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Not Vital, Let 100 Flowers Bloom (Detail), 2008, Stainless steel, 100 lotus ca. 3m long each, Photo: Jonty Wilde, Courtesy Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris/Salzburg

ART-PRESENTATION: Not Vital-Poles

The work of Not Vital is inspired from his encounters, impressions and collaborative projects amongst different cultures around the world. Working in diverse media across sculpture, installation, paintings and drawings, Vital’s works frequently blur the boundaries between reality and the surreal. Born in Sent, a village in the Lower Engadin …

David Salle, While I'm Gone, 2016, oOil, acrylic, pencil, archival digital transfer and print on linen, 152,4 x 213,4 cm, Framed 155,6 x 216,5 x 6,7 cm, © David Salle / Licensed by Vaga-NY, Photo: John Berens photography-New York, Courtesy Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac Paris/Salzburg

ART-PRESENTATION: David Salle

Whereas modernist-era painting was rigidly fixed to the idea that a presentation of an image should stay as true to the authentic …

Marepe, Spaceship parking, 2016, aluminum basins and bicycle tires, 70 x 20 cm each, © the artist, Galerie Max Hetzler Archive

ART CITIES:Paris-Marepe

The work of the Brazilian artist Marepe has evolved from a deep connection with the local traditions, customs, and materials of Bahia, …

ART NEWS:Jan.03

Trained as a miniature painter in Lahore, Pakistan, Ambreen Butt uses the dramatic imagery and storytelling from her native country’s traditional art …

Liza Lou, ingxube (Umlazi), 2015, woven glass beads, 163.5 x 163.5 x 3.5 cm, Lehmann Maupin Gallery Archive

ART CITIES:Hong Kong-Liza Lou

With an emphasis on repetition, formal perfection and materiality, Liza Lou’s sculptures and environments thrive on the tension between the apparent impossibility …

Katharina Grosse, Untitled (Detail), 2016, Acrylic on canvas, 300 x 230 cm, © Katharina Grosse and VG Bild-Kunst-Bonn 2016, Photo Jens Ziehe, Courtesy Gagosian

ART CITIES:N.York-Katharina Grosse

Katharina Grosse’s approach to painting is not limited by the traditional rectilinear proportions of the canvas or even the architectural margins of …

Marina Abramović, The Hero, 2001, Chromogenic Print, 126 x 126 cm, National Museum of Women in the Arts, Gift of Heather and Tony Podesta Collection-Washington D.C., © Marina Abramovic Archives, Photo: Lee Stalsworth, Whitechapel Gallery Archive

ART-PRESENTATION: Terrains of the Body

Before the late ‘60s most women artists, struggling to participate in the male-dominated art world, had overwhelming disincentives to put feminist meanings …

Sofia Stevi, Untitled (Detail), 2016, Mixed media on canvas, Courtesy The Breeder-Athens

ART CITIES:Athens- Sofia Stevi

Returning in Athens from a few years in London, Sofia Stevi co-founded Fokidos 21, an artist-led project space in Athens and began …

ART CITIES:N.York- David Reed

David Reed has contributed as much in terms of expanding the vocabulary of abstract painting. With a rare combination of technical virtuosity, …

James Coleman, Untitled, 2011-15, LED video installation with audio, color, Courtesy of the artist and Marian Goodman Gallery

ART-PREVIEW:James Coleman

The work of James Coleman over the last 40 years has transformed the role of image and sound in visual art, and …

Pierrette Bloch, untitled, 1987, Black ink on paper, 20 x 25 cm, © Pierrette Bloch, Photo : Adam Rzepka, Courtesy Galerie Karsten Greve Köln/Paris/St Moritz

ART CITIES:Paris-Pierrette Bloch

For decades, Pierrette Bloch has streaked, dripped, and blotted ink on paper or masonite*. Occasionally she would collage maculated scraps together, or …

Lee Bul, Untitled (Willing To Be Vulnerable), 2016, Mother of pearl, acrylic panel, PVC panel, acrylic paint, collage on silk velvet, 3 x 130 x 96 cm, Photo: Jeon Byung-cheol, Courtesy Studio Lee Bul and Lehmann Maupin - New York and Hong Kong

ART CITIES:N.York-Lee Bul

Lee Bul is considered one of the foremost women artists from Asia to emerge in the international art scene in the ‘90s. …

Shadi Habib Allah, Daga'a, 2015, HD video, 18:53 min, Courtesy of the artist and Green Art Gallery-Dubai

ART CITIES:Dubai-Shadi Habib Allah

In his practice, Shadi Habib Allah is interested opening up suggestive modes of navigation across circulation networks of people, technologies, objects, images …

Sonny Assu, They're Coming! Quick! I have a better hiding place for you. Dorvan V, you'll love it, 2015, Art Mûr Archive

ART CITIES:Montreal- Sonny Assu

Sonny Assu has been raised as an everyday average suburban white-kid by his grandparents, it wasn’t until he was eight years old …

Walid Siti, The Black Tower, 2016, Plastic figurines, paper, acrylic, plaster, twigs, 35x50x35cm, Edition of 3, each unique, © Courtesy of the artist and Zilberman Gallery-Istanbul/Berlin

ART CITIES:Berlin-Walid Siti

Born in Iraqi Kurdistan, Walid Siti lived in the former Yugoslavia before seeking political asylum in London during increasing aggression against those …

Roy Colmer, Untitled #118, Acrylic on canvas, 127 x 127 cm, Lisson Gallery Archive

ART-PRESENTATION: Roy Colmer

Roy Colmer was a painter, photographer, graphic designer and video & film artist. One of his well-known projects is “Doors, NYC”, From …