Torino Art Week 2021: Flashback and The Others Fairs Return

Following the conclusion of miart in Milan, the first Italian fair to return in person, Turin signals its restart with the announcement of two concurrent art fairs: Flashback and The Others, both scheduled for November 4–7, 2021. The Others, celebrating its tenth edition, adopts a female-focused curatorial board and an international scope, featuring exhibitors from Germany, Austria, Ukraine, Netherlands, Denmark, Belgium, Romania, Sweden, Switzerland, and Cuba. The fair will occupy Padiglione 3 of Torino Esposizioni, a historic industrial space it aims to revitalize. Highlights include a project by Mouches Volantes from Cologne examining women's roles in Kurdish culture, and two galleries exclusively representing women artists: SheBam! from Leipzig and Crumb Gallery from Florence. The fair introduces a radial layout to foster new connections. Flashback moves to a new venue at the barracks in via Asti and adopts the theme 'The Free Zone / La Zona Franca,' inspired by philosopher François Jullien's concepts of 'scarto' (gap) and 'tra' (between). Directors Ginevra Pucci and Stefania Poddighe explain the theme as a response to the pandemic's constraints on freedom and sociality, aiming to create a space for collective reflection. The fair's guiding image, a 'discarded' photograph by artist Enrico Bertelli, visually represents this edition. Both fairs are part of the Torino Contemporary Art Week.