350 SPRING 2025 IMAGE ARENA books we republish the artist’s “Captions”

we republish the artist’s “Captions” from Flash Art International no

ACTION REACTION by Alessio Bolzoni inserts

we aim to question how the pastoral genre might account for nature’s lack of promise and to revisit its conception of escape when such a scenario is no longer a desire but a necessity

“Koether does not legitimize herself against painterly tradition

Tess Edmonson on adapting Archie in the CW’s Riverdale

350 SPRING 2025 IMAGE ARENA books we republish the artist’s “Captions”For well over a year, weve immersed ourselves in the evolving landscape of contemporary imagery. As we shaped this issue of Flash Art, global events forced us like the rest of the world to continuously reassess themes, content, and our editorial approach. This journey led us to explore a more grounded visual language, moving away (even though not entirely) from heavily manipulated digital aesthetics in favor of imagery that feels raw, immediate, and