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Art 19 is a company created to raise money for human rights causes from the sale of artworks by the world’s leading contemporary artists.
By blending the worlds of art and advocacy, the company aims to raise awareness and contribute directly to causes that uphold the values of freedom, justice, and equality on a global scale. Through its projects, Art 19 is committed to fostering a culture of social responsibility within the art world while making a tangible impact on the advancement of human rights.
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CONTRIBUING ARTISTS:
AYŞE ERKMEn
SHILPA GUPTA
ILYA AND EMILIA KABAKOV
WILLIAM KENTRIDGE
SHIRIN NESHAT
YOKO ONO
GERHARD RICHTER
CHIHARU SHIOTa
KIKI SMITH
ROSEMARIE TROCKEL
At Yoko Ono's exhibition in Istanbul, screaming, dreaming and repairing broken objects become acts of freedom, reminding us that sometimes the greatest gift art can offer is permission to be ourselves
As her adopted country wages war against the nation of her birth, Shirin Neshat argues that art should complicate political narratives rather than reinforce them. She reflects on exile, identity, war and the enduring value of ambiguity
Ilya Kabakov was one of the most influential conceptual artists of the late twentieth century, internationally celebrated for transforming installation art into an immersive narrative experience.
Ayşe Erkmen’s Confessional is a windowed privacy booth that functions as a confessional space: inside, a large screen allows visitors to confess and interact with artificial intelligence.
Blood red is the omnipresent color of Chiharu Shiota’s mid-career survey, Two Home Countries.
Extending the reach of the FURLA SERIES, Fondazione Furla is staging a solo show for Shilpa Gupta at GAM – Galleria d’Arte Moderna, Milan, opening in September 2026.
William Kentridge remains a central figure in drawing, film, and theater, with a practice shaped by collage, animation, and public-scale image making.
Let it be said, the studio is a safe space for stupidity. A space where impulses can be given the benefit of the doubt.