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Efi Michalarou, from the “Faith” series, 2012-, © & Courtesy Efi Michalarou

TRAVELER’S DIARY: Faith

In all Religions there are many rituals and ceremonies that sometimes touch or exceed Contemporary Art. In Orthodoxy there is a very …

Pedro Barateiro, The Universe in a Cup, 2017, Plaster, cup, rope and basket in metal, acrylic paint and Indian ink, 25,5 X 27,5 X 27,5 cm, View of the Exhibition “Saga”, Galeria Filomena Soares, 2017 , Photo: Francisco Ferreira/ Galeria Filomena Soares, Courtesy of the artist and the Galeria Filomena Soares-Lisbon

ART CITIES:Paris-Talismans

The project “Talismans. The desert between us is only sand”, taking the form of an exhibition at Fondation Calouste Gulbenkian in Paris, …

Jonas Wood, Hammer Interior, 2016, 18-color letterpress print on Crane Lettra paper, 28.6 × 52.7 cm, Edition of 20 + 10 Aps, © Jonas Wood, Photo: Brian Forrest, Courtesy Gagosian Gallery

ART CITIES:N.York-Jonas Wood

Jonas Wood takes the motifs of interior domestic spaces and landscapes as his subject, using a range of formal techniques to create …

Per Kirkeby, Untitled, 1985, Oil on Canvas, 300 x 450 cm, Courtesy the artist and Almine Rech Gallery

ART CITIES:Paris-Per Kirkeby

Per Kirkeby is not only a leading painter, sculptor and printmaker, but also a prolific writer, poet, and filmmaker. Entrenched in the …

Nicole Wermers, Women Between Buildings, Installation View, Kunstverein in Hamburg, 2018, Photo: Fred Dott, Courtesy: Kunstverein in Hamburg

ART CITIES:Hamburg-Nicole Wermers

In her sculptures, photographs and collages, Nicole Wermers connects formal considerations with a discussion about urban space and its social, economical and …

Left: Shio Kusaka, (line 55), 2017, Stoneware, 27 x 11 1/4 x 11 1/4 inches, & (line 67), 2017, Stoneware, 23 3/4 x 11 3/4 x 11 3/4 inches, Photo: Brian Forrest, Courtesy of the artist and Gagosian. Right: Shio Kusaka, (line 65), 2017, Stoneware, 28 x 19 x 19 inches, Photo: Brian Forrest, Courtesy of the artist and Gagosian

ART CITIES:Rome-Shio Kusaka

Growing up in Japan, Shio Kusaka had little interest in art. But her grandmother led traditional tea ceremonies, and those rituals helped …

Left &Right: Jennifer Guidi, The Priestess (Green and Light Green MT, Green Sand SF #1T, Green Ground), 2018 Sand, acrylic and oil on linen 76 x 76 x 76 inches 193 x 193 x 193 cm, Courtesy the artist

ART CITIES:Hong Kong-Jennifer Guidi

Developing an absolutely personal technique, through the use of sand on canvas, Jennifer Guidi breaks up the distinction between painting and sculpture, …

Carsten Höller, Elevator Bed, 2010, Steel, electric scissor lift, wooden panels, acrylic panels, operational controls, wiring, various furnishings, mattress, bedding, LED and incandescent light bulbs, Photo: © Attilio Maranzano, Collection of Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary-Vienna

ART CITIES:Beijing-Carsten Höller

Originally trained as a scientist, Carsten Höller is frequently inspired by research and experiments from scientific history and deploys these studies in …

Johann Lurf, District Wr. Neustadt (Film Still), 2011), Courtesy Frei Raum Q21

ART CITIES:Vienna-Shaping Democracy

The audiovisual exhibition “Shaping Democracy-The Republic in 24 Frames per century” which marks the 100th anniversary of the founding of the First …

Left: Markus Amm, Untitled, 2017, Oil on gesso board, 35 x 30 cm, Photo: Annik Wetter, Courtesy of David Kordansky Gallery-Los Angeles CA. Right: Markus Amm, Untitled, 2017, Oil on gesso board, 50 x 40 cm, Photo: Annik Wetter, Courtesy of David Kordansky Gallery-Los Angeles CA

ART CITIES:Los Angeles-Markus Amm

Markus Amm concentrates on several groups of works at once, alternating between small and large formats, photograms, collages, and oil paintings. At …

Nazgol Ansarinia, The Mechanisms of Growth, Demolishing buildings, buying waste (Detsail), 2017, Plaster, glue, pigment, Variable dimensions , Photo: Rachel Gruijters, Courtesy the artist and Green Art Gallery-Dubai

ART CITIES:Dubai-Nazgol Ansarinia

Nazgol Ansarinia works with different media which include drawings, collages, sculptures, murals and textile works. She uses them to depict daily urban …

Matthew Ronay, Move, Swallow, Breathe, 2017, Basswood, dye, gouache, cotton, flocking, steel, plastic, 28,6 x 30,5 x 10,15 cm, © Courtesy the artist & Perrotin

ART CITIES:Paris-Matthew Ronay

Matthew Ronay’s sculptures bring together a mix of fancifully colored elements that resemble the cogs of machinery or dripping liquids. Ronay’s works …

Chikako Yamashiro, Seaweed Woman (still), 2008, Lambda print aluminum mounted, 28x50cm, set of 8, (movie) Video 7'15", © Chikako Yamashiro, Courtesy of Yumiko Chiba Associates

ART CITIES:London-Chikako Yamashiro

Chikako Yamashiro is a contemporary video artist and photographer based in Naha, Okinawa exploring the legacies of Japanese colonization in the nineteenth …

Bertrand Lavier, Walt Disney Productions 1947-2017 n°1, 2017 , Acrylic on inkjet on canvas, 130 x 150 cm, Exhibition view ‘’Walt Disney Productions’’, kamel mennour, London, 2018, © ADAGP Bertrand Lavier, Courtesy the artist and kamel mennour-Paris/London

ART CITIES:London-Bertrand Lavier

As a seminal figure in the movement toward appropriation art, Bertrand Lavier is perhaps best known for his readymades, created by covering …

To Breathe – Zone of Nowhere, 2018, Installation view, 12 nylon flags, 243×152 cm (each) Unique, Photo: Lorenzo Palmieri, Courtesy of the artist and Galleria Raffaella Cortese-Milan

ART CITIES:Milan-Kimsooja

Addressing existential issues of self and others, Kimsooja’s work spans site-specific installation, performance, video and photography using sound, light and daily objects. …

Jeff Koons, Lips, 2000, Oil on canvas, 304.8 × 426.7 cm), © Jeff Koons, Courtesy of the artist and Gagosian

ART CITIES:N.York-Jeff Koons

Jeff Koons is one of of American artists that emerge in the 1980s with an aesthetic devoted to the decade’s pervasive consumer …

Alex Katz, Chance 2, 2016,Porcelain enamel on shaped steel (double-sided figures) mounted on a polished stainless steel base, 199.4 x 360.7 x 53.3 cm, Edition 6 + 2 APs (#1/6), Art © Alex Katz/Licensed by VAGA-New York, NY, Photo: Diego Flores, Courtesy Paul Kasmin Gallery

ART CITIES:N.York-Alex Katz

Alex Katz’s portraits feature his own social milieu: friends, fellow artists, and most notably his wife Ada, whom he has painted more …

Installation View: Sudarshan Shetty, A Song, A Story and The Empty Vessel, Leila Heller Gallery, 2018, Leila Heller Gallery Archive

ART CITIES:Dubai-Sudarshan Shetty

Sudarshan Shetty initially trained as a painter, later turning to sculpture and installations which now account for all of his practice. A …