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Barbara Kruger, Untitled (Questions), 1990/2018, Installation view The Geffen Contemporary-MOCA, 2019, Photo: Elon Schoenholz, Courtesy the artist and MOCA

ART CITIES:Los Angeles-Barbara Kruger

Barbara Kruger’s work with pictures and words has become iconic for the reach of its political and social critique. In only a few words, printed large in uppercase block print, Kruger manages to satirize, denounce, and illuminate the uses of power and force in art, culture, and language. The bold, …

Sydney Shen, Onion Master, Exhibition view New Museum-New York, Photo: Charles Benton, © Sydney Shen, Courtesy the artist and New Museum

ART CITIES:N.York-Sydney Shen

Sydney Shen is an artist of countless obsessions. Scents, video games, torture devices, gore movies, necropastoral literature, history of epidemics, conceptions of …

Pascal Blondeau, from the series: Swimming Pool, Tribute to David Hockney, 2015, © Pascal Blondeau, Courtesy the artist and IAMY

PHOTO:Pascal Blondeau

A renowned photographer Pascal Blondeau, was born in Paris and grew up in the Saint-Germain des Prés on the Left Bank. He …

Mika Rottenberg, Cosmic Generator (Loaded #3), 2017-18, Sculpture and video installation, Video duration approximately 27 min, © Mika Rottenberg. Courtesy the artist and New Museum

ART CITIES:N.York:Mika Rottenberg

Mika Rottenberg’s elaborate visual narratives draw on cinematic and sculptural traditions to forge a new language that uses cause and effect structures …

Sam Gilliam, Spread, 1973, Dia:Beacon, Beacon, New York. © Sam Gilliam. Photo: Bill Jacobson Studio, New York, courtesy Dia Art Foundation, New York

ART-PRESENTATION:Sam Gilliam

Sam Gilliam is associated with the Washington Color School, a group of Washington, D.C. area artists that developed a form of abstract …

Keith Haring, Untitled 1983, Vinyl paint on tarpaulin, 306.8 x 302 cm, Collection of KAWS, © Keith Haring Foundation

ART-PRESENTATION: Keith Haring

Keith Haring was an artist and social activist responding to New York City’s street culture of the ‘80s. His work is about …