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Pierrette Bloch, Untitled, 2015, Oil crayon on paper, 70 x 100 cm (27 1/2 x 39 1/3 in), Frame: 78 x 111 x 4 cm, signed verso: P. Bloch, Courtesy Galerie Karsten Greve

ART CITIES: Paris-Pierrette Bloch

Since the 1950s, Pierrette Bloch’s work has moved toward a form of abstraction that remains free from any aesthetic category and relies …

Tara Donovan, Stratagem XII (detail), 2024, CDs, 81" × 24" × 24" (205.7 cm × 61 cm × 61 cm), Tara Donovan, Courtesy the artist and Pace Galley

ART CITIES: N.York-Tara Donovan

For over twenty years, Tara Donovan has created large-scale installations, sculptures and drawings that utilize everyday objects to explore the transformative effects …

Maysha Mohamedi, Back to the Tuna Scheme, 2024, oil on canvas, 88" × 99" × 1-1/2" (223.5 cm × 251.5 cm × 3.8 cm), © Maysha Mohamedi, Courtesy the artist and Pace Gallery

ART CITIES: Berlin-Maysha Mohamedi

Maysha Mohamedi’s practice points toward a new mode of atmospheric abstraction that registers certain conditions specific to Los Angeles in the early …

David Magán, Multilayered 04 v. 02, 2023, pigment ink on canvas, 120 x 397 cm, © David Magán, Courtesy the artist and Galerie Denise René

ART CITIES: Paris-David Magán

David Magán’s art lies in the field of sculpture and installation, where the use of plane, color, transparency and light stands out. …

John Phillip Abbott, Large OHM, 2023, Acrylic on canvas, 60 × 72 × 1 in | 152.4 × 182.9 × 2.5 cm, © John Phillip Abbott, Courtesy the artist and Xippas Gallery

ART CITIES: Paris-John Phillip Abbott

Since his debut, John Phillip Abbott explores the complex relationship between text and image, blurring the boundaries between both. Words, names and …

Georg Baselitz, Oh ho, siamo ritornati, am deutschen Wesen, Weltgenesungsbild (Oh ho, Siamo ritornati, through the German Spirit, World-Healing Image), 2023, Oil on canvas, 305 x 480 cm | 120 1/16 x 189 in., 309 x 484 x 5 cm | 121 5/8 x 190 9/16 x 1 15/16 in. (framed), © Georg Baselitz, Courtesy the artist and White Cube Gallery

ART CITIES: London-Georg Baselitz

Refuting the ideology conveyed by the Soviet Union through Socialist Realism painting, after passing to the West in 1957, Baselitz discovered the …

Yves Klein,Anthropométrie (Le Buffle) (ANT 93), c. 1960, Dry pigment and synthetic resin on paper mounted on canvas, 70¹⁄₁₆ × 110⅜ inches (178 × 280.4 cm), Courtesy Yves Klein Foundation, Paris, and Lévy Gorvy Dayan, New York

ART CITIES: N.York-Yves Klein

A leading figure of the postwar avant-garde, Yves Klein sought radical ways to represent the immaterial and the infinite. In paintings, sculptures, …

Alex Katz, Claire, Grass and Water, Exhibition View, Fondazione Giorgio Cini-Venice, 2024, courtesy the artist, Fondazione Giorgio Cini and Thaddaeus Ropac Gallery

ART CITIES: Venice-Alex Katz

Although Alex Katz belongs to the Pop generation of Andy Warhol, Robert Rauschenberg and Jasper Johns, it was not until the 1970s …

Barbara Kruger, Untitled (End of world), 2024, Digital print on wallpaper, 332.7 × 774.7 cm | 131 × 305 inches, © Barbara Kruger, Courtesy the artist and Sprüth Magers Gallery

ART CITIES: London-Barbara Kruger

Barbara Kruger is an artist who works with pictures and words in the hopes of revealing and resisting socially ingrained assumptions about …

Elias Sime, Tightrope: Dichotomy 5, 2023-2024,Electrical components and electrical wires on wooden panel, 182.9 x 358.1 cm | 72 x 141 in, © Elias Sime, Courtesy the artist and GRIMM Gallery

ART CITIES: Venice-Elias Sime

Elias Sime deftly weaves, layers and assembles carefully selected everyday materials, transforming commonplace items into lyrical abstract compositions that suggest topography, figuration, …

Jonathan Lasker, Untitled, 2023, Graphite and colored pencil on paper Image 57,2 x 76,5 cm (22,52 x 30,12 in) Frame 65,3 x 84,7 x 3,5 cm (25,71 x 33,35 x 1,38 in), © Jonathan Lasker, Photo: Ulrich Ghezzi, Courtesy Thaddaeus Ropac gallery, London · Paris · Salzburg · Seoul

ART CITIES: Paris-Jonathan Lasker

Since the late 1970s, Jonathan Lasker has developed a distinctive formal vocabulary based on different mark-making processes, including structural grids, graphic scribbled …

Hernan Bas, The last museum guard at the last museum on Earth, 2024, Acrylic on linen, 274.3 × 213.4 cm | 9 × 7 ft, © Hernan Bas, Courtesy the artist and Perrotin Gallery

ART CITIES: Paris-Herman Bas

Hernan Bas’s expressionist and highly detailed figurative paintings are openly inspired by late-nineteenth-century decadent art and literature, as well as the concurrent …

Robert Zandvliet, Untitled, 2022, Egg tempera and oil on linen, 63.5 x 72.5 cm | 25 x 28 1/2 in, © Robert Zandvliet, Courtesy the artist and GRIMM Gallery

ART CITIES: London-Robert Zandvliet

Robert Zandvliet is one of the foremost Dutch painters working today, whose work has been on the cusp of abstraction and representation since …

Richard Serra, Triple Rift #2, 2018, Paintstick on handmade Japanese paper, 9 feet 3 inches × 22 feet (2.82 × 6.71 m), © Richard Serra/DACS, London, 2018, Courtesy the artist and David Zwirner

ART CITIES: London-Richard Serra

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

Pacita Abad. Old Dhaka. 1978. Oil on canvas. Courtesy Pacita Abad Art Estate. Photo: Rik Sferra for Walker Art Center

ART CITIES: N. York-Pacita Abad

Widely defined by her use of color, something she remained adamant about from her early studies, Pacita Abad pioneered new forms of …

Anselm Kiefer, Extases féminines, 2013, Watercolor on paper, 114,50 x 123,5 cm, 45 1/8 x 48 5/8 in, 136 x 146 x 6 cm, with frame, 53 1/2 x 57 1/2 x 2 3/8 in, with frame, © Anselm Kiefer, Photo: Georges Poncet, Courtesy the artist and Fergus McCaffrey Gallery

ART CITIES:Tokyo-Anselm Kiefer

Anselm Kiefer’s ongoing preoccupation with cultural memory, identity and history lends his works their multi-layered subject matter, fuelled by a variety of …

Gregory Siff, Rebel Without, 2024, acrylic, ink, crayon and oil on canvas, 40 x 60 in / 101.6 x 152.4 cm, © Gregory Siff, Courtesy the artist and Praz Delavallade Gallery

ART CITIES: Los Angeles-Gregory Siff

Painting in a purposeful yet playful manner, Gregory Siff’ work exhibits meaning that is literal yet open for interpretation of nostalgia and childhood. Capturing …