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Luciano Fabro, Tubo da mettere tra i fiori, 1963-2001, Steel tube, soil, flowers, plants, Variable dimensions, Courtesy of the Archivio Luciano e Carla Fabro and Simon Lee Gallery

ART CITIES:London-Luciano Fabro

In 1958, after he saw Lucio Fontana’s work at Venice Biennale, Luciano Fabro moved to Milan where he spent the rest of his life pursuing his artistic career. Luciano Fabro created new possibilities, combining a prodigious variety of materials and techniques with new forms and addressing classical themes such as …

Image courtesy of © Anil Bawa-Cavia/STD-IO, aHaus der Kulturen der Welt (HKW) Archive

ART CITIES:Berlin-1948 Unbound

With the beginning of the atomic, digital, and petrochemical era, the year 1948 marks a turning point in the history of Earth, …

Ryoji Ikeda, data.matrix [nº1-10], 2009, Audiovisual installation, 10 DLP projectors, computers, speakers, wooden plinths, Variable dimensions, © Ryoji Ikeda, Photo: Ryuichi Maruo, Courtesy of the Artist and Almine Rech Gallery

ART CITIES:Paris-Ryoji Ikeda

Ryoji Ikeda has gained reputation as one of the few international artists working convincingly across both visual and sonic media. He elaborately …

Dinh Q. Lê, The Colony (Video Still), 2016, Five-channel video installation, three projections, two monitors, colour, sound, Overall dimensions variable, Various durations, © Dinh Q. Lê, Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen Archive

ART CITIES:Rotterdam-Dinh Q. Lê

Dinh Q. Lê is best known for his large-scale photographic weavings and video works that question the way in which world events …

Cai Guo-Qiang, Day and Night in Toledo, 2017, Gunpowder on canvas, 260 x 600 cm, © Cai Guo-Qiang, Courtesy Museo Nacional del Prado

ART CITIES:Madrid-Cai Guo-Qiang

Cai Guo-Qiang is considered one of the most significant artists active today, his versatile and creative approach to materials is as impressive …

Memed Erdener, Hand of the State (Detail), 2017, Oil pastel on paper, 140 x 100 cm, © Memed Erdener, Courtesy the artist and Zilberman Gallery-Istanbul/Berlin

ART CITIES:Berlin-Memed Erdener

Memed Erdener (aka Extrastruggle) is an artist known for his work that direct references to the political atmosphere and history of the …

Alex Katz, Laura 2, 2017, Oil on linen, 121,9 x 487,7 cm, © Alex Katz, Bildrecht, Wien 2017, Photo: Paul Takeuch, Courtesy Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac London/Paris/Salzburg

ART CITIES:Salzburg-Alex Katz

Alex Katz’s portraits feature his own social milieu: friends, fellow artists, and most notably his wife Ada, whom he has painted more …

Chen Zhou, Blue Hole (Video Still), 2017, HD Video, Duration: 26’03”, Music: Gao Jiafeng, © Chen Zhou, Courtesy the artist and Ullens Center for Contemporary Art

ART CITIES:Beijing-Cold Nights

Set in 1940s Chongqing, Ba Jin’s novel “Cold Nights” recounts the collapse of a family of intellectuals owing to domestic conflict and …

Cameron Jamie, Drawing (Detail), Bernier-Eliades Gallery Archive

ART CITIES:Athens-Cameron Jamie

Cameron Jamie’s work created over the past 20 years, ranges through a wide range of media: performance, video, sculpture, installation, photography and …

Peter Köhler, Dear Hearts and Gentle People (detail), 2017, Ink and acrylic on paper, 21x310 cm, © Peter Köhler, Courtesy the artist and Galleri Magnus Karlsson

ART CITIES:Stockholm-Peter Köhler

Peter Köhler belongs to the international group of artists calling themselves the Verus Painters. The artist invites the viewer into a world …

Installation view, Richard Prince, Ripple Paintings, Gladstone Gallery Archive

ART CITIES:N.York-Richard Prince

By re-photographing, copying, scanning, and manipulating work of others from mass media, advertising and entertainment since the late 1970s, Richard Prince has …

James White, Untitled (Reflection), 2017, Photo: Prudence Cuming Associates, Courtesy the artist and BlainSouthern

ART CITIES:London-James White

James White black and white paintings depict everyday scenes and objects, such as plastic water bottles, keys, lamps and a series of …

Al Taylor, The Peabody Group #29 (Detail), 1992, Graphite pencil, watercolor, gouache, india ink, colored inks, colored pencil, and ballpoint pen on wove paper, The Morgan Library & Museum, New York, gift of the Modern and Contemporary Collectors Committee, The High Museum of Art Archive

ART CITIES:Atlanta-Al Taylor

Al Taylor is known for his uniquely innovative approach to process and materials that encompassed two-dimensional drawings and three-dimensional objects. Taylor ultimately …

Gimhongsok, Structuring Shadows (aluminium foil faced bubble insulation) [Detail], 2017, Pigment print on resin coated paper, 200 x 150 cm, Courtesy the Artist and Perrotin

ART CITIES:Hong Kong-Gimhongsok

Focusing on the inevitable consequences of culture translation within the globalized capitalist system, the Korean artist Gimhongsok has consistently explored the issues …

Dieter Roth, Gesammelte Werke, Postpaket, 1987, Set of books 'Collected Works' in packaging paper, 27.5 x 35 x 39 cm, © Dieter Roth Estate, Courtesy the Estate and Hauser & Wirth

ART CITIES:Zürich-Salon

The group exhibition “Salon” is a curated presentation of modern masters and contemporary work. Over a period of four weeks, the exhibition …

Left: Beth Letain, Ballast, 2017, Painting - Oil on canvas, 230 x 190 cm, Photo: Matthias Kolb, Courtesy Peres Projects-Berlin. Right: Beth Letain, Every Other, 2017, Painting - Oil on canvas, 170 x 190 cm, Photo: Matthias Kolb, Courtesy Peres Projects-Berlin

ART CITIES:Berlin-Beth Letain

Coming from a background in science, Beth Letain’s approach to painting is driven by an ‘imperative. The artiststudied at the Nova Scotia …

MADSAKI, Untitled (TBC - character series 1), 2017, Acrylic and aerosol on canvas (TBC), 100 x 100 cm, Courtesy Perrotin

ART CITIES:Seoul-MADSAKI

A man of deep perspective and a global mindset, MADSAKI graduated from Parsons School of Design in 1996, after workin as a …

Richard Wentworth, First and Last Word, 2017, Dictionary, soldered galvanized cable and unused linen bed sheet, 9.5 x 30.5 x 20.3 cm, Peter Freeman, Inc. Archive

ART CITIES:N.York-Richard Wentworth

Richard Wentworth rose to popularity in the late ‘70s as part of the New British Sculpture Movement, defined by their collective reaction …

Left-Center-Right: Geta Brătescu, Limite si rescul (Limits and rescues) (Detail), 2012, Series of 7 collage and drawing on paper, 21.3 x 29.7 cm, Photo: Ștefan Sava, © Geta Brătescu, Courtesy the artist and Hauser & Wirth

ART CITIES:N.York-Geta Brătescu

Geta Brătescu’s vivid practice has comprised performance, textiles, collage, print-making, installation and film. Living and working in Bucharest throughout Ceauşescu’s regime, Brătescu …

Dan Graham, Model for Ying Yang, 1997, MDF, Perspex, 31.5 x 107 x 107 cm, © Dan Graham, Photo: Ken Adlard, Courtesy Lisson Gallery

ART CITIES:Beijing-Dan Graham

As one of contemporary art’s most influential figures, Dan Graham has been at the forefront of many of the most significant developments …

Gülçin Aksoy, A, 2017, Mixed media, Courtesy Zilberman Gallery

ART CITIES:Istanbul-Gülçin Aksoy

Gülçin Aksoy, both in her individual practice using various media and in artist collectives that she has been part of or collaborated …

John Stezaker, Untitled (Photoroman), c. 1979, Collage, 21.4 x 40.8 cm, Courtesy Petzel Gallery

ART CITIES:N.York-John Stezaker

John Stezaker was one of the first generation of British conceptual artists exhibiting in the late 1960s and early 1970s. His main …