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Installation view: Batia Suter - Radial Grammar. LE BAL-Paris, 2018, Courtesy LE BAL and Martin Argyroglo

ART CITIES:Paris-Batia Suter

The exhibition that are on presentation at LE BAL are characterized with the vitality and truth of our era. As an artist …

Naufus Ramírez-Figueroa, Life in His Mouth, Death Cradles Her Arm(Video still), 2016, Single-channel video, sound, color; 8:51 min, Courtesy the artist; Mendes Wood DM; Proyectos Ultravioleta-Guatemala City; and Sies + Höke-Dusseldorf

ART CITIES:N.York-Naufus Ramírez Figueroa

Working in drawing, performance, sculpture, and video, Naufus Ramírez-Figueroa (b. 1978, Guatemala City, Guatemala) explores the entanglement of history and form through …

Julije Knifer, Untitled (first executed at PM Gallery, Zagreb, Croatia), 1988/2018, Acrylic, Dimensions variable, Unique, Photo: Zarko Vijatovic, Courtesy of the Estate of Julije Knifer and galerie frank elbaz

ART CITIES:Paris-Julije Knifer

In 1960 the first meander-painting was created by Julije Knifer (23/4/24-7/12/2004), and with it he discoveredthe ideal form of expression for his …

Vic Muniz, The Apotheosis of War, after Vasily Vereshchagin (Pictures of Pigment), 2007, Framed chromogenic print mounted on aluminum, 180 x 282 cm, Courtesy Gary Tatintsian Gallery and Vic Muniz’s studio

ART CITIES:Moscow-Vic Muniz

Vic Muniz began his artistic career as a sculptor, but later shifted his focus to graphic arts and photography. Inspired by the …

Courtesy Geoffrey Hendricks Archive

ART CITIES:N.York-Summer

Geoffrey Hendricks (1931-12/5/2018) had the idea of painting sky on everything. After graduating from Amherst College, Cooper Union Art School, and Columbia …

Olafur Eliasson, Life is lived along lines, 2009, Stainless steel, brass, copper, motors, projection foil, wood, HMI lamp, Dimensions variable, Unique, Installation view at 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa, Japan, 2009, Photo: Studio Olafur Eliasson, Courtesy of the artist; neugerriemschneider, Berlin; Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, New York, © 2009 Olafur Eliasson

ART CITIES:Munich-Olafur Eliasson

Olafur Eliasson is one of the most representative and influential artists working today. He is known for sculptures and large-scale installations employing …

John M Armleder, Pruniers fleuris, 2018, Mixed media on canvas, 225 x 150 cm, © John M Armleder, Photo: Annik Wetter, Courtesy of the Artist and Almine Rech Gallery

ART CITIES:Paris-John M Armleder

Known for an aesthetic that is distinguished by the absence of a characteristic style, John M Armleder’s work spans several different mediums, …

Lee Bul, Crashing, 2018, Hayward Gallery London

ART CITIES:London-Lee Bul

Lee Bul is considered one of the foremost women artists from Asia to emerge in the international art scene in the 1990s. …

David Kordansky Gallery

ART CITIES:Los Angeles -Will Boone

Finding inspiration in the streets around where he lives, Will Boone repeats and abstracts his gleaned ideas to speak a visual language …

Howard Hodgkin, Through a Glass Darkly, 2015–16, Oil on wood, 27.3 × 41.3 cm, © Howard Hodgkin Estate, Photo: Prudence Cuming Associates, Courtesy Gagosian Gallery

ART CITIES:London-Howard Hodgkin

Howard Hodgkin’s work is often recognisable by its small scale, fluid use of colour and evocative forms. He saw his paintings as …

Installation of Armin Linke’s OCEANS - Dialogues between ocean floor and water column, a previous excerpt iteration of Prospecting Ocean, at Edith-Russ-Haus for Media Art, Oldenburg, 2017.

ART CITIES:Venice-Armin Linke

Armin Linke is a multi-media artist working in video, photography, sound, interactive installation spaces and design, combining different mediums to blur the …

Daniel Arsham, Cookie Monster Patch (Purple) [Detail], 2018, Plaster, metal, paint, 114.3 × 123.2 × 5,1 cm, Photo: Guillaume Ziccarelli, Courtesy Perrotin

ART CITIES:Tokyo-Daniel Arsham

Daniel Arsham, founder of the Snarkitecture architectural bureau and the Films of the Future company, works at the intersection of architecture, design, …

Exhibition view: W.W.W.–What Walls Want, 2018, Marignana Arte-Venice, Courtesy Marignana Arte

ART CITIES:Venice-W.W.W. What Walls Want

Ilaria Bignotti’s research areas are focused on the European art of post-war period, with particular attention to Spatialism, Object-painting, programmed and kinetic …

Henrik Olesen, Wallpaper, big (Detail), 2018, Canvas, inkjet print on paper, gouache, 221 x 888 cm, Photo: Florian Kleinefenn, Courtesy of the artist and Galerie Chantal Crousel-Paris

ART CITIES:Paris-Henrik Olesen

In his work Henrik Olesen investigates structures of power and systems of knowledge to reveal inherent logics and rules of social and …

Jan Fabre, Sexy Orgue de Barbarie Belge (Sexy Street Organ), 2017, Series: Belgian Sexual Folklore, Published and Offered By Jan Fabre, The Good Belgian Artist, Wood, pigment, paper, polymer, metal, electronics, 146,6 x 145,2 x 42,1 cm, Photo: Pat Verbrueggen, ©Angelos bvba, Courtesy Templon-Paris/Brussels

ART-PRESENTATION: Jan Fabre

Jan Fabre lives and works in his native city, Antwerp. He is known for his powerful figurative or abstract drawings executed in …

Miquel Barceló, Ce matin tôt, 2015, Mixed media on canvas, 60 x 81 cm, © Miquel Barceló, Photo:Ulrich Ghezzi, Courtesy Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac-London/Paris/Salzburg

ART CITIES:Salzburg-Miquel Barceló

As one of the most important representatives of Spanish contemporary art, Miquel Barceló is drawing inspiration from Diego Velázquez and art-making practices …

Giovanni Anselmo, Particolare, 1986-2018, © Giovanni Anselmo, Courtesy the artist and Bernier/Eliades Gallery

ART CITIES:Athens-Giovanni Anselmo

Today one of Italy’s most internationally acclaimed artists, Giovanni Anselmo first emerged as part of the Arte Povera Movement during the second …

Cecilia Vicuña, Caracol Azul (Blue Snail), 2017, Dyed wool, Dimensions variable, © Cecilia Vicuña, Courtesy the artist and Lehmann Maupin Gallery

ART CITIES:N.York-Cecilia Vicuña

Cecilia Vicuña is a poet, visual artist, filmmaker and political activist, Her multi-dimensional works begin as a poem, image, object, or line, …