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Lulennial: A Low Hanging Fruit Lulu / Mexico City
There is a paper-thin — leaf-thin — line separating the stages of a fruit’s lifespan, from its succulent, florid peak,…
Transmediale "face value" / HKW Berlin
Long ago, literary and art critics observed a parallel between artistic representation and the monetary system. If naturalism conformed to…
OTMA's Body / Women's History Museum
The art of dressing has historically been understood as a frivolous, feminine pastime, reserved for young girls, housewives, and queers…
Tobias Spichtig Malta Contemporary Art
Tobias Spichtig’s solo show is a maze framed by a number of strategically placed refrigerators in each of the four…
Getulio Alviani has left us (5 September 1939 – 24 February 2018)
Getulio Alviani – our long time friend and designer of the helvetica Flash Art logo in the late ‘60s –…
Cathy Wilkes MoMA PS1 / New York
This monographic exhibition of the work of Cathy Wilkes — the largest yet devoted to the artist — includes two…
Charles Ray The George Economou Collection / Athens
Charles Ray has staged a dramatic exhibition with four works, pregnant with philosophical ideas about representation, the human condition, and…
IFFR International Film Festival Rotterdam 2018
The past decade has seen a significant rise in the appetite for artist films on the European film festival circuit.…
Keith Farquhar Office Baroque / Brussels
Back in 2012, Keith Farquhar had a show at New Jerseyy in Basel, “Abstract Printings,” that focused on his interest…
Art Stage Singapore 2018
Art Stage Singapore, which espoused the lofty goal of representing a regional identity with its 2017 slogan “We are Asia,”…
David Maljkovic Metro Pictures / New York
If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, then alterity is a deeper, more devious tribute, especially when self-inflicted. It’s…
Orison II
Dan Bodan spent November 8 to December 8 in residence at the Goethe Institute in Tehran. Flash Art invited him to write…
Verbier Art Summit 2018
Just as Las Vegas seeks to rebrand itself by investing in gourmet dining and smart clubbing instead of musty gambling…
Vladislav Shapovalov MMoMA / Moscow
Contrary to the widespread belief in Soviet isolationism, cold-war borders were more permeable and the differences between superpowers were less…
Condo 2018 / London
Partial, if temporary, ownership can be a welcome invitation. It suits, then, that Condo London — an initiative that sees…