An Open Letter to the International Art Community:

STOP ARTWASHING EDI RAMA'S POLITICS



For years we have witnessed how Edi Rama’s ascent to power in his own country has facilitated and enabled the rise of his profile as a practicing artist on the international art scene, especially since becoming Prime Minister in 2013. We are not immune to how attractive the idea of an artist–politician is at a time when mainstream politics has severe difficulties imagining any future at all. The artist–politician sells – both his work and his policies. Our concern then is that the rise of Edi Rama’s profile as a practicing artist on the international art scene, aided by a select group of artists, curators, and collectors, instead of drawing more attention to his politics has, paradoxically enough, completely eclipsed them. The time has come to look beyond Edi Rama’s ubiquitous painting of the façades in 2001 and turn our attention instead to his actual, recent policies, in particular in the context of his response to the global Covid-19 pandemic.

Edi Rama’s government has systematically undermined freedom of speech and expression. Journalists are systematically attacked – both verbally and physically, threatened and blackmailed, and laid off for reporting on corruption and organized crime, or simply for criticising the Rama government. Television programs can and have been shut down abruptly, including Públicus in 2016 just as it was about to air an exposé on the death of Ardit Gjoklaj, a child laborer killed in a work accident on a government owned landfill site. Indeed, entire television channels have been shut down, the latest being Ora News this month for allegedly violating social distancing measures but in fact because it is virtually the only remaining TV station critical of the government. All other major news stations are owned by businessmen close to Edi Rama’s government, while he communicates mainly through social media, including his Facebook video channel ERTV, whose extensive funding sources remain unknown and unaccounted for.

Media watchdog organizations like the European Center for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF), the European Federation of Journalists (EFJ), the International Press Institute (IPI), Reporters Without Borders (RSF), and the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) have repeatedly called out the deterioration of free press in Albania. Their condemnation reached momentum at the end of 2019 and the beginning of 2020, when the Albanian government repeatedly tried to push through parliament the so-called “Anti-Defamation” bill, which gives an agency answering to the Council of Ministers the power to fine and even shut down online media with minimal evidence and without any oversight from the judiciary. Around the same time, the Albanian Parliament actually passed an even more disturbing piece of legislation, the so-called “Anti-KÇK” bill, thereby paving the way for the creation of an “elite” police force that, among other things, can conduct electronic surveillance and home searches, as well as stop and detain “suspects” without a court order.

While the violation of human rights by and under Edi Rama’s government is not new, the creation of a legal framework for the abolition or suspension of the fundamental rights and freedoms of Albanian citizens by the executive in toto is exceptionally alarming. Edi Rama has ruthlessly exploited four key moments in order to achieve this. Namely, the institutional and power vacuum created by the so-called “Justice Reform” since 2016, as a result of which Albania has neither a fully functional Constitutional Court nor a functional Supreme Court; the decision of the MPs of the two main opposition parties to rescind their mandates in early 2019, as a result of which Albania does not have a functional parliament; the anti-constitutional one-party local elections held in June 2019, enabling the Socialist Party to gain control of virtually all municipalities across the country; and, finally, the catastrophic earthquake of November 26, 2019, and the Covid-19 pandemic as a result of which Albania has been under a state of emergency that is continually extended, sometimes legally and sometimes not, and has seen the ushering in of a slew of draconian emergency measures.

It should come as no surprise then that, in stark contrast with Edi Rama’s own artistic career, cultural life in Albania has become increasingly precarious. Sources of funding for independent cultural producers are scarce and what non-state funding there is gets mostly channeled into the government’s vanity projects. Thus, whereas unaccounted sums of money were spent on the contemporary art center inside Edi Rama’s offices, all other national cultural institutions are systematically underfunded and mismanaged. Cultural heritage is threatened too, especially the Roman and Byzantine archeological heritage of Albania. Similarly, most of the cultural monuments in Tirana dating to the Ottoman period have already been destroyed in order to make room for government sponsored construction projects, and plans are currently underway to demolish the National Gallery of Arts, another architectural landmark and cultural heritage site.

The demolition of the historic National Theatre building on 17 May 2020, only two days before Albania’s severe COVID-19 lockdown was lifted marks a point of no return. Completed by the Italian fascists in 1939, it also functioned as an important reminder of communist rule in Albania, with the first high profile Albanian communist show trial being held inside it in 1945. The theater’s recent demolition came after two years of resistance by actors, writers, artists, and activists, only weeks after the building was nominated one of the seven most endangered cultural heritage sites in Europe by Europa Nostra, and after the European Commission called for dialogue about its preservation. This action was preceded by several unconstitutional and illegal acts at various levels of government, while a constitutional court complaint and an anti-corruption investigation against the ownership transfer of the theater from the national to local government was still pending. A large part of the publicly held land on which the National Theater stood is slated to be turned into privately owned highrise-buildings and shopping malls on the most expensive piece of real-estate in Tirana. The government has publicly admitted that it has no budget to rebuild the theater. This building, and everything that was inside – costumes, props, and archives of more than eighty years of Albanian theater history – was demolished in the middle of the night on Sunday May 17, 2020, accompanied by wanton police violence, shutting down of all electronic communications in the area, and random arrests.

The “values” and “colors” of Edi Rama’s work as an artist, his speeches and interviews on the international art scene, and the promotional machinery that surrounds his career differ like day and night from the policies his regime is implementing in Albania. Therefore, we, the undersigned, strongly call upon those in the international art community whose practices align with progressive politics, ethical work practices, and a critical engagement with civil society, to rethink their commitments – and the validity and honesty of these commitments – when collaborating with and promoting the work of an artist–politician whose practice goes against these commitments and who has shown to be an opponent of progressive, democratic, and inclusive ideals in his own country.

We call for solidarity from the international art world with the citizens, activists, and artists of Albania in condemning the actions of the government of Edi Rama, and a thorough reflection on the ethical and artistic implications of exhibiting and supporting his work and by extension his politics.

Versioni shqip: Letër e hapur drejtuar Komuniteti Ndërkombëtar të Artit: Ndaloni furçat artistike ndaj politikës së Edi Ramës

Version française: Albanie : lettre ouverte au monde international des arts sur la politique d’Edi Rama

Versione italiana: La lettera aperta degli intellettuali albanesi: perché Edi Rama ha sbagliato a demolire il teatro



Original Signatories


  1. Jonida Gashi, academic, cultural theorist, co-founder of DebatikCenter of Contemporary Art, Tirana
  2. Vincent W.J. van Gerven Oei, journalist and publisher, The Hague/Tirana/Santa Barbara
  3. Armando Lulaj, artist and filmmaker, co-founder of DebatikCenter of Contemporary Art, Tirana
  4. Adela Halo, public policy analyst and anti-corruption expert, researcher in 18th century history of ideas at Queen Mary’s, London
  5. Elvis Hoxhaj, LGBT human rights activist, The Hague/Tirana
  6. Raino Isto, editor, ARTMargins Online
  7. Dritan Hyska, artist, Tirana/Berlin
  8. Alketa Ramaj, artist, Tirana
  9. Ergin Zaloshnja, artist and founder of SPUTNIK fanzine, Tirana
  10. Pleurad Xhafa, artist and co-founder of DebatikCenter of Contemporary Art, Tirana
  11. Wendy Morava, scriptwriter and editor, Tirana
  12. Xheni Karaj, LGBT activist and director of Aleanca LGBT, Tirana
  13. Eriola Pira, curator, Vera List Center for Art and Politics, The New School, New York
  14. Sonila Meço, producer, journalist and TV anchor, Tirana
  15. Adi Krasta, producer, journalist and TV anchor, Tirana/Prishtina
  16. Wolfgang Staehle, artist, New York
  17. Katerina Kolozova, Director of the Institute of Social Sciences and Humanities Skopje, Professor of Philosophy, Epistemology and Gender Studies at ISSH and University American College, Skopje
  18. Elvira Dones, novelist and documentary filmmaker, Switzerland
  19. Vasco Dones, journalist, Switzerland
  20. Marco Mazzi, photographer and painter, Florence
  21. Neritan Sejamini, editor-in-chief, Exit Albania, Tirana
  22. Elidor Mëhilli, Associate Professor, City University of New York, New York
  23. Silvana Toska, Assistant Professor, Davidson College, North Carolina
  24. Adrian Paci, artist, director of Art House, Shkodër/Milan
  25. Eni Derhemi, artist, art historian, and researcher in post-dictatorship Albanian art, Bologna/ Tirana
  26. Alice Elizabeth Taylor, journalist and media freedom activist, Tirana
  27. Vjosa Musliu, postdoctoral fellow, Free University of Brussels, Belgium
  28. Barbara Halla, assistant editor, Asymptote Journal, Tirana/Paris
  29. Fatos Lubonja, writer and journalist, Tirana
  30. Diana Malaj, writer and co-founder of activist group ATA, Kamza
  31. Vasilika Laçi, civil rights activist and feminist, Tirana
  32. Lori Lako, visual artist, Florence
  33. Besar Likmeta, editor, BIRN Albania
  34. Gjergji Erëbara, journalist, BIRN Albania
  35. Hana Qena, artist and co-founder of HAVEIT, Tirana
  36. Alketa Sylaj, artist and co-founder of HAVEIT, Prishtina
  37. Arbërore Sylaj, artist and co-founder of HAVEIT, Prishtina
  38. Sofia Kalo, anthropologist and researcher, Chicago

    39. Also signed by:


  39. Erion Gjatolli, translator, Tirana
  40. Sonja Lau, curator and writer, Berlin
  41. Isuf Alla, interreligious dialogue, Rome
  42. Jonas Staal, artist, Athens/Rotterdam
  43. Drita Alla, Fashion Studies, Rome
  44. Lorena Kalaja, artist, New York
  45. Iva Lulashi, artist, Milan
  46. Vesa Qena, artist and co-founder of HAVEIT, Prishtina
  47. Marsela Dauti, researcher, Uppsala University, Sweden
  48. Federica Pompejano, Postdoctoral researcher, University of Genova, Italy
  49. Klodiana Millona, architect and researcher, Rotterdam, Netherlands
  50. Rigels Metolli, Engineer, Hamburg, Germany
  51. Yuan Chun Liu, artist/architect, Rotterdam/Taipei
  52. Besfort Idrizi, actor and director, Albanian theater for children and youth, Skopje, RN Macedonia
  53. Jora Kasapi, Architect, Tirana, Albania
  54. Stuart Munro, writer, Tokyo
  55. Ricardo Dominguez, Associate Professor, UCSD
  56. Chun-chi Wang, curator and researcher, Berlin/Taipei
  57. Ervin Qafmolla, journalist, Tirana
  58. Dan Rudmann, publisher, US
  59. Andi Tepelena, cultural manager, activist, Albania
  60. Taulant Muka, Research Group Leader, Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine, University of Bern, Switzerland
  61. Donald Merizaj, software engineer, Albania
  62. Hana Halilaj, co-founder of Hajde! Foundation, Prishtinë
  63. Doruntina Kastrati, artist, Prishtina, Kosovo
  64. Andreas Petrossiants, independent scholar, NYC
  65. Blerta Hoçia, artist and curator, Tirana/Prishtina
  66. Emiljano Kaziaj, Media Researcher, Human Rights Activist, Albania
  67. Carrie Ann Morgan, anthropologist and linguist, Tirana/Ann Arbor
  68. Fatlum Doci, artist, Albania
  69. Entela Bineri, art journalist, Tirana
  70. Arba Bekteshi, urban anthropologist, Tirana
  71. Endri Dani, artist, Tirana
  72. Remijon Pronja, artist and lecturer, Polis University, Tirana
  73. Olson Lamaj, artist, Tirana, Albania
  74. Celik Rruplli, journalist, Tirana
  75. Enriketa Papa, historian, University of Tirana
  76. Genta Nishku, literary scholar, writer and translator, Tirana/NYC
  77. Boštjan Bugarič, architect , lecturer and senior editor at Architectuul, Berlin
  78. Alban Muja, artist, Prishtina, Kosovo
  79. Boris Budini, systems architect, Albania
  80. Sonia Budini, architect, Albania
  81. Matteo Pizzolante, Artist, Milan
  82. Gentian Shkurti, artist, Tirana, Albania
  83. Lorina Bekteshi, consultant, Tirana, Albania
  84. Orinda Malltezi, lecturer, University of Tirana, Albania
  85. Petrit Pula, Music Curator & Producer, New York City
  86. Sashenka Lleshaj, PhD student, McGill University, Montréal, Quebec
  87. Dushko Petrovich, Chair of New Arts Journalism, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
  88. Carin Kuoni, Vera List Center for Art and Politics, New York City
  89. Chelsea Haines, art historian, New York
  90. Koloreto Cukali, scriptwriter and producer, Tirana
  91. Besnik Pula, Assistant Professor, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg
  92. Claire Bishop, Professor, Graduate Center, City University of New York
  93. Hrisina Ivanoska, artist and co-founder of Press to Exit Project Space, Skopje
  94. Yane Calovski, artist and co-founder of Press to Exit Project Space, Skopje
  95. Saisha Grayson, contemporary curator, New York/DC
  96. Sadie Mlika, writer and activist, Boston, MA
  97. Kristale Ivezaj Rama, journalist, founder of The Balkan Artists’ Guild, London
  98. Donika Çina, artist, Tirana
  99. Dorina Pllumbi, architect and researcher, TU Delft, Netherlands
  100. Brunilda Pali, researcher, KU Leuven, Belgium
  101. Ornela Zani, activist, Tirana, Albania
  102. Ilir Kaso, artist, Tirana
  103. Pezana Rexha, architect, Tirana, Albania
  104. Elvia Wilk, writer/editor, New York City
  105. Valentina Koça, gallerist and founder of Zeta Center for Contemporary Art, Tirana
  106. Esmeralda Kallollari, semiotics student, University of Passau, Germany
  107. Ergys Mita, musician, Tirana
  108. Parid Cefa, artist, New York
  109. Angelo Careri, writer and theoretician, Paris
  110. Gerta Xhelo, Director of Production, TED-Ed --TED Conferences, New York
  111. Nina Power, writer and philosopher, London
  112. Merita Smaja, actress at Teatri Migjeni, Shkodër
  113. Stefan Çapaliku, writer, Tirana
  114. Eros Dibra, artist, Albania
  115. Virion Graçi, writer, Tirana-Albania
  116. Kastriot Çipi, theatre director, Albania
  117. María Novas Ferradás, architect and researcher, Galicia, Universidad de Sevilla, Spain and Delft University of Technology, Netherlands
  118. Kamela Guza, Postdoctoral researcher, University of Florence, Italy
  119. Borana Kullolli, Civil Eng. PhD candidate, TU Berlin, Germany
  120. Saimir Kristo, architect and Vice-Dean of POLIS University, Tirana
  121. Kristina Millona, human rights defender, Belgrade, Serbia
  122. Tancrède Rivière, writer and researcher, Paris
  123. Robert Aliaj Dragot, visual artist and activist, Tirana/Brussels
  124. Stefano Romano, artist and lecturer at Polis University, Tirana
  125. Elsa Demo, culture journalist, Tirana
  126. Anila Dedaj, journalist, Tirana
  127. Elian Stefa, architect and curator, Tirana
  128. Rita Gjeka, actress at Teatri Migjeni, Shkodër
  129. Durim Taçi, writer and translator, Italy
  130. Ag Apolloni, playwright, Prishtina
  131. Irsida Bejo, architectural theorist & educator, USA
  132. Caterina Preda, art and politics theoretician, Romania
  133. Anxhela Çikopano, theater director, translator and scholar in cultural anthropology, Tirana
  134. Nada Gurashi, translator
  135. Rezarta Caushaj, activist and journalist, Tirana
  136. Pietro Gaglianò, art critic and pedagogist, Florence
  137. Daria Filardo, curator and educator, Palermo/Florence
  138. Kristina Gjini, architect, Chicago IL
  139. Melina Kotsia, architect and critical writer, Tirana/Seattle
  140. Hashim Baftiari, publisher, Tetova, North Macedonia
  141. Kailey Rocker, Cultural Anthropologist and PhD Candidate, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, USA
  142. Suela Bako, film and theatre actress / director, Tirana
  143. Romir Zalla, actor, Tirana, Albania
  144. Dasara Xhangolli, theater director/actress, Tirana
  145. Dhimitraq Kote, artist, Florence/Korçë
  146. Ermela Teli, film director, Albania
  147. Josseline Black, choreographer and curator
  148. Edmond Dingu, electrical engineer, Tirana, Albania
  149. Driant Zeneli, visual artist, Milan and Tirana
  150. Parid Teferiçi, writer, Tirana
  151. Shilton Rica, Senior Design Engineer, Luxembourg
  152. Irhan Jubica, writer & journalist, "ARS" Albanian literary magazine
  153. Flora Camaj, journalist, Prishtinë
  154. Alban Gjata, art & architecture, Bergamo, Italy
  155. Corrado Gugliotta, Laveronica Gallery, Modica Italy
  156. Aida Baro, translator and editor, Tirana
  157. Lea Ademi, human rights defender
  158. Gladiola Harizaj, actress at National Theater of Albania
  159. Ervin Bejleri, actor at National Experimental Theater of Albania
  160. Simone Harrill, artist, UK
  161. Emi Furxhi, human rights activist, Tiranë
  162. Blerti Murataj, visual artist and filmmaker, New York
  163. Jonida Xherri, visual artist, Durrës/Modica
  164. Ilire Zajmi, writer and journalist, Prishtinë
  165. Chiara Enzo, artist, Venice, Italy
  166. Ludovico Riviera, Italy
  167. Elton Caushi, tour operator and media producer, Albania
  168. Artan Haxhi, professor, Shkodra University
  169. Albien Alushaj, visual artist, Florence
  170. Serena Becagli, art coordinator and co-founder of Estuario Project Space, Florence/Prato
  171. Rozi Kostani, theatre director, actress and professor
  172. Driada Dervishi, theatre director, Albania
  173. Eltjana Shkreli, urban planner, GO2_Sustainable Urban Planning Organization
  174. Rosella Pellicciotti, choreographer, dancer, performer, Tirana (AL)
  175. Elona Pira, founding editor, Peizazhe të fjalës magazine, Tirana/New York
  176. Dalina Gashi, architect, London
  177. Agata Rogoś, curator, Institut für Slawistik Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
  178. Matilda Odobashi, visual artist, Tirana
  179. Abderrahim Kassou, Architect, Casablanca
  180. Erla Gjinishi, social scientist, Sweden
  181. Valentina Bonizzi, artist, Glasgow/Tirana
  182. Nicola Pedrazzi, Bologna, journalist Osservatorio Balcani Caucaso Transeuropa
  183. Mikaela Minga, musicologist, Tirana
  184. Teuta Toska, linguist, Elbasan
  185. Su Tomesen, artist, Amsterdam, Netherlands
  186. Driton Selmani, visual artist, Prishtina, Kosovo
  187. Miran Mohar, artist, Ljubljana
  188. Maltin Grabivaj, structural engineer, Tirana
  189. Martino Baldi, poet and librarian, Pistoia, Italy
  190. Lorena Kalaja, artist, New York
  191. Pasko Kisic, political scientist, Stockholm
  192. Richard van den Brink, publisher, Skanderbeg Books, Tirana, Utrecht/the Netherlands
  193. Majkell Veizaj, web developer, Tirana
  194. Ataol Kaso, publisher, Pika pa sipërfaqe, Tirana
  195. Eyal Weizman, professor, Centre for Research Architecture at Goldsmiths, University of London, founder and director of Forensic Architecture, London
  196. Dr. Mateja Bučar, choreographer, president of DUM-Association of Artists, Slovenia
  197. Gerda Mulder, photo-editor Skanderbeg Books, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
  198. Mondi Denelli, violinist, Shkodër, Albania
  199. Ares Shporta, Director of Lumbardhi Foundation, Prizren, Kosovo
  200. Rok Vevar, dance historian and curator, Ljubljana
  201. Pia Brezavšček, editor of Maska journal, Ljubljana
  202. Alban Nimani, artist, director of TULLA - Culture Center, Tirana/Prishtina
  203. Vittoria Ciolini, President of the culture association Dryphoto Arte Contemporanea, Prato, Italy
  204. Mirna Pedalo, visiting lecturer, Royal College of Art, London, UK
  205. Endi Tupja, artist, filmmaker, Tirana/Berlin
  206. Jiří Němec, International Relations Student and Balkanologist, Brno, Czech Republic
  207. Sislej Xhafa, artist, New York, USA
  208. Daniel Languré, architect, Mexico City, Mexico
  209. Miloš Kosec, architect, Ljubljana, Slovenia
  210. Sanja Horvatinčić, Postdoctoral Researcher, Institute of Art History, Zagreb, Croatia
  211. Carolina Gómez Pérez, Architect & Strategic Urban Planner
  212. Irena Šentevska, researcher and curator, Belgrade, Serbia
  213. Davide Marchetti, architect & visiting professor, Rome, Italy
  214. Jelica Jovanović, architect & researcher, Belgrade, Serbia
  215. Rena Raedle, artist, Belgrade
  216. Vladan Jeremić, artist, Belgrade
  217. Alessandra Briganti, journalist, Rome
  218. Ana Jovanović, architect, Belgrade, Serbia
  219. Tiago Mota Saraiva, architect, Lisbon
  220. Mladen Jadric, Architect, Ass.Prof.Dr.DI Vienna
  221. Odeta Çunaj Stabenow, Filmmaker, Berlin
  222. Stefan Stabenow, Film Editor, Berlin
  223. Flutura Açka, writer/publisher, Tirana, Utrecht/the Netherlands
  224. Amelida Celepija, Photographer & Artist, London,UK
  225. Daniele Capra, art critic and independent curator, Venice
  226. Ana Džokić, architect, Belgrade/Rotterdam
  227. Marc Neelen, architect, Rotterdam/Belgrade
  228. Xhorxhina Bami, correspondent for Kosovo, Balkan Insight/BIRN, Tirana/Prishtina
  229. Aleš Vodopivec, Professor, Faculty of Architecture, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
  230. Rosanna Cieri, director of the MOTUS Company (Italy)
  231. Simona Cieri, choreographer of the MOTUS Company (Italy)
  232. Ena Bavčić, human rights activist and documentarist (Sarajevo, BiH)
  233. Nevenka Koprivšek, director Bunker, Mladi levi festival (Ljubljana, Slovenia)
  234. Martina Agricoli, dancer of the MOTUS Company (Italy)
  235. Anisa Kushta, economist, Tirana
  236. Vjollca Rica, ingénieur d'études, France
  237. Rune Ottosen, Professor Emeritus journalism, Oslo Metropolitan University (Norway)
  238. Mamica Burda, architect, researcher, TU Wien, Vienna, Tirana
  239. Marson Korbi, architecture PhD, Polytechnic of Bari (Italy)
  240. Lejla Huremović, activist, Bosnia and Herzegovina
  241. Ilaria Fratantuono, dancer of the MOTUS Company (Italy)
  242. Lara Fresko, art historian, New York/Istanbul
  243. Gentiola Madhi, researcher & OBCT correspondent, Tirana / Verona (Italy)
  244. Maria Briganti, architect, Taranto
  245. Micol Viti, organizational staff of the MOTUS Company (Italy)
  246. Mattia Solano, dancer of the MOTUS Company (Italy)
  247. Ledio Allkja, urban planner, researcher Co-plan/Polis University
  248. Bruno Di Blasi, musician and photographer
  249. Judoris Merkaj, marketing student
  250. Realda Abdija, art historian, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy
  251. Lorena Gjana, Chief Operating Officer, INNVEST
  252. Gabriele Salvaterra, curator and museum professional, Trento, Italy
  253. jonathan lahey dronsfield, philosopher/artist, UK
  254. Clara Scola, art director of AnonimaKunsthalle, Milan, Italy
  255. Roberta Morello, dancer of the MOTUS Company (Italy)
  256. Armando Guçe, political analyst, Tirana, Albania
  257. Claudio Rossi, Italy
  258. Gorana Mlinarević, human rights lawyer, Sarajevo
  259. Beatrice Fleischlin, performer, Basel, Switzerland
  260. Marcella Stefanoni, gallerist, ARTRA Gallery, Milan
  261. Lorenzo Tiberio, student, Italy
  262. Anja Zorko, Slovenia
  263. Alexandros Tsakos, University of Bergen, Norway
  264. Yannis Papadopoulos, University of Brasília, Brazil
  265. Evan Panagopoulos, architecture tour guide, UK
  266. Sonja Dragović, researcher in urban studies, Podgorica / Lisbon
  267. Erion Hinaj, theater director and actor, Tirana
  268. Marilena Cammarota, teacher & researcher, Siena (Italy)
  269. Bernhard Studlar, playwright, Austria
  270. Ylber Marku, research fellow in World History, Xiamen University, China
  271. Paola Martina Petrocelli, student, University of Siena
  272. Giulia Dongilli, artist, Italy
  273. Katharina Stadler, artist, Tbilisi
  274. Herman Zonderland, photographer, Delft, the Netherlands
  275. Nina Galić, visual artist, Belgrade
  276. Arbër Elezi, visual artist, Florence
  277. Ivana Němec, nurse and midwife, Brno, Czech Republic
  278. Elidjon Grembi, artist, Düsseldorf, Germany
  279. Darko Vukić, artist, Serbia
  280. Lisandri Kola, poet, researcher and lecturer University of Michigan, Ann Arbor/Michigan
  281. Aristea Kola, Kêns (critical journal) publisher, researcher and Graduate Student, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor/Michigan
  282. Amy Zion, curator and writer, Faculty, CCS Bard College, New York
  283. Arben Prendi, poet, researcher and lecturer University of Shkodra "Luigj Gurakuqi", Albania
  284. Danilo Correale, independent artist and researcher, New York
  285. Jonathan Eaton, Anthropologist and PhD student, University of British Columbia, Canada
  286. Arta Arifi, Cultural Anthropologist & Archaeologist, Pristina, Kosovo
  287. Kleidi Eski, visual storyteller, Tirana, Albania
  288. David Quezada, architecture MSc, structural engineer; lecturer Universidad de Santiago de Chile, Escuela de Arquitectura; founder of ARCADA, Santiago de Chile.
  289. Marko Peterlin, Director at IPoP - Institute for Spatial Policies, Ljubljana, Slovenia
  290. Tadej Glažar, professor, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
  291. Clarence Tsui, film critic, lecturer and programmer, Hong Kong
  292. Susann Kreplin, research assistant - constructionLab/perceptionLab, TH OWL, Germany
  293. Shpëtim Selmani, actor and writer.
  294. Petra Čeferin, assoc. professor, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
  295. Giulia Morucchio, curator, Venice (IT)
  296. Arne Vehovar, architect, Ljubljana,Slovenia
  297. Iris Sojli, writer and translator
  298. Magdalena Prus, architect
  299. Yvonne van Osch, writer, Amsterdam, Holland
  300. Maja Vardjan, curator, Ljubljana, Slovenia
  301. Jeff Bickert, writer/editor, Ljubljana, Slovenia
  302. Jernej Prijon, architect, Ljubljana, Slovenia
  303. Anna de Manincor | ZimmerFrei collective, artist and filmmaker, Bologna, Italy
  304. Uršula Berlot Pompe, assoc. prof., University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
  305. Leda Lunghi, curator, Milan, Italy
  306. Regina Longo, media archivist and lecturer, Brown University, Providence, RI, USA
  307. Fatmira Nikolli, culture journalist, Tirana
  308. Reto Kromer, film conservator and restorer, Lausanne, Switzerland
  309. Andrea Abati, photographer and founder of Dryphoto Arte Contemporanea, Prato, Italy
  310. Barbara Predan, assistant prof., University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
  311. Simon Hewitt, art historian and journalist, Switzerland
  312. Stefan Haas, musician & graphic designer, Lucerne, Switzerland
  313. Sesilja Plasari, director, France
  314. Dritan Laçi, journalist, Tirana
  315. Franco ‘Bifo’ Berardi, writer, philosopher, and activist, Bologna
  316. Andrea Pagnes, artist at VestAndPage, Italy/Germany
  317. Fatos Dingo, Psychologist and Cultural Anthropologist, Florence
  318. Nikola Slavevski, artist, Macedonia
  319. Kaja Lipnik Vehovar, architect, Ljubljana, Slovenia
  320. Fioralba Duma, human & civil rights activist and cultural promoter, Rome, Italy
  321. Ilir Qyrana, Albanian architect, Tirana, Albania
  322. Ana Grgić, lecturer in Film and Screen Studies, Monash University Malaysia
  323. Ervin Goci, activist and lecturer in journalism, University of Tirana
  324. Despina Zefkili, art critic, Athens, Greece
  325. Ismete Selmanaj Leba, journalist, writer and construction engineer, Italy
  326. Adele Budina, producer, Rome, Italy
  327. Nicole Davi, actor & director, Coach & Therapist, Lucerne, Switzerland
  328. Heligonka, Handcrafted New Folk Pop Band, Emmenbronx, Switzerland
  329. Ivi Petja, Freiburg im Breisgau
  330. Dorota Horodyska, interpreter, Poland
  331. Anne-Marie Tangen, Niayesh Travel, Norway
  332. John Dale, historian, Norway
  333. Dens Dimiņš, translator, Latvia
  334. Arjon Muarremi, Architect - Founder MAS - Muarremi Architecture Studio, Milano, Italy
  335. Ilda Mara, director of Art & Heritage Publication
  336. Mauro Geraci, Professore di Antropologia Culturale all'Università degli Studi di Messina. Cantastorie e Antifascista. Italia.
  337. Doris Xhaferi, resident intern, Bielefeld, Germany
  338. Michelle Millar Fisher, curator, MFA Boston
  339. Avni Delvina, artist, Cesena, Italy.
  340. Anxhelo Matrangolo, teacher, Italy.
  341. Louis Seiller, independent journalist, Western Balkans/Paris.
  342. Hans Peter Jost, photographer. Zurich, Switzerland.
  343. Barbad Golshiri, artist and critic, Iran
  344. Maryam Ashrafi, social documentary photographer, Paris
  345. Małgorzata Margo Rejmer, writer, Tirana/Warsaw
  346. Jan Jansen, human rights activist, Zutphen, The Netherlands.
  347. Jonila Godole, writer and director of IDMC, Tiraa
  348. Leo Platvoet, writer, former member Dutch Senate, The Netherlands
  349. Loreta Nikolli, translator and fair & events organizer, Bologna, Italy
  350. Endri Rexhepaj, IT auditor KPMG, Switzerland
  351. Viktor Misiano, “Moscow Art Magazine” chief-editor, Moscow, Russia
  352. Ilda Papajani, artist & DOP, Tirana, Albania
  353. Fabian Kati, documentary film director & sociologist, Manchester, UK
  354. Elgoni Nikolla, American Studies, PhD candidate at Sofia University "St.Kliment Ohridski", Sofia, Bulgaria
  355. Alessandra Ghinato, journalist and communications expert, Milano, Italy
  356. Lindita Komani, writer and translator, Tirana, Albania
  357. Elvin Nuri, advertiser, writer and communication expert, Tirana, AL
  358. Edmond Budina, director, scriptwriter and actor, Rome/Tirana
  359. Effi Weiss, artist, Filmmaker, Brussels, Belgium
  360. Jasmina Topić, writer and teacher, Pančevo, Serbia
  361. Prof. Waldemar Kuligowski, academic, editor and activist, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań, Poland
  362. Alina Kubiak, producer and curator, Berlin, Germany
  363. Ewa Tracz, student, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań, Poland
  364. Gazmend Bakalli, artist, Connecticut, US
  365. Davide Quadrio, curator and producer Art Hub, Hong Kong
  366. Andrej Strehovec, architect, critic, independent custos, member of Management Board at Association of Architects Novi Sad, Serbia
  367. Albi Cela, lawyer, human rights activist, LLM, Arizona State University, Washington D.C
  368. Ariglon Pali, journalist, Top Channel, Albania
  369. Norbert Tobolski, student, Mikołaj Kopernik University, Toruń, Poland
  370. Edona Bala, visual artist, Tirana, Albania
  371. Erid Katroshi, medical doctor, Germany
  372. Irena Sawicka, Institute of Slavic Studies, Warsaw, Poland
  373. Jean-Arnault Dérens, rédacteur en chef du Courrier des Balkans (France)
  374. Amaël Cattaruzza, Université Paris-VIII (France)
  375. Yoko Sawada, editor and publisher, Tokyo, Japan
  376. Sandra Krizic Roban, Institute of Art History, Zagreb, Croatia
  377. Florian Daka, architect, Tirana, Albania
  378. Lori E. Amy, Professor, Georgia Southern University
  379. Denis Esakov, artist, Berlin
  380. Magdalena Rekść, academic, University of Lodz, Poland
  381. Dana Kopel, writer and editor, New York
  382. Elsa Skënderi Rakipllari, linguist and lecturer, Tirana
  383. Vjeran Pavlaković, historian, University of Rijeka, Croatia
  384. Jeanne Lakits, dancer, France
  385. Viltė Migonytė-Petrulienė, Kaunas, Lithuania
  386. Edi Muka, curator, Sweden/Albania
  387. Samuel Gonçalves, architect, Portugal
  388. Philippa Driest, artist and janitor, Rotterdam, Netherlands
  389. Kristian Zara, visual artist, Curator, Art critic, UK, AL, GR
  390. Davide Sgambaro, artist, Turin, IT
  391. Amos Cappuccio, Turin, IT
  392. Nela Gubic, Institute of Art History, Croatia
  393. Eleonora Castagna, curator, Vipiteno, IT
  394. Mariana León, Art Historian, Actress, México
  395. Emma Tagliacollo, Adjunct Professor Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, IT
  396. Ugo Carughi, President Docomomo Italia, IT
  397. Beatrice Marchi, artist, Berlin, Germany
  398. Alice Pedroletti, artist and art worker, Italy
  399. Lucrezia Calabrò Visconti, curator, Italy
  400. Alessio Mazzaro, artist, Italy
  401. Caterina Erica Shanta, artist, Italy
  402. Eugenia Delfini, 2019-2020 Guggenheim Hilla Rebay International Fellow, Italy
  403. Simona Barbera, artist, Italy/Norway
  404. Beatrice Sacco, artist, Italy
  405. Maximiliano Siñani, artist, Bolivia
  406. Rachele D’Osualdo, Udine, Italy
  407. Jovan Minic, architect, SRB, IT
  408. Bertin Christelbauer, musician, Linz, Austria
  409. Dardana Berdyna, actor, Italy
  410. Ruth Beraha, artist, Italy
  411. Marta Papini, curator, Italy
  412. Rebecca Moccia, artist, Italy
  413. Irene Bagnara, curator and journalist, Italy
  414. Melpomeni Nelaj, multidisciplinary storyteller, Serbia
  415. Denis Ymeri, artist, Spain
  416. Enisa Selmanaj, architect, Rotterdam, Netherlands
  417. Carlo Sala, curator, Italy
  418. Naeem Mohaiemen, Society of Fellows, Columbia University, New York, US
  419. Hiroko Komatsu, artist, Japan
  420. Osamu Kanemura, artist, Japan
  421. Chiara Trivelli, artist, Italy
  422. Alessandra Saviotti, curator/educator, PhD fellow Liverpool John Moores University, UK
  423. Giorgio Verzotti, art critic, Milan
  424. Marco Scotini, curator, Milan
  425. Andris Brinkmanis, curator, Milan
  426. Valerio Deho, curator, Bologna
  427. Leah Whitman-Salkin, Tirana
  428. Yusuke Inoue, artist, Japan
  429. Gemma Medina Estupiñán, curator, art historian and educator, Netherlands.
  430. Marko Stamenkoviq, curator, art historian and writer, Albania.
  431. Fabiola Fiocco, curator/art worker, Italy
  432. G. Olmo Stuppia, artist, researcher, Italy
  433. Paola Pietronave, Italy
  434. Sara Molho, Italy
  435. Henri Kergomard, musician, Greece
  436. Kiyoshiro Tatekawa, artist, Japan
  437. Marta Orsola Sironi, curator/art worker, Italy
  438. Ilaria Conti, Italy/USA
  439. Alessia Certo, visual artist (collettivo Didymos), Italy
  440. Giulia Vannucci, visual artist (collettivo Didymos), Italy
  441. Riitta Nikula, Professor Emerita in Art History, Helsinki, Finland
  442. Jiewen Xiao, philosopher, Italy
  443. Francesca Blandino, art historian, Italy
  444. Mona Vatamanu, artist, Romania
  445. Florin Tudor, artist, Romania
  446. Joanna Minksztym, ethnologist, Poznań, Poland
  447. John Tilbury, pianist, England
  448. Eric van Hove, artist, Brussels/Marrakech
  449. Jon Campbell, artist, Berlin, Germany
  450. Tim Shaw, artist and academic, Newcastle, UK
  451. Braden Phillips, journalist and screenwriter, Barcelona, Spain
  452. Aaron Levy, Slought Foundation, Philadelphia/USA
  453. Marina Tkalčić, curator, Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Croatia
  454. Corinne Mazzoli, Artist, Italy
  455. Art Workers Italia, Italy
  456. Eva Basso, curator and museum educator, Italy
  457. Virginia Lupo, gallery assistant, Italy
  458. Jacopo Belloni, artist, Italy
  459. Anna Stoppa, curator and educator, Curatorial Studies at KASK, Belgium
  460. Filippo Minelli, artist, Italy
  461. Klaus Schafler, artist, Austria
  462. Irene Guandalini, art mediator, MUSEION, Italy
  463. Silvia Jánošková, Slovakia
  464. Giovanni De Donà, artist and producer, Italy
  465. Dario Alì, editor-in-chief, KABUL magazine, Italy
  466. Dr Mark George, historian/accountant, England
  467. Peggy Gale, independent curator /critic, Toronto (Canada)
  468. Arnisa Halili, editor for culture, youth and society, online magazin treffpunkteuropa.de (Germany)
  469. Anila Shehaj, architect, Italy
  470. Nico Angiuli, visual artist, Italy
  471. Christos Savvidis, Arts Manager, Curator, Greece
  472. Forum of Italian Contemporary Art
  473. Jorida Shahinas, independent researcher and writer Tirana, Albania
  474. Tania Bruguera, artist and activist, Havana and New York