Submit to the Black Compost. 1 A Conversation with Rirkrit Tiravanija
I unfolded the letter and read the contents. The letter is a xeroxed copy. The first line of the letter…
Hans Ulrich Obrist
On Etel Adnan: An Introduction
Originally published in Flash Art no. 324 February-March 2019. The very first work I saw by Etel Adnan — one…
Cao Fei: Overlapping Temporalities and Realities
Hou Hanru: When I first visited her studio, Cao Fei had just graduated from the art academy. Her parents were…
Part II: Etel Adnan
A column conceived by Hans Ulrich Obrist on his “unrealized projects”. Spanning from exhibitions to publications, from recordings to interviews,…
Me. You. Us. Them.
Have you wondered why the inside of your head feels so strange these days? We think you’re morphing into something…
A History of The Unrealised / Part I
A column conceived by Hans Ulrich Obrist on his “unrealized projects”. Spanning from exhibitions to publications, from recordings to interviews,…
The Better Biennale
“Aperto ’93,” curated by Flash Art editor Helena Kontova and twelve other critics and curators active with the magazine, was…
Grace Wales Bonner. Broadening the Spectrum
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!
Trisha Donnelly
Hans Ulrich Obrist: The interview happens now at the corner of rue Jacob and rue Bonaparte. Already this interview goes…
Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster
For Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster 2005 was a sabbatical year. Her calendar was emptied of exhibitions and public projects. The first show…
Carla Accardi
Hans Ulrich Obrist: What were the trends in the Academy? Carla Accardi: The Academy’s trends focused on Italian art, while…
Deimantas Narkevicius
Hans Ulrich Obrist: My first question is about your beginnings — where did your work start and how did you…
Biennial Manifesto
“A twenty-first-century biennial will utilize calculated uncertainty and conscious incompleteness to produce a catalyst for invigorating change whilst always producing…
Aaron Young
Hans Ulrich Obrist: I want to start by asking a question to do with your piece called Never Leave Home…
Braco Dimitrijević
Hans Ulrich Obrist: I know that you started very early and were a wunderkind of sorts. So, I wanted to…
Gerhard Richter
Let us think this thought in its most terrible form: existence (das Dasein) as it is, without meaning or aim,…