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Stefano Graziani, Cedric Price, Model for Fun Palace, ca. 1964, 53.4 x 123.3 x 79.1 cm, DR1995:0188:524, Cedric Price fonds, Canadian Centre for Architecture, © CCA-Montreal, 2017, Inkjet-print, 100 x 125 cm, Fondazione Prada Archive

ART CITIES:Milan-Stefano Graziani

Trained as an architect, Stefano Graziani teaches the history and technique of photography at the Faculty of Architecture at the University of Trieste and has been working for five years in the photographic lab of the Design and Art Faculty at IUAV, Venice, as well as organising different workshops at …

Gabriel Rico, One Law for The Lion & Ox is Oppression (Installation View), Perrotin Gallery Archive

ART CITIES:N.York-Gabriel Rico

There is a visible design sensibility permeating Gabriel Rico’s work, which isn’t surprising if you know he’s a trained architect. Based in …

Heimo Zobernig, Chess Painting, Installation View at MIT List Visual Arts Center, 2017, Photo: Peter Harris

ART CITIES:Cambridge-Heimo Zobernig

The work of Heimo Zobernig spans an array of media, from architectural intervention and installation, through performance, film and video, to sculpture …

Cathy Wilkes, Untitled, 2012, Gift of the Speyer Family Foundation and Mrs. Saidie A. May (by exchange), © 2017 Cathy Wilkes, MoMA PS1 Archive

ART CITIES:N.York-Cathy Wilkes

Cathy Wilkes is part of the generation of artists who emerged in the mid-90s. She is primarily known for her large-scale installations …

Josef Albers, Variant/ Adobe, Orange Front, 1948–58, Oil on Masonite, 59.6 × 68.5 cm, The Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation, Gift, The Josef and Anni Albers Foundation in honor of Philip Rylands for his continued commitment to the Peggy Guggenheim Collection 97.4555, © 2017 The Josef and Anni Albers Foundation/Artists Rights Society (ARS)-New York

ART CITIES:N.York-Josef Albers

An artist, poet, theoretician, and professor of arts and design at the Bauhaus, Black Mountain College and Yale University, Josef Albers worked …

Pipilotti Rist, Sip My Ocean 1996, (still) two-channel video installation with sound, colour: projectors, players, sound system, paint, carpet, sound by Anders Guggisberg and Pipilotti Rist after Wicked Game (1989) by Chris Isaak, Courtesy the artist, Hauser & Wirth and Luhring Augustine © the artist

ART CITIES:Sydney-Pipilotti Rist

As one of the first generation of artists to grow up with televisions in their living rooms, Rist’s work references the history …

Ugo Rondinone, Installation view of “good evening beautiful blue” at The Bass Museum of Art-Miami

ART CITIES:Miami-Ugo Rondinone

Ugo Rondinone works in mixed-media installations that include sculpture, painting, video, sound, and photography. His wide-ranging practice utilizes metaphoric and iconographic images …

Alex Hubbard, Interior I (Video Still), 2017, Video with sound, Edition of 5, 4:36 min, Galerie Eva Presenhuber Archive

ART CITIES:Zurich-Alex Hubbard

Alex Hubbard’s work is investigates the boundaries between video art and painting, exploring each via a cross-examination that invigorates both media in …

Bill Viola, Ascension, 2000, Color video projection, stereo sound, Performer: Josh Coxx, Photo: Kira Perov, Courtesy of Bill Viola Studio

ART CITIES:Montreal-Bill Viola

Bill Viola, in one of the pioneering figures of a generation of artists in the ‘70s employing video art and sound technologies. …

Thomas Hirschhorn, Pixel-Collage n°97, Prints, plastic sheet, tape, 28x44cm, Courtesy of the artist and Gladstone Gallery-New York, Photo: Romain Lopez

ART CITIES:N.York-Thomas Hirschhorn

Thomas Hirschhorn is an artist known for his sprawling works that transform traditional white cube spaces into absorbing environments tackling issues of …

Carolee Schneemann, Up to and Including Her Limits, 1973-76. Crayon on paper, rope, harness, 16mm film projector, video (color, sound; 29 min.), and six monitors, Dimensions variable, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, Committee on Drawings Funds and Committee on Media and Performance Art Funds, 2012, © 2015 Courtesy of Carolee Schneemann and PPOW Gallery-NY, Digital image © 2015 The Museum of Modern Art-New York. Photo: Jonathan Muzikar

ART CITIES:N.York-Carolee Schneemann

Carolee Schneemann’s first major work, “Eye Body: 36 Transformative Actions” (1963), posed a question that the artist would continue to explore throughout …

Gilbert & George, BEARD MERRY, 2016, 190 x 302 cm, © Gilbert & George, Courtesy Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac-London/Paris/Salzburg

ART CITIES:Paris-Gilbert & George

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

Rita McBride, Particulates (schematic), 2017, Dia Art Foundation Archive

ART CITIES:N.York-Rita McBride

Rita McBride works with the language of sculpture, employing the vocabularies of architecture and design. Her cross-disciplinary practice also encompasses collaborative publications, …

Anri Sala, The Last Resort, 2017, Photo: Peter Greig, Kaldor Public Art Projects Archive

ART CITIES:Melbourne-Anri Sala

Anri Sala’s works of film, sculpture and installation create poetic analogies that reflect on life and culture from different frames of experience. …

Left: Claire Morgan, Time of Death (study), 2017, Pencil and watercolor on paper, 38,1 x 28 cm, Photo: Claire Morgan Studio, © Claire Morgan Studio, Courtesy Galerie Karsten Greve Köln/Paris/St. Moritz. Right: Claire Morgan, To an End, 2017, Blackbird, (taxidermy), wood, polythene, nylon in vitrine, 108,5 x 56,7 x 56,7 cm, © Claire Morgan Studio, Photo: Claire Morgan Studio, Courtesy Galerie Karsten Greve Köln/Paris/St. Moritz

ART CITIES:Paris-Claire Morgan

Claire Morgan’s fragile hanging installations reflect her interest in natural processes and organic materials. In her works, the artist engages with the …

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. …