Author Archives: Seelan Palay
Discussion on Art and Freedom with Hito Steyerl, Maria Alekhina and Nausikaä El- Mecky
We were honoured to welcome Hito Steyerl, Maria Alekhina of PussyRiot to the final public events of Perpetuum Mobile – PM-led Creative Europe project Artists at Risk (AR) – A European Network of Safe Havens (AR-ENSH) in the context of … Continue reading
Nikita Kravtsov at the Artists at Risk (AR) Pavilion
Nikita Kravtsov is one of the artists featured in the ARTISTS AT RISK PAVILION—Artists. Risks. Humans. Rights. held with the support of UNESCO. Kravtsov is a Ukrainian artist who was born in Yalta in 1988. From the start of … Continue reading
‘Bad Blood’, a solo exhibition by Ukrainian artist and Artists at Risk (AR) Resident, Maya Kolesnik
Join us at 5pm on 11 July 2024 for the opening of ‘Bad Blood’, a solo exhibition by Ukrainian artist and Artists at Risk (AR) Resident, Maya Kolesnik at Myymälä2 in Helsinki, Finland. The exhibition will run till 21 July. … Continue reading
Open Call: Residencies for artists from Ukraine
🇺🇦 Open Call для митців та мисткинь з України! Якщо ви ще не були на резиденції за нашою програмою та знаходитесь в Україні цей Open call для вас. Резиденції у Фінляндії та в деяких інших європейських країнах готові прийняти українських … Continue reading
Panel discussion: Art against totalitarianism
On 26 June 2024, the Arts Promotion Centre Finland and the Human Rights Centre organized a discussion on the state of art and democracy in Russia and the freedom of Russian-language artists and journalists outside Russia. A video recording of the discussion … Continue reading
Saddam Jumaily at the Artists at Risk (AR) Pavilion
Saddam Jumaily is one of the artists featured in the ARTISTS AT RISK PAVILION—Artists. Risks. Humans. Rights. held with the support of UNESCO. Jumaily is a painter and sculptor with a significant following in his home country of Iraq, where … Continue reading
Issa Touma at the Artists at Risk (AR) Pavilion
Issa Touma is one of the artists featured in the ARTISTS AT RISK PAVILION—Artists. Risks. Humans. Rights. held with the support of UNESCO. Issa Touma is an award-winning Syrian photographer and cinematographer, known for documenting the resilience, ruins, beauty and … Continue reading
Barış Seyitvan at the Artists at Risk (AR) Pavilion
Barış Seyitvan is one of the artists featured in the ARTISTS AT RISK PAVILION—Artists. Risks. Humans. Rights. held with the support of UNESCO. Seyitvan is an independent Kurdish artist and curator from Diyarbakir, Turkey who currently lives in Berlin, Germany. … Continue reading
Damian Le Bas at the Artists at Risk (AR) Pavilion
Damian Le Bas (1963-2017) is one of the artists featured in the ARTISTS AT RISK PAVILION—Artists. Risks. Humans. Rights. held with the support of UNESCO. He worked closely with Maxim Gorki Theater in Berlin on numerous projects including artwork for … Continue reading
Auction in aid of Embassy of Foreign Artists to support artists in danger
The Embassy of Foreign Artists is conducting an auction in support of artists at risk in their own countries. The organization has opened two embassies to welcome artists and their families for periods of up to 24 months. However, financial … Continue reading
