Donegan’s work integrates the time-based, gestural forms of performance and video with forms such as painting, drawing and installation. Direct, irreverent, …

Marcel Dzama, Une danse des bouffons (or A jester’s dance) Storyboard, 2013, courtesy David Zwirner-New York/London

ART CITIES:Madrid-Marcel Dzama

The work of Marcel Dzama is characterised by an immediately recognisable visual language that stems from a wide spectrum of references and …

Andres Serrano, Octopus Head (Early Works), 1985, © Andres Serrano, Courtesy the artist and Galerie Nathalie Obadia Paris/Bruxelles

ART CITIES:Paris-Andres Serrano

Andres Serrano unveils an often disturbing reality through his camera. Religion, death, sex and violence perfuse the American artist’s work. Since the …

Yannis Vassalos, Urban (8), Courtesy the artist

ART CITIES:Athens-Yannis Vassalos

Vanitas was a fairly niche art movement that began in the early 17th Century, later spreading across greater Northern Europe and seeping …

Gino De Dominicis, Senza Titolo (Detail), 1986, Tempera and chalk on panel, 129 x 105 cm, © Estate of the artist / Archivio Gino De Dominicis-Foligno Italy, DACS 2017

ART CITIES:London-Gino De Dominicis

Gino De Dominicis worked in a variety of mediums including sculpture, painting, film, and installation. He was obsessed with immortality and invisibility, …

Katharina Grosse, Asphalt Air and Hair, 2017 ARoS Triennial THE GARDEN – End of Times; Beginning of Time. The Garden – The Future, Aarhus, Denmark. © Katharina Grosse und VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2017. Photo: Studio Grosse

ART CITIES:London-Katharina Grosse

Katharina Grosse is known for the vibrant palette and exuberant gestures of her large-scale canvases and raucous installations that merge painting, sculpture, …

Keiichi Tanaami, Death Bridge, 2012, Acrylic on canvas , 200 x 4 x 300 cm, Courtesy Gary Tatintsian Gallery and artist’s studio

ART CITIES:Moscow-Keiichi Tanaami

Keiichi Tanaami is one of the most influential Pop artists of postwar Japan. He studied graphic design, worked with the Japanese neo-Dadaist …

Gary Hume, Mum’s Cardigan (Detail), 2015, Gloss paint on paper, © Gary Hume / DACS, London, 2017, Courtesy of the artist, Sprüth Magers and Matthew Marks Gallery

ART CITIES:London-Gary Hume

Gary Hume is known for figurative and abstract paintings on aluminum panels, which often feature startling color combinations made with paints purchased …

Damián Ortega, Copulation, 2017, Fired glazed high temperatura glazed clay, Overall dimensions variable, © Damián Ortega, Photo © White Cube (George Darrell)

ART CITIES:London-Damián Ortega

Damián Ortega alters and deconstructs objects, building structures that create a dialogue between matter and form, action and thought. His oeuvre is …

Jeff Koons, Gazing Ball (Titian Pastoral Concert), 2016, Oil on canvas, glass and aluminum, 152.4 x 188 x 37.5 cm, ©Jeff Koons, Photo: Fredrik Nilsen, Courtesy Gagosian

ART CITIES:Hong Kong-Arcadia

Arcadia is a mountainous, landlocked region of Greece, according to Greek mythology, Arcadia was the domain of Pan, a virgin wilderness home …

Kara Walker

ART CITIES:Brussels-Ways of Seeing

The group exhibition “Ways of Seeing”, takes its title from John Berger’s 1972 homonymous text on visual culture, the exhibition invites the …

Davide Balula, Irons Levels, 2017 © Davide Balula, Gagosian Gallery Archive

ART CITES:Rome-Davide Balula

Davide Balula is an artist and a musician. His visual practice investigates chance encounters, random patterns and the passage of time. Working …

Left: Rosemarie Trockel, Plusquamperfekt, 2017, Digital print on paper on Forex with aluminum frame, 140 x 100 cm, © Rosemarie Trockel, Gladstone64 Gallery Archive. Right: Rosemarie Trockel, Yes where others say no, 2017, Digital print on paper on Forex with aluminum frame, 90 x 90 cm, © Rosemarie Trockel, Gladstone64 Gallery Archive

ART CITIES:N.York-Rosemarie Trockel

For over 30 years, Rosemarie Trockel has consistently resisted a signature style and her practice ranges from works on paper, “Knitted paintings” …