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.