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Ja’Tovia Gary, Giverny I (Négresse Impériale), 2017 (film still). Courtesy the artist

ART CITIES:Paris, Ja’Tovia-Gary

Ja’Tovia M. Gary is an artist and filmmaker currently living and working in Brooklyn, New York. Gary’s work seeks to liberate the …

Dame Barbara Hepworth DBE, Sculpture with Colour (Deep Blue and Red), 1940, Plaster and string on plaster base, 105 × 149 × 105 mm, © Tate Images credit, © Hepworth / Bowness

ART CITIES:Berlin-Objects of Wonder

Including 70 characteristic works by leading sculptors from Tate’s Collection, the exhibition “Objects of Wonder- British Sculpture 1950s – Present” provides a …

Michal Rovner, Mechanism, 2018, Video projection, Dimensions variable, © Michal Rovner, Courtesy the artist and Pace Gallery

ART CITIES:Geneva-Michal Rovner

As a result of her desire to produce work that is free from narrative, or indeed people with any distinguishable features, the …

Henrike Naumann, Ostalgie

ART CITIES:Berlin-Henrike Naumann

Growing up in Eastern Germany, Henrike Naumann experienced extreme-right ideology as a predominant youth culture in the 90s. Her work reflects on …

Ilona Keserü Ilona, Felhő idézetekkel, 1990-2014, Photo: Horváth S.Gábor, Courtesy the artist and Ludwig Museum-Budapest

ART-PRESENTATION: Iparterv 50+

Fifty years ago, two paradigmatic exhibitions of the Hungarian art scene, “Iparterv I” (1968) and “Iparterv II” (1969) were organized. These contemporary …

ART NEWS:Jan.03

Working with sound, light, scale and temperature the exhibition “CONSTITUTION” builds on, Ghislaine Leung’s ongoing enquiry into withdrawal and dependency. Taking active …

Bill Viola, Nantes Triptych, 1992 , Video/sound installation, Photo: Kira Perov, Courtesy Bill Viola Studio

ART-PRESENTATION: Bill Viola/Michelangelo

Exploring the universal themes of human existence and experience, the exhibition “Bill Viola/Michelangelo”, is the first exhibition at the Royal Academy devoted …

Left: John Currin, Crystal’s Friend, 2011, Oil on canvas, 61 x 45.7 cm, © John Currin, Courtesy the artist and Gagosian. Right: John Currin, Miss Fenwick, 1996, 112 x 81.3 cm, © John Currin, Courtesy the artist and Gagosian

ART CITIES:Geneva-John Currin

Since the 1990s, John Currin has reigned as one of the art world’s greatest provocateurs residing on the double-edged sword of desire …

Lydia Okumura, Installation at Museu de Arte Moderna, Sāo Paulo, 1984. Vintage B&W Photograph. Photo: Roberto Okumura. ©Lydia Okumura. Courtesy of Anke Kempkes Art Advisory / Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac-London/Paris/Salzburg

ART CITIES:London Lydia Okumura

For almost 50 years, Lydia Okumura has been investigating the interstice between two and three-dimensional space through precise, site-specific installations. Mostly using …

Left: Gary Hume, Sweet Pea, 2016, © Gary Hume, Courtesy the artist and Matthew Marks Gallery. Right: Gary Hume, Petals, 2017, © Gary Hume, Courtesy the artist and Matthew Marks Gallery

ART CITIES:Los Angeles -Gary Hume

After graduating from Goldsmiths College and exhibiting in 1988’s “Freeze”, organised by Damien Hirst, Gary Hume gained early recognition for a group …

Ari Marcopoulos, The Park, 2017-18, Digital video, 58 minutes, Edition 1 of 5, © Ari Marcopoulos, Courtesy of Ari Marcopoulos and Fergus McCaffrey

ART-PRESENTATION: Ari Marcopoulos-3 Films

Ari Marcopoulos is a photographer and filmmaker who gravitates toward elusive subcultures, Ari Marcopoulos photographs objects and cultures that pique his interest. …