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ART CITIES:L.A.-Isa Genzken

Isa’s Genzken influential work is characterized by radical innovation and includes works in almost every conceivable medium. Its foundations are in sculpture, but over time Genzken has explored an increasingly broad artistic terrain. In the past 40 years, she has produced series of works in a variety of media and …

Angela Bulloch One way conversation…, Installation view at Simon Lee Gallery-Hong Kong 2016, Courtesy of the artist and Simon Lee Gallery

ART CITIES:Hong Kong-Angela Bulloch

Angela Bulloch is an artist working across many forms such as sculpture, installation and sound. In her work, Bulloch adopts an interdisciplinary …

JANNIS KOUNELLIS AND THE THEATRE

ART CITIES:Milan-Jannis Kounellis

For the 20th anniversary of the death of Heiner Müller, the Jannis Kounellis and the director Theodoros Terzopoulos, both friends and collaborators …

Zhang Enli, Irregular Blue Lines, 2016, © Zhang Enli, Photo: Birdhead Courtesy the artist, Hauser & Wirth and ShanghART Gallery

ART CITIES:Zürich- Zhang Enli

Zhang Enli has dedicated the past year to developing this abstract visual language, allowing his free handling of form and colour to …

Ed Ruscha, Ton Lb. Oz., 2016, © Ed Ruscha, Gagosian Gallery Archive

ART CITIES:London-Ed Ruscha

  Ed Ruscha’s photography, drawing, painting, and artist books record the shifting emblems of American life in the last half century. His …

Sarkis, Icon 18, December 26 1993, © Courtesy of the artist and Galerie Nathalie Obadia Paris/Brussels, Zilberman Gallery Istanbul/Berlin Archive

ART CITIES:Berlin-The Red Gaze

  The group exhibition “The Red Gaze” combines two works of classical modernity: a self-portrait of the composer Arnold Schoenberg from 1944 …

ART CITIES:Paris-Openings 8/10/16

If Abstract Expressionism continues to dominate the Los Angeles art scene, numerous artists have also decided to tread the path of a …

Bruce Nauman, Natural Light, Blue Light Room, Installation view at Ace Gallery, Vancouver, 1971

ART CITIES:London- Bruce Nauman

Intrigued and inspired by the neon beer signs on shopfronts in his San Francisco neighborhood, Bruce Nauman created his first neon piece, …

Adriana Varejão, Olympic Aquatics Stadium Rio, 2016, Photo: Rio 2016/André Motta, Courtesy Gagosian Gallery

ART CITIES:Rome-Adriana Varejão

  One of the most original voices in Contemporary Brazilian art, Adriana Varejão’s diverse practice comprises painting, sculpture, photography and installation. The …

Jean Tinguely, Elément Détaché III, 1954 Collection Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, c/o Pictoright Amsterdam, 2016

ART CITIES:Amsterdam- Jean Tinguely

The Swiss sculptor and pioneer of Kinetic art Jean Tinguely was a highly ingenious individual who explored several Avant-Garde art movements of …

Tony Cragg, Ginko, 2015, © Tony Cragg, Courtesy Lisson Gallery

ART CITIES:London- Tony Cragg

Tony Cragg is one of the world’s most foremost sculptors. The continual sculptural investigations led Cragg from his early uses of detritus …

Cai Guo-Qiang, Seasons of life Summer, 2015, © Cai Guo-Qiang, Photo: Courtesy of the Yokohama Museum_of_Art, Bonnefantenmuseum Archive

ART CITIES:Maastricht- Cai Guo Qiang

Cai Guo-Qiang has worked in multiple mediums within art, including drawing, installation, video and performance art. Drawing upon Eastern philosophy and contemporary …

John Chamberlain, Gondola Walt Whitman, 1981–82, © 2016 Fairweather & Fairweather LTD/Artists Rights Society (ARS) New York, Photo: Douglas M. Parker Studio

ART CITIES:Geneva- John Chamberlain

John Chamberlain is known for his long career of making vividly colored and vibrantly dynamic sculptures using discarded automobile parts that he …

Alicja Kwade, Gegenwartsdauer, 2013, Courtesy the artist & Kamel Mennour, Photo: Fabrice Seixas

ART CITIES:London-Alicja Kwade

What is reality? What is perception? What is social consent? These are the key issues the works of Alicja Kwade are concerned …

Chiharu Shiota, Uncertain Journey, 2016, Installation view, Courtesy the artist and Blain|Southern, Photo: Christian Glaeser

ART CITIES:Berlin-Chiharu Shiota

Chiharu Shiota is a Japanese Performance and Installation artist best known for creating room-filling, monumental, delicate and poetic environments. Central to the …