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ART CITIES:Beijing-Memory Burns

The opening exhibition of the OCAT Institute in Beijing, is entitled “Memory Burns”. Responding to poignant questions that have occupied his thinking …

ART CITIES:Vienna-Ernesto Neto

The organic sculpture and the magical universe of Brazilian artist Ernesto Neto take over the gallery at Upper Belvedere in Vienna, allowing …

ART CITIES:London-Gabriel Orozco

In his new exhibition Gabriel Orozco, presents new paintings, scrolls, sculptures, drawings and photographs made over the last year in Japan and …

ART-CITIES:Stockholm-Fantasma

In his site-specific installations, Adrián Villar Rojas builds worlds we have never seen before, places we have never been to. He describes …

ART CITIES:N.York-Michael Heizer

Starting in the 1960s, as a pioneer of Land Art, Michael Heizer constructed a series of enormous works across the American West, …

ART CITIES:Paris-Vik Muniz

Vik Muniz uses unlikely materials as: copper wire, chocolate, caviar, ketchup, dust, toys, diamonds, and trash, to construct images that are part …

ART CITIES:London-Ian Hamilton Finlay

Ian Hamilton Finlay, was an artist, poet and “avant gardener” whose work defined and resisted the deracination of European culture; at “Little …

ART CITIES:Basel-Martin Boyce

Martin Boyce is a Scottish artist living in Glasgow, he awarded the Turner Prize in 2011. The exhibition at the Museum für …

ART CITIES:Stockholm-After Babel

The major thematic exhibition, After Babel, is about language and translation in a broader sense, and about how meaning is formulated and …

ART CITIES:London-Doug Aitken

Doug Aitken is renowned for a diverse body of work that ranges from photography, sculpture and architectural interventions, to films, sound, single …

ART CITIES:N.York-Cy Twombly

Throughout his sixty-year career, Twombly infused the physical and emotional aspects of Abstract Expressionism with a wealth of historic and mythic allusion. …

ART CITIES:Hong Kong-Balance Sheets

Balance Sheets is an international group show that draws out relationships between ideas of balance in aesthetics, economics and ecological thinking. Is …

ART CITIES:N.York-Niele Toroni

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

ART CITIES:Paris-Bruce Nauman

Since the 1960s, Nauman’s radical interdisciplinary approach has challenged conventions while producing new methodologies for creating art and meaning. His rigorous, ascetic …

ART-CITIES:London-Karen Kilimnik

For her new exhibition, Karen Kilimnik has created a group of small-scale paintings based mostly on appropriated images, many of these from …

ART CITIES:Antwerp-The Welfare State

The welfare state operates with regulations, rights and obligations that apply to everyone in the same way, requiring individuals to identify themselves …

ART CITIES:N.York-Tony Oursler

Tony Oursler exhibits new sculptural works highlighting his interest in the relationship between humans and machines, exemplified through the development and proliferation …

ART CITIES:Zurich-Doug Aitken

The new exhibition of the American artist Doug Atiken at the Galerie Eva Presenhuber, explores the modern landscape and posits possibilities for …

ART CITIES:N.York-Elmgreen & Dragset

“Past Tomorrow”, the solo exhibition by Elmgreen & Dragset, is continuing the artist duo’s interest in creating new narratives by staging psychologically …

ART CITIES:Amsterdam-Ed Atkins

For his first solo exhibition ithe Netherlands, the artist transformed the  lower-level gallery in the Stedelijk’s new wing into an immersive environment …

ART CITIES:London-Alexander Calder

By the 1950s, spurred on by wide public recognition and an increased demand in public commissions, Calder began creating awe-inspiring mobiles of …

ART CITIES:Stockholm-Willem de Rooij

Willem de Rooij’s work is multifaceted and includes in many instances the work of other artists or artefacts from historical and anthropological …

ART CITIES:Vienna-Josef Strau

Josef Strau’s experimental artistic practice is anchored in the written word. In his installations, he contrasts fairly restrained architectural structures with often …