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Michelangelo Pistoletto, RESPECT, Exhibition View 20/10-23/12/16, Photo : Philippe Servent, Courtesy VNH Gallery-Paris

ART CITIES:Paris-Michelangelo Pistoletto

Michelangelo Pistoletto believes that artists have as mission to change the world. Since the ‘60s Michelangelo Pistoletto’s work has followed two paths, a body of Conceptual sculpture grounded in the tenets of Arte Povera and an ongoing iconic series of Mirror Paintings. Representing his dual interest in Conceptualism and figurative …

Délio Jasse, Lost Chapter: Nampula 1963, 2016, Tiwani Contemporary archive

ART CITIES:London- Délio Jasse

In his work, Délio Jasse often interweaves found images with clues from past lives from found photos or family albums, to draw …

Edi Rama, Dämmerung, 2016, Marian Goodman Gallery Archive

ART-PRESENTATION: Edi Rama

Edi Rama’s most noted impact on Tirana has been the many kiosk demolitions in the city during his mayorship. Rama’s “Return to …

Paris Photo 2016

ART FAIRS:Paris Photo 2016

Paris Photo is the premier international art fair for works in the photographic medium, held annually since 1997 in the Grand Palais. …

Wael Shawky, Al Araba Al Madfuna Drawings, 2015, © Wael Shawky, Courtesy Lisson Gallery

ART CITIES:Milan-Wael Shawky

  Living and working in Alexandria, Wael Shawky has received international acclaim for his work as an artist and filmmaker, exploring transitional …

Beatriz Milhazes, Floresta virgem em lilás e azul, 2016, Photo: Manuel Aguas & Pepe Schettino, Courtesy of the artist and Galerie Max Hetzler Berlin/Paris

ART CITIES:Paris-Beatriz Milhazes

Beatriz Milhazes is well known for her colorful, kaleidoscopic collages, prints, paintings and installations which draw on both Latin American cultural imagery …

Francesco Clemente, You and Me, 2016, Courtesy of the artist and Galerie Daniel Templon Paris-Brussels

ART CITIES:Paris-Francesco Clemente

Francesco Clemente explores individual identity, and the various means for its construction by constantly questioning the idea of a singular self. Clemente’s …

Douglas Gordon, I Had Nowhere to Go (Film Still), 2016, Courtesy Galerie Eva Presenhuber

ART CITIES:Zurich-Douglas Gordon

Douglas Gordon makes videos, installations, photographs and text pieces, using both found and original material, in an attempt to lay bare the …

Hanne Darboven, Kulturgeschichte 1880–1983 (Detail), 1980–83, © Hanne Darboven, Photo: Bill Jacobson Studio-New York

ART-PRESENTATION: Hanne Darboven

Hanne Darboven studied painting from 1962–66 at the Staatliche Hochschule für Bildende Künste in Hamburg. In 1966 Darboven moved to New York, …

Ai WeiWei, Fragments of Iron Root, 2015, Photo: Gao Yuan, © Ai Weiwei, Courtesy Lisson Gallery

ART CITIES:N.York-Ai WeiWei

Ai WeiWei is an inspirational figure for many people both in the West and in China, and both in and outside the …

ART CITIES:London-Animality

Why have animals not been subject of greater interest in contemporary conversations and historical discourses in the arts? With this question as …

Mike Kelley, Balanced by Mass and Worth, 2001, Art © Mike Kelley Foundation for the Arts. All Rights Reserved/Licensed by VAGA-New York NY, Collection of Margaret and Daniel S. Loeb, Courtesy the Foundation and Hauser & Wirth, Photo: Nic Tenwiggenhorn-Düsseldorf

ART CITIES:N.York-Mike Kelley

Since the late ‘70s, Mike Kelley has produced a body of work that takes as its target notions of taste, morality, authority, …

ART CITIES:London-Jerwood Open Forest

Jerwood Open Forest is an artist-centred initiative established by Jerwood Charitable Foundation and Forestry Commission England. The 2016 exhibition examines art in …