Yaniya Lee advocates for a critical approach grounded in material practice. Drawing on her recent work with textile artists in Edmonton, Lee makes a case for criticism that attends to how black artists work, focusing on their materials, methods, and processes, while calling for more diverse voices to engage with these practices.
BlackFlash Magazine Posts
In a profile of Edmonton-born, Berlin-based artist Adam Shiu-Yang Shaw, writer Lauren Lavery examines how Shaw’s treatment of industrial materials lends insight into our evolving relationship with urban landscapes and technology.
Coming together for the first time in my tenure without a prompt, the following issue nonetheless feels as though it is circling something specific, even if that something is difficult to name.
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BlackFlash Spring/Summer 2026 “In my time at BlackFlash, we’ve persistently renegotiated the magazine’s identity, careening between vestigial past eras while plotting a future course, all…
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A conversation with Patterns Collective where they discuss the importance of friendship, love, and care as critical parts of the collective experience.
From the archives
Cole Thompson discusses the work of Shelley Niro, Lori Blondeau, Marja Helander, and Thriza Cuthand in an attempt to showcase how Indigenous artists dissect consumer culture and its impact on contemporary ideologies, imagery, and relationships.
