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- AR-Production Fund launched at Gorki Theatre’s premiere of THE LAST WORD
- PRESS RELEASE: Venäläisten toisinajattelijoiden performanssi “Paint against Barriers”
- PRESS RELEASE: UNESCO partners with Artists at Risk (AR) to support female artists fleeing Ukraine
- PRESS RELEASE: Artists at Risk (AR) Partners with the Goethe Institut to Coordinate German Network of Hosting Institutions
- Artists at Risk (AR) at Frieze New York
- PRESS RELEASE: “The Member”: A Very Short 3-Act Performance at the Russian Pavilion, Venice Biennale Concerning Ukraine and World Peace
- WAR in UKRAINE: Emergency resources for artists and cultural workers
- ATTENTION AFGHANS who have escaped Afghanistan and are already in safety:
- PRESS RELEASE: Artists at Risk (AR) presents: 2 x Pussy Riot + ORLAN = Fem-Wise-Dom
- PRESS RELEASE: Masha Alekhina of Pussy Riot designated first “AR-Resident Prisoner”
- PRESS RELEASE: Desperate Afghan artists and creatives appeal to world leaders for rescue
- PRESS RELEASE: “Resistosphere – a Visual Commentary on Contemporary forms of Resistance” an exhibition by Kianoush Ramezani
- Press Release: Premiere of Andrei Kureichik’s new documentary play, Voices of New Belarus, in Ukraine
- Open letter: Human Rights and Culture Groups call for Release of Mustafa Gamal
- BREAKING NEWS! Fatoş İrwen has been released from Turkish prison!
- PRESS: Apoyo institucional para la protección de artistas perseguidos en todo el mundo by TIMIS
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- PRESS: Unesco seeks to improve artists’ protection from censorship and violence by The Art Newspaper
- PRESS: Pahoinpitely, 15 vuoden vankeuden uhka, yritys pakottaa sotaan – venäläistoimittaja pakeni Suomeen, mutta kollegoita jäi Venäjälle ja perhe ulkomaille by SSS.fi
- PRESS: Pahoinpitely, 15 vuoden vankeuden uhka, yritys pakottaa sotaan – venäläistoimittaja pakeni Suomeen, mutta kollegoita jäi Venäjälle ja perhe ulkomaille by Aamuposti
- PRESS: Säsongsöppning: Kommunpoeten hyllar jubilerande Not Quite med nyskriven dikt by Provinstidningen
- PRESS: “Longing as Struggle” reúne arte ucraniana na Central-Periférica by Região de Cister
- PRESS: Artistas refugiados da guerra na Ucrânia a viver em Alcobaça inauguram exposição colectiva by Jornal de Leiria
- PRESS: The art the Taliban couldn’t stop by The New European
- Wide-spread press attention on Denisova and Yudnikov’s play in Barcelona
- PRESS: У Лісабоні відкрилася виставка робіт українських мисткинь by Ukrinform
- PRESS: Una madre en medio de la guerra en Ucrania by El País
- PRESS: Land ohne Frauen by Taz
- PRESS: Artistes en risc by VilaWeb
- PRESS: Els refugiats ucraïnesos no veuen “opcions de millora en un futur pròxim” by elTRIANGLE
- PRESS: “L’humor pot catalitzar episodis funestos” by El Punt Avui
- PRESS: La guerra d’Ucraïna a través dels ulls de la mare by surtdecasa
- PRESS: Ukrainische Pianist spielt im Zwickauer Schumann-Haus by Blick.de
- PRESS: Menschenrechte und Kunst – Ivor Stodolsky von „Artists at Risk“ im Gespräch by Deutschlandfunk
- PRESS: Das Goethe-Institut Ukraine ein Jahr nach Beginn des russischen Angriffskriegs by Deutsche Presseindex
- PRESS: Reus fa un minut de silenci pel primer aniversari de la guerra a Ucraïna by Canal Reus TV
- PRESS: El teatro ucraniano se exilia en Barcelona para proteger el arte de las bombas y de la cárcel by elDiario.es
- PRESS: La guerra de Ucrania llega a los escenarios barceloneses by Lavanguardia
- PRESS: L’’actor ucraïnès Alekséi Iúdnikov: “Des de fora és més fàcil dir la veritat” by Lavanguardia
- PRESS: L’’actor ucraïnès Alekséi Iúdnikov: “Des de fora és més fàcil dir la veritat” by La República
- PRESS: Los ucranianos Sasha Denísova y Alekséi Yúdnikov, primeros residentes de Barcelona Artistes En Risc by Barcelona Ciudad de la Literatura
- PRESS: Los ucranianos Sasha Denísova y Alekséi Yúdnikov, primeros residentes de Barcelona Artistes En Risc by Aquí es fa Cultura
- PRESS: Un monólogo de Sasha Denisova es primera obra de Barcelona Artistes en Risc by Lavanguardia
- PRESS: Open Letter: Blocked by the Border by Berliner Gazette
- PRESS: Hanna Brotheruksen tanssielokuvan avulla kerätään varoja Ukrainan lapsille by Dance Info Finland
- PRESS: Kunst aus dem Krieg by art-in.de
- PRESS: “Demokraattisia perusoikeuksia on puolustettava kaikkialla maailmassa” – haastattelussa Artists at Riskin Ivor Stodolsky ja Marita Muukkonen by Taike
- PRESS: Venäläisen nykyteatterin tähti maanpaossa Suomessa: ”Putinin hallinto on jo hävinnyt” by YLE
- PRESS: Pianist aus der Ukraine zu Gast by Freie Presse
- PRESS: “Sensuurista on tullut taiteessakin arkista Venäjällä” – Monet taiteilijat jättävät maan by Voima
- PRESS: Evento benefico a favore della popolazione ucraina: “La memoria del presente” by Prima Como
- PRESS: Krieg und Frieden: Der Zwiespalt ukrainischer Künstler by Süddeutsche Zeitung
- PRESS: Krieg und Frieden: Der Zwiespalt ukrainischer Künstler by ka-news
- PRESS: Zwischen Krieg und Frieden Der Zwiespalt ukrainischer Künstlerinnen by Monopol Magazin
- PRESS: „Artists At Risk“ – ein internationales Netzwerk für bedrohte Künstler*innen by Deutschlandfunk Kultur
- PRESS: So lange der Krieg weitergeht, schmieden sie keine Pläne by SRF
- PRESS: Exil in Worte fassen by Süddeutsche Zeitung
- PRESS: Art | An international success story grew from an organization that helps artists at risk: State awards for 15 by Pledge Times
- PRESS: Artists at Risk sai valtionpalkinnon toiminnastaan taiteilijoiden ihmisoikeuksien ja ilmaisunvapauden puolesta by Turun Sanomat
- PRESS: Vaarassa olevia taiteilijoita auttavasta järjestöstä kasvoi kansainvälinen menestystarina: Valtionpalkinnot 15:lle by Helsingin Sanomat
- PRESS: Ukrainska konstnären Marianna har fått fristad i Oskarström: ”Jag lever igen” by SVT Nyheter
- PRESS: Rekordmånga söker konstnärlig fristad i Sverige – 80 har fått residens by SVT Nyheter
- PRESS: Ucraina: “La naiba, încă suntem în viaţă!” by Deutsche Welle
- PRESS: “Nowa Jerozolima, Nowy Babilon”. Bolodymyr Topiy w CK by Dziennik Wschodni
- PRESS: Oekraïense onderzoeker bij FASoS doet haar verhaal by Observant
- PRESS: Es folgt: Die Kritik der Kritik der Kritik by Süddeutsche Zeitung
- PRESS: Для борщу в Ісландії можна купити всі продукти by Gazeta.ua
- PRESS: I nuovi scenari di cooperazione internazionale tra una pandemia ed una guerra by Brescia Today
- PRESS: Russin wird Schauspielchefin der Salzburger Festspiele: Davydova folgt Hering by Salzburger Nachrichten
- PRESS: Alexey Yudnikov: “Ara mateix soc l’enemic per al govern rus” by betevé
- PRESS: Une maison du XIXe siècle occupée à Paris par des artistes est menacée par un projet immobilier by Ouest-France
- PRESS: Ryske artisten Evgeny Fedorov sökte asyl i Göteborg – ska utvisas by Göteborgs-Posten
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- PRESS: Stoppa utvisningen av Evgeny Fedorov! by Sydsvenska Dagbladet Snällposten
- PRESS: Kateryna flydde Ukraina – gör blodig konst i Sörmland by Dagens Nyheter
- PRESS: Goethe-Institut koordiniert Hilfe für Kultur aus der Ukraine by Deutschland.de
- PRESS: Zielgerichtet vermittelt by Tageszeitung junge Welt
- PRESS: Гете-Институт координирует помощь деятелям культуры из Украины by Deutsche Welle Ru
- PRESS: Goethe-Institut koordiniert Hilfe für ukrainische Kulturschaffende by Deutschlandfunk
- PRESS: Goethe-Institut koordiniert Hilfe für Kultur aus der Ukraine by ZEIT ONLINE
- PRESS: Goethe-Institut koordiniert Hilfe für Kultur aus der Ukraine by Deutschlandfunk Kultur
- PRESS: Goethe-Institut und Artists at Risk koordinieren Hilfsangebote an Kulturschaffende aus der Ukraine by LifePR
- PRESS: Goethe-Institut und Artists at Risk koordinieren Hilfsangebote an Kulturschaffende aus der Ukraine by Das Deutsche Musikinformationszentrum (miz)
- PRESS: Le Goethe-Institut coordonne l’aide à la culture de l’Ukraine by News Day FR
- PRESS: Olin häpeissäni siitä, että me venäläiset emme tunne häpeää mistään – kauna on tärkeä käsite venäläisen yhteiskunnan ymmärtämisessä by Helsingin Sanomat
- PRESS: Helsingin Sanomat Foundation donates 30,000 euros to support Russian journalists by Yle
- PRESS: Finland’s Kiasma museum reopens with space dedicated to Middle Eastern art by The Neo Life
- PRESS: L’art no pot salvar-nos by Núvol
- PRESS: Ukraine erster Stock, Russland geschlossen by Der Spiegel
- PRESS: Protest von Kulturschaffenden vor Russischem Pavillon by Süddeutsche Zeitung
- PRESS: Ukrainian actor performs with Putin mask on his crotch outside the Venice Biennale’s Russian pavilion by The Art Newspaper
- PRESS: Damit geflüchtete Künstler wieder Kunst machen können by Deutschlandfunk Kultur
- PRESS: Barcelona al rescat dels artistes ucraïnesos by Ara
- PRESS REPORTS on Aleksey Yudnikov’s intervention at the Russian Pavilion at the 59th Venice Biennale 2022
- PRESS: Ukrainian Actor Questioned by Police After Venice Biennale Guerrilla Performance by Hyperallergic
- PRESS: El nuevo exilio de artistas rusos se refugia en Helsinki by El País
- PRESS: Pommeja ja Putinia paossa by Yle
- PRESS: The Art World Responds to the Russian Invasion of Ukraine by Wide Walls
- PRESS: Russian artists demand free speech, flee their homeland to protest Ukraine war by USA Today
- PRESS: Vooraf: Artists at Risk by HART
- PRESS: Monocle Weekend Edition: Saturday – Pack mentality by Monocle
- PRESS: Kunst für die Ukraine by ELLE Germany
- PRESS: Lisa Brice, Thomas Hirschhorn and Jim Hodges release prints to aid ‘Artists at Risk’ by Stephen Friedman Gallery
- PRESS: Grown Your Gallery Wall by The Sunday Times
- PRESS: Artists at Risk to support Ukraine by Art is Alive
- PRESS: Artists at Risk: Solidarity Prints by e-flux
- PRESS: Nan Goldin, Jeremy Deller and more are selling prints for Ukraine by Dazed
- PRESS: EDITIONEN FÜR DIE UKRAINE by Weltkunst
- PRESS: Artist Support Pledge sales campaign, which raised more than £80m on Instagram during the pandemic, turns attention to Ukraine crisis by The Art Newspaper
- PRESS: Major contemporary artists sell prints to aid Artists at Risk in Ukraine by Wallpaper
- PRESS: Monthly Newsletter by ArtReview
- PRESS: The Globalist (Radio Episode) by Monocle
- PRESS: How to Help Support Ukraine’s Aid Relief by Buying Art by Galerie
- PRESS: MATTHEW BARNEY, IDA EKBLAD, JULIAN SCHNABEL, THOMAS STRUTH et al. Solidarity Prints for Artists at Risk by Galerie Max Hetzler
- PRESS: Artists at Risk support artists from Ukraine by HART
- PRESS: What country forgets the trampling of soldiers’ feet? Poems in solidarity with the people of Ukraine by Culture Matters
- PRESS: Art for Ukraine: Buy limited-edition prints by top photographers and artists by The Glossary
- PRESS: Artists at Risk Shares Resources for Ukrainian Artists Fleeing the War by Hyperallergic
- PRESS: Editor’s Letter by Andrew Durbin of Frieze
- PRESS: How To Give It… to the humanitarian effort in Ukraine by Financial Times
- PRESS: A letter for Ukraine by e-flux
- PRESS: “Institutions and Resistance—Alliances for Art at Risk”, an online symposium by ZKM | Center for Art and Media and Artists at Risk by Flash Art
- PRESS: Deutschlandfunk Kultur – Radio broadcast reviewing AR-ZKM Symposium
- PRESS: Institutions and Resistance – Alliances for Art at Risk | ZKM Zentrum für Kunst und Medien Karlsruhe by Documenta Fifteen
- PRESS: Afghansk gatekunstnar slapp målarkosten og rømde landet: – Vi visste kva som ville skje by NRK
- PRESS: ZKM und Artists at Risk (AR) veranstalten Symposium zur Verteidigung der Kunstfreiheit by KUNSTFORUM International
- PRESS: Urla dalle prigioni La voce dei torturati by Corriere della Sera
- PRESS: Afghanische Künstler sollen nach Karlsruhe kommen by Kunstmarkt
- PRESS: Artists at Risk: ZKM reagiert auf Hilferuf aus Afghanistan by Comacon-magazine
- PRESS: L’arte prigioniera della Pussy Riot by Corriere della Sera
- PRESS: Medienmuseum will afghanische Künstler aufnehmen by WDR
- PRESS: ZKM bietet Aufnahme bedrohter afghanischer Künstler*innen an und ruft zur Solidarität auf by MIZ
- PRESS: Hundreds of Afghan artists need protection by DW
- PRESS: ”Aivan kuin olisin päätynyt vanhaan neuvostoelokuvaan” by Helsingin Sanomat
- PRESS: How to help Afghan artists and cultural workers now at risk under the Taliban by The Art Newspaper
- PRESS: Painajaisen paluu by Helsingin Sanomat
- PRESS: Samaneh Roghani in conversation with Damaris Athene
- PRESS: Lukašenkan terrori yltää myös Suomeen by Helsingin Sanomat
- PRESS: Kuolemanvakavasti hauska by Suomen Kuvalehti
- PRESS: REPRESSIÓ Marita Muukkonen i Ivor Stodolsky, codirectores d’Artistes en Risc “Els creadors han de poder presentar obres controvertides sense que els tribunals els amenacin”, in Directa
- Press: Artist Persecution and Protection in “Gagosian Quarterly”
- PRESS: “Dreaming of a golden age in Syria”, AR-SHH Resident Angela Aldebs talks to Voima
- PRESS: Vasemmiston olisi reagoitava voimakkaammin islamismiin, vaatii Suomeen muuttanut pilapiirtäjä, Kianoush Ramezani by Voima
- PRESS: THE BIGGER PICTURE ARTISTS AT RISK by Gillian Jakab
- PRESS: Ariel Dorfman: ‘Reading together is a way of enjoying new experiences’ by The Guardian
- PRESS: In a Rebuke to Power Lists, Collecteurs Announces Substance 100 by Sam Gaskin
- PRESS: Grace Munene: lluita i dignitat by alacarta
- PRESS: Kurdish artist Fatos Irwen released from Turkish prison – Rûdaw
- PRESS: Vainottujen tarinat pääsevät valokeilaan Kansallisteatterin esityksessä, jonka teemana on öljyyn sidottu maailmanpolitiikka by Helsingin Sanomat
- Spartak Khachanov: Creating Protest Art from Armenia to Finland and All Points in Between by The Armenian Mirror-Spectator
- PRESS: Grammo Suspect: «L’homofòbia va arribar a l’Àfrica per culpa d’Europa» by elPeriódico
- PRESS: Die müssen da raus, in “art – Das Kunstmagazin”
- PRESS: Euroopan muusikkojen liitot kokoontuivat Madridissa by Muusikkojen liitto
- PRESS: Grace Munene: “Una secta ha intentat matar-me” by alacarta
- PRESS: Loppisfynd blir konst på Bryggeriholmen by Södermanlands Nyheter
- PRESS: Suport institucional per a la protecció d’artistes perseguits arreu del món by Habitatge
- PRESS: CATALUNYA.- Barcelona apoya el programa de protección de artistas perseguidos ‘Safe Haven Residencies’ by La Vanguardia
- PRESS: Institutional support for the protection of artists persecuted around the world by Barcelona.cat
- PRESS: Grace Munene visits the LGBTI Centre by Bombers de Barcelona
- PRESS: Chased by conflict in Ukraine, an artist finds a haven in Helsinki by The Washington Post
- PRESS: Kholod Hawashin päälle heitettiin happoa, Saddam Jumailya kohti ammuttiin – Suomalainen residenssiohjelma auttaa vainottuja taiteilijoita by Silja Ylitalo
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- PRESS: Turkey cracks down on cultural workers and academics tied to detained philanthropist
- PRESS: Mike Watson on the exhibition Suomi Finland 101, Vantaa Art Museum
- PRESS: ARTISTS AT RISK: „UMSO MEHR ÄRGER WIR MACHEN, UM SO ERNSTER NEHMEN SIE UNS.“
- PRESS: Ein sicherer Hafen für Künstler by taz
- PRESS: Auf der Suche nach der radikalen Mitte by Deutschlandfunk Kultur
- PRESS: Artists at Risk (AR) Pavilion: mutatis mutandis by e-flux
- PRESS: The AR PAVILION-BERLIN mutatis mutandis by Galerie Kai Dikhas
- PRESS: The Challenges of Being a Syrian Artist Today by Ari Akkermans
- Press: Artists Talk: Artist at Risk (AR) Residency artist Tito Valery + Harold Offeh by FAD magazine
- PRESS: Barcelona buscarà protecció a l’estranger per als artistes amb causes judicials obertes by Roger Torres i Liñán
- PRESS: Ser Jakobstad som självklar fristad: “Vi har en stor humanitet här” by JESSICA POIKKIJOKI
- PRESS: CHIFOR (TITO) VALERY: “WE HAVE BEEN TAUGHT THAT THE FOREIGN CULTURE IS A BETTER CULTURE. FROM THAT NOTION, EVERYTHING ELSE FALLS APART”
- PRESS: Art Review – Is art too polite to fight the far right?
- PRESS: MAI KHOI & HELSINKI EXPERIENCE (in finnish)
- PRESS: Moyo releases anti-Mugabe book
- PRESS: Top 10: Art in Central Europe 2017
- PRESS: SVENSKA YLE INTERVIEW WITH AR-SAFE HAVEN HELSINKI ARTIST SHEIKO RETO
- PRESS: Amidst uneasiness, 15th Istanbul Biennial draws to a close
- PRESS: Cultural Diplomacy and Artwashing at Documenta in Athens by Hyperallergic
- PRESS: In The Surrounds of History
- PRESS: Awaiting political specters: Documenta 14
- PRESS: Artists at Risk: Wysing offers residency to artists facing persecution in their home country
- ARTISTS at RISK @ AR PAVILION in Athens
- PRESS: Re-Build Refuge Europe in Athens
- PRESS: A new space for Artists At Risk
- PRESS: Artists at Risk (AR)—A Mondial Institution for Art Practitioners under Threat by e-flux
- Clemens Bomsdorf on Artists at Risk in Amnesty Journal
- Press: Chto Delat
- PRESS: YLE (Finnish State Broadcaster) Interview with AR-Safe Haven Helsinki artist Shieko Reto
- PRESS: Solidaritet i konstlivet
- Solidarity in the Art World by Frida Sandström in Kunstkritikk
- Project award – article in Taiteilija-lehti (8.9.2016) (available only in Finnish)
- Watch YLE Arena interview with Erkan Özgen (available only in Swedish)
