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Meet the new members of the AR-Safe Haven Helsinki team!

It has been a joyful time at Artists at Risk (AR) in Finland, where we have welcomed two new members of our AR-Safe Haven Helsinki team over the summer: Annu Kemppainen and Ha Nguyen!  AR has had an intense summer … Continue reading

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PRESS: How to help Afghan artists and cultural workers now at risk under the Taliban by The Art Newspaper

SOURCE: The Art Newspaper Sarvy Geranpayeh 12.10.2021 PRESS TEXT: How to help Afghan artists and cultural workers now at risk under the Taliban As part of our ongoing series “Dispatches from Afghanistan”, we have compiled a list of organisations supporting those … Continue reading

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PRESS RELEASE: “Resistosphere – a Visual Commentary on Contemporary forms of Resistance” an exhibition by Kianoush Ramezani

Dear friends and colleagues of Perpetuum Mobile (PM) and Artists at Risk (AR) in Finland! Welcome to the vernissage of in cooperation with Perpetuum Mobile (PM). Date: Friday, October 8th, 2021. Time: 17:00 Place: Venetsia building, Lapinlahti, Helsinki Opening Words: … Continue reading

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Grammo Suspect launches new album: SEXY

Artists at Risk (AR) extends our congratulations to AR-Resident Grammo Suspect – Rainbow Ambassador Kenya on the release of her third album, SEXY. The album features 10 tracks on the topic of love and romance. This album was inspired by … Continue reading

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Pussy Riot member Maria (Masha) Alyokhina sentenced by Moscow district court

MOSCOW. Today Maria (Masha) Alyokhina, a key figure in the world-renowned feminist protest art collective Pussy Riot and a member of Artists at Risk (AR)’s International Advisory Board was sentenced to one year of “restricted freedom” by the Moscow district … Continue reading

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PRESS: THE RAINBOW AMBASSADOR, KENYA

Source: Bold Network Africa Press text (Q) Who are you? My name is Grace Wambui Munene and I go by the stage title, Grammo Suspect- Rainbow Ambassador Kenya aka Mtetezi wa RAIA*. Most people ask what my long stage name … Continue reading

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PRESS RELEASE: Premiere of Andrei Kureichik’s new documentary play, Voices of New Belarus, in Ukraine

Source: Andrei Kureichik Press text (translated from Russian to English) Dear friends, journalists, colleagues, let me share wonderful news with you. The premiere of Andrei Kureichik’s new documentary play Voices of New Belarus took place in the context  of the … Continue reading

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AR-Alumni Angela Aldebs stars in award-winning Finnish drama

AR-Alumni Angela Aldebs is one of the lead characters in the third season of the award-winning Finnish drama, Sekasin. In the show, Aldebs plays the role of Masumah, an Afghan refugee and one of the four young asylum seekers fleeing … Continue reading

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PRESS: Painajaisen paluu by Helsingin Sanomat

SOURCE: Helsingin Sanomat Jussi Lehmusvesi 26.8.2021 PRESS TEXT: Painajaisen paluu Afganistanilaistaiteilijoille Talebanin paluu valtaan on painajainen, jonka ei uskottu toistuvan. ”Koetan selviytyä päivä ja tunti kerrallaan”, HS:n tavoittama kuvataiteilija sanoo. TAIDE vai kuolema? Kysymys saattaa kuulostaa juhlalliselta, mutta se on täyttä … Continue reading

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Artists at Risk (AR) supports IRDORATH, Belarusian band arrested for performances at pro-democracy protests

The fantasy-folk band IRDORATH were among the 16 people brutally detained by unmarked soldiers with machine guns at a cottage near Minsk on August 2nd during a birthday party for the band’s frontwoman, Nadezha Kalach. The Belarusian Council for Culture … Continue reading

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