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Artists at Risk (AR) Opening IrídiaFest 2026

✨ Artists at Risk (AR) Opening IrídiaFest 2026 Artists at Risk (AR) is honored to open the fourth edition of IrídiaFest 2026 in Barcelona with a conversation on art, protection and human rights. In the opening session of the festival, … Continue reading

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FROM RISK TO RESILIENCE: Thank you 2025 ✊ … and launching the AR VIRTUAL RESIDENCY in 2026 ✨

FROM RISK TO RESILIENCE: Thank you 2025 ✊ … and launching the AR VIRTUAL RESIDENCY in 2026 ✨ With the entire post-WWII framework for peace and democracy at risk, Artists at Risk (AR) enters 2026 with both trepidation and excitement. … Continue reading

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The Recovery and Support Program for Artist-Veterans at MC6

The Recovery and Support Program for Artist-Veterans is currently taking place at MC6, creating a dedicated space for artist-veterans to reconnect with their creative practice while receiving collective and psychological support.  This program is part of Artists at Risk (AR) … Continue reading

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PUBLIC CALL for ecologists at risk in AFRICA

    ECOLOGISTS AT RISK (ER) — A Mondial Institution for Ecologists under Threat   Apply at this link. Please find the pdf of the Public Call here.   PUBLIC CALL for ecologists at risk in AFRICA We are pleased … Continue reading

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Artists at Risk (AR): Year in Review 2023 (Part 1)

Peace may seem hard to imagine in a year marked by unspeakable violence that batter our screens and minds. It is a difficult wish to make, but the artists we work for and with, whose lives and art are coloured … Continue reading

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Gorki Theatre’s premiere of THE LAST WORD, the Creative Team

  ALISA KHAZANOVA, ACTOR AND CREATOR OF THE PLAY’S IDEA Alisa Khazanova is an actor, film director and screenwriter. Alisa started her career as a Bolshoi ballet soloist and performed in a wide-ranging classical repertoire. She is also a graduate … Continue reading

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PRESS RELEASE: AR-Production Fund launched at Gorki Theatre’s premiere of THE LAST WORD 

PRESS RELEASE 30 December 2022 For Immediate Release Artists at Risk (AR) Production Fund launched at the Maxim Gorki Theatre’s premiere of  THE LAST WORD A play about dissident female activists in Russian courts  Artists at Risk (AR) is honoured … Continue reading

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Venice Biennale: “The Member”, a historical Performance-Intervention at the Russian Pavilion by Aleksey Yudnikov, 22.04.2022

At this most dangerous juncture in European history since the Second World War, this vivid performance at the Venice Biennale painted a nuanced picture of our vulgar times. A historical entry in the yearbook of the Russian Pavilion! Artist: Aleksey … Continue reading

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PRESS: The Art World Responds to the Russian Invasion of Ukraine by Wide Walls

Source: Wide Walls Balasz Takac 13.04.2022   PRESS TEXT: The Art World Responds to the Russian Invasion of Ukraine   In 2014, Russia invaded the Crimean Peninsula from Ukraine, and this particular event marked the beginning of the Russo-Ukrainian conflict. … Continue reading

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PRESS: Vooraf: Artists at Risk by HART

SOURCE: HART Magazine Kathleen Weyts 05.04.2022 PRESS TEXT: (In Dutch) Vooraf: Artists at Risk In 2015 werkte ik in opdracht van BOZAR aan de tentoonstelling Imagine Europe. In Search of New Narratives.Het was het jaar waarin Europa de toevloed van honderdduizenden migranten uit … Continue reading

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