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Zhang Enli, Irregular Blue Lines, 2016, © Zhang Enli, Photo: Birdhead Courtesy the artist, Hauser & Wirth and ShanghART Gallery

ART CITIES:Zürich- Zhang Enli

Zhang Enli has dedicated the past year to developing this abstract visual language, allowing his free handling of form and colour to …

Ed Ruscha, Ton Lb. Oz., 2016, © Ed Ruscha, Gagosian Gallery Archive

ART CITIES:London-Ed Ruscha

  Ed Ruscha’s photography, drawing, painting, and artist books record the shifting emblems of American life in the last half century. His …

Sarkis, Icon 18, December 26 1993, © Courtesy of the artist and Galerie Nathalie Obadia Paris/Brussels, Zilberman Gallery Istanbul/Berlin Archive

ART CITIES:Berlin-The Red Gaze

  The group exhibition “The Red Gaze” combines two works of classical modernity: a self-portrait of the composer Arnold Schoenberg from 1944 …

ART CITIES:Paris-Openings 8/10/16

If Abstract Expressionism continues to dominate the Los Angeles art scene, numerous artists have also decided to tread the path of a …

Bruce Nauman, Natural Light, Blue Light Room, Installation view at Ace Gallery, Vancouver, 1971

ART CITIES:London- Bruce Nauman

Intrigued and inspired by the neon beer signs on shopfronts in his San Francisco neighborhood, Bruce Nauman created his first neon piece, …

Adriana Varejão, Olympic Aquatics Stadium Rio, 2016, Photo: Rio 2016/André Motta, Courtesy Gagosian Gallery

ART CITIES:Rome-Adriana Varejão

  One of the most original voices in Contemporary Brazilian art, Adriana Varejão’s diverse practice comprises painting, sculpture, photography and installation. The …

Jean Tinguely, Elément Détaché III, 1954 Collection Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, c/o Pictoright Amsterdam, 2016

ART CITIES:Amsterdam- Jean Tinguely

The Swiss sculptor and pioneer of Kinetic art Jean Tinguely was a highly ingenious individual who explored several Avant-Garde art movements of …

Tony Cragg, Ginko, 2015, © Tony Cragg, Courtesy Lisson Gallery

ART CITIES:London- Tony Cragg

Tony Cragg is one of the world’s most foremost sculptors. The continual sculptural investigations led Cragg from his early uses of detritus …

Cai Guo-Qiang, Seasons of life Summer, 2015, © Cai Guo-Qiang, Photo: Courtesy of the Yokohama Museum_of_Art, Bonnefantenmuseum Archive

ART CITIES:Maastricht- Cai Guo Qiang

Cai Guo-Qiang has worked in multiple mediums within art, including drawing, installation, video and performance art. Drawing upon Eastern philosophy and contemporary …

John Chamberlain, Gondola Walt Whitman, 1981–82, © 2016 Fairweather & Fairweather LTD/Artists Rights Society (ARS) New York, Photo: Douglas M. Parker Studio

ART CITIES:Geneva- John Chamberlain

John Chamberlain is known for his long career of making vividly colored and vibrantly dynamic sculptures using discarded automobile parts that he …

Alicja Kwade, Gegenwartsdauer, 2013, Courtesy the artist & Kamel Mennour, Photo: Fabrice Seixas

ART CITIES:London-Alicja Kwade

What is reality? What is perception? What is social consent? These are the key issues the works of Alicja Kwade are concerned …

Chiharu Shiota, Uncertain Journey, 2016, Installation view, Courtesy the artist and Blain|Southern, Photo: Christian Glaeser

ART CITIES:Berlin-Chiharu Shiota

Chiharu Shiota is a Japanese Performance and Installation artist best known for creating room-filling, monumental, delicate and poetic environments. Central to the …

Nástio Mosquito, Respectable Thief, 2016, Courtesy & © Nástio Mosquito, Live Performance at World Breakers (2016) at Centrale Fies-Dro, Photo: Alessandro Sala

ART CITIES:N.York-Nástio Mosquito

Combining a range of disparate tropes, such as post-internet, performance, protest and masquerade Nástio Mosquito questions identity, political power and the concept …

Manish Nai, Untitled, 2016, © Manish Nai, Courtesy Galerie Karsten Greve Köln-Paris-St Moritz

ART CITIES:Paris-Manish Nai

The works Manish Nai, defy categorization, comprising of jute (coarse or fine), butter paper, handmade paper, his collages conceive intricate forms. He …

Sven Drühl, S.D.E.T., 2016, © Sven Drühl, VG Bildkunst-Bonn 2016, Haus Am Waldsee Archive

ART CITIES:Berlin-Sven Drühl

The painter, mathematician, and art historian Sven Drühl is an multitalented artist of his generation. In his paintings, neon-objects, and drawings, Sven …

Doug Aitken, Free, 2016, © Doug Aitken, Courtesy 303 Gallery-New York, Galerie Eva Presenhuber-Zurich; Victoria Miro-London and Regen Projects-Los Angeles

ART CITIES:London-Protest

Taking as a starting point Alice Neel’s painting, “Nazis Murder Jews” (1936), the exhibition “Protest” at Victoria Miro Gallery in London presents …