280 x 400 mm, 210 pages

Paris, France (English-language)

Biannual

Editor in chief and creative director: Armelle Leturcq

Design: Manon Pigeon

What began in the 1990s as a radical art magazine out of France, has since become the revered large-format art biannual publication Crash. The goal was to break down the boundaries of the art world, championing non-career artists and personalities with no agenda other than to breach reality.

This is the ‘Privacy’ issue, asking: ‘Is it still possible to preserve one’s privacy in this day and age?’ The theme is explored through interviews with celebrities across performance, art and music, as well as editorials that emulate and interrogate voyeurism and fame. Inside, Matilda de Angelis reflects on her organic relationship with her acting career and her decision to actively distance from the public eye; in the accompanying fashion editorial—photographed in the Palazzo della Civiltà Italiana—she exudes Hollywood glamour. 

Elsewhere, philosopher Emanuele Coccia draws parallels between the contemporary pressures of social media and the communal judgement of a nineteenth-century village, renowned paparazzo Jean-Gabriel Barthélemy shares staged snapshots of models ‘spotted’ around Paris, and Rita Ora is captured in an alternative light from her fame-heightened 2000s pop star era, speaking to Amandine Richards about how her priorities have shifted over the following decade. 

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