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ART CITIES:Venice-Machines À Penser

During the Venice Architecture Biennale, Fondazione Prada presents “Machines à penser”, an exhibition that focuses on three 20th Century philosophers: Theodor W. …

Henrik Samuelsson, Frozen Orbit 4:01 a.m., 2012-17, Mixed media on canvas, 180 x 216 cm, © Henrik Samuelsson, Courtesy the artist and : Galerie Laurent Godin

ART CITIES:Stockholm-Henrik Samuelsson

The architecture and formal composition of Henrik Samuelsson’s paintings generate a strong sense of presence, emphasised by an underlying structure of vertical …

Nina Canell, Cucumber (Detail), 2018, installation view S.M.A.K. 2018, Courtesy the artist and S.M.A.K.

ART CITIES:Gent-Nina Canell

Nina Canell’s sculptures and installations are the result of both chance encounters and careful observations. They generate dynamic connections between solid objects …

Olaf Nicolai, Trauer und Melancholie, 2009/2012, Courtesy Galerie EIGEN + ART Leipzig/Berlin, & VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2018

ART CITIES:Vienna-Olaf Nicolai

Renowned for his inventive work with a diverse array of materials and mediums, over the last 25 years Olaf Nicolai has conceived …

Bronwyn Katz, Grond Herinnering (Soil Memory) (2015) Video, 3min 52sec, © Bronwyn Katz, Courtesy the artist and Palais de Tokyo

ART CITIES:Paris-Bronwyn Katz

As a multi-disciplinary artist, Bronwyn Katz produces installations, sculptures, videos and performances. She takes an interest in contemporary forms of discrimination and …

Akram Zaatari, Letter to A Refusing Pilot (Film still), 2013, © Akram Zaatari, Courtesy the artist, kurimanzutto-Mexico City and Moderna Museet-Stockholm/Malmö

ART CITIES:Malmö-Akram Zaatari

Akram Zaatari has developed an interdisciplinary practice that combines the roles of image-maker, archivist, curator, and critical theorist. He is concerned with …

Etel Adnan, Untitled, 1965, Folded leporello book, 21.2 x 243.2 cm, Courtesy the artist and Sfeir-Semler Gallery (Hamburg/Beirut), Photo: Volker Renner-Hamburg

ART CITIES:Bern-Etel Adnan

 Etel Adnan’s career spans several decades and encompasses a wide range of media as it does traditions and locations. Adnan was first …

Laure Prouvost, Swallow me, From Italy to Flander, a tapestry, 2015, Tapestry, 200 x 462 cm, Courtesy of the artist and Nathalie Obadia (Paris / Brussels), carlier | gebauer (Berlin), Lisson Gallery (London / New York)

ART CITIES:Paris-Laure Prouvost

Laure Prouvost’s work adopts the form of independent stories that intersect and answer to each other, in which fiction mixes with reality. …

Left: Petrit Halilaj, RU, installation view, New Museum-New York, 2017, © Dario Lasagni. Right: Petrit Halilaj, Shkrepëtima, 2018, Ink drawing on cover page of the magazine Shkrepëtima

ART CITIES:Bern-Petrit Halilaj

Petrit Halilaj uses his own biography as a point of departure, adopting exhibition processes to alter the course of private and collective …

Philip Taaffe, Cairene Window I, 2008 , Mixed media on canvas, 42 x 60.5 in, © Philip Taaffe, Courtesy the artist and Leila Heller Gallery

ART CITIES:Dubai-Philip Taaffe

Philip Taaffe derives inspiration from a variety of sources, including Islamic architecture, Pompeiian mosaics, 1960s Op Art, and 19th Century monographs on …

Installation view: Leo Villareal: ESCAPE VELOCITY, 2018, © Leo Villareal, Photo: Cow Lau, Courtesy the artist and Pace Gallery

ART CITIES:Hong Kong-Leo Villareal

Leo Villareal works with LED lights to create complex, rhythmic artworks for both gallery and public settings. He focuses on identifying the …

Left: Elizabeth Peyton, Sander (Sander Lak), 2018, Pastel on paper, 45.1 x 35.6 cm, © Elizabeth Peyton, Photo: Kristian Emdal, Courtesy Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac-London/Paris/Salzburg. Right: Elizabeth Peyton, Hanyu (Yuzuru Hanyu), 2018, Oil on board, 36 x 28,5 cm, © Elizabeth Peyton, Photo: Kristian Emdal, Courtesy Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac-London/Paris/Salzburg

ART CITIES:Salzburg-Elizabeth Peyton

Elizabeth Peyton is best known for her intimate, small-scale portraits of celebrities, friends, and historical figures. Characterized by transparent washes of pigment …

John Akomfrah, Peripeteia (Still), 2012, Single channel HD colour video, 5.1 sound, 17 minutes 28 seconds, © Smoking Dogs Films, Courtesy Lisson Gallery

ART CITIES:Rome-Road To Justice

In the history of the African continent, the deportation of entire populations and colonization have progressively destroyed existing cultures and altered political, …

Exhibition view, Matt Mullican, The Feeling of Things, Pirelli HangarBicocca-Milan, 2018, Photo: Agostino Osio, Courtesy the Artist and Pirelli HangarBicocca

ART CITIES:Milan-Matt Mullican

Active since the early 1970s, Matt Mullican is one of the leading figures on the International Art Scene, a pioneer in the …

Joe Goode, Untitled (Torn Cloud B), 1973, Pastel on paper, 76.2 x 101.6 cm, Courtesy the artist and Van Doren Waxter Gallery

ART CITIES:N.York-Gaze

Spanning almost 60 years “Gaze” is a multigenerational group exhibition which explores, multidisciplinary approaches to depicting forms found in or related to …

Leelee Kimmel, Slinger, 2017, Acrylic on canvas, 162.6 x 238.8 cm, © Leelee Kimmel, Courtesy the artist and Simon Lee Gallery

ART CITIES:London-Leelee Kimmel

Leelee Kimmel, (nee Sobieski) has been painting privately for years, even when Kimmel rose up as Hollywood star after appearing in Stanley …

Yang Luzi, What Miracles Took Place When You Were Born (film still), 2018, single-channel video, Duration 8′18″, © Yang Luzi, Courtesy the artist and : Ullens Center For Contemporary Art (UCCA)

ART CITIES:Beijing-Yang Luzi

Yang Luzi is a filmmaker and science fiction writer residing in Los Angeles. A Chinese national, she has spent the past decade …

Vincent Fecteau, Untitled, 2014, Mixed media collage, 15 x 13 x 4 cm, © Vincent Fecteau, Courtesy the artist and Matthew Marks Gallery

ART CITIES:Los Angeles – Vincent Fecteau

Vincent Fecteau’s abstract sculptures defy summary description. Out of everyday material like papier-mâché, cardboard, pictures from magazines, and paint, he fashions complex …