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Ralf Baecker, Order+Noise (Interface I), NOME Archive

ART CITIES:Berlin-Ralf Baecker

The work of Ralf Baecker is focused towards installations and machines which explore the poetic and artistic potential of technology. With a …

Stan Douglas, The Secret Agent (Film Still), 2015, © Stan Douglas, Courtesy the Artist, David Zwirner-New York/London

ART CITIES:N.York-Stan Douglas

Since the late ‘80s, Stan Douglas has created films, photographs, and installations that reexamine particular locations or past events. His works often …

Sigmar Polke, Die Trennung des Mondes von den einzelnen Planeten, 2015 / Zirkusfiguren, 2005, Pinault Collection, Installation view at Palazzo Grassi, 2016, Photo: Matteo De Fina, © The Estate of Sigmar Polke by SIAE 2016

ART CITIES:Venice-Sigmar Polke

For the 1986 Venice Biennale Sigmar Polke conceived an extraordinary installation for the German Pavilion generically entitled “Athanor”. Alchemy and politics were …

Adriana Varejão, Kindred Spirits, 2015, courtesy Lehmann Maupin Gallery

ART CITIES:N.York-Adriana Varejão

Adriana Varejão has developed a rigorous practice that is informed by cultural and historical research. Each series is based on intense investigation …

Kader Attia, Chaos + Repair = Universe, 2014, © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2016, Courtesy Kader Attia and Galeria Continua, Photo: MMK Museum für Moderne Kunst / Axel Schneider, Museum für Moderne Kunst Archive

ART CITIES:Frankfurt -Kader Attia

Kader Attia has been considered one of the most influential artists of his generation. He spent his childhood between France and Algeria, …

R. Crumb, Untitled, 2002, Pages from Art & Beauty Magazine, Number 2-2003, courtesy David Zwirner Gallery

ART CITIES:London-R.Crumb

Robert Crumb is universally acknowledged as the Godfather of underground comics, and is widely held up in some quarters as a counterculture …

Annette Messager, Le bras chassure, 2015, © Annette Messager, courtesy Marian Goodman Gallery

ART CITIES:N.York-Annette Messager

Annette Messager has an extensive body of work, for over 4 decades she encompasses drawing, photography, needlework, sculpture and installation. Messager’s works …

John Kørner, Organising honey, 2016, © John Kørner, Courtesy the Artist and Victoria Miro, London

ART CITIES: London -John Kørner

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

Taryn Simon, Agreement to conduct impact studies of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam on neighboring countries, Khartoum, Sudan, August 26, 2014, Photo: © Taryn Simon, Courtesy Gagosian Gallery

ART CITIES:Rome-Taryn Simon

  Taryn Simon has constructed an ambitious body of work that is the result of an invisible and rigorous process of research …

Spencer Finch, Mars (Sunrise), © the artist, Lisson Gallery Archive

ART CITIES:London-Spencer Finch

Spencer Finch is known for his exploration of light and color across a range of mediums, using the effects of natural lighting …

Franz Ackermann, Lamps of Istanbul, © Franz Ackermann, Courtesy of the artist and Galerie Templon Paris and Brussels

ART CITIES:Paris-Franz Ackermann

In the work of Franz Ackermann, paintings, drawings, murals and architectural elements all play a part. His work frequently deals with the …

ART CITIES:Paris-Niele Toroni

Echoing Italian poet and novelist Cesare Pavese’s idea that the only joy in the world is to begin, Niele’s Toroni work repeats …

Omer Fast, Continuity, 2012, James Cohan Gallery

ART CITIES:N.York -Omer Fast

The multichannel video installations of Omer Fast blur the boundaries between documentary, dramatization, and fantasy, frequently generating viewers’ confusion. Omer Fast often …

Margaux Bricler, La prose du monde #15 (Euterpe & Tyché)”, 2016, Michel Rein Gallery Archive

ART CITIES:Paris-Margaux Bricler

Margaux Bricler, whose past artistic trajectory was close to conceptual Minimalism, takes root this time in the fields of poetic evocation and …

Richard Learoyd, Square Flamingo, 2014, © 2016 Richard Learoyd, Pace/MacGill Gallery Archive

ART CITIES:N.York-Richard Learoyd

Richard Learoyd’s color images are made with one of the most antiquarian of photographic processes: the camera obscura. Learoyd has created a …

Tony Cragg, Hardliner, 2013, Photo © Charles Duprat, Courtesy Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac - Paris/Salzburg

ART CITIES:Paris-Tony Cragg

Tony Cragg is one of the world’s most foremost sculptors. His work is notable for its exploration of different materials, including found …

Gina Pane

ART CITIES:Paris-Gina Pane

Gina Pane is a seminal figure in the history of Body Art and more generally in that of the arts scene in …