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Left: Allan Sekula, Replica of door to blacksmiths’ shed, in situ (original in collection of Warsaw Ethnographic Museum.) Ochojno, Poland July, 2009, detail from “Polonia and Other Fables”, Right: Allan Sekula, Art Isn’t Fair, 2012, (video still) [detail]

ART CITIES:Paris-Allan Sekula

Allan Sekula revitalized documentary photography, provided critical foundations for theorizing the relationship between word and image, and was one of the earliest …

Yukinori Yanagi, Akitsushima Instruction, 2000, Acrylic on canvas, 97 7/8 x 131 1/4 inches, © Yukinori Yanagi, Courtesy the artist and Blum & Poe Gallery

ART CITIES:Tokyo-Yukinori Yanagi

Yukinori Yanagi focuses on large-scale and site-specific installations that interrogate the politics of institutional borders and boundaries often drawing from systems of …

Carol Bove, The First Braid (detail), 2019, © Carol Bove, Courtesy the artist and David Zwirner Gallery

ART CITIES:Hong Kong-Carol Bove

Known for works that incorporate found and constructed elements with a unique formal, technical, and conceptual inventiveness, Carol Bove stands as one …

ART CITIES:Brussels-Rudolf Polanszky

Rudolf Polanszky is considered a key figure in the Actionist and Post-Actionist Movement with his conceptual oeuvre which aims to bring abstract …

Left: Alina Szapocznikow, Cendrier de Célibataire I (The Bachelor's Ashtray I), 1972, Coloured polyester resin and cigarette butts, © ADAGP, Paris. Courtesy The Estate of Alina Szapocznikow / Piotr Stanislawski / Galerie Loevenbruck, Paris, Photo: Fabrice . Right: Alina Szapocznikow, Tumeur (Tumor), 1970, Coloured polyester resin and gauze, 4.6 x 6.5 x 8 cm, © ADAGP, Paris. Courtesy The Estate of Alina Szapocznikow / Piotr Stanislawski / Galerie Loevenbruck, Paris, Photo: Fabrice Gousset

ART CITIES:N.York-Alina Szapocznikow

A sculptor who began working during the postwar period in a classical figurative style, Alina Szapocznikow radically reconceptualized sculpture as an imprint …

Jason Rhoades, Tijuanatanjierchandelier (2006), Installation view: CAC Málaga (2006), © The Estate of Jason Rhoades, Courtesy The Estate of Jason Rhoades, David Zwirner, and Hauser & Wirth

ART CITIES:New York-Jason Rhoades

Jason Rhoades is known for monumental, room-filling installations. These idiosyncratic sculptures incorporate a wide range of objects including products of mass culture …

ART CITIES:Basel-Len Lye

Born in Christchurch, New Zealand (ΝΖ), Len Lye (is one of the most important experimental filmmakers of the period 1930-1960. Living first …

James Siena, Cascade Effect, Installation view, Xippas Gallery Paris, 2019, Courtesy the artist and Xippas Gallery

ART CITIES:Paris-James Siena

James Siena is a seminal artist on the New York art scene. His work, by turns lithographs, engravings, drawings and paintings, involves …

Ali Banisadr, The Builder, 2019, Oil on Linen, 66x88 inches, © Ali Banisadr, Courtesy the artist and Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac

ART CITIES:Paris-Ali Banisadr

Born in Tehran in 1976, Ali Banisadr grew up during the Islamic revolution and the eight-year Iran-Iraq War. In 1988, he and …

Raymond Pettibon, No Title (The after-sense o'...), 2018, Acrylic, watercolor, and ink on paper, 66 x 101.6 cm, © Raymond Pettibon, Courtesy the artist and David Zwirner Gallery

ART CITIES:Paris-Raymond Pettibon

Influenced by the do-it-yourself aesthetic of album covers and comics of the Southern California punk-rock scene of the late 1970s and 1980s, …

Kiki Smith, Woman with Dog, 2003, © Kiki Smith, Courtesy Place Gallery

ART CITIES:Paris-Kiki Smith

Kiki Smith has been known since the 1980s for her multidisciplinary practice relating to the human condition and the natural world. She …

Artwork © Urs Fischer

ART CITIES:Paris-Urs Fischer

Urs Fischer mines the potential of materials like: clay, steel, and paint to bread and dirt to create works that disorient and …

Ragnar Kjartansson The Visitors, 2012, 9-channel video projection, Duration: 64 minutes, Photos: Elisabet Davids Courtesy of the artist, Luhring Augustine-New York and i8 Gallery-Reykjavik

ART CITIES:Helsinki-Ragnar Kjartansson

Ragnar Kjartansson engages multiple artistic mediums, creating video installations, performances, drawings, and paintings that draw upon myriad historical and cultural references. An …

Danh Vo, Cathedral Block Prayer Stage Gun Stock, Exhibition view at Marian Goodman Gallery-London, 2019, © Danh Vo, Courtesy the artist and Marian Goodman Gallery

ART CITIES:London-Danh Vo

Danh Vo was born in Vietnam and currently lives and works in Berlin and Mexico City. Emerging from personal relationships and fortuitous …

Kara Walker, 8 Possible Beginnings or: The Creation of African-America, a Moving Picture by Kara E. Walker, 2005, Video, black & white, audio; 15 min 57 sec, © Kara Walker. Courtesy Sprüth Magers and Sikkema Jenkins & Co.

ART CITIES:London-Kara Walker

Kara Walker’s instantly recognizable cut-paper silhouettes are visually striking and charged with racial, sexual, and historical tension, commenting on slavery, the Black …

Jeff Preiss. 14 STANDARD 8mm REELS 1981-1988, 2019, 8mm transferred to Digital Media, 90 min. Courtesy the artist

ART CITIES:Amsterdam-Jeff Preiss

During the ’80s Jeff Preiss became involved in the production of experimental cinema. Work from this time was included in “Big as …

Sarkis, Vitraux Mobiles, © Sarkis, Courtesy the artist and Galerie Nathalie Obadia

ART CITIES:Paris-Sarkis

Sarkis Zabunyan, who is known only by his first name, is an internationally acclaimed conceptual artist hailing from Turkey. In a prolific …

Monica Bonvicini, No More #1, 2016, ©Monica Bonvicini, VG Bild-Kunst. Photo: Jens Ziehe, Courtesy the artist

ART CITIES:Copenhagen-Art & Porn

Art & Porn is a large group exhibition boasting the participation of 40 Danish and international artists. It highlights the relationship between …

Michael Simpson, Squint 62, 2019, Oil on canvas, 244 x 517.5 cm, Photo: Peter Mallet, © Michael Simpson, Courtesy the artist and Blain|Southern Gallery

ART CITIES:London-Michael Simpson

For the past 30 years Michael Simpson has explored ideas relating to what he describes as “The infamy of religious history”. Rooted …

Enrique Ramírez, Mar mAr maR, Exhibition view Michel Rein Gallery-Paris, 2019, Courtesy the artist and Michel Rein Gallery

ART CITIES:Paris-Enrique Ramírez

Enrique Ramírez’ work lies in the gap where fiction and reality mutually enrich each other. Through metaphorical means, the artist questions our …