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Alex Katz, Laura 2, 2017, Oil on linen, 121,9 x 487,7 cm, © Alex Katz, Bildrecht, Wien 2017, Photo: Paul Takeuch, Courtesy Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac London/Paris/Salzburg

ART CITIES:Salzburg-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 …

Chen Zhou, Blue Hole (Video Still), 2017, HD Video, Duration: 26’03”, Music: Gao Jiafeng, © Chen Zhou, Courtesy the artist and Ullens Center for Contemporary Art

ART CITIES:Beijing-Cold Nights

Set in 1940s Chongqing, Ba Jin’s novel “Cold Nights” recounts the collapse of a family of intellectuals owing to domestic conflict and …

Cameron Jamie, Drawing (Detail), Bernier-Eliades Gallery Archive

ART CITIES:Athens-Cameron Jamie

Cameron Jamie’s work created over the past 20 years, ranges through a wide range of media: performance, video, sculpture, installation, photography and …

Peter Köhler, Dear Hearts and Gentle People (detail), 2017, Ink and acrylic on paper, 21x310 cm, © Peter Köhler, Courtesy the artist and Galleri Magnus Karlsson

ART CITIES:Stockholm-Peter Köhler

Peter Köhler belongs to the international group of artists calling themselves the Verus Painters. The artist invites the viewer into a world …

Installation view, Richard Prince, Ripple Paintings, Gladstone Gallery Archive

ART CITIES:N.York-Richard Prince

By re-photographing, copying, scanning, and manipulating work of others from mass media, advertising and entertainment since the late 1970s, Richard Prince has …

James White, Untitled (Reflection), 2017, Photo: Prudence Cuming Associates, Courtesy the artist and BlainSouthern

ART CITIES:London-James White

James White black and white paintings depict everyday scenes and objects, such as plastic water bottles, keys, lamps and a series of …

Al Taylor, The Peabody Group #29 (Detail), 1992, Graphite pencil, watercolor, gouache, india ink, colored inks, colored pencil, and ballpoint pen on wove paper, The Morgan Library & Museum, New York, gift of the Modern and Contemporary Collectors Committee, The High Museum of Art Archive

ART CITIES:Atlanta-Al Taylor

Al Taylor is known for his uniquely innovative approach to process and materials that encompassed two-dimensional drawings and three-dimensional objects. Taylor ultimately …

Gimhongsok, Structuring Shadows (aluminium foil faced bubble insulation) [Detail], 2017, Pigment print on resin coated paper, 200 x 150 cm, Courtesy the Artist and Perrotin

ART CITIES:Hong Kong-Gimhongsok

Focusing on the inevitable consequences of culture translation within the globalized capitalist system, the Korean artist Gimhongsok has consistently explored the issues …

Dieter Roth, Gesammelte Werke, Postpaket, 1987, Set of books 'Collected Works' in packaging paper, 27.5 x 35 x 39 cm, © Dieter Roth Estate, Courtesy the Estate and Hauser & Wirth

ART CITIES:Zürich-Salon

The group exhibition “Salon” is a curated presentation of modern masters and contemporary work. Over a period of four weeks, the exhibition …

Left: Beth Letain, Ballast, 2017, Painting - Oil on canvas, 230 x 190 cm, Photo: Matthias Kolb, Courtesy Peres Projects-Berlin. Right: Beth Letain, Every Other, 2017, Painting - Oil on canvas, 170 x 190 cm, Photo: Matthias Kolb, Courtesy Peres Projects-Berlin

ART CITIES:Berlin-Beth Letain

Coming from a background in science, Beth Letain’s approach to painting is driven by an ‘imperative. The artiststudied at the Nova Scotia …

MADSAKI, Untitled (TBC - character series 1), 2017, Acrylic and aerosol on canvas (TBC), 100 x 100 cm, Courtesy Perrotin

ART CITIES:Seoul-MADSAKI

A man of deep perspective and a global mindset, MADSAKI graduated from Parsons School of Design in 1996, after workin as a …

Richard Wentworth, First and Last Word, 2017, Dictionary, soldered galvanized cable and unused linen bed sheet, 9.5 x 30.5 x 20.3 cm, Peter Freeman, Inc. Archive

ART CITIES:N.York-Richard Wentworth

Richard Wentworth rose to popularity in the late ‘70s as part of the New British Sculpture Movement, defined by their collective reaction …

Left-Center-Right: Geta Brătescu, Limite si rescul (Limits and rescues) (Detail), 2012, Series of 7 collage and drawing on paper, 21.3 x 29.7 cm, Photo: Ștefan Sava, © Geta Brătescu, Courtesy the artist and Hauser & Wirth

ART CITIES:N.York-Geta Brătescu

Geta Brătescu’s vivid practice has comprised performance, textiles, collage, print-making, installation and film. Living and working in Bucharest throughout Ceauşescu’s regime, Brătescu …

Dan Graham, Model for Ying Yang, 1997, MDF, Perspex, 31.5 x 107 x 107 cm, © Dan Graham, Photo: Ken Adlard, Courtesy Lisson Gallery

ART CITIES:Beijing-Dan Graham

As one of contemporary art’s most influential figures, Dan Graham has been at the forefront of many of the most significant developments …

Gülçin Aksoy, A, 2017, Mixed media, Courtesy Zilberman Gallery

ART CITIES:Istanbul-Gülçin Aksoy

Gülçin Aksoy, both in her individual practice using various media and in artist collectives that she has been part of or collaborated …

John Stezaker, Untitled (Photoroman), c. 1979, Collage, 21.4 x 40.8 cm, Courtesy Petzel Gallery

ART CITIES:N.York-John Stezaker

John Stezaker was one of the first generation of British conceptual artists exhibiting in the late 1960s and early 1970s. His main …

Stefano Graziani, Cedric Price, Model for Fun Palace, ca. 1964, 53.4 x 123.3 x 79.1 cm, DR1995:0188:524, Cedric Price fonds, Canadian Centre for Architecture, © CCA-Montreal, 2017, Inkjet-print, 100 x 125 cm, Fondazione Prada Archive

ART CITIES:Milan-Stefano Graziani

Trained as an architect, Stefano Graziani teaches the history and technique of photography at the Faculty of Architecture at the University of …

Gabriel Rico, One Law for The Lion & Ox is Oppression (Installation View), Perrotin Gallery Archive

ART CITIES:N.York-Gabriel Rico

There is a visible design sensibility permeating Gabriel Rico’s work, which isn’t surprising if you know he’s a trained architect. Based in …

Heimo Zobernig, Chess Painting, Installation View at MIT List Visual Arts Center, 2017, Photo: Peter Harris

ART CITIES:Cambridge-Heimo Zobernig

The work of Heimo Zobernig spans an array of media, from architectural intervention and installation, through performance, film and video, to sculpture …

Cathy Wilkes, Untitled, 2012, Gift of the Speyer Family Foundation and Mrs. Saidie A. May (by exchange), © 2017 Cathy Wilkes, MoMA PS1 Archive

ART CITIES:N.York-Cathy Wilkes

Cathy Wilkes is part of the generation of artists who emerged in the mid-90s. She is primarily known for her large-scale installations …

Josef Albers, Variant/ Adobe, Orange Front, 1948–58, Oil on Masonite, 59.6 × 68.5 cm, The Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation, Gift, The Josef and Anni Albers Foundation in honor of Philip Rylands for his continued commitment to the Peggy Guggenheim Collection 97.4555, © 2017 The Josef and Anni Albers Foundation/Artists Rights Society (ARS)-New York

ART CITIES:N.York-Josef Albers

An artist, poet, theoretician, and professor of arts and design at the Bauhaus, Black Mountain College and Yale University, Josef Albers worked …