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Matthew Ronay, Move, Swallow, Breathe, 2017, Basswood, dye, gouache, cotton, flocking, steel, plastic, 28,6 x 30,5 x 10,15 cm, © Courtesy the artist & Perrotin

ART CITIES:Paris-Matthew Ronay

Matthew Ronay’s sculptures bring together a mix of fancifully colored elements that resemble the cogs of machinery or dripping liquids. Ronay’s works …

Chikako Yamashiro, Seaweed Woman (still), 2008, Lambda print aluminum mounted, 28x50cm, set of 8, (movie) Video 7'15", © Chikako Yamashiro, Courtesy of Yumiko Chiba Associates

ART CITIES:London-Chikako Yamashiro

Chikako Yamashiro is a contemporary video artist and photographer based in Naha, Okinawa exploring the legacies of Japanese colonization in the nineteenth …

Bertrand Lavier, Walt Disney Productions 1947-2017 n°1, 2017 , Acrylic on inkjet on canvas, 130 x 150 cm, Exhibition view ‘’Walt Disney Productions’’, kamel mennour, London, 2018, © ADAGP Bertrand Lavier, Courtesy the artist and kamel mennour-Paris/London

ART CITIES:London-Bertrand Lavier

As a seminal figure in the movement toward appropriation art, Bertrand Lavier is perhaps best known for his readymades, created by covering …

To Breathe – Zone of Nowhere, 2018, Installation view, 12 nylon flags, 243×152 cm (each) Unique, Photo: Lorenzo Palmieri, Courtesy of the artist and Galleria Raffaella Cortese-Milan

ART CITIES:Milan-Kimsooja

Addressing existential issues of self and others, Kimsooja’s work spans site-specific installation, performance, video and photography using sound, light and daily objects. …

Jeff Koons, Lips, 2000, Oil on canvas, 304.8 × 426.7 cm), © Jeff Koons, Courtesy of the artist and Gagosian

ART CITIES:N.York-Jeff Koons

Jeff Koons is one of of American artists that emerge in the 1980s with an aesthetic devoted to the decade’s pervasive consumer …

Alex Katz, Chance 2, 2016,Porcelain enamel on shaped steel (double-sided figures) mounted on a polished stainless steel base, 199.4 x 360.7 x 53.3 cm, Edition 6 + 2 APs (#1/6), Art © Alex Katz/Licensed by VAGA-New York, NY, Photo: Diego Flores, Courtesy Paul Kasmin Gallery

ART CITIES:N.York-Alex Katz

Alex Katz’s portraits feature his own social milieu: friends, fellow artists, and most notably his wife Ada, whom he has painted more …

Installation View: Sudarshan Shetty, A Song, A Story and The Empty Vessel, Leila Heller Gallery, 2018, Leila Heller Gallery Archive

ART CITIES:Dubai-Sudarshan Shetty

Sudarshan Shetty initially trained as a painter, later turning to sculpture and installations which now account for all of his practice. A …

Serra Behar Untitled, 2017-2018 Brass, iron, concrete and soil 260 x 122.5 x 4.5 cm

ART CITIES:Istanbul-Serra Behar

Every one of Serra Behar’s works can be evaluated as a concrete reflection of the situations corresponding to a specific period of …

Lauren Halsey, detail, Kingdom Splurge (2.4.6.14), 2014, mixed media, 24 x 40 ft., Yale University, New Haven

ART CITIES:Los Angeles-Lauren Halsey

The American artist Lauren Halsey builds fantasy sculptures and environments that remix ephemera she gathers with hyperreal nature, technicolors, outerspace and Funk. …

Marius Bercea, Physics for the liminal training, 2017, Courtesy the artist and BlainSouthern, Photo: Peter Mallet

ART CITIES:Berlin-Marius Bercea

Marius Bercea is a painter from Cluj, Romania. He finds his subject matter in the clash of aesthetics within the urban environment, …

Robert Filliou, Built-in Versus Built-upon, 1968-1978, Paintbrush, sock, bottle, photograph and text on painted wood, 34.9 x 34.9 x 8.9 cm, Peter Freeman Inc. Gallery Archive

ART CITIES:N.York-Robert Filliou

A prolific artist beginning in the 1950s, Robert Filliou was self-taught, embracing disciplines as diverse as economics (in which he first trained …

Young-Jae Lee, Sans titre (14), 2005, Ceramic (Sandstone, feldspar enamel, baked in a 1280 ° gas oven), h = 35,5, Ø 28 cm, Galerie Karsten Greve Archive

ART CITIES:Paris-Young Jae Lee

Born in Seoul in 1951, Young-Jae Lee studied at the College of Art Education in her native city before moving to Germany …

A Parrot for Juan Gris, © The Joseph and Robert Cornell Memorial Foundation/Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY

ART CITIES:N.York-Joseph Cornell

Joseph Cornel had no formal training in art and his most characteristic works are his highly distinctive “boxes”. These are simple boxes, …

Left: Taryn Simon, Finance package for the construction of the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan pipeline. Baku, Azerbaijan, February 3, 2004, Paperwork and the Will of Capital, 2015, Archival inkjet print & text on archival herbarium paper in mahogany frame, 215.9 x 186.1 x 7 cm, Edition of 3 + 2Aps, © Taryn Simon, Courtesy Gagosian. Right: Taryn Simon, Contract to rehabilitate the Lebanese postal system. Beirut, Lebanon, July 22, 1998, Paperwork and the Will of Capital, 2015, Archival inkjet print & text on archival herbarium paper in mahogany frame, 215.9 x 186.1 x 7 cm, Edition of 3 + 2Aps, © Taryn Simon, Courtesy Gagosian

ART CITIES:Athens-Taryn Simon

Taryn Simon’s practice incorporates photography, text, and graphic design. Known for applying classification systems to troves of images, Simon produces heavily researched …

View of the exhibition “Стансы / Stances”, kamel mennour (6 rue du Pont de Lodi), Paris, 2018, © Marie Bovo, Photo: archives kamel mennour, Courtesy the artist and kamel mennour Paris/London

ART CITIES:Paris-Marie Bovo

For 15 years, Marie Bovo has been photographing views of natural and urban landscapes. She records a specific motif at intervals, making …

Cally Spooner, DRAG DRAG SOLO (video still), 2016, single channel projection without sound daylight, daylight bulbs, double-sided room-dividing screen (11'20''), Centre d'Art Contemporain Genève Archive

ART CITIES:Geneva-Cally Spooner

Cally Spooner has developed a distinctive body of work consisting of media installations, essays, novels and live performances such as radio broadcasts, …

View of Isa Genzken’s studio, 2018, Courtesy David Zwirner-New York/London/Hong Kong and Galerie Buchholz-Berlin/Cologne/New York, Photo: Jens Ziehe, © VG Bildkunst-Bonn 2018

ART CITIES:N.York-Isa Genzken

With a career spanning over 40 years, Isa Genzken has incessantly probed the shifting boundaries between art, design, architecture, media, technology, and …

Broomberg & Chanarin, Divine Violence, Psalms (Detail), 2013, Set of 57 Frames Containing 724 Sheets, Inkjet Proof for Text and Image Elements, © Broomberg & Chanarin, Adagp 2018, © Centre Pompidou / Dist. RMN-GP

ART CITIES:Paris-Broomberg & Chanarin

Tackling politics, religion, war and history, Broomberg & Chanarin prise open the fault lines associated with such imagery, creating new responses and …