NEWS
PRESS: L’arte prigioniera della Pussy Riot by Corriere della Sera
SOURCE: Corriere della Sera – La Lettura Di FEDERICA LAVARINI 12.12.2021 PRESS TEXT: L’arte prigioniera della Pussy Riot Sono passati quasi dieci anni da quando, il 21 febbraio 2012, una band di ragazze con il volto nascosto da un passamontagna … Continue reading
PRESS RELEASE: Masha Alekhina of Pussy Riot designated first “AR-Resident Prisoner”
BREAKING: On Thursday 16 December 2021, Masha was arrested from her front door in an unmarked car and given a further arbitrary 15-day sentence for a post about President Lukashenko of Belarus from 2015. Press Release Masha Alekhina of Pussy Riot … Continue reading
AR-Resident Prisoner: Maria “Masha” Alekhina
Maria “Masha” Alekhina is a Russian artist, writer, political activist and founding member of the famed punk band Pussy Riot. Masha was imprisoned for two years in response to Pussy Riot’s 2012 ‘punk prayer’, Virgin Mary, banish Putin and recognized … Continue reading
PRESS: Hundreds of Afghan artists need protection by DW
SOURCE: DW Julia Hitz 20.12.2021 PRESS TEXT: Hundreds of Afghan artists need protection Many Afghan artists are on the run or are hiding from the Taliban. The aid organization Artists at Risk calls for political action. The Taliban regard the … Continue reading
PRESS RELEASE: Desperate Afghan artists and creatives appeal to world leaders for rescue
PRESS RELEASE Communiqué de Presse en français PRESSEMITTEILUNG auf deutsch 6 December 2021 For Immediate Release Desperate Afghan artists and creatives appeal to world leaders for rescue Artists at Risk (AR) has been entrusted with a desperate and powerful letter … Continue reading
A letter from the suffering artists of Afghanistan to the leaders of the world
“A letter from the suffering artists of Afghanistan to President Biden, Prime Minister Johnson, President Macron, Federal Chancellor Scholz, President von der Leyen, Secretary General Stoltenberg, Secretary General Guterres, and to all governments and people in the free world (Read … Continue reading
Russian “Memorial” and Masha Alekhina – AR stands in Solidarity
Artists at Risk (AR) is deeply concerned about the Russian authorities’ draconian moves to shut down two of the country’s most important human rights organisations: International Memorial (Международный Мемориал ) and the Memorial Human Rights Centre (Правозащитный Центр “Мемориал”) The … Continue reading
PRESS: ”Aivan kuin olisin päätynyt vanhaan neuvostoelokuvaan” by Helsingin Sanomat
SOURCE: Helsingin Sanomat Sampsa Oinaala 26.11.2021 PRESS TEXT: ”Aivan kuin olisin päätynyt vanhaan neuvostoelokuvaan” – Rankka radioteos sisältää silminnäkijäkertomuksia Valko-Venäjän poliittisesta terrorista Käsikirjoittaja Andrei Kureichik vaihtoi fiktion todellisuuteen, koska todellisuus vaati sitä, ja syntyi radioteos Uuden Valko-Venäjän äänet. ”PYRIN kovasti näkemään … Continue reading
Andrei Kureichik’s works premiere on YLE and at National Theatre
YLE and the National Theatre present works by Artists at Risk (AR)-Resident Andrei Kureichik on political terrorism in Belarus The Finnish National Theatre and Finnish public radio station, YLE Radio 1 will be showcasing “Voices of New Belarus” and “Insulted. … Continue reading
AR-Marseille at La Friche la Belle de Mai
Artists at Risk (AR) is thrilled to announce that Fraeme at La Friche la Belle de Mai is joining Artists at Risk (AR) as the host institution for Artists at Risk(AR)-Marseille. La Friche is a large-scale art and cultural community … Continue reading
