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Anish Kapoor

ART CITIES:México City-Anish Kapoor

Anish Kapoor states that when the process leads the artist, the work is a discovery. His artistic practice involves a phenomenological approach …

Ivan Picelj, CTS-I, 1966, Courtesy Museum of Contemporary Art-Zagreb & Anja Picelj-Kosak, Photo: Damir Fabijanić

ART CITIES: London -Ivan Picelj

Ivan Picelj close to graduating from Zagreb’s Academy of Fine Arts (1946), abandoned his formal art studies and got involved in some …

Thea Djordjadze, listening the pressure that surrounds you (Installation view) , Sprüth Magers-Berlin (30/4-25/6/16), Courtesy Sprüth Magers Gallery

ART CITIES:Berlin-Thea Djordjadze

Combining traditional materials of sculpture such as plaster and wood with everyday objects, Thea Djordjadze creates installations of sculptural objects that are …

Sonia Kacem, Bermuda Triangle, 2015, Exhibition View Kunst Halle Sankt Gallen, Photo: Gunnar Meier, Courtesy Centre d’Art Contemporain Genève

ART CITIES:Geneva -Sonia Kacem

The work of the Swiss-Tunisian artist Sonia Kacem is driven by the deeply intuitive and sensual relationship she has with her chosen …

Vanessa Alessi, W-HOLE TEMPELHOF, Berlin 2014, Courtesy Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo

ART CITIES:Turin-Passo Dopo Passo

The exhibition “Passo Dopo Passo” seeks to examine diverse historical and contemporary artworks and artistic practices that reflect on the status of …

Daniel Buren, L'Observatoire de la lumière, 2016, Fondation Louis Vuitton Archive

ART CITIES:Paris-Daniel Buren

Since the ‘60s Buren’s critical analysis of painting , attempting to refine the act to an elemental form , led him to …

Jeronimo Voss, Inverted Night Sky

ART CITIES:Amsterdam-Jeronimo Voss

Jeronimo Voss’ exhibition “Inverted Night Sky” is inspired by charcoal drawings of the Milky Way found in the Anton Pannekoek Institute for …

Liza Lou, detail, 2016, © Liza Lou, Photo: Dean Elliot, Courtesy Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac-Paris/Salzburg

ART CITIES:Salzburg -Liza Lou

With an emphasis on repetition, formal perfection and materiality, Liza Lou’s sculptures and environments thrive on the tension between the apparent impossibility …

Jordan Wolfson, Colored sculpture, 2016, Installation View, Courtesy Sadie Coles HQ-London and David Zwirner-New York

ART CITIES:N.York-Jordan Wolfson

Jordan Wolfson’s practice in the past 12 years has included video, film, installation, performance, print photography. Since 2009 he has focused on …

Romuald Hazoumè, Rat-singer : Second only to God!, 2013, © Romuald Hazoumè/ADAGP 2016, Photo:Thomas Lannes, Gagosian Gallery Archive

ART CITIES:Paris-Romuald Hazoumè

The work of Romuald Hazoumè deals with the social and political history of Africa and Africa’s dynamic, ever-changing role within the international …

Yngve_Holen, Hater Headlight, 2015, Photo: Robert Glowacki Photography, Courtesy the artist and Modern Art-London

ART CITIES:Basel -Yngve Holen

Yngve Holen uses sculpture and imaging techniques to explore themes of transportation, technology, and the body. The multiple series of works he …

Claudia Comte

ART CITIES:Berlin-Claudia Comte

The work Claudia Comte is characterized by her use of a simple language of forms and her engagement with different media, such …

Basim Magdy, Our Hope Reflected Jewels in the Sky, 2012, Courtesy Isabella & Mehmet Icoz Collection, © Basim Magdy

ART CITIES:Berlin -Basim Magdy

In his work Basim Magdy uses video, painting, slide projection and installation  to examine war, information systems, scientific theories and the visual …

ART CITIES:N.York-Bernard Frize

Bernard Frize began paintg in the mid ‘70s, a time when Conceptual Art was flourishing. Painting’s intellectual currency was in decline, especially …

Sigmar Polke, Arcimi Boldi, 1984, © The Estate of Sigmar Polke/VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York/DACS, London; courtesy David Zwirner New York/London

ART CITIES:N.York-Sigmar Polke

Sigmar Polke worked with a variety of media: paintings, photographs, drawings, prints, objects, installations, and films. Characterized by a relentlessly experimental and …

Richard Tuttle, 20 Pearls (1), 2003, Pace Gallery Archive

ART CITIES:N.York-Richard Tuttle

Emerged in the ‘60s in a generation of process-oriented Postminimalism, Richard Tuttle has created a remarkable and varied body of work that …

Ross Bleckner, Untitled, 2015, Leila Heller Gallery Archive

ART CITIES:Dubai-Ross Bleckner

Ross Bleckner’s paintings blend abstraction with recognizable symbols to create meditations on perception, transcendence, and loss. In contrast to the prominent painters …

Beatriz Santiago Muñoz, Black Beach/Horse/Camp/The Dead/Forces (still), 2016, Courtesy the artist and Galería Agustina Ferreyra, New Museum Archive

ART CITIES:N.York-Beatriz Santiago Muñoz

Often documenting her interactions with specific individuals and communities, Beatriz’s Santiago Muñoz films and videos focus on how social relations are embodied …

Michael Rakowitz, The Invisible Enemy Should Not Exist (detail), 2006– , Photo: RCHEKH, © Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Courtesy Barbara Wien Gallery & Art Bookshop

ART CITIES:Berlin-Michael Rakowitz

Michael Rakowitz is an Iraqi-American Conceptual artist who operates within art spaces and beyond them. His work is deeply political and focuses …