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Installation view: Takashi Murakami, Murakami vs Murakami, Tai Kwun Contemporary-Hong Kong, 2019, Courtesy the artist and Tai Kwun Contemporary

ART CITIES:Hong Kong-Takashi Murakami

Drawing from traditional Japanese painting, sci-fi, anime, and the global art market, Takashi Murakami creates paintings, sculptures, and films populated by repeated …

Alma Allen

ART-PREVIEW:Alma Allen

Alma Allen is a self-taught artist who began his practice by hand carving salvaged materials into unique small objects. Allen moved to …

Left: Kohei Nawa, PixCell-Fallow Deer#2, 2015, Mixed media, 145.4 x 125 x 125 cm, © Kohei Nawa, Courtesy the artist and Pace Gallery. Right: Kohei Nawa, PixCell-DoubleDeer#11, 2018, Mixed media, 148.2 x 85.4 x 64.3 cm, © Kohei Nawa, Courtesy the artist and Pace Gallery

ART CITIES:Hong Kong-Kohei Nawa

Moving fluidly between media, Kohei Nawa’s work explores issues of science and digital culture and examines the relationship between nature and artificiality, …

Map Office, Moving Lemuria from the Indian to the Pacific Ocean, 2017, Sanibel Island shells, plastic waste collected on the beach, fine white sand, plywood, 300 × 200 × 30 cm. Collection of the artist, © mapoffice

ART-PRESENTATION: Island Time

The Mediterranean Sea has more than 10,000 islands. Its history is marked by these places that alternate between centers of activity and …

Miriam Schapiro, Mexican Memory, Acrylic, glitter and fabric on canvas, 121.9 x 243.8 cm, Collection of Kathleen and Douglas Landy-New York, © Miriam Schapiro

ART-PRESENTATION:Less Is a Bore

Borrowing its attitude from architect Robert Venturi’s witty retort to Ludwig Mies van der Rohe’s modernist edict “less is more,” the exhibition …

Omar Ba, Promenade masquée 1 [Masked Promenade 1], 2016, Acrylic, gouache, oil and pencil on canvas, JMD Collection-Hong Kong. Image courtesy Galerie Templon-Paris/Bruxelles, Photo: B. Huet / Tutti, © Omar Ba, Courtesy of the artist and Hales Gallery

ART CITIES:Montreal-Omar Ba

Born in 1977 in Senegal, Omar Ba lives and works in Dakar and Geneva. His paintings, produced using a variety of techniques …

Wu Tsang, Into a Space of Love (2018), video still. Single-channel 2K video with stereo sound. 26 minutes. Courtesy of Frieze and GUCCI

ART CITIES:Copenhagen-Wu Tsang

Wu Tsang is an award-winning filmmaker and visual artist who combines documentary and narrative techniques with fantastical detours into the imaginary in …

Julie Becker. Researchers, Residents, A Place to Rest (detail). 1993-1996. Mixed-media installation. Dimensions variable. Installation view, Julie Becker: I must create a Master Piece to pay the Rent, The Institute of Contemporary Arts-London, 2018. Courtesy Greene Naftali-New York, ICA-London, and MOCA-Los Angeles. Photo: Mark Blower

ART CITIES:N.York-Julie Becker

Since the 1990s, Julie Becker’s (1972-2016) multimedia practice has activated vacant interior scenes with psychological resonance. Working in drawing, video, photography and …

WangShui, From its mouth came a river of highend residential appliances (Video still), 2018, one-channel video, water, Courtesy of the artist

ART-PRESENTATION: Horizontal Vertigo

For the first time in its history, the Julia Stoschek Collection presents an ensemble of solo exhibitions, performances, and screenings of works …

Nicolas Tourte, Témoin, Video installation, 2019,Courtesy Nicolas Tourte & Laure Roynette Gallery

ART ISLANDS:Hydra-Nicolas Tourte

Nicolas Tourte’s work explores man’s place in the universe with a light-hearted and derisive touch. It principally deals with cycles, repetition and …

Raymond Depardon, Le chêne de Venon, Isère, France, 2019

ART CITIES:Paris-Trees

Bringing together a community of artists, botanists, and philosophers, the exhibition “Trees” echoes the latest scientific research that sheds new light on …

Olafur Eliasson, Your uncertain shadow (colour), 2010, HMI lamps (green, orange, blue, magenta), glass, aluminium, transformers , Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary Collection-Vienna, Photo: María del Pilar García Ayensa/ Studio Olafur Eliasson, © 2010 Olafur Eliasson

ART-PRESENTATION: Olafur Eliasson-In Real Life

Moving seamlessly from his early photographs to sculpture, immersive environments, large-scale public interventions, and architectural projects, Olafur Eliasson uses simple natural elements …

Elaine Byrne, Fortified Boundaries IV, 2018, Ultra-Chrome HDR pigment inks and UV protective spray on Hahnemuhle Fine Art Pearl paper, Courtesy of the artist and Kevin Kavanaugh Gallery-Dublin

ART CITIES:N.York-The Watchers

Derived from the French word “surveiller”, meaning “to keep watch” or “to watch over”, the surveillance camera has been used to police …