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Peter Doig, Daytime Astronomy, 1997-98, Oil on canvas, 200 x 280 cm, Private Collection, Courtesy of Christie’s, © Peter Doig, All Rights Reserved, DACS 2017 Photo: ©2014 Christie’s Images Limited

ART CITIES:Beijing- Peter Doig

Peter Doig is among the world’s most renowned living painters. His breakthrough was a John Moores Prize win in 1993, in 1994 he was nominated for the Turner Prize. Doig is known for his personal, hallucinatory exploration of landscape in painting, arguably in the tradition of European and North American …

ART NEWS:March 04

The all-female group exhibition “Considerate Creations: Chameleons” implies that the hard work done behind the scenes allows art projects to successfully come …

Monica Bonvicini, Chain Leather Swing, 2009, Installation view at BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art, Gateshead, Courtesy the artist and Galleria Raffaella Cortese-Milan

ART CITIES:Milan-Monica Bonvicini

Best known for large-scale sculptural installations that employ different materials and mediums, Monica Bonvicini incorporates elements of architecture, performance, photography, video, painting, …

In the framework of AQUA, Ilya et Emilia Kabakov, The Toilet on the River, 1996 – 2016, Wood, 210 x 150 x 110 cm, Courtesy of Artists and Sprovieri Gallery-London, Photo: © Sebastiano Pellion di Persano

ART CITIES:Geneva -Aqua, Part I

Water is not the rarest element on Earth, but it is our most precious natural resource because every life form (plant, animal …

Lygia Pape, Divisor, 1967, Performance at Museu de Arte Moderna, Rio de Janeiro, 1990, Photo: Paula Pape, © Projeto Lygia Pape, Courtesy Metropolitan Museum of Art

ART CITIES:N.York- Lygia Pape

Lygia Pape was an influential iconoclast Brazilian artist and pioneering member of the postwar avant-garde. She worked across an expansive range of …

Do Ho Suh, Passage/s: The Pram Project, 2014-16, 3-chanel video, Installation view, Lehmann Maupin Gallery Archive

ART CITIES:Hong Kong- Do Ho Suh

Born in Seoul, Do Ho Suh transforms his personal experiences into artworks, particularly his move from South Korea to the USA in …

Zhuang Hui, Qilian Range - 07, 2014, Inkjet color print, 80 × 370 cm, Edition of 3 + 1AP, Galleria Continua Archive

ART CITIES:Beijing-Zhuang Hui

Zhuang Hui began his artistic career as an oil painter and subsequently shifted to performance-based art and photography. Zhuang Hui has always …

Teresita Fernández, Fire (America) 3, 2016, glazed ceramic, 182.9 x 365.8 x 3.2 cm, Photo: EPW Studio/Maris Hutchinson, Courtesy the Artist and Lehmann Maupin-New York/Hong Kong

ART CITIES:N.York-Teresita Fernández

Teresita Fernández is a sculptor who integrates architecture and the optical effects of color and light to produce exquisitely constructed, contemplative spaces. …

Fred Tomaselli, Wednesday, July 23, 2014, 2016, Acrylic and photo collage over archival inkjet print, 109.2 x 120.7 cm, © Fred Tomaselli. Photo © White Cube (Max Yawney)

ART CITIES:London- Fred Tomaselli

Over his career, Fred Tomaselli is best known for his highly detailed paintings on wood panels, combining an array of unorthodox materials …

La timidité des cimes, Exhibition Poster, Courtesy 49 Nord 6 Est-Frac Lorraine

ART-PREVIEW:La Timidité Des Cimes

Crown shyness or canopy disengagement is a phenomenon observed in some tree species in which the crowns of neighboring trees of similar …

Aya Takano, The present day, and then…, 2017. Work in progress., Oil on canvas, 72.7 × 91cm, © 2017 Aya Takano/Kaikai Kiki Co., Ltd, All Rights Reserved, Courtesy Galerie Perrotin

ART CITIES:Paris-Aya Takano

Born in Saitama, Japan, Aya Takano spent most of her childhood reading science fiction books and magazines in her father’s library. Fascinated …