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Lea Porsager, FULL OF BEANS, 2020 © Lea Porsager. Photo: Malle Madsen, © Lea Porsager, Courtesy the artist and Moderna Museet

ART CITIES:Stockholm-Lea Porsager

Lea Porsager graduated from the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, Copenhagen, and the Städelschule in Frankfurt am Main in 2010. She …

Photo: Left: Martin Boyce, While on the Roof, 2015, Jesmonite, galvanised steel and aluminum, Installation 326 x 115 x 105 cm, © Martin Boyce, Courtesy the artist and Galerie Eva Presenhuber Right: Martin Boyce, Turbulent Shores, 2020, Chair: Painted & galvanised steel, painted & galvanised perforated steel, Door: Tulipwood and birch ply, welded steel, brass, Chair 40.5 x 50 x 79 cm, Door 204 x 83 x 10 cm, © Martin Boyce, Courtesy the artist and Galerie Eva Presenhuber

ART CITIES:Zurich-Martin Boyce, Part II

Martin Boyce’s sculptures, photographs and installations poetically investigate the intersections between art, architecture, design, and nature. Since the beginning of his career, …

Photo: Left: Ewa Juszkiewicz, Untitled (after Elisabeth Vigée Le Brun), 2020, Oil on canvas, 160 × 120 cm, © Ewa Juszkiewicz, Courtesy the artist and Gagosian. Right: Ewa Juszkiewicz, Untitled (after Louis Leopold Boilly), 2019 Oil on canvas, 200 × 160 cm, © Ewa Juszkiewicz. Photo: Bartosz Gorka, Courtesy the artist and Gagosian

ART CITIES:N.York-Ewa Juszkiewicz

Through her paintings, Ewa Juszkiewicz challenges visual conventions and confronts stereotypical perceptions of women’s beauty in classical European painting. By deconstructing and …

Ed Ruscha, Hardscrabble, 2020 Acrylic on canvas, 81.3 × 122 cm, © Ed Ruscha. Photo: Paul Ruscha, Courtesy the artist and Gagosian

ART CITIES:N.York-Ed Ruscha

Ed Ruscha is widely regarded as one of the world’s most important artists with a career spanning six decades from the early …

Left: Martin Boyce, We Are Still Here, 2005, Steel gate, powder coated black, 200 x 100 x 4 cm, © Martin Boyce, Courtesy the artist and Galerie Eva Presenhuber Right: Martin Boyce, We are Resistant. We Dry Out in the Sun (Large blue poolside bin, 2004, Powder coated black, 85 x 80 x 60 cm, © Martin Boyce, Courtesy the artist and Galerie Eva Presenhuber

ART CITIES:Zurich-Martin Boyce

Martin Boyce’s sculptures, photographs and installations poetically investigate the intersections between art, architecture, design, and nature. Since the beginning of his career, …

Sophia Narrett, Whisper Like a Magnet (detail), 2020, Embroidery thread, aluminum and fabric, 33 x 40 inches, © Sophia Narrett, Courtesy the artist and Kohn Gallery

ART CITIES:Los Angeles-Sophia Narrett

Known for her elaborately embroidered shaped canvases, the New York based artist Sophia Narrett weaves together spatially unfolding narratives of desire and …

Ivan Mitrovic, Ted Kaczynski‘s House (detail), 2017, © Ivan Mitrovic, Courtesy the artist and Swiss Institute

ART CITIES:N.York-Haunted Haus

Hauntology (a portmanteau of haunting and ontology is a neologism introduced by French philosopher Jacques Derrida in his 1993 book “Spectres of …

Sandra Mujinga, Ghosting, 2019. Courtesy kuntsneren and Croy Nielsen, Wien. Photo: David Stjernholm

ART CITIES:Copenhagen-Witch Hunt

By the Early Middle Ages in Europe, pagan civilizations had developed various ideologies regarding the way the world functioned through the idea …

Sam Durant, Trope, 2020, Two channel video projection with sound, TRT: 12 minutes, 35 seconds, continuous loop, Edition of 3, 2AP, Video editor Ana Branea, Sound design Laurențiu Coțac, © Sam Durant, Courtesy the artist and Blum & Poe Gallery

ART CITIES:Los Angeles-Sam Durant

Growing up near Boston in the 1970s Sam Durant experienced the radical pedagogy of A.S. Neill, Maria Montessori, and John Holt, along …

Stefanie Gutheil, Subway, 2020, Oil on canvas, 180 × 250 cm, © Stefanie Gutheil, Courtesy the artist and Krinzinger Projekte

ART CITIES:Vienna-Stefanie Gutheil

Stefanie Gutheil is a Berlin-based artist. It’s impossible to forget her paintings once you’ve seen them: those mixed creatures, monsters, spooky smiles …

Left: Katharina Grosse, Untitled, 2019 Watercolor on paper, 119 × 89 cm, © Katharina Grosse and VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn, Germany 2020. Photo: Jens Ziehe Right: Katharina Grosse, Untitled, 2019 Watercolor on paper, 119 × 89 cm, © Katharina Grosse and VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn, Germany 2020. Photo: Jens Ziehe

ART CITIES:Rome-Katharina Grosse

Widely known for her in situ paintings, in which explosive color is sprayed directly onto architecture, interiors, and landscapes, Katharina Grosse embraces …

Luc Tuymans, Still, 2019, Oil on canvas, 90.6 x 176.2 cm, © Luc Tuymans, Courtesy the artist and David Zwirner Gallery

ART CITIES:Hong Kong-Luc Tuymans

Luc Tuymans has become known for a distinctive style of painting that demonstrates the power of images to simultaneously communicate and withhold. …

Ioanna Myrka, When this is not it, 2020, © Ioanna Myrka, Courtesy the artist and F.O.B. Art Container

ART CITIES:Athens-Ioanna Myrka

Ioanna Myrka was born in Athens. She has pursued postgraduate studies in the Athens University School of Fine Arts “Digital Art Forms” …

Robert Rauschenberg, Bounders (Phantom), 1991, Silkscreen ink on anodized mirrored aluminum, 123.1 x 152.2 cm, Courtesy Robert Rauschenberg Foundation & Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac

ART CITIES:Paris-Robert Rauschenberg

Over the course of his sixty-year long career, Robert Rauschenberg was inspired by wide-ranging experiences, collaborations, and a spirit of experimentation with …

Left: Jannis Kounellis, Senza titolo, 1989, iron and lead, 183 x 206 x 12 cm, Courtesy Tornabuoni Art Right: Agostino Bonalumi, Blu, 1972, tempera on shaped canvas, 180 x 160 cm, Courtesy Tornabuoni Art

ART CITIES:Paris-Italia Minimal

The 1960s and ‘70s were revolutionary years for Italy; the nation was rapidly emerging from a turbulent post-war era and seeking a …

Martine Syms, Ugly Plymouths (installation view), 2020. Presented by Sadie Coles HQ and Bridget Donahue

ART CITIES:London-Martine Syms

Martine Syms has earned wide recognition for a practice that combines conceptual grit, humour and social commentary. Using a combination of video, …

Tom Wesselmann, Torso Drawing, 1984, Pastel pencil on Bristol board, 23.5 × 27.9 cm, © The Estate of Tom Wesselmann/Licensed by ARS/VAGA, New York/ADAGP, Paris, 2020. Photo: Jeffrey Sturges, Courtesy The Estate of Tom Wesselmann and Gagosian

ART CITIES:Paris-Bustes de Femmes

Spanning a breadth of stylistic and conceptual approaches, the paintings, sculptures, and photographs on view in the group exhibition “Bustes de Femmes”, …

Theaster Gates, Flag Scetch, 2020, Industrial oil-based enamel, rubber torch down, bitumen, wood, and copper © Theaster Gates, Photo: Jacob Hand, Courtesy Gagosian

ART CITIES:N.York-Theaster Gates

Theaster Gates’ oeuvre is among the most conceptually and materially rich in contemporary art, anchored equally in the canons of art history …

Turi Simeti, 8 ovali rossi, 2015, Acrylic on shaped canvas, 125 x 125 cm, Courtesy Tornabuoni Art

ART CITIES:London-Dynamic Visions

The exhibition “Dynamic Visions” is inspired by the legendary 1965 show “The Responsive Eye” at MoMA in New York, which documented a …