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Left: Gina Beavers. Smoky Eye Tutorial. 2014. Acrylic and wood on canvas panel. Courtesy the artist. Right: Gina Beavers. Who Has Braces? 2014. Acrylic and wood on canvas panel with wood frame. Courtesy the artist

ART CITIES:N.York-Gina Beavers

In her paintings, Gina Beaves transforms digital images appropriated from social media and the Internet into thickly layered compositions that border on …

Sean Scully, Human 3, 2018, Oil on aluminium, Each panel 215.9 × 190.5 cm, Private collection (SS3357), © Sean Scully. Photo: courtesy the artist

ART CITIES:London-Sean Scully

One of the world’s foremost contemporary artists, Sean Scully’s work draws on the traditions of European painting, invigorated with the distinct character …

Tetsuya Ishida, Search, 2001, Acrylic on canvas, 112.1 x 162.1 cm, the DAI-ICHI Life Insurance Limited, © Tetsuya Ishida, Photo: Takemi Art Photos, Curtesy Kyuryudo Art Publishing Co, Ltd

ART CITIES:Madrid-Tetsuya Ishida

Tetsuya Ishida came of age as a painter during Japan’s “lost decade”, a time of nationwide economic recession that lasted through the …

Left: Rónai Moscow, DADA, 1986, Serigraphy 65 x 50 cm, Courtesy the artist. Right: Rudolf Sikora, Exclamation Mark VI, 1974, Ofset, paper, 69 x 43,7 cm, Courtesy the artist

ART CITIES:Budapest-SIGNAL

The arrival of conceptual art in the early 1970s was associated with the shift of interest from aesthetic and material qualities of …

Mircea Cantor, Untitled (unpredicteble future), 2004 Light box. 60 x 80 cm, © Mircea Cantor, Courtesy of the artist

PHOTO:Mircea Cantor-Înainte

Mircea Cantor’s work knows no borders. Originally from Romania, he defines himself above all as an artist who “lives and works on …

Paola Pivi, Untitled (donkey), 2003, Inkjet print on PVC, 1020 x 1230 cm, Photo Hugo Glendinning, Courtesy Massimo De Carlo-Milan/London/Hong Kong

ART CITIES:Rome Paola-Pivi

Paola Pivi’s works are authentic experiences of wonder, enterprises that mould and personalise the context surrounding them, transforming it into a pure …

Peter Doig, Lion in the Road (Sailors), 2019, installation view Secession 2019, photo: Hannes Böck, Courtesy the artist and Michael Werner Gallery, New York and London / Bildrecht Vienna, 2019

ART CITIES:Vienna-Peter Doig

Peter Doig paints representational pictures as though they were abstractions. His spellbinding works combine planar forms and a palette that is as …

Hito Steyerl, Power Plants Installation view, 11/4-6/5/19, Serpentine Galleries Design by Ayham Ghraowi, Developed by Ivaylo Getov, Courtesy of the Artist, Andrew Kreps Gallery (New York) and Esther Schipper Gallery (Berlin), Photo: © 2019 readsreads.info

ART CITIES:London-Hito Steyerl

Hito Steyerl is a filmmaker, visual artist, writer and innovator of the documentary essay film. Drawing upon topics such as media, technology …