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I am a curator, art advisor and activist who is passionate about supporting emerging artists and advocating for gender equality. Profits from the sales were split between the artists and the organizations.ĭaria, how would you describe what you do in a few words?ĭB: Passion, Focus, Dedication. Through their community, Beauty for Freedom donated over $350,000 in supplies for the arts, facilitated over 20,000 hours of volunteerism in anti-trafficking movements and created workshops for over 3,000 survivors of human trafficking. This critical narrative speaks to the possibilities of creating lasting change during this global movement currently fighting oppressive forces in our troubling era of worldwide health crisis, escalating poverty, ongoing state-sanctioned murders, and mounting authoritarian rule across the globe. HERSTORY was a chance to support grassroots movements led by women of color who are making real positive change throughout the world, starting in local communities. Together with the nonprofit Beauty for Freedom, we organized HERSTORY, an exhibition to benefit Beauty for Freedom, along with three additional Black-led, women-led grassroots initiatives who empower women and girls of color, battle human trafficking, and support victims of sexual violence. Selected artists included Cara Romero, Coco Capitán, Formafantasma, Fred Tomaselli, Hayden Kays, Johan Deckmann, Khari Turner, Tianjiao Zhang, Edward Tsui, Lanmuzhi Yang, Lily Kwong, Misha Waks, Odinakachi Okoroafor, Olive Allen, Philomène Amougou, Piotr Krzymowski, Rewind Collective, Sophie Hughes, Stefan Brüggemann, Susan Unterberg, Tabita Rezaire, Wang Yuyang, Whitney Stolich, and Zhang Huan. Curators selected artists who create work in response to climate change, calls for restorative action or suggests a path forward. Working with a next-generation curatorial team, including Michael Xufu Huang, Destinee Ross-Suton, Aindrea Emelife, Daria Borisova and Anne Verhallen, the show brought together a global and diverse group of artists. The public art exhibition presented renowned artists alongside artists carefully selected through an open call.

Bringing emerging and established artists together, this was the first UK activation by the non-profit SaveArtSpace. The exhibition, spanning across billboards and bus shelters, was in conjunction with World Environment Day in the UK, a day committed to encouraging awareness and action to protect our environment. ‘ Restoration: Now or Never,’ organized by Daria Borisova and Anne Verhallen ( Art At A Time Like This), in collaboration with SaveArtSpace and Hauser & Wirth, focused on the urgency of our climate crisis through a visual public display throughout London, UK. Now-not later-is the time to consider solutions to the climate emergency as monsoons, natural disasters, heat-related deaths and even the pandemic can be linked to its impact.Īs London reopened its art scene with everyone celebrating the summer weather, a dramatic public art project filled the streets.

We are throwing stones at ourselves.” -New York Times, May 31, 2021

“We are thinking about these problems of climate change as something that the next generation will face,” said Ana Maria Vicedo-Cabrera, a researcher at the Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine at the University of Bern in Switzerland.