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Sarah Sze, Timekeeper (2016), Mixed media, mirrors, wood, stainless steel, archival pigment prints, projectors, lamps, desks, stools, stone, Dimensions: variable, Courtesy of the artist Victoria Miro Gallery and Copenhagen Contemporary

ART CITIES: Copenhagen-Sarah Sze

Sarah Sze employs a constellation of everyday materials in her work, ranging from found objects and photographs to handmade sculptures and living …

Bill Viola, Walking on the Edge, 2012, Colour High-Definition video on flat panel display, 92.5 x 155.5 x 12.7 cm, Edition of 5 + 2 Aps, Leila Heller Gallery Archive

ART CITIES:Dubai-Bill Viola

Bill Viola, in one of the pioneering figures of a generation of artists in the ‘70s employing video art and sound technologies. …

Bernar Venet, Indeterminate Line, 2016, Oilstick, graphite and collage on paper, 220 x 153 cm, Courtesy the artist & Paul Kasmin Gallery

ART CITIES:N.York-Bernar Venet

The French conceptual artist Bernar Venet rose to prominence in the late ‘60s through the art scene in New York. He moved …

Liz Magor, Carton II, 2006, Polymerized gypsum, cigarettes, chewing gum, matches, lighters, 29.2 x 53.3 x 48.2 cm, Collection du Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal, Photo : Richard-Max Tremblay

ART CITIES:Zurich- Liz Magor

In her native Canada Liz Magor is regarded as one of the most influential contemporary sculptors, the oeuvre she has built since …

Agnès Varda

ART CITIES:N.York- Agnès Varda

Agnès Varda’s films, photographs, and installations focus on documentary realism, feminist issues, and social commentary with a distinct experimental style. The only …

Albert Oehlen, Untitled (Baum 84), 2016, Oil on dibond, 250 × 250 cm, © Albert Oehlen, Photo: Stefan Rohner, Courtesy Gagosian Gallery

ART CITIES:N.York-Albert Oehlen

One of the most respected painters today, Albert Oehlen constantly questions the methods and means of painting to raise a sense of …

Allan Sekula, Message in a Bottle, chapter 5, from Fish Story, 1992-94, 7 Cibachrome prints and 2 text panels, Dimensions variable, Photo: The Estate of Allan Sekula, Courtesy Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary Collection

ART CITIES:Vienna- Allan Sekula

Allan Sekula is a renowned American photographer, cultural theorist, historian writer and activist. His extraordinary body of experimental work has mainly been …

John Kørner, Blue Bedroom, Exhibition View, Courtesy the artist and Galleri Bo Bjerggaard

ART CITIES: Copenhagen-John Kørner

John Kørner, is a Danish artist who works with painting, graphics, installation and sculpture. The artist is known for his humorous approach …

Oscar Tuazon, © the artist, Courtesy Galerie Eva Presenhuber-Zurich

ART CITIES:Zurich- Oscar Tuazon

Oscar Tuazon works with natural and industrial materials to create inventive and often functional objects, structures, and installations that can be used, …

Austin Thomas, Gray Blue Black X (Detail), 2016, Monoprint with Akua intaglio ink on proofing paper, 93.98 x 45.72 cm, Morgan Lehman Gallery Archive

ART CITIES:N.York-Austin Thomas

Austin Thomas is an artist, curator and community builder. She creates works that explore, alternatively, personal narratives and public. In her daily …

Mohammed Ehsai, Mohabbat (Kindness), 2006, Oil and silver leaf on canvas, © Mohammed Ehsai, Courtesy Mohammed Afkhami Foundation

ART CITIES:Toronto-Contemporary Persians

The exhibition “Rebel, Jester, Mystic, Poet: Contemporary Persians” at AGA KHAN Museum in Toronto, showcases the many identities of today’s Iranians. The …

Francesco Candeloro, Linee Siamesi, 2016, Plexiglass acetate and paper, Courtesy Marignana Arte Gallery

ART CITIES:Venice-The Hidden Dimension

Throughout his career the American anthropologist and cross-cultural researcher Edward T. Hall , introduced a number of new concepts, including proxemics, polychronic …

Amy Feldman, Public Lick, 2016, Acrylic on canvas, 200.7 x 304.8 cm, Blain|Southern Gallery Archive

ART CITIES:Berlin-Amy Feldman

Amy Feldman is an abstract painter known for her loosely geometric figures set against areas of bare canvas. The same geometric figures …