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Bertille Bak, La Brigada, 2018-2023, Video of 12 mins and a series of shoeshine boxes, © Bertille Bak, Courtesy the artist and Jeu de Paume

ART CITIES: Paris-Bertille Bak

Bertille Bak’s work depicts communities in which she has previously immersed herself in an effort to understand their codes, customs, and rites. …

June Crespo, Vascular (5), 2024, Curved checker steel plate and rugs, 150 × 300 × 293 cm, Courtesy the artist, © June Crespo, Bilbao, 2024, Image © FMGB Guggenheim Bilbao Museoa. Photo Erika Barahona Ede

PRESENTATION: June Crespo-Vascular

June Crespo’s sculptural practice forges a transformative dialogue with the concepts that have marked Basque art in recent decades, yet it also …

Jim Shaw, Dream Object ("College kids were reminiscing about their innocent days before smoking pot.  They had a pile of stuff they needed to hide from a cop on top of a hill.  A kid watched from a car below & when the narc showed they held a giant octopus tarot card to block the the cops view.") - Dream Drawing (”Using a computer you could visualize sounds.“), 2015, Ink and airbrush on paper / graphite on paper. Dream Object: 20 x 12 in, 50.8 x 30.48 cm, Dream Drawing: 12 1/8 x 8 5/8, 30.5 x 22 cm, © Jim Shaw, Courtesy the artist and Praz-Delavallade Gallery

ART CITIES: Paris-Jim Shaw

The practice of Jim Shaw spans a wide range of artistic media and visual imagery. Since the 1970s, Shaw has mined the …

John McCracken, Flare, 2008, Polyester resin, fiberglass and plywood, Overall dimensions: 96 x 72 1/2 x 13 1/2 inches (243.8 x 184.2 x 34.3 cm) 5 parts, each: 96 x 4 1/2 x 3 inches (243.8 x 11.4 x 7.6 cm), Courtesy David Zwirner Gallery

PRESENTATION: John McCracken

John McCracken occupies a singular position within the recent history of American art, as his work melds the restrained formal qualities of …

Tu Hongtao, Tower of Babel, 2023, Oil and oilstick on canvas, 82¹¹⁄₁₆ × 126 inches (210 × 320 cm), © Tu Hongtao, Courtesy the artist and Lévy Gorvy Dayan Gallery

ART CITIES: N.York-Tu Hongtao

Tu Hongtao revisits Eastern and Western traditions of landscape painting to reconsider the representation of space and time. Based in Chengdu, Tu …

Yane Calovski, Procession, from the series “Schöning Revisited: Extensions, Chroma, Inflections”, 2022–ongoing, archival pigment print, 70x105 cm, ed. 1/5 +2 AP. Photo: Jean-Jacques Valès, © Yane Calovski, Courtesy the artist and Zilberman Gallery

ART CITIES: Berlin-Yane Calovski

Yane Calovski’s artistic practice is research-based and interdisciplinary. He is interested in reactivating and linking existing, inconclusive modernist narratives, and how these, …

Chuck Close, Fred, 2017-2018, oil on canvas, 36” x 30 9 (Diptych), © Chuck Close, Courtesy Pace Gallery

ART CITIES: N.York-Chuck Close

In the 1960s, Chuck Close pioneered Photorealism with his monumental, exquisitely detailed portraits, whose subjects he took from photographic sources. Playing with …

ART NEWS: Feb.02

The expression “hidden agenda” has a questionable connotation. That makes sense as the framework of a society is often based on ideals …

Huma Bhabha, Untitled, 2022 (detail), © Huma Bhabha, Courtesy the artist and David Zwirner Gallery

PREVIEW: Huma Bhabha

Huma Bhabha draws inspiration from science fiction, mythology, zoology, art history, and popular culture. In her sculptures, works on paper, and drawings …

Catherine Opie, Blood Grid #1, 2023, Pigment print, 12 prints, 39.25 x 75 inches (overall framed), 99.69 x 190.5 cm, © Catherine Opie, Courtesy Regen Projects, Los Angeles and Lehmann Maupin, New York, Hong Kong, Seoul, and London

ART CITIES: N.York-Catherine Opie

Catherine Opie is known for her powerfully dynamic photography that examines the ideals and norms surrounding the culturally constructed American dream and …

Vija Celmins, Two 1977/2024, One found object and one made object: powder pigment and binder on bronze, with artist’s pedestal, Each: 5½ × 12 × 12 inches; 14 × 31 × 31 cm, © Vija Celmins, Courtesy the artist and Matthew Marks Gallery

ART CITIES: N.York-Vija Celmins

Vija Celmins has long been admired for her meticulous renderings of natural imagery, including ocean waves, desert floors, and night skies. Her …