Events
16 June 2026 - Geneva - Switzerland ARC joins 62nd session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva for a discussion on artistic freedom, emerging trends, and responses to growing threats. 12 June 2026 - Saint Lazarus - Larnaka An international conversation on climate emergency, displacement, care and creative practice. 18 June 2026 - Paris - France Bringing together scholars, artists, and representatives of international support programs, this roundtable explores contemporary forms of intellectual and artistic displacement, the circulation of knowledge across borders, and the institutional responses developed to support threatened research and creative practices. 9 May – 22 November 2026 - Venice - Italy Discover how the Pavilion of Finland at the 61st Venice Biennale is partnering with ARC – Artists at Risk Connection through "Aeolian Suite" by Jenna Sutela, highlighting artistic freedom, solidarity, and support for artists at risk worldwide. 2 June 2026 - Paris - France ARC – Artists at Risk Connection joins ICOM France for a public debate at the École du Louvre and online on the growing pressures facing artistic, curatorial, and academic freedom. Bringing together museum leaders, researchers, and cultural professionals, the discussion will examine censorship, self-censorship, and political pressures affecting cultural institutions. 15 May 2026 - Online Solidarity Loom is a six-month virtual series bringing together artists, cultural workers, scholars, activists, and organizers from across the world who are responding to rising authoritarianism through creative and cultural practice. 29 April 2026 - New York - USA In a conversation moderated by ARC Executive Director, Julie Trébault, writers Madeline Sayet and Gabriela Wiener, and museum professional, Meghan Bill, ask: what do the journeys of human remains, cultural artifacts, and iconic artworks reveal about our history? What makes the violence and asymmetries that have shaped their extraction, preservation, and return both collective and deeply personal experiences? 15-16 April 2026 - Online ARC and Res Artis are hosting an online workshop focussed on how to effectively host artists-at-risk. In this 90-minute session, we will examine the social and political contexts that place artists in this position – and how these differing situations require different responses. 21 April 2026 - Norfolk - USA Join us for a focused and timely conversation as part of the Southeastern Art Museum Director Conference 2026, hosted by the Chrysler Museum of Art in Norfolk, Virginia (April 19-21), on the evolving landscape of artistic freedom in the United States. 21 March 2026 - New York - USA Join Mai Khôi & The Dissidents:“Bad Activist” and “Five Years in Exile” Album Release - A powerful 2-in-1 concert experience at National Sawdust in Brooklyn.
