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Joseph Beuys, himself, 1977, postcard, Edition Staeck, 10.5 x 14.8 cm, © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2021 / Berlin State Museums, Art Library / Dietmar Katz

ART CITIES:Berlin-Joseph Beuys

Marking the centenary of Joseph Beuys’ birth, 2021 will see over 30 museum exhibitions taking place internationally in Europe, America and Asia.This …

Meg Webster, Concave Room for Bees, 2016, a site-specific installation 70 feet in diameter created from over 300 cubic yards of soil forming an earthen bowl 5 feet high planted with flowers, herbs and shrubs that attract pollinating creatures, Socrates Sculpture Park, New York, 2016, © Meg Webster, Courtesy the artist and Paula Cooper Gallery

ART CITIES:N.York-Meg Webster

Meg Webster’s practice as a sculptor has long been guided by an environmentalist imperative to celebrate and take account of the natural …

Chiharu Shiota, State of Being, 2021, doll house and threads, 42,5 × 81,5 × 45 cm - 16 6/8 × 32 1/8 × 17 6/8 in, © Chiharu Shiota, Courtesy the artist and Galerie Templon

ART CITIES-Brussels-Chiharu Shiota

Chiharu Shiota is best known for creating room-filling, monumental, delicate and poetic environments. Central to the Chiharu Shiota’s work are the themes …

Matthew Angelo Harrison, installation view, Proto, Kunsthalle Basel, 2021. Photo: Philipp Hänger / Kunsthalle Basel

ART CITIES:Basel-Matthew Angelo Harrison

Matthew Angelo Harrison’s sculptures are haunted by the legacy of colonialism and transatlantic slavery even as they explore modern technology and contemporary …

Cyprien Gaillard, Frankfurter Schacht (detail) , 2021, Production for the Frankfurter Positionen 2021, Photo: Max Paul, Courtesy the artist and MMK Stiftung

ART CITIES:Frankfurt-Cyprien Gaillard

Between iconoclasm and minimal aesthetics, romanticism and Land Art, the work of Cyprien Gaillard questions man’s traces in nature. Through sculpture, painting, …

Marie Ségolène, Documentation of Esquisse pour Rouge Gorge, 2021, Photo: Santiago Tamayo Soler

ART CITIES:N.York-In Longing

The group of artists, In the exhibition “In Longing” are united by their grappling with the emotionally and politically charged power of …

Wood Kusaka Studios, Los Angeles, 2021, Artwork © Jonas Wood. Photo: Marten Elder, Courtesy the artists and Gagosian

ART CITIES:N.York-Jonas Wood

Known for his colorful and compressed depictions of the people, places, and things that populate his daily life in Los Angeles, Jonas …

Brian Calvin, Untangled, 2020, Acrylic on linen, 71.1 x 55.9 cm / 28 x 22in, © Brian Calvin, Courtesy the artist and Almine Rech Gallery

ART CITIES:Paris-Brian Calvin

Since the 1990s, Brian Calvin has developed a body of highly stylized flattened paintings, rendering his figures in light-soaked portraits that retain …

Shara Hughes, Sigh, 2020, Oil, acrylic and dye on canvas, 172.5 x 152.5 cm / 67 15/16 x 60 1/16 inche, © Shara Hughes. Courtesy the artist and Galerie Eva Presenhuber Zurich / New York

ART CITIES:Zurich-Shara Hughes

Shara Hughes is best known for her colorful, invented landscapes that reference multiple art movements, such as Symbolism, Fauvism, and Surrealism, and …

Francis Alÿs, Painting/Retoque (Video still)k 2008, Video, 8:30 min, color, sound, © Francis Alÿs, Courtesy the artist and David Zwirner Gallery

ART CITIES:Paris-Francis Alÿs

Born in 1959 in Antwerp, Belgium, Francis Alÿs originally trained as an architect. He moved to Mexico City in 1986, where he …

Eileen Agar, The Reaper,1938, Gouache and leaf on paper, Tate Collection, © The estate of Eileen Agar

ART CITIES:London-Eileen Agar

Eileen Agar was, one of the most adventurous and influential artists of the Surrealist movement in Britain, working with a prolific energy …

Sheila Hicks

ART CITIES:Milan-Sheila Hicks

Inspired by the concepts of the Wiener Werkstätte and the Bauhaus, Sheila Hicks transcends media, national, and gender boundaries – emphasizing the …

Daniel Spoerri, Ohne Titel, 2020, Objects of wood, 80 x 95 cm, Daniel Spoerri, Courtesy the artist and Galerie Krinzinger

ART CITIES:Vienna-Daniel Spoerri

According to the manifesto of “Nouveau Réalisme” formulated in 1960, a work of art must come into being with as little intervention …

Julie Curtiss, Urchin, 2018, Resin, hat and synthetic hair, 18 × 18 × 7 in. / 45.7 × 45.7 × 17.8 cm, © Julie Curtiss, Courtesy the artist and White Cube Gallery

ART CITIES:London-Julie Curtiss

Julie Curtiss focuses on the relationship between nature and culture in her figurative painting, sculpture and gouache on paper, exposing and reworking …

Terry Winters, Index 1 (detail), 2021 Oil, wax, and resin on linen. 88 × 68 inches / 224 × 173 cm, © Terry Winters, Courtesy the artist and Matthew Marks,Gallery

ART CITIES:N.York-Terry Winters

Over the last four decades, Terry Winters has expanded the concerns of abstract painting by engaging contemporary concepts of the natural world. …

Left: Jim Hodges, Between the flowers and the birds #2, 2020-21, 24K gold, tracing paper with pencil on paper, 30 x 22 inches / 76.2 x 55.9 cm, Framed: 33 5/8 x 26 1/4 x 1 1/2 inches / 85.4 x 66.7 x 3.8 cm, © Jim Hodges, courtesy the artist and Gladstone Gallery. Right: Jim Hodges, Between the flowers and the birds #4, 2020-21, 24K gold, tracing paper with pencil on paper, 30 x 22 inches / 76.2 x 55.9 cm, Framed: 33 5/8 x 26 1/4 x 1 1/2 inches / 85.4 x 66.7 x 3.8 cm, © Jim Hodges, courtesy the artist and Gladstone Gallery

ART CITIES:Brussels-Jim Hodges

Jim Hodges’ work explores themes of fragility, temporality, love and death in a highly original and poetic vocabulary. He frequently deploys different …