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Anthony Pearson, Untitled (Embedment) [detail], 2018, Canvas-embedded, pigmented hydrocal in enamel-finished aluminum frame, 146.1 x 55.2 x 5.1 cm, © Anthony Pearson, Courtesy the artist and Marianne Boesky Gallery

ART CITIES:Aspen-Anthony Pearson

Anthony Pearson occupies a quietly antithetical position in a contemporary cultural landscape characterized by visual noise and short attention spans. An exploration …

Sheila Hicks , Zihzabal, 2018, Pigments, synthetic fibers, cotton, linen, Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas Art Fair Foundation Acquisition Fund, Photo: Markus Wörgötter, © Sheila Hicks

ART-PRESENTATION: Sheila Hicks

Since the late 1950s, Sheila Hicks has been producing work exceptionally difficult to categorise. Knotting, wrapping, folding, twisting and stacking wool, linen …

Left & Right: André Butzer, Untitled, 2019, Acrylic on canvas, 274 x 213 cm, © André Butzer, Courtesy the artist and Metro Pictures

ART-PRESENTATION: André Butzer

André Butzer’s work is characterized by an intensive exploration of the limits and possibilities of the medium painting, while the artist develops …

Paolo Scheggi, Maquette for the ‘Plastic Interchamber’, 1966, Sheets of curved, punched wood painted yellow, 52.5 × 86 × 66 cm, Franca and Cosima Scheggi Collection-Milan

ART CITIES:London-Paolo Scheggi

Born in Florence in 1940, died very young in Rome in 1971, within a “long” decade (1958-1971) the research of Paolo Scheggi …

Takis, Magnetic Wall 9 (Red), 1961, Acrylic paint on canvas, magnets, metal, cloth, nylon thread, 180 × 220 × 10 cm, Centre Pompidou, Musée national d’art moderne – Centre de création industrielle-Paris, © ADAGP, Paris and DACS, London 2019, Photo: Georges Meguerditchian

ART-TRIBUTE:Takis

Over a 70-year career, Takis (Panayiotis Vassilakis) has created some of the most innovative art of the 20th Century. A sculptor of …

Askhat Akmediayarov, If the Pain Burned Down, 2018, Courtesy the artist and Astana Art Show

ART-PRESENTATION: Racing The Galaxy

“Racing The Galaxy” is the title of the very first international exhibition in Kazakhstan, bringing together around 20 artists from 15 countries, …

Hórama Rama by Pedro & Juana, presented as part of the Young Architects Program 2019 at MoMA PS1, Photo: © Rafael Gamo

MIRAGES LIV

Over the years July is evolving in on the most dynamic months of the year in the field of contemporary art, not …

© Shara Hughes

ART ISLANDS:Antiparos Shara-Hughes

Shara Hughes makes paintings that are decidedly contemporary, and yet the artificial landscapes that she conjures evoke comparisons to a multitude of …

Shirin Neshat, Rapture Series (Women with Writing on Hands), 1999, Chromogenic color print, 40 ½ x 60 ¼ inches, Edition of 5 + 2AP. New Orleans Museum of Art, Museum purchase, 2001.292, © Shirin Neshat, Courtesy Galerie Jérôme de Noirmon-Paris

ART-PRESENTATION: Bodies of Knowledge

The exhibition “Bodies of Knowledge” brings together ten international contemporary artists to reflect on the role that language plays in archiving and …

Zack Seckler, Eastern Cape Bull, 2016, Archival pigment print, Signed and numbered verso, 53.3 x 80 inches (Edition of 3), 40 x 60 inches (Edition of 5), 26.7 x 40 inches (Edition of 10), © Zack Seckler, Courtesy the artist and ClampArt

PHOTO:Zack Seckler-Above,Part I

Far surpassing common aerial photography, in his mission to capture stunning aerial views of land, sea, and wildlife, Zack Seckler takes to …

Arthur Jafa, Mickey Mouse was a Scorpio, 2016 Wallpaper, © Arthur Jafa, Courtesy the artist and Gavin Brown’s enterprise-New York/Rome

ART CITIES:Stockholm-Arthur Jafa

Over the past 30-years, Arthur Jafa, has developed a dynamic and multidisciplinary career that is centred upon questions of identity and race. …

Mika Rottenberg, Cosmic Generator, 2017 (Video Still). Video, sound, color; 26:37 min, © Mika Rottenberg. Courtesy the artist and Hauser & Wirth

ART CITIES:N.York-Mika Rottenberg

Exploring the seduction, magic, and desperation of our hyper-capitalist, globally-connected reality, Mika Rottenberg’s elaborate visual narratives draw on cinematic and sculptural traditions …

John Akomfrah, Purple (Still), 2017, © Smoking Dogs Film, Courtesy Lisson Gallery

ART-PRESENTATION:The Coming World

The major exhibition project “The Coming World: Ecology as the New Politics 2030–2100” at Garage Museum of Contemporary Art in Moscow, that …

Installation view: Douglas Gordon, The anatomy of my desire, Galerie Kamel Mennour (47 rue Saint André des Arts & 6 rue du Pont de Lodi), Paris, 2019, © Studio lost but found / Douglas Gordon / VG Bild Kunst, Bonn, 2019, Photo. archives kamel mennour, Courtesy kamel mennour-Paris/London

ART CITIES:Paris,Douglas Gordon

Working across mediums and disciplines, Douglas Gordon investigates moral and ethical questions, mental and physical states, as well as collective memory and …