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Edward Ruscha, ARTISTS WHO MAKE “PIECES”, 1976, Pastel on paper, Support: 57.8 x 72.6 cm, frame: 73 x 87.4 x 3.8 cm. ARTIST ROOMS Acquired jointly with the National Galleries of Scotland through The d'Offay Donation with assistance from the National Heritage Memorial Fund and the Art Fund 2008

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 deadpan representations of Hollywood logos, stylized gas stations, and archetypal landscapes distil the imagery of popular culture into a language of cinematic and typographical codes that are as accessible …

Farah Atassi, Still Life with juggling Rings, 2019, Oil and glycerol on canvas, 130 x 162 cm, © Farah Atassi, Still, Courtesy the artist and Almine Rech Gallery

ART CITIES:N.York-Farah Atassi

Born in Belgium from Syrian parents and raised in France, Farah Atassi combines various cultural legacies and formal approaches in the medium …

Zak Ové, The Invisible Man and the Masque of Blackness, 2016, Installation view, Yorkshire Sculpture Park-Yorkshire, UK, 2016–17, © Zak Ové, Courtesy Modern Forms, Vigo gallery, the artist and YSP, Photo: Jonty Wilde

ART CITIES:Los Angeles-Zak Ové

Zak Ové is a London based multi-disciplinary artist working in film, sculpture and photography to reclaim old world mythologies in new world …

Equation of Time Cam from The Long Now Foundation’s 10,000 Year Clock. Image courtesy The Long Now Foundation

DESIGN:Dead Nuts

“Dead nuts” is a machinist’s term for absolute precision, the highest compliment for something that is being inspected for accuracy. Through the …

Justin Mortimer, Breed 2, 2018, Oil and acrylic on canvas. 185 × 211 cm, © Justin Mortimer, Courtesy the artist and Parafin Gallery

ART CITIES:London-Justin Mortimer

Justin Mortimer’s paintings consistently invite us to question the relationship between subject matter and content, beauty and horror, and between figuration and …