“La Mer Imaginaire (The Imaginary Sea)” Fondation Carmignac / Porquerolles Island, France
Imagining a direct dialogue with the sea while walking through the rooms of Fondation Carmignac, as the title suggests, is…
Gea Politi
Messages Enhanced by the Message: Valentino Des Ateliers Haute Couture Fall/Winter 2021–22
Through society, fashion communicates what it thinks of the world. This is one of the many ideas Roland Barthes puts…
Technological Chic: Coperni. A conversation with Sébastien Meyer and Arnaud Vaillant
Wit and vision are two key ingredients for the act of creation. So is independence, feeling free from judgement and…
The Cycle of Life through the Eyes of Doug Aitken: Saint Laurent, S/S 2022
The sky’s many color transitions at the Isola della Certosa in Venice are made even more complex via the mirrors…
Alchemy SS21: Marco Panconesi between tradition and object design
Marco Panconesi embraces beauty since his first steps, assembling contemporary fossil-like jewels, by dipping them in color and mystery. In…
Tyson Reeder on “DANCING KID – A TEEN ROMANCE” CELINE Men Summer ‘21
Gea Politi: As part of the capsule collaboration, Celine produced “Portrait of An Artist,” a series of videos representing…
Thirty Years of Slam Jam: Luca Benini on the Origins and Future of One of the Most Influential Contemporary Street Culture Brands
Thirty years of passion and clothes. Street fashion and culture in the 1980s was a vision belonging to the crazy…
Open dialogue project: Coding PriscaVera
The imaginative power of PriscaVera’s campaigns is one of the driving forces of her brand. The women wearing PriscaVera’s clothing express…
Medea: from myth to community. The "dynamiters" Giulia and Camilla Venturini
The Venturini twins: power and unpredictability, color and intuition, lightning and thunder, skin and wigs, art and ideas, all combined…
The magical neo-Tyrolese world of Cormio
Cormio was born in 2019. It is a fashion line that seems familiar yet dysfunctional at the same time. Their…
Tradition Translated by DIOR: The Cruise 2021 Collection
Translating a classic or traditional language in a contemporary way, using stylistic elements and characteristics from the past, is a…
Flash Art no. 308 May 2016
Flash Art Covers: the historic covers of Flash Art International told by Gea Politi. “I can’t stand art actually. I’ve…
Jordan Wolfson TRUTH / LIE / MEDITATION / SUBCONSCIOUS
Originally published in Flash Art International no. 329 February-March 2020 There are parts of our minds in which truth and…
John Baldessari. BEFORE DAY FALLS
GEA POLITI: Is there a particular reason why you switched from painting to photography after a while, like did you…
Alexander Calder Centro Botín / Santander
Each “Calder Story” at Centro Botín is an untold one. More than eighty mobiles, maquettes, and architectural projects are on…
Kutlug Ataman & Atom Egoyan
I arrive 30 minutes late. It is one of those mornings where you get out of the house on time…