Item Archive: activism

All items pertaining to activism

PRESS: How To Give It… to the humanitarian effort in Ukraine by Financial Times

SOURCE: Financial Times Rosanna Dodds 03.03.2022   PRESS TEXT: How To Give It… to the humanitarian effort in Ukraine Charities providing aid – and the fundraisers supporting them Artists at Risk “Assisting artists whose freedom and lives are at risk” … Continue reading

Posted in Press Reports | Tagged , , , , , , , , , ,

WAR in UKRAINE: Emergency resources for artists and cultural workers

If you are still IN UKRAINE see this first: RESOURCES FOR UKRAINIAN REFUGEES AND SUPPORTERS – Update: We understand that regulations may be introduced so that Ukrainian refugees can stay, travel and work within the Schengen Area for 3 years. … Continue reading

Posted in NEWS, Timeline | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Institutions and Resistance – Alliances for Art at Risk

Updates on the dedicated webpage at ZKM Institutions and Resistance – Alliances for Art at Risk February 11–12, 2022  ZKM | Center for Art and Media Karlsruhe zkm.de Facebook / Twitter / Instagram / YouTube Artists at Risk (AR) www.artistsatrisk.org YouTube / Instagram / Facebook / … Continue reading

Posted in AR-ENSH, Conferences and Symposia, Map, NEWS, Timeline | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

#AlliancesforArtatRisk Participant 17. David Wengrow

David Wengrow is Professor of Comparative Archaeology at the Institute of Archaeology, University College London (UCL) and has been a visiting professor at New York University, the University of Auckland, and the University of Freiburg. He is co-author of the New … Continue reading

Posted in AR-ENSH, Conferences and Symposia, Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

BREAKING NEWS: Maria “Masha” Alekhina jailed, days before giving keynote at “Institutions and Resistance – Alliances for Art at Risk” 

Last night, Maria Alekhina was apprehended by Russian authorities and brought to a Moscow police department under orders of “administrative detention” on unknown charges. Masha was designated an AR-Resident Prisoner by Artists at Risk (AR) in December 2021, and this … Continue reading

Posted in AR-ENSH, NEWS | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

#AlliancesforArtatRisk Participant 16. Deeyah Khan

Documentary director and producer Deeyah Khan has won two Emmys, a BAFTA, an RTS and two Peabody Awards in just under a decade of making empathetic and unflinching films which deal with some of the most important and polarising issues … Continue reading

Posted in AR-ENSH, Conferences and Symposia, Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

#AlliancesforArtatRisk Participant 15. Elisabet Goula

Elisabet Goula Sardà is head of the Debates Programme at Centre of Contemporary Culture of Barcelona. She has been the coordinator of this programme since 2002 and has taken on different responsibilities, from the conceptualisation and organisation of multiple local … Continue reading

Posted in AR-ENSH, Conferences and Symposia | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Institutions and Resistance – Alliances for Art at Risk Participants

Follow the links below to find out more about each #AlliancesforArtatRisk participant! Institutions and Resistance – Alliances for Art at Risk Full Programme Ahmed Mourad Khanfir Andrei Kureichik Ganzeer Gitte Zschoch The Lazours Masha Alekhina Mohsen Makhmalbāf Qaushiq ‘Q’ Mukherjee … Continue reading

Posted in AR-ENSH, Conferences and Symposia | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

#AlliancesforArtatRisk Participant 14. Barnabás Bencsik

Curator, art historian, gallerist Barnabás Bencsik, born in 1964, lives and works in Budapest. From 1990 to 1999 he ran the Studio Gallery Budapest, the exhibition venue of the Studio of Young Artists Association. He worked as the head of … Continue reading

Posted in AR-ENSH, Conferences and Symposia | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

#AlliancesforArtatRisk Participant 2. Andrei Kureichik

Andrei Kureichik (1980) is a prize-winning playwright, screenwriter, director and publicist from Minsk, Belarus, currently living in exile. He has written and/or directed 27 feature films, as well as over 20 plays that have been staged in 37 countries worldwide. Kureichik … Continue reading

Posted in AR-ENSH, Conferences and Symposia | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,