Giancarlo Politi, Founder of Pioneering ‘Flash Art’ Magazine, Has Died at 89

ARTnews reported that Giancarlo Politi, the founder of the contemporary art magazine Flash Art, died at age 89. Politi was credited with building Flash Art into a pioneering international platform for postwar and contemporary art coverage, helping to shape discourse around emerging artists and movements. The article reviews his role as a publisher and editor and notes his long influence on the global art world through the magazine’s Italian and international editions.

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