The language of borders has become inescapable. It shapes political discourse and public debate, but also the ways in which images circulate, technologies operate, and communities imagine themselves. Today, borders are no longer confined to the edges of territories; they emerge through infrastructures, memories, architectures, and systems of representation, revealing themselves as dynamic sites where identities, geographies, and forms of belonging are continually negotiated.
The fall issue of Flash Art, titled “Borders,” approaches the border not as a fixed geopolitical line but as a condition that permeates contemporary life. Bringing together artists and writers whose practices unfold across different cultural and geographic contexts, the issue explores borders as spaces of conflict and translation, exclusion and encounter, asking how art can make visible the forces that shape our present while imagining other ways of inhabiting it.
The issue presents three cover stories. Thea Djordjadze, photographed by Osma Harvilahti in her studio in Berlin, is profiled by Ela Bittencourt, who reflects on the artist’s poetic understanding of architecture, materiality, and memory, where objects and places become carriers of psychological resonance. Thomas Ruff speaks with Louisa Elderton about photography, artificial intelligence, and the mutable status of images at a moment when technological innovation is reshaping visual cultural. Alvaro Barrington, photographed by Alice Mann in his London studio, discusses painting, collaboration, and cultural inherence in conversation with Taylor Le Melle, reflecting on the artist’s practice as a space of community, exchange, and lived experience.
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The language of borders has become inescapable. It shapes political discourse and public debate, but also the ways in which images circulate, technologies operate, and communities imagine themselves. Today, borders are no longer confined to the edges of territories; they emerge through infrastructures, memories, architectures, and systems of representation, revealing themselves as dynamic sites where identities, geographies, and forms of belonging are continually negotiated.
The fall issue of Flash Art, titled “Borders,” approaches the border not as a fixed geopolitical line but as a condition that permeates contemporary life. Bringing together artists and writers whose practices unfold across different cultural and geographic contexts, the issue explores borders as spaces of conflict and translation, exclusion and encounter, asking how art can make visible the forces that shape our present while imagining other ways of inhabiting it.
The issue presents three cover stories. Thea Djordjadze, photographed by Osma Harvilahti in her studio in Berlin, is profiled by Ela Bittencourt, who reflects on the artist’s poetic understanding of architecture, materiality, and memory, where objects and places become carriers of psychological resonance. Thomas Ruff speaks with Louisa Elderton about photography, artificial intelligence, and the mutable status of images at a moment when technological innovation is reshaping visual cultural. Alvaro Barrington, photographed by Alice Mann in his London studio, discusses painting, collaboration, and cultural inherence in conversation with Taylor Le Melle, reflecting on the artist’s practice as a space of community, exchange, and lived experience.
IN THIS ISSUE → ◯ Cover Story Everything it is it has. Thea Djordjadze by Ela Bittencourt, photographed by Osma Harvilahti. ◯ Cover Story Can’t Get You Out of My Head. Thomas Ruff in Conversation with Louisa Elderton. ◯ Cover Story Why are all Eyez on Alvaro? Alvaro Barrington in Conversation with Taylor Le Melle, photographed by Alice Mann. ◯ Life = Porridge. Tolia Astakhishvili by Anya Harrison. ◯ An Opera for Rebellious Currents. Lap-See Lam by Claire Shiying Li. ◯ Focus On Oslo: Holding Ground by Abirami Logendran, photography by Max Creasy. ◯ Territories. Vladislav Markov by Guillaume Blanc-Marianne, photography by Pavel Golik. ◯ Wall Works. Dora Budor by Juliette Desorgues. ◯ The Persistent Present. Yalda Afsah by Amy Jones ◯ Studio Scene Familiar Grounds. Mimmo Haraditiohadi by Otto Bonnen, documented by Avventuroso. ◯ Harsh Meditations. Lydia Ourahmane by Gea Politi. ◯ Unpack / Reveal / Unleash Like a River Runs. Armineh Negahdari by Michela Ceruti. ◯ The place where we live. Maria Toumazou by Christina Lambrou. ◯ Portfolio Leak. Visual Essay by Martín Sabyno, Words by Elsa Estrella. ◯ Character Work. Bruno Zhu by Blake Oetting. ◯ Consider the Sauce Art. Ewa Poniatowska in Conversation with Tosia Leniarska.
REVIEWS→ Augustas Serapinas “Physical Culture” Nottingham Contemporary by Sofia Hallström. ◯ Nina Porter “Sample Question” Kunstverein in Hamburg by Katrin Krumm. ◯ “Call me gravity” WIELS, Brussels by Emilio Røed Marroquin. ◯ Shirana Shahbazi “All at Once. An Interplay with Li Tavor” Kunstmuseum Luzern by Annalise June Kamegawa. ◯ Miriam Cahn “Ciò che mi guarda” MACRO – Museum of Contemporary Art of Rome by Manuela Pacella. ◯ Felix Gonzalez-Torres “Sweet Revenge” Museo Reina Sofía, Madrid by Valerie Mindlin. ◯ Frida Orupabo “Cloud of Confusion” MAC/CCB – Museu de Arte Contemporânea e Centro de Arquitetura, Lisbon by Carolina Quintela. ◯ “After Steps Through Work. Fendi / Karl Lagerfeld 1985” GNAMC – Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea, Rome.
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