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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 …

Forging of two rounds for a Serra sculpture, Buderus Edelstahl, Wetzlar, Germany, March 2019. Photo: Silke von Berswordt, Courtesy the artist and Gagosian

ART CITIES:N.York-Richard Serra

One of the preeminent sculptors of our era, Richard Serra, has long been acclaimed for his challenging and innovative work, which emphasizes …

Liza Lou, Unminding Cloud, 2019 Oil paint on woven glass beads and thread on canvas, 181.3 x 214.9 x 5.1 cm, © Liza Lou, Courtesy the artist and Lehmann Maupin Gallery

ART CITIES:Seoul-Liza Lou

Over Liza Lou’s 30 years of working primarily with glass beads, Lou has pushed the boundaries of her chosen medium, exposing its …

Monica Bonvicini, Unrequited Love, Exhibition View at Galleria Raffaella Cortese-Milan, 2019, Courtesy the artist and Galleria Raffaella Cortese

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, …

Ran Hwang, Healing Forest, 2018, Buttons, Beads, Pins on Wooden panel, 170 x 236cm, © Ran Hwang, Courtesy the artist and Leila Heller Gallery

ART CITIES:Dubai-Ran Hwang

Ran Hwang is best-known for creating intricate, large-scale Installations, part mural, part sculpture. Although some of her works may look simple from …

Maha Malluh , Food for Thought “Fitnah”, 2019 , Record Tapes, wooden tray, 56 x 117.5 x 5.5 cm, Courtesy Galerie Krinzinger and the artist, Photo Jasha Greenberg

ART CITIES:Vienna-To A Passer-by

With the exhibition “To a passer-by” Galerie Krinzinger wants to present an overview of international female artists the gallery has represented and …

Carl Fredrik Reuterswärd, Snille och Smak. Thinking is Digestion (Wittgenstein), 1963, Photo: Prallan Allsten / Moderna Museet, © Carl Fredrik Reuterswärd / Bildupphovsrätt 2019

ART CITIES:Stockholm-Carl Fredrik Reuterswärd

Playful and multifaceted, Carl Fredrik Reuterswärd’s career spanned nearly 7 decades, several pseudonyms, and most artistic techniques. The exhibition “Carl Fredrik Reuterswärd …

Wu Tsang, One emerging from a point of view, 2019, 2-Channel Overlapping Projections, 5.1 Surround Sound, Duration: 43 min, © Courtesy: the artist; Galerie Isabella Bortolozzi; Cabinet & Antenna Space

ART CITIES:Berlin-Wu Tsang

Wu Tsang is an artist whose practice focuses on the moving image and performance. In 2018, Wu Tsang was the inaugurating artist …

Left: Georgia Russell, Bed, 2019, Acrylic and gouache on canvas 250 x 200 x 12,5 cm, © Georgia Russell, Courtesy Galerie Karsten Greve, Photo: Gilles Mazzufferi. Right: Georgia Russell, Untitled (Dark Grey I), 2019, Acrylic and gouache on canvas, 190 x 140 x 12,5 cm, © Georgia Russell, Courtesy Galerie Karsten Greve, Photo: Gilles Mazzufferi

ART CITIES:Paris-Georgia Russell

With rhythmically arranged sharp and deep cuts, Georgia Russell transforms existing historical papers of antique books, maps and photographs into impressive expansive …