🌍 AR–UNB Network Workshop, Nida 2026 We’re gathering in Lithuania for the Ukraine/Nordic-Baltic (AR-UNB) Residency Cooperation Network workshop at Nida Art Colony (Vilnius Academy of Arts), on 29–31 March 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.

Issa Touma’s return to AR-Helsinki! Touma is a self-taught photographer and filmmaker whose work is held in major international collections, including the Victoria and Albert Museum (London) and FOMU (Antwerp).

Artists at Risk (AR) warmly invites you to an artist talk and film screening with a documentary film director, AR-Safe Haven Helsinki resident, Tatiana Chistova from St.Petersburg. 🗓 Tuesday, 10 March 🕔 5:00–6:30 PM 📍 Rosebud Bookshop Postitalo (Mannerheimintie 2)

Introducing Tatiana Chistova Russian filmmaker, scriptwriter, editor, and Resident at AR-Safe Haven Helsinki Tatiana Chistova has directed a feature television film which is a Ukrainian–Russian co-production, and worked on six full-length documentaries as director, screenwriter, and editor.

Introducing Tatiana Chistova Russian filmmaker, scriptwriter, editor, and Artists at Risk Resident in Helsinki hosted by the Saastamoinen Foundation.

We’re looking forward to the upcoming UBN Network Meeting taking place from 28 March to 1 April 2026 at Nida Art Colony of Vilnius Academy of Arts.

❄️ Even at -20°C, our AR-Helsinki network came together for a cozy and creative get-together at the Saastamoinen Foundation! We made pizza, shared stories, and enjoyed lots of laughs together. 🍕💛

✨ WE ARE AT WORK ✨ Residencies in the Performing Arts between Mobility, Practice & Community

Introducing Ulises Matamoros Ascención, visual artist, educator, and independent curator from Mexico, and the first ER-Resident in Colombia at Plataforma Caníbal!

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

Open Studio & Artist Talk Artists at Risk (AR) warmly invites you to an Open Studio and Artist Talk at Art Factory, Porvoo, on 29 January. 🕒 3:00–5:00 PM Open Studio with Iryna Bestchetnova 🕕 6:00 PM Artist Talk / Presentation Iryna Bestchetnova & Kanerva Cederström

Artists at Risk (AR) warmly invites you to an Open Studio and Artist Talk at Art Factory, Porvoo, on 27 January. 🕒 3:00–5:00 PM Open Studio with Iryna Bestchetnova 🕕 6:00 PM Artist Talk / Presentation Iryna Bestchetnova & Kanerva Cederström Peer Curator: Krista Mikkola

The Recovery and Support Program for Artist-Veterans is currently taking place at MC6 (@residence_mc6), creating a dedicated space for artist-veterans to reconnect with their creative practice while receiving collective and psychological support.

Introducing Cultural Traffic and its residency Slow River House: a new hosting partner in the AR-Network! Artists at Risk (AR) is delighted to welcome Cultural Traffic, a Kharkiv-based NGO, as a new hosting partner in our global network supporting artists at risk.

Introducing Viktoriia Teletien, Ukrainian visual artist currently in residence in Helsinki. Born in Donetsk and educated at the Kharkiv State Academy of Design and Arts, Viktoriia works across painting, graphics, land art, scenography, and artistic research.

Introducing Liza Madi Visual artist and interior designer from Palestine, and current AR-Resident at U–jazdowski Castle Centre for Contemporary Art, Warsaw.

As the year comes to a close, we want to take a moment to wish our community Season’s Greetings, Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, a joyful New Year — and everything your heart desires.

AR on TV: Discover the Stories Behind the Artists Who Refuse to Be Silenced The prime-time cultural programme “La Brama” on Barcelona’s betevé shone a spotlight on Artists at Risk (AR) last month.

Screening & Festive Gathering: Fragile Memory We are thrilled to welcome you to a screening of our Ukrainian Artists at Risk (AR)-Safe Haven Helsinki Resident Alexandra Bratyshchenko’s film Fragile Memory in the Auditorium of Lapinlahden lähde.

AR-Alumna Polina Kuznetsova featured in Karjalainen Newspaper Polina Kuznetsova is a Belarusian textile artist and AR-Alumna who fled Belarus in 2022 and got an Artists at Risk (AR) residency at @vartsilaresidency in Northern Karelia.

Introducing Alexandra Bratyshchenko, Ukrainian film producer working on new documentary Circle of Choice at AR-Helsinki ! Alexandra is a Kyiv-based producer who works across documentary and fiction. Since 2014, she has focused on documentaries, joining the #BABYLON'13 collective.

The play "Winter Under the Table" in Helsingin Sanomat & Laura Kytölä Uladzimir Ushakou’s escape from Belarus to Helsinki via Ukraine

Introducing Ujazdowski Castle Centre for Contemporary Art: a new hosting partner in the AR-Network! Artists at Risk (AR) is delighted to welcome the @u_jazdowski Castle Centre for Contemporary Art in Warsaw as a new hosting partner in our global network supporting artists at risk.

Meet Mariia Pelishenko, Ukrainian artist and AR-Resident at Künstler:innenhaus Bremen Artists at Risk (AR) is proud to welcome Mariia Pelishenko to Bremen, where she began her two-month residency at Künstler:innenhaus Bremen!

🎉 The finalists for the Minna Canth Award have been announced! We’re honoured that Artists at Risk (AR) is among the nine finalists for the Minna Canth Award, to be presented on the 19th of March 2026 in connection with the Minna Canth Seminar in Kuopio.

HFBK University of Fine Arts, Hamburg on Monday: Co-Directors Ivor Stodolsky and Marita Muukkonen on current affairs at AR/ER

Artists, curators, professionals and institutions across the cultural sector - with the support of luminaries from Anish Kapoor to Boltanski (Messager) and Obrist - have come together as “Museum at Risk” to oppose the shocking plan by the Flemish government to dissolve a leading contemporary

Aws Al-Zubaïdy joins AR-Residency in Zurich with the RENA network

Meet our AR-Resident Bénédicte Luendo! We are delighted to introduce Bénédicte Luendo, a singer, songwriter, and performer from Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo, in residence at AR-Zanzibar Entertainment Foundation (ZAEF) in Zanzibar.

𝗠𝗲𝗲𝘁 𝗢𝘀𝗮𝗺𝗮 𝗞𝗵𝗮𝗹𝗶𝗱, 𝗦𝘂𝗱𝗮𝗻𝗲𝘀𝗲 𝗩𝗶𝘀𝘂𝗮𝗹 𝗔𝗿𝘁𝗶𝘀𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗔𝗥-𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗶𝗻 𝗕𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗮! Artists at Risk (AR) is proud to welcome Osama Khalid to Spain, where he is currently in residence at @NoCallarem – Artistes en Risc Barcelona.

𝗠𝗲𝗲𝘁 𝗢𝘀𝗮𝗺𝗮 𝗞𝗵𝗮𝗹𝗶𝗱, 𝗦𝘂𝗱𝗮𝗻𝗲𝘀𝗲 𝗩𝗶𝘀𝘂𝗮𝗹 𝗔𝗿𝘁𝗶𝘀𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗔𝗥-𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗶𝗻 𝗕𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗮! Artists at Risk (AR) is proud to welcome Osama Khalid to Spain, where he is currently in residence at @NoCallarem – Artistes en Risc Barcelona.

𝗠𝗲𝗲𝘁 𝗢𝘀𝗮𝗺𝗮 𝗞𝗵𝗮𝗹𝗶𝗱, 𝗦𝘂𝗱𝗮𝗻𝗲𝘀𝗲 𝗩𝗶𝘀𝘂𝗮𝗹 𝗔𝗿𝘁𝗶𝘀𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗔𝗥-𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗶𝗻 𝗕𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗮! Artists at Risk (AR) is proud to welcome Osama Khalid to Spain, where he is currently in residence at @NoCallarem – Artistes en Risc Barcelona.

“Diary: Between Loss and Light” – Exhibition by Olena Lakhai at Osasto5 Gallery Opening: Tuesday November 11 at 17:00 Osasto5 Gallery, Lapinlahden Lähde Lapinlahdenpolku 8, 00180 Helsinki 11.11.2025–7.1.2026

Artists at Risk (AR) co-director @maritamuukkonen interviewed for @maailmankuvalehti “Artists are often the seismographs of the current times, who sense the changes in society at the forefront.”

Artists at Risk (AR)’s Human Rights Defender (HRD) pilot programme resident Ana Jabauri was interviewed by Melvin Londen for Huvudstadsbladet. 1/7

AR’s HRD resident Hayfa Dhouib’s reflections from the time of her residency 1/8

Art for All: Placing Gender Equality at the Heart of Tomorrow’s Cultural Policies at MONDIACULT 2025, UNESCO, Barcelona

Palestinian writer 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝘄𝗮 𝗔𝗯𝘂 𝗥𝗮𝗶𝗱𝗮 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗰𝗼-𝗱𝗶𝗿𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘀 𝗜𝘃𝗼𝗿 𝗦𝘁𝗼𝗱𝗼𝗹𝘀𝗸𝘆 and 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗮 𝗠𝘂𝘂𝗸𝗸𝗼𝗻𝗲𝗻 𝗮𝘁 𝗡𝗼𝗱𝗲𝘀 𝗕𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗮 organised by Palosanto 𝗮𝘁 𝗠𝗢𝗡𝗗𝗜𝗔𝗖𝗨𝗟𝗧 event under the auspices of the Generalitat de Cataluña

𝗔𝗥-𝗕𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗮 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝘄𝗮 𝗔𝗯𝘂 𝗥𝗮𝗶𝗱𝗮 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗰𝗼-𝗱𝗶𝗿𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘀 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗮 𝗠𝘂𝘂𝗸𝗸𝗼𝗻𝗲𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗜𝘃𝗼𝗿 𝗦𝘁𝗼𝗱𝗼𝗹𝘀𝗸𝘆 𝗮𝘁 𝗡𝗼𝗱𝗲𝘀 𝗕𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗮 𝗽𝗮𝗻𝗲𝗹 𝗮𝘁 𝗠𝗢𝗡𝗗𝗜𝗔𝗖𝗨𝗟𝗧 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱 𝘁𝗼𝗱𝗮𝘆 1/7

𝗟𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝗱𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗔𝗥-𝗨𝗡𝗕/𝗨𝗸𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗻𝗰𝘆 𝗡𝗲𝘁𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸 𝗠𝗲𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝘁 𝗠𝗖𝟲, 𝗨𝗸𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗲 1/7

𝗗𝗮𝘆 𝟮 𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗔𝗥-𝗨𝗡𝗕/𝗨𝗸𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗲-𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗻𝗰𝘆 𝗡𝗲𝘁𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸 𝗠𝗲𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝘁 𝗠𝗖𝟲, 𝗨𝗸𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗲 1/5

𝗔𝗥-𝗨𝗡𝗕/𝗨𝗸𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗲-𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗻𝗰𝘆 𝗡𝗲𝘁𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸 𝗠𝗲𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝘁 𝗠𝗖𝟲, 𝗨𝗸𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗲 1/8

𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗮 𝗠𝘂𝘂𝗸𝗸𝗼𝗻𝗲𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗜𝘃𝗼𝗿 𝗦𝘁𝗼𝗱𝗼𝗹𝘀𝗸𝘆, 𝗔𝗿𝘁𝗶𝘀𝘁𝘀 𝗮𝘁 𝗥𝗶𝘀𝗸 (𝗔𝗥) 𝗖𝗼-𝗗𝗶𝗿𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘀, 𝗮𝘁 𝗔𝗿𝘀 𝗘𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗶𝗰𝗮 𝗙𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗮𝗹 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱 1/10

❗️𝐎𝐏𝐄𝐍 𝐂𝐀𝐋𝐋 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐔𝐤𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐲 𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐬, 𝐜𝐨𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐬, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐣𝐨𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐭 𝐑𝐢𝐬𝐤 (𝐀𝐑) 𝐔𝐍𝐁-𝐍𝐞𝐭𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐩. 1/10

✨ 𝗠𝗲𝗲𝘁 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝗔𝗥-𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗣𝗮𝗺𝗲𝗹𝗮 𝗧𝘂𝗹𝗶𝘇𝗼 @𝗽𝗮𝗺𝗲𝗹𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗹𝗶𝘇𝗼 𝗮𝘁 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗔𝗥-𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗻𝗲𝗿 𝗶𝗻 𝗕𝗲𝗹𝗴𝗶𝘂𝗺 𝗘𝗻𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵 𝗥𝗼𝗼𝗺 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗦𝗽𝗮𝗰𝗲 (𝗘𝗥𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗦)! ✨ 1/10

⭐️ 𝗠𝗲𝗲𝘁 𝗢𝘀é𝗲 𝗘𝗟𝗘𝗞𝗧𝗥𝗔, 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗻𝗲𝘄 𝗔𝗥-𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗶𝗻 𝗭𝗮𝗻𝘇𝗶𝗯𝗮𝗿! Artists at Risk (AR) is excited to announce our newest AR-Resident Osée Elektra @osee_elektra at AR-Safe Haven Zanzibar Entertainment Foundation (AR-ZAEF) @zaef_zanzibar. 1/8

𝗔𝗿𝘁𝗶𝘀𝘁𝘀 𝗮𝘁 𝗥𝗶𝘀𝗸 (𝗔𝗥)’𝘀 𝗖𝗼-𝗗𝗶𝗿𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗮 𝗠𝘂𝘂𝗸𝗸𝗼𝗻𝗲𝗻 𝗮𝘁 𝗕𝗲𝗿𝗹𝗶𝗻 𝗕𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗻𝗮𝗹𝗲 In an era where crisis has become the status quo, what is the role of art when survival itself is at stake? 1/10

𝗔𝗿𝘁𝗶𝘀𝘁𝘀 𝗮𝘁 𝗥𝗶𝘀𝗸 (𝗔𝗥) 𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗔𝗿𝘀 𝗘𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗶𝗰𝗮 𝗙𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗮𝗹 We’re delighted to announce AR co-directors @maritamuukkonen and @ivorstodolsky will speak at the upcoming Ars Electronica Festival on Friday 5 September. 1/10

🌟 𝗙𝗮𝗿𝗻𝗮𝘇 𝗔𝗯𝗱𝗼𝗹𝗶, 𝗜𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗳𝗮𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗱𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗻𝗲𝗿 𝗻𝗮𝗺𝗲𝗱 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗖𝗡𝗡'𝘀 𝗩𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝗪𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻 𝟮𝟬𝟭𝟯, 𝗶𝘀 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱 𝗔𝗥-𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗮𝘁 𝗔𝗥-𝗖𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝐨𝐟 𝐌𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐡/𝗛𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲 𝟲. 1/10