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Dimitri Vassilakis, Locus-Recollection-Landscape at Aias Palace-Salamis Island, 11/7/17, Photo: Dimitris Lempesis, © & Courtesy dreamideamachine

PERFORMANCE:Locus-Recollection-Landscape at Aias Palace in Salamis Island

Starting on July 11, the stepping stone for “Locus, Recollection, Landscape” series of Performances was Homer’s Salamis and the wider Kanakia area, with the participation of internationally acclaimed Greek jazz saxophonist, vocalist, composer & educator Dimitri Vassilakis that met his “Brother” from Brooklyn-New York, Craig Bailey, a top New Yorker …

Julie Speidel, Otemma Glacier, 2017 Stainless steel, 44 x 60 x 49 inches, 18 x 25 x 24 inches x 43 1/2 x 30 1/2 x 23 inches, Winston Wächter Fine Art Archive

ART CITIES:N.York-Julie Speidel

As a teenager, Julie Speidel lived in the British Isles and was fascinated by the prehistoric ruins she saw including the stone …

Beat Zoderer, Ringfaltung (Detail), 2013, Acrylic on aluminium, 137 x 94 cm, Bartha Contemporary Ltd. Archive

ART CITIES:London-Breaking Geometries

The exhibition title “Breaking Geometries”, at Bartha Contemporary in London explores the motive of geometrical abstraction achieved through the manipulation of everyday …

Thomas Ruff, press++51.14, 2016, C-Print, 185 x 231 cm (framed), © Thomas Ruff / VG Bild-Kunst-Bonn 2017, Courtesy Sprüth Magers

ART CITIES:Berlin-Thomas Ruff

Instead of photographing our everyday reality, Thomas Ruff concentrates on the depiction of photographic reality. His approach is based on the methods …

Kyungah Ham, What you see is the unseen / Chandeliers for Five Cities BC 02-04, 2014-16, North Korean hand embroidery, silk threads on cotton, middleman, anxiety, censorship, ideology, wooden frame, approx. 1900hrs/4persons, 265,5 x 357 cm, carlier|gebauer Archive

ART CITIES:Berlin-Kyungah Ham

Kyungah Ham accidently found a propaganda leaflet in front of her house one day, and this became a momentum for Ham to …

Bunny Rogers, A Very Special Holiday Performance in Columbine Auditorium (Video Still), 2017, Video, color, sound, Collection of the artist, Courtesy Société-Berlin, Whitney Museum of American Art Archive

ART CITIES:N.York-Bunny Rogers

Bunny Rogers became known online for her provocative and honest portrayals of self, developing an art practice that has since expanded into …

Analia Saban, Markings (from Cadmium Yellow Lemon, Schmincke), 2016, Digital C-print on resin-coated paper and primed canvas, 101,6 x 152,4 cm, 159 x 108 x 5 cm (framed), © Analia Saban, Photo: Timo Ohler, Courtesy Sprüth Magers

ART CITIES:Berlin-Analia Saban

Surveying art history as if it was a “murder scene,” Analia Saban plumbs the histories of painting, drawing, sculpture, and photography to …

Frith Street Gallery

ART CITIES:London-Summer Breeze

“Summer Breeze” is a group exhibition that presents ethereal artworks by a selection of Frith Street Gallery artists. Whether by exploring complex …

Ismaïl Bahri, Source (Video Still), 2016, HD Video 16/9, 8 min, Public order of the National Center of the plastic arts - Ministry of Culture and Communication, Produced by G.R.E.C with the support of the CNC. Collection La Première Image, Jeu de Paume Archive

ART CITIES:Paris-Ismaïl Bahri

Ismaïl Bahri’s work incorporates many cultural and aesthetic references, developing visual experiments that are both sensitive and precise. The results of these …

Merlin Carpenter, Charlotte, 2017, Acrylic on linen, 180 x 250 cm, Courtesy of the artist and Galerie Neu-Berlin.

ART CITIES:Berlin-Merlin Carpenter

While Merlin Carpenter’s manner of working is sardonic and polemic, to leave it at this would be to oversimplify. What becomes clear …

Daniel Richter, Army of Traitors, 2011, Oil on canvas, 200 × 300 cm, Private Collection, © Bildrecht-Wien 2017, 21er Haus Archive

ART CITIES:London-Daniel Richter

The question of how painting can react to the political, social, and media realities of today represents a starting point for Daniel …

Paul McCarthy, WS – Bookends, 2013, Black walnut, Bookends (Horizontal): 365.8 x 304 x 444 cm (overall dimensions), Bookends (Vertical) (14'): 444 x 303.7 x 365.8 cm (overall dimensions), Photo: Genevieve Hanson, © Paul McCarthy, Courtesy the artist and Hauser & Wirth

ART CITIES:Los Angeles -Paul McCarthy

The work of Paul McCarthy is unapologetic and sometimes, considered borderline perverse. The artist focuses on the creation of confronting works, attempting …

Rachel Pimm, Resistant Materials at Hales Gallery, Art Night 2017 Archive

ART CITIES:London-Art Night 2017

Art Night is a free contemporary arts festival that puts art into elocations around London for one night a year, encouraging the …

Louise Bourgeois and Tracey Emin, A sparrow’s heart (Detail), 2009-10, Archival dyes printed on cloth, 76.2 x 61 cm, © Tracey Emin, White Cube Gallery Archive

ART CITIES:London-Dreamers Awake

The thematic exhibition “Dreamers Awake” brings together over 100 works by women artists that explore sexual politics, eroticism, mysticism and identity, Rarely …

Damien Hirst, Demon with bowl (exhibition enlargement), Photo: Prudence Cuming Associates, © Damien Hirst and Science Ltd. All rights reserved, DACS 2017, Palazzo Grassi Archive

ART CITIES:Venice-Damien Hirst, Part II

Damien Hirst’s wide-ranging practice includes installation, sculpture, painting and drawing. Consistently challenging the boundaries between art, science and religion, his visceral, visually …

Peter Halley, 24 Frames, Acrylic, day-glo acrylic, Roll-a-Tex on canvas, 211 x 232 x 10 cm, Gary Tatintsian Gallery Archive

ART CITIES:Moscow-Peter Halley

Peter Halley began his formal training at Phillips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts, from which he graduated in 1971. During that time, Halley …

Lyric on a Battlefield, Exhibition View, Gladstone Gallery Archive

ART CITIES:N.York-Lyric on a Battlefield

Bringing together artists working in various media, from multiple regions, and of different generations, the exhibition “Lyric on a Battlefield” focuses on …