The Art Basel Paris 2026 Collection
by Efdot
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“I give just enough information for the viewer to fill in the scene in their mind. It feels like a personal invitation to visit the city through an abstract lens.”
CITIES // PARIS
Created exclusively for Art Basel Paris 2026, Cities // Paris represents the latest chapter in Efdot’s decade-long exploration of cities, perception, and memory.
Efdot’s practice investigates how urban environments can be interpreted through drawing, abstraction, and an evolving visual language of lines, dots, colors, and symbols. Building upon his earlier Cities projects, including his generative collaboration with 0xDiid, the collection brings that exploration into sharper focus through fifteen distinct perspectives on Paris.
Rather than documenting the city as it appears, Efdot reduces complex environments to their essential forms. Through carefully considered arrangements of line, color, and negative space, recognizable places emerge from remarkably few marks. What he chooses to leave out becomes as meaningful as what remains, inviting viewers to complete each composition through their own memories and experiences.
At the center of the collection are two unique Master Compositions: Flowing Through Paris (Day), an original acrylic painting on wood panel, and Flowing Through Paris (Night), its animated digital counterpart. Together, they explore how the same artistic language can move between physical and digital mediums, offering two distinct interpretations of the city.
Presented by ICONIC in collaboration with Art Basel Paris, Cities // Paris extends beyond the representation of a particular place. It invites us to reconsider how the environments we inhabit become part of our memories, and how an artist can communicate the experience of an entire city through a remarkably simple visual language.
One City. Two Interpretations.
Flowing Through Paris (Day) and Flowing Through Paris (Night) explore how a single composition can exist across physical and digital mediums. The original painting brings Efdot’s visual language into a physical surface, while its animated counterpart introduces movement and time. Together, they extend his investigation of how we perceive and remember a city.
Day · Original acrylic painting on wood panel · Night · Digital animation · Drag to move between them.
The Journey
A decade of seeing cities
For more than a decade, Efdot has explored the visual language of urban environments. What began through photography and drawing evolved into increasingly abstract interpretations of cities, eventually extending into generative systems and digital media.
Cities // Paris continues that exploration, shifting the perspective closer to the ground and examining how individual places become recognizable through remarkably few marks.
- The beginning
From above
Aerial photography and drawing. The city read as a plan of streets, blocks and public spaces.
- 2022
Cities
The project begins: urban environments translated into Efdot's language of lines, dots and symbols.
- 2025
Cities, with 0xDiid
A collection of 500 generative artworks created with creative coder 0xDiid, released through Art Blocks Studio.
- 2026
Cities // Paris
For the first time, a full series devoted to a single city, seen from closer to the ground.
Cities // Paris is the newest chapter of my Cities project, which began in 2022. For the first time, I’m focusing an entire series on a single city, exploring Paris through its architecture, movement, and the way we perceive and remember the places around us. I want these works to feel like a personal invitation to experience the city through an abstract lens, almost like a dream you don’t want to wake up from.
My earlier Cities works explored urban environments from above, inspired by aerial photography and the geometry of streets and public spaces. With Paris, the perspective shifts closer to the ground. Each location has its own rhythm and character. In Meeting the Sky, the Eiffel Tower stands surrounded by open space, while Through the Arc brings roads and buildings together around the monument. I want each composition to capture what makes that particular place feel unique.
My process combines intuitive drawing with architectural references, vector graphics, and code. Working in vector allows me to refine colors, line weights, and compositions in ways I couldn’t before. I often begin by adding more detail than necessary, then gradually subtracting until the balance between recognition and abstraction feels right. The collection also brings together traditional and digital techniques through Flowing Through Paris, an original painting, and its animated counterpart, Flowing Through Paris (Night).
Ultimately, I hope people spend enough time with these works to move beyond simply recognizing the landmarks. Up close, unexpected patterns and details begin to emerge, rewarding curiosity and exploration. I’d like people to lose track of time with the work. That feeling where you stop thinking about yourself and feel connected to something larger is one of the biggest reasons why I make art.
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CITIES // PARIS
LIMITED EDITIONS
Fifteen unique compositions
Meeting the Sky · Featured Edition of 25
Through the Arc · Featured Edition of 25
Points in Time · Featured Edition of 25
Ascending · Featured Edition of 25
Before Paris · Featured Edition of 25
Still Standing · Limited Edition of 10
Worth the Climb · Limited Edition of 10
Encore · Limited Edition of 10
Square One · Limited Edition of 10
Low Profile · Limited Edition of 10
Where the City Opens · Limited Edition of 10
On Axis · Limited Edition of 10
Quietly Grand · Limited Edition of 10
Down the Line · Limited Edition of 10
A Place to Sit · Limited Edition of 10
ABOUT
Efdot
Efdot (Eric Friedensohn, b. 1990) is a Brooklyn-based contemporary artist whose multidisciplinary practice explores visual communication through an evolving language of lines, dots, and symbols. Working across painting, drawing, murals, and digital media, he transforms simple marks into intricate compositions that explore movement, memory, and human connection. Influenced by ancient writing systems, architecture, and urban environments, his work investigates how visual language can communicate meaning beyond words and cultural boundaries.
At the center of his practice is improvisation. Efdot approaches drawing as a form of moving meditation, allowing each mark to inform the next until a composition emerges. Raised in New York, he studied graphic design and product design at Drexel University, graduating in 2012. His experience as an art director for WeWork in Latin America, alongside years of skateboarding and international travel, has shaped his relationship with architecture, movement, and urban environments. His exploration of cities began through aerial photography, gradually evolving into an abstract visual language informed by the patterns and rhythms of urban life.
His digital practice includes Hieroglyphs, Cities, and GLiFS, projects exploring the relationship between hand-drawn symbols, generative systems, and visual communication. In 2025, he collaborated with creative coder 0xDiid on Cities, a collection of 500 generative artworks released through Art Blocks Studio. His work has been presented internationally, and his collaborations include Nike, Apple, Adobe, Sony, Coca-Cola, Golden Goose, the New York Knicks, Brooklyn Nets, and USA Skateboarding. Selected as one of twenty artists for Topps Project 2020, Efdot continues to expand his distinctive artistic language across physical and digital mediums.
Digital + Physical Editions
Each of the fifteen compositions in Cities // Paris is available as a limited-edition fine art print, individually hand signed and numbered by Efdot.
Produced on Hahnemühle Photo Rag, the prints preserve the intricate details, carefully balanced colors, and distinctive marks that define the Efdot’s visual language. Each physical artwork purchased at the Art Basel Gift Shop includes a QR code that allows collectors to claim its corresponding digital artwork, connecting Efdot’s physical and digital practices.
Collectors may also commission an individual hand embellishment, allowing Efdot to return to the composition with additional marks, colors, and textures. Each embellishment is a unique artistic intervention, creating a more personal connection between the artist and the finished work.
Print Details
Paper: Museum quality Hahnemühle Photo Rag
Print Size: 19 × 13 in (48.3 × 33 cm), unframed
Edition Sizes: Five compositions in editions of 25 and ten compositions in editions of 10
Signature: Individually hand signed and numbered by Efdot
Digital Artwork: Included with every edition. Gift Shop buyers receive the digital artwork through a QR code; online collectors can claim the physical print.
Price: $300 USD per print
Hand Embellishment: Optional, additional $250 USD per print
Fulfillment: Please allow up to 10 weeks for delivery
Buyers are responsible for any applicable import duties or VAT on their print purchase.
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THE RELEASE
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There are two ways to collect Cities // Paris by Efdot, presented by ICONIC at Art Basel Paris 2026.
At Art Basel Paris (October 21–25, 2026)
Visitors to the Art Basel Gift Shop will have the first opportunity to acquire physical editions from the collection beginning October 21, ahead of the online release.Each physical print includes its corresponding digital artwork, accessible through a QR code provided with the purchase.
Online Release (Beginning October 23, 2026)
Beginning October 23, collectors worldwide can explore and acquire digital editions of Cities // Paris online.Each digital edition includes its corresponding physical print, which collectors can claim after purchase, allowing collectors to participate in the release from anywhere in the world.
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Cities // Paris brings together 15 limited edition compositions and two Master Compositions, Day and Night, continuing Efdot’s decade-long exploration of cities through drawing, abstraction, and digital media.
Each composition offers a distinct interpretation of Paris, translating the artist’s observations, memories, and experiences into an evolving visual language of lines, colors, and symbols.
The collection includes both static and animated works, reflecting Efdot’s ongoing experimentation with movement, composition, and the relationship between physical and digital artistic practices.
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Physical Editions
Each of the 15 compositions is available as a limited edition fine art print, produced on museum quality Hahnemühle Photo Rag paper and individually signed and numbered by Efdot.The prints measure 19 × 13 inches, unframed. Five compositions are available in editions of 25, while the remaining ten are available in editions of 10.
Each edition is priced at $300 USD (€275), inclusive of both the physical print and its corresponding digital artwork.
The Digital Artwork
Collectors purchasing a physical edition at the Art Basel Gift Shop receive a QR code giving access to the corresponding digital artwork.The digital edition is then delivered to the collector, connecting the physical artwork with its digital counterpart.
Collectors acquiring a digital edition online can claim the corresponding physical print.
Buyers are responsible for any applicable import duties or VAT on their print purchase.
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Collectors have the opportunity to commission an individual hand embellishment by Efdot, transforming their physical print into a unique artistic variation.
Through additional marks, colors, and textures, Efdot revisits the composition using the improvisational drawing techniques central to his artistic practice.
Each embellishment is a personal intervention by the artist, creating a distinctive connection between the original composition and the finished physical artwork.
Hand embellishments are available for an additional $250 USD per print.
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Cities // Paris is presented by ICONIC as part of the Art Basel curation for Art Basel Paris 2026, available in person at the Art Basel Paris Gift Shop and online worldwide through ICONIC.
It continues ICONIC’s series of artist releases with Art Basel, which has brought artists working across physical and digital media to the fairs in Basel, Hong Kong, Miami Beach and Paris.
Each release pairs an encounter with the work at the fair with a way to collect it from anywhere, extending the reach of the fair to collectors who are not in the room.
Cities // Paris by Efdot
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Collection Size
2 Unique Master Compositions
15 Limited-Edition Compositions -
Price Range
$300 – $10,000 USD (€275 – €9,000)
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Pre-Sale
ICONIC Art Pass Holders
Wednesday, October 21st
12 PM ET / 6 PM Paris -
Public Sale
Friday, October 23rd
12 PM ET / 6 PM Paris
Art Basel Gift Shop from October 21st
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