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Voice of America

ART CITIES:N.York-Voice of America

Vito Acconci’s Installation at the Portland Center for Contemporary Arts “Voice of America” dates back to 1975. Two over-sized wooden chairs occupy …

ART CITIES:London-Beth Letain

Coming from a background in science, Beth Letain’s approach to painting is driven by an ‘imperative. The artist earned a BA from …

Viewers interacting with Franz West, Passstücke (mit Video mit Verwendungstips), 1996, during the exhibition Franz West at David Zwirner-New York, 2014, © 2018 Archive Franz West

ART CITIES:N.York-This Is Not a Prop

In the early 1970s Franz West began making small-scale assemblages incorporating found materials such as cardboard, bandages, and wire, which he then …

Raphaela Vogel, Installation view, Ultranackt, view on Kopfschuss, 2018, Kunsthalle-Basel 2018, Photo: Philipp Hänger / Kunsthalle Basel, Courtesy of the artist; BQ-Berlin and Galerie Gregor Staiger-Zurich

ART CITIES:Basel-Raphaela Vogel

Raphaela Vogel’s work is located in the meeting of sculpture, video installation and performance and is characterized by an acute study of …

Martha Diamond, Cityscapes

ART CITIES:N.York-Martha Diamond

Born and educated in New York, Martha Diamond has developed an unmistakable personal language from the forms and sensations of the city. …

Walter Swennen, Ceux qui sont ici, sont d’ici, 2013, Oil, acrylic on canvas, 136 x 150 cm, © Walter Swennen/Sammlung Gaby und Wilhelm Schürmann, Herzogenrath, 2018,

ART CITIES:Vienna-Class Reunion

Gabriele and Wilhelm Schürmann started collecting art in the mid1980s. Concentrating on context oriented positions informed by Institutional Critique and political art, …

Jason Martin, As Yet Untitled (Ultramarine blue), 2015, Mixed media on aluminium, 127 x 98 x 15 cm, © Jason Martin, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac Archive

ART CITIES:Paris-Jason Martin

Many painters across history have focused their attention on the sculptural potential of painting, but that hasn’t stopped Jason Martin experimenting in …

Asger Jorn, Jeux nocturne (recto) (Night Games), 1940, Oil on canvas, 105 x 171 cm, Canica Art Collection / SMK Copenhagen © VG Bild Kunst

ART CITIES:Hamburg-Asger Jorn

For Asger Jorn, who was aligned with the CoBrA Movement and later the Situationist International, art was an expression of life, of …

John Akomfrah, Vertigo Sea, 2015 (still). Three-channel HD video installation, 7.1 sound, color; 48:30 min, © Smoking Dogs Films, Courtesy Lisson Gallery

ART CITIES:N.York-John Akomfrah

John Akomfrah has been committed to giving a voice and a presence to the legacy of the African diaspora in Europe, filling …

Installation view: Batia Suter - Radial Grammar. LE BAL-Paris, 2018, Courtesy LE BAL and Martin Argyroglo

ART CITIES:Paris-Batia Suter

The exhibition that are on presentation at LE BAL are characterized with the vitality and truth of our era. As an artist …

Naufus Ramírez-Figueroa, Life in His Mouth, Death Cradles Her Arm(Video still), 2016, Single-channel video, sound, color; 8:51 min, Courtesy the artist; Mendes Wood DM; Proyectos Ultravioleta-Guatemala City; and Sies + Höke-Dusseldorf

ART CITIES:N.York-Naufus Ramírez Figueroa

Working in drawing, performance, sculpture, and video, Naufus Ramírez-Figueroa (b. 1978, Guatemala City, Guatemala) explores the entanglement of history and form through …

Julije Knifer, Untitled (first executed at PM Gallery, Zagreb, Croatia), 1988/2018, Acrylic, Dimensions variable, Unique, Photo: Zarko Vijatovic, Courtesy of the Estate of Julije Knifer and galerie frank elbaz

ART CITIES:Paris-Julije Knifer

In 1960 the first meander-painting was created by Julije Knifer (23/4/24-7/12/2004), and with it he discoveredthe ideal form of expression for his …

Vic Muniz, The Apotheosis of War, after Vasily Vereshchagin (Pictures of Pigment), 2007, Framed chromogenic print mounted on aluminum, 180 x 282 cm, Courtesy Gary Tatintsian Gallery and Vic Muniz’s studio

ART CITIES:Moscow-Vic Muniz

Vic Muniz began his artistic career as a sculptor, but later shifted his focus to graphic arts and photography. Inspired by the …

Courtesy Geoffrey Hendricks Archive

ART CITIES:N.York-Summer

Geoffrey Hendricks (1931-12/5/2018) had the idea of painting sky on everything. After graduating from Amherst College, Cooper Union Art School, and Columbia …

Olafur Eliasson, Life is lived along lines, 2009, Stainless steel, brass, copper, motors, projection foil, wood, HMI lamp, Dimensions variable, Unique, Installation view at 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa, Japan, 2009, Photo: Studio Olafur Eliasson, Courtesy of the artist; neugerriemschneider, Berlin; Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, New York, © 2009 Olafur Eliasson

ART CITIES:Munich-Olafur Eliasson

Olafur Eliasson is one of the most representative and influential artists working today. He is known for sculptures and large-scale installations employing …

John M Armleder, Pruniers fleuris, 2018, Mixed media on canvas, 225 x 150 cm, © John M Armleder, Photo: Annik Wetter, Courtesy of the Artist and Almine Rech Gallery

ART CITIES:Paris-John M Armleder

Known for an aesthetic that is distinguished by the absence of a characteristic style, John M Armleder’s work spans several different mediums, …

Lee Bul, Crashing, 2018, Hayward Gallery London

ART CITIES:London-Lee Bul

Lee Bul is considered one of the foremost women artists from Asia to emerge in the international art scene in the 1990s. …

David Kordansky Gallery

ART CITIES:Los Angeles -Will Boone

Finding inspiration in the streets around where he lives, Will Boone repeats and abstracts his gleaned ideas to speak a visual language …

Howard Hodgkin, Through a Glass Darkly, 2015–16, Oil on wood, 27.3 × 41.3 cm, © Howard Hodgkin Estate, Photo: Prudence Cuming Associates, Courtesy Gagosian Gallery

ART CITIES:London-Howard Hodgkin

Howard Hodgkin’s work is often recognisable by its small scale, fluid use of colour and evocative forms. He saw his paintings as …

Installation of Armin Linke’s OCEANS - Dialogues between ocean floor and water column, a previous excerpt iteration of Prospecting Ocean, at Edith-Russ-Haus for Media Art, Oldenburg, 2017.

ART CITIES:Venice-Armin Linke

Armin Linke is a multi-media artist working in video, photography, sound, interactive installation spaces and design, combining different mediums to blur the …