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Vik Muniz, Vidigal, 2018, Handmade series, Mixed media, 105 x 153 cm (framed), Unique, Courtesy of the artist and Galerie Xippass

ART CITIES:Geneva-Vik Muniz

Brazil’s leading artist on the international art scene, Vik Muniz is a multi-talented artist who most often works in 3-D materials to …

Georgia Russell

ART CITIES:Paris Openings

Swiss Psychologist Jean Piaget (1896-1980) advanced a theory for child cognitive development marked by four stages. Around age 12, in the final …

Zao Wou-Ki, Sans titre (Paris septembre), 2007, Watercolour on paper, 66 x 102 cm , Zao Wou-Ki ADAGP, Paris, 2018, Courtesy the artist and kamel mennour-Paris/London

ART CITIES:N.York-Zao Wou-Ki

Zao Wou-Ki (who adopted the name Zao after 1947) is among the most recognized Chinese artists in the world. Born in Beijing, …

Trevor Paglen, CLOUD #211 Region Adjacency Graph, 2019, Dye sublimation print, 121.9 cm × 203.2 cm, Edition of 5 + 2 AP, © Trevor Paglen

ART CITIES:Geneva-Trevor Paglen

Trevor Paglen was born in 1974 in Camp Springs, Maryland. Trained as a geographer and photographer, Paglen makes the invisible visible by …

Left: Chris Ofili, Calypso 8, 2018, Gold leaf, watercolour and charcoal on paper, 40.5 x 26 cm, Framed: 57 x 43 cm, © Chris Ofili, Courtesy the artist and David Zwirner Gallery. Right: Chris Ofili, Calypso 5, 2018, Gold leaf, watercolour and charcoal on paper, 39.7 x 26 cm, Framed: 57 x 43 cm © Chris Ofili, Courtesy the artist and David Zwirner Gallery

ART CITIES:London-Affinities

Featuring sculptural works by Jasmine Thomas-Girvan alongside paintings by Chris Ofili, the exhibition “Affinities” brings to light the rich artistic conversation that …

Image Bank: Annual Report, Image Requests and Mailings, Archival materials, installation view of the exhibition, KW Institute for Contemporary Art-Berlin, 2019, Courtesy Morris/Trasov Archive, Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery, University of Britsh Columbia (CA), Photo: Frank Sperlin

ART CITIES:BERLIN-Image Bank

Founded in 1970 by Michael Morris, Vincent Trasov and Gary Lee-Nova, Image Bank helped facilitate the exchange of ideas, images and information …

Ju Ting,Pearl 070119, (Detail) 2019, Acrylic on board, 152 × 123 × 7 cm, Courtesy the artist and Galerie Urs Meile-Beijing/Lucerne

ART CITIES:Beijing-Ju Ting

Ju Ting was born in Shandong in 1983, and currently lives and works in Beijing. It is hard to simply classify her …

Heike-Karin Föll, linguistic operations/spatial concepts (Detail), 2017, Courtesy the artist

ART CITIES:Berlin,Heike-Karin Föll

Berlin-based artist Heike-Karin Föll works on the materiality and mechanisms of drawing, painting, and writing. Her work interacts with everyday media reality …

Dóra Maurer, Stage II 2016, Acrylic, canvas, PVC, 200 × 600 cm, Promised gift to Tate by anonymous donors, 2019, © Dóra Maurer Photography, © White Cube (Prudence Cuming Associates Ltd)

ART CITIES:London-Dóra Maurer

Dóra Maurer emerged as part of a generation of Neo-Avant-Garde Hungarian artists in the 1960s, pursuing highly experimental work in parallel to …

Richard Hamilton, Study for ‘Lux 50' – I, 1976, Collage on photograph, 25 × 25 cm, 46,3 × 45,6 × 3 cm (framed), © The Estate of Richard Hamilton

ART CITIES:London-New Order

Peter Saville is deemed one of the most popular British graphic designers and art directors of the generation. He gained popularity by …

Back: Anna Daučíková, Upbringing by Exercise, 1996/2016, 17 b/w-photographs; front right: Anna Daučíková, We Care For Four Eyes II, 2002, HD video; installation view of the exhibition, KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin, 2019, Courtesy the artist, Photo: Frank Sperling

ART CITIES:Berlin-Anna Daučíková

Over the last 50 years, Anna Daučíková has developed a comprehensive oeuvre that comprises painting, photography, collage, film, and sculpture. Her approach …

Sydney Shen, Onion Master, Exhibition view New Museum-New York, Photo: Charles Benton, © Sydney Shen, Courtesy the artist and New Museum

ART CITIES:N.York-Sydney Shen

Sydney Shen is an artist of countless obsessions. Scents, video games, torture devices, gore movies, necropastoral literature, history of epidemics, conceptions of …

Left: Frank bowling, Iona Miriam's Christmas Visit To & From Brighton, 2017, Acrylic paint and plastic objects on canvas, 189 x 122.5 cm, Courtesy Frank Bowling, Hales Gallery, Alexander Gray Associates and Marc Selwyn Fine Arts, © Frank Bowling, All rights reserved, DACS 2019. Right: Frank Bowling, Sacha Jason Guyana Dreams, 1989, Acrylic paint and resin on canvas, 178 x 136 cm, Tate, © Frank Bowling, All rights reserved, DACS 2019

ART CITIES:London-Frank Bowling

Over the past 60 years, Frank Bowling has relentlessly explored the properties and possibilities of paint. He has experimented with staining, pouring …

Edward Ruscha, ARTISTS WHO MAKE “PIECES”, 1976, Pastel on paper, Support: 57.8 x 72.6 cm, frame: 73 x 87.4 x 3.8 cm. ARTIST ROOMS Acquired jointly with the National Galleries of Scotland through The d'Offay Donation with assistance from the National Heritage Memorial Fund and the Art Fund 2008

ART CITIES:London-Ed Ruscha

Ed Ruscha’s photography, drawing, painting, and artist books record the shifting emblems of American life in the last half century. His deadpan …