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Stéphane Dafflon, PM070 (detail), 2018, © Stéphane Dafflon, courtesy the artist and Musée des Beaux-Arts Le Locle

ART-PRESENTATION: Stéphane Dafflon

Stéphane Dafflon’s paintings are simple at first glance, strangely smooth, however perfectly mastered. Made of geometric and abstract shapes with sharp contours …

Left: Günther Förg, Ohne Titel, 2004, 4-colour lithograph on white Bfk Rives Bόtten, 270grs/m², 80x60 cm - Ed. 60 + XX A.P., Courtesy Deweer Gallery. Right: Günther Förg, Ohne Titel, 1991, Acrylic on Canson, 200x148 cm / 210x158 cm, Courtesy Deweer Gallery

ART-PRESENTATION: Günther Förg

Günther Förg was as equally influential on the 20TH Century German art scene as, for example, Martin Kippenberger. He produced photographs and …

Yves Zurstrassen, 18 03 01 Contrepoint, 2018, Oil on canvas, 190 x 190 cm, courtesy the artist and Galerie Xippas

ART-PRESENTATION: Yves Zurstrassen

Yves Zurstrassen’s work is always moving, going from Lyrical Abstraction to Abstract Expressionism and vice versa. The artist develops a singular creating …

Subodh Gupta, This is not a fountain, 2011–13. Old aluminum utensils, water, painted brass taps, PVC pipes, and motor, 65 x 190 x 309 inches (165.1 x 482.6 x 784.9 cm). Collection Albright-Knox Art Gallery-Buffalo, New York; George B. and Jenny R. Mathews Fund, by exchange and Charles Clifton Fund, by exchange, 2015 (2015:6). © 2011–2013 Subodh Gupta, Image courtesy the artist and Hauser & Wirth. Photo: Genevieve Hanson

ART-PRESENTATION: We The People

Founded as The Buffalo Fine Arts Academy in 1862, the Albright-Knox Art Gallery is the sixth-oldest public Art Museum in the United …

Left: Birgit Jürgenssen, Guten Morgen/Good Morning, 1972, Pencil, colored pencil on handmade paper, 62.8 x 43.5 cm, © Estate Birgit Jürgenssen, Courtesy Estate Birgit Jürgenssen and Gladstone Gallery-New York/Brussels. Right: Birgit Jürgenssen, Ohne Titel/Untitled, 1973, Tempera on cardboard, 60 x 34 cm, © Estate Birgit Jürgenssen, Courtesy Estate Birgit Jürgenssen and Gladstone Gallery-New York/Brussels

ART-PRESENTATION: Birgit Jürgenssen

Born and educated in Vienna, Birgit Jürgenssen died prematurely at the age of fifty-four. Her artwork received scant attention during her lifetime; …

Left: Nina Beier, Demonstrator,2015, Vinyl print on frame, 155.3 x 121.9 cm, © Nina Beier, Courtesy the artist and Metro Pictures Archive, Right: Nina Beier, Plunge, 2015, Faucet, coins, resin, wine glass, 74.3 x 24.1 x 24.1 cm, © Nina Beier, Courtesy the artist and Metro Pictures Archive

ART-PRESENTATION: Nina Beier-Baby

Nina Beier is based in Berlin. Her work unfolds the histories enmeshed with serially produced objects and materials. She is drawn to …

George Segal, Flesh Nude in Blue Field I, 1977, Plaster, paint, 85,1 x 171,5 x 20,3 cm, © The George and Helen Segal Foundation Inc., Courtesy of Galerie Templon-Paris/Brussels

ART-PREVIEW: George Segal

A painter and sculptor, George Segal came to be recognized primarily for his life-size white plaster sculptures made from casts taken from …

Tacita Dean, Antigone (Film still), 2018, 2 synchronised 35 mm colour anamorphic films, optical sound, with a running time of exactly 60 min, continuous loop synced to start on the hour, © Tacita Dean, Courtesy of the artist, Marian Goodman Gallery, New York / Paris, and Frith Street Gallery, London

ART-PRESENTATION: Tacita Dean

Tacita Dean is one of the most important artists working today. Her subject matter is often historical, touching on memory and empathy, …

Metahaven, Hometown (Videostill), 2018, Courtesy Metahaven

ART-PRESENTATION: Metahaven

Metahaven’s work encompasses the practices of filmmaking, writing, design, and installation, and is united conceptually by interests in poetry, storytelling, digital superstructures, …