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Artists in Times of Upheaval: Voices from Iran

Mahboobeh Rajabi, Omid Asadi and Javaad Alipoor reflect on their experiences as artists with roots in Iran – in the context of wider global events
Artists in Times of Upheaval: Censorship today with Tribe Arts

Nihal Arthanayake and Tribe Arts discuss how art survives, resists and adapts when artistic speech is under threat
Artists in Times of Upheaval: Samson Young talk

Revisit multi-disciplinary Hong Kong artist Samson Young in conversation with Ying Tan
Artists in Times of Upheaval: Ai Weiwei talk

Leading contemporary artist and activist Ai Weiwei joined us for a special talk in our Artist in Times of Upheaval talk
Artists in Times of Upheaval: Resisters, Palestine

A staged reading of Resisters, a new play by award-winning writer and performer Mojisola Adebayo
Artists in Times of Upheaval Reading & Q&A: Antonina [Ukraine]
Artists in Times of Upheaval: Oleksiy Radynski Talk

The filmmaker and writer from Ukraine spoke as part of our Artists in Times of Upheaval event series.
Artists in Times of Upheaval: Amir Nizar Zuabi talk

Amir Nizar Zuabi reflects on working against a backdrop of a world in flux and their work on the large public artworks Little Amal and THE HERDS
Artists in Times of Upheaval: UK Now talk

Four artists from across the North reflect on the 2024 Summer riots in the UK – with Keisha Thompson, Keith Saha, Jardel Rodriques & Mahboobeh Rajabi
Artists in Times of Upheaval: Kaneza Schaal talk

Hear from New York artist Kaneza Schaal for a discussion on censorship in the arts

About Artists in Times of Upheaval

This series of talks explores the experience of artists working against the backdrop of a world in flux.

Focusing on artists in and from some of the areas most exposed to current global forces, Artists in Times of Upheaval asks what space is there for artists when life ‘as normal’ no longer seems possible? Why do they continue to create art? And how?

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