Transformative Potential of Social Spaces. A Conversation with Akeem Smith
It’s hard to circumscribe a figure like Akeem Smith: fashion designer, stylist, visual artist. From an early age he absorbed…
Andrea Bellini
Prophetic Culture: Experiencing the End of the World. A conversation with Federico Campagna
Andrea Bellini: Dear Federico, let’s start from the very end, that is to say, from the end of the world.…
Telfar: Not for You, for Everyone. A conversation with Babak Radboy
Andrea Bellini: Let’s start with trash, which is very often synonymous with history. Following the assault by Donald Trump supporters…
“I’m nothing, I’m no one, I’m everyone, I’m dead!” Aria Dean
Crises of language dominated the last years of both theoretical and artistic research of Aria Dean (b. Los Angeles, 1993).…
Jordan Wolfson
Originally published in Flash Art International no. 247 March-April 2006 This year’s Whitney Biennial includes a film by Jordan Wolfson…
Cautious Alternatives
In New York everything happens quickly: three years are an era, a period long enough to test an entire generation,…
Curatorial Schools
In the past few years, contemporary art has overtaken all the characteristics of an entertainment industry. Within the art system,…
New York Tales
New Spaces This past November, the doors of the Hessel Museum of Art were opened at Bard College, the prestigious…
This is Not Enough
Ai Weiwei, the most prominent Chinese artist-architect in China, grew up in exile, in the remote desert area of Xinjiang.…
Jannis Kounellis
Drama Andrea Bellini: In “Categorie Italiane,” the Italian philosopher Giorgio Agamben asserts that one of Italy’s most important cultural categories…
Willoughby Sharp
Andrea Bellini: In 1958, you started working with Yves Klein. Can you tell me an anecdote about him? Willoughby Sharp:…
Giulio Paolini
Andrea Bellini: Let’s start at the beginning. Is there a real beginning? What are the moments and the intuitions that…
Wilhelm Sasnal
Andrea Bellini: Let’s start with mistakes. Do you ever destroy your works? Wilhelm Sasnal: Quite often. Sometimes I paint the…