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Doug Aitken, Wilderness, 2022, Video installation with eight-channel composited video (color, sound), six projections, four semicircular aluminum and PVC screens, 14:14 minutes/loop, Installation dimensions variable; minimum room size: 15 x 60 x 34 ft (457.2 x 1828.8 x 1036.3 cm), Edition of 4, with 2AP, © Doug Aitken, Courtesy the artist and 303 Gallery

ART CITIES:N.York-Doug Aitken

Doug Aitken edits together frenetic and unique models of contemporary experience to create a new landscape, one in which he hopes we …

Cauleen Smith, Sky Learn Sky, 2018/2022, site-specific installation comprises of differently colored overlapping gels and installation instructions, dimensions variable. Installation view, at dawn, JSC Berlin. Photo: Alwin Lay

ART CITIES: Berlin-At Dawn

The group exhibition “At Dawn” draws connections between techniques of image production and the social and political work that goes into imagining …

Anish Kapoor, the Dark, 2021, Oil on canvas, 213 x 274 cm, Photo Dave Morgan, © Anish Kapoor. All rights reserved DACS, 2021

ART CITIES:Venice-Anish Kapoor

Anish Kapoor is one of the most influential sculptors of his generation. Perhaps most famous for public sculptures that are both adventures …

Allora & Calzadilla, Graft (Detail), 2021, Recycled polyvinyl chloride, edition of 3, Dimensions variable, © Allora & Calzadilla, Courtesy Galerie Chantal Crousel

ART CITIES:Paris-Allora & Calzadilla

Collaborating since 1995, Allora and Calzadilla approach visual art as a set of experiments that test whether ideas such as authorship, nationality, …

Titus Kaphar, New E̲nunciation, 2021 Oil on canvas with vinyl, 71 ½ × 77 ¼ × 2 ¼ inches (181.6 × 196.2 × 5.7 cm), © Titus Kaphar, Courtesy the artist and Gagosian, Photo: Rob McKeever

ART CITIES: London-Titus Kaphar

Painter, sculptor, filmmaker, and installation artist Titus Kaphar confronts history by dismantling classical structures and styles of visual representation in Western art …

Ai Weiwei, Blue-and-White Porcelain Vases, 2017, porcelain, 52 x 52 x 50,5 cm, 20,47 x 20,47 x 19,88 in, ©  Ai Weiwei, Courtesy: the artist and GALLERIA CONTINUA, Photos by: Monkeys Video Lab

ART CITIES: Rome-Ai Weiwei

Ai Weiwei has been called the most influential artist of our time. After denouncing government corruption and lack of respect for human …

Rosemarie Castoro, Mountain Range, 2003. Welded stainless steel, 9 parts. 350 x 650 cm, © Rosemarie Castoro, Courtesy Rosemarie Castoro Estate and Thaddaeus Ropac Gallery

ART CITIES: London-Rosemarie Castoro

Finding early inspiration in experimental dance and choreography while a student at the Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, and in subsequent collaborations with Minimal …

Robert Irwin, Greek Speak, 2021, Shadow + Reflection + Color, 6' × 12' 5-1/4" × 4-1/4" (182.9 cm × 379.1 cm × 10.8 cm), © Robert Irwin, Courtesy the artist and Pace Gallery

ART CITIES: N.York-Robert Irwin

For more than three decades, Robert Irwin has used fluorescent lights in his work, and in the last decade he has presented …

Steven Parrino, The Self-Mutilation Bootleg 2 (The Open Grave), 1988/2003, enamel on canvas, in 2 parts, overall: 88 × 108 × 72 inches (223.5 × 274.3 × 182.9 cm), © Steven Parrino, Courtesy the Parrino Family Estate. Photo: Zarko Vijatovic

ART CITIES: Paris-Steven Parrino

Steven Parrino is best known for his signature ‘misshaped’ monochromes with slashed, torn, or twisted canvases. A pioneer in performance and video …

Elmgreen & Dragset, Watching, 2017. Collection of Lora Reynolds and Quincy Lee, Austin. Courtesy of Perrotin. Photo: Brian Fitzsimmons and Andreas Koch

ART CITIES: Milan-Elmgreen & Dragset

Based in London and Berlin, Michael Elmgreen and Ingar Dragset have worked as a collaborative duo since the mid-1990s. Drawing from disciplines …

Monica Bonvicini, Come On Home / blue, 2021, Murano glass, mirror, ash wood, 12,6 x 55 x 50 cm, © Monica Bonvicini, Courtesy the artist and Galleria Raffaella Cortese, Photo: Anna Lott Donadel

ART CITIES: Milan-Monica Bonvicini

Monica Bonvicini emerged as visual artist and started exhibiting internationally in the mid-1990s. Her multifaceted practice—which investigates the relationship between architecture, power …

Latifa Echakhch, Night Time (As Seen by Sim Ouch) [detail], 2022,  Acrylic and concrete on canvas, 202 x 152 x 4 cm, © Latifa Echakhch, Courtesy the artist and Pace Gallery

ART CITIES: London-Latifa Echakhch

With her works, above all, her installations and environments, Latifa Echakhch invites the viewer to reflect on the rigidity and contradictions of …

Valentin Carron, imperia V (after Rossi), 2012, Polystyrene, fiberglass, acrylic resin, acrylic paint, wood, steel, Unique, 180 x 150 x 41 cm / 70 7/8 x 59 x 16 1/8 in, Weight approx. 40 kg, © Valentin Carron

ART CITIES:N.York-Valentin Carron

In his sculptures and collages, Valentin Carron imitates traditional handicrafts and unknown artworks, as well as stereotypical modern and everyday forms. By …

Mehdi Ghadyanloo, The Unreachable Beauties, 2022, acrylic on canvas, 70 7/8 × 98 1/2 inches (180 × 250 cm), © Mehdi Ghadyanloo, Courtesy the artist and Gagosian

ART CITIES: N.York-Mehdi Ghadyanloo

After growing up near the agricultural fields in the suburbs of Tehran, Mehdi Ghadyanloo began his career making public art, is considered …

A.R. Penck, Die Falsche Vorstellung von Ordnung, 1982, Synthetic resin on canvas, 78 9/16 × 118 1/8 in. (199.5 × 300 cm)80 5/16 × 119 11/16 × 1 9/16 in. (204 × 304 × 4 cm) (framed), Courtesy  White Cube Gallery

ART CITIES: London-A.R. Penck

Considered a Neo-Expressionist, A.R. Penck is best known for his paintings and sculptures characterized by simplified figures and forms, and neo-primitive symbols …

Tony Lewis, Gnash, 2017, Graphite, pencil, and colored pencil on paper mounted on wood, 78 x 100 x 2 inches framed, © Tony Lewis, Courtesy the artist and Blum & Poe Gallery

ART CITIES: Los Angeles-Tony Lewis

In an ever-expanding engagement with drawing, Tony Lewis harnesses the medium of graphite powder to confront such social and political topics as …

Leidy Churchman, Rousseau, 2015, Oil on linen, 66 × 84 inches; 168 × 213 cm, © Leidy Churchman, courtesy the artist and Matthew Marks Gallery

ART CITIES: N.York-Leidy Churchman

Leidy Churchman is a painter whose many subjects have included landscapes, advertisements, online videos, Tibetan Buddhism, nature photos, scientific diagrams, and even …

Nicholas Hlobo, Elizeni Ienkanyiso, 2021, Acrylic, and ribbons on linen and cotton canvas, 51.18 x 51.18 x 1.97 inches, 130 x 130 x 5 cm, © Nicholas Hlobo, Courtesy the artist and Lehmann Maupin Gallery

ART CITIES: London-Nicholas Hlobo

Nicholas Hlobo creates intricate two- and three-dimensional hybrid objects. Each material holds a particular association with cultural, gendered, sexual, or ethnic identity. …