Artists at Risk (AR)

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Assisting artists whose freedom and lives are at risk.

ARTISTS at RISK (AR) is a non-profit organisation active at the intersection of human rights and the arts. Over the last 10 years, AR has become a mondial network of 500+ artistic institutions, non-profits, municipalities, state institutions and international organisations to assist, relocate and fund artists who are at risk of persecution or oppression, or are fleeing war or terror.

Websitehttps://artistsatrisk.org/
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#ArtistsatRisk #AR #Perpetuum #PerpetuumMobile #FreedomofExpression #Afghanistan #TemporaryRelocation #Acting #ArtisticFreedom #CulturalMemory #Resistance #Resilience #Germany #BAP
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We welcome Fatima and Masiha Khaliqi and their family to Germany and wish them safety, rest and recovery after years of fear.
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While we welcome this family’s safe arrival, hundreds of Afghan artists remain trapped. Many were registered under BAP for years. This programme has now been closed for all new cases under the current conservative German government.
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Both Fatima and Masiha Khaliqi were active in Afghan television before August 2021. Following the Taliban’s return to power, their public visibility as women artists made them targets of persecution, forcing the family into years of invisibility and living under constant threat.
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Their arrival is a moment of relief, after the excruciatingly long wait for the results of the German Federal Admission Program (BAP). Their story is a reminder that for artists, especially women artists in Afghanistan, the dangers are horrific, ongoing and life-threatening.
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After nearly three years of fear, hiding and uncertainty, the Afghan actress Fatima Khaliqi and her daughter, actress Masiha Khaliqi, have safely arrived in Germany with their family through the longstanding efforts of the Artists at Risk (AR) Afghanistan Team.
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Lives of Artists at Risk: Fatima Khaliqi & Masiha Khaliqi
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#ArtistsatRisk #AR #perpetuum #PerpetualMobile #ArtisticFreedom #Art #Ukraine #Kiyv #OlgaKarpenko #ARResidency #SafeHavenHelsinki #ExhibitionOpening #Helsinki #Watercolor
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Thanks to The City of Helsinki, The Finnish Arts and Culture Agency, and the Ministry of Education and Culture for their support! We also warmly thank Myymälä2 and curators Ramiro Carmelo and Krista Mikkola for making this possible!
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She also is the author of the monograph “Statics-Dynamics in Graphics and Picture Tests” (2018), which explores the concepts of statics and dynamics in graphics, painting and socionics.
Learn more about AR-Safe Haven resident Olga Karpenko: https://artistsatrisk.org/2026/03/24/ar-resident-olga-karpenko/
AR-Resident Olga Karpenko - Artists at Risk (AR)

Born in 1966, Olga lives and works in Kyiv. A mathematician by education, psychologist by profession, and artist by vocation, she works in watercolor, sepia, watercolor monotype, pen and ink, Chinese ink, and acrylic, focusing on landscapes, flowers, marine life, … Continue reading →

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