Annette Kelm
Michaela Coffee Break (2009). Courtesy Johann König, Berlin. Thinking about Annette Kelm’s images is like thinking of a kind of…
Magazine Articles
Being an Artist is the Closest Thing to Being a Criminal that Exists
From Flash Art International no. 140, May–June 1988 Although his adventuresome images and life are extraordinary, William N. Copley (1919–96)…
Proto-Povera-Radical-Sleek
In the aftermath of the recent death of novelist, philosopher and semiotician Umberto Eco, I asked myself about the resonance…
David Hammons?
We stand in solidarity with all black communities around the world. In the past years, Flash Art has been inviting various artists, thinkers and writers to rewrite or rethink the idea of blackness. Our “Editors Choice” does not aim to dictate an exhaustive or comprehensive list of writings but is an act of solidarity, which aims to contribute to the distribution of art thinking on blackness, and a way in which we can support the movement. Good reading!
Be Emotional
Artist Bill Kouligas runs the Berlin-based record label PAN. Kouligas grew up in Athens, then worked in London as a…
The Most Relative Media
Let’s start with purple. It’s everywhere in the work of Martine Syms (b. 1988, US): the backdrop of the video…
From Line to Sphere
On August 15, 1971, on the day of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary, Richard Nixon untied the US dollar…
Press List
The group of New York writers who look like ’90s supermodels were having a cocktail they’d read about in a…
Mark Leckey
Within the Abrons Art Center classical theater setting, Leckey appeared, light in his step and with a microphone taped to…
Damien Hirst
Michele Robecchi: How did “Cornucopia,” the exhibition at the Oceanographic Museum in Monaco, come about? Damien Hirst: I love the…
Editor's Letter
Following the death of Italian novelist, semiologist and philosopher Umberto Eco, we have taken questions posed by Eco’s eponymous theory…
How Can One Exist Among Others?
“Fragmentary writing is, ultimately, democratic writing. Each fragment enjoys an equal distinction. Even the most banal finds its exceptional reader.…
Abstract America
“Abstract” and “New” are two adjectives in this exhibition’s title that became sources of controversy by English critics, who accused…
Ester Partegàs
Danae Mossman: In what ways does your work engage with the notion of individual agency amid the brand and ‘lifestyle’…
Carey Young
Laura Fried: You titled your recent solo exhibition at the Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis “Speech Acts.” Could you describe…
Sean Micka
Christophe Boutin: You recently had a solo show in Prague. Could you tell me about it? Sean Micka: Yes, “After…