Longtermhandstand

𝗥𝗼́𝘇𝗮 𝗘𝗹 𝗛𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗮𝗻 𝗮𝘁 𝗞𝗼𝗵𝘁𝗮 𝗞𝘂𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲

There are only a few days left to experience Róza El-Hassan’s solo exhibition at Kohta Kunsthalle in Helsinki.

Bringing together sculpture, drawing, and installation, the exhibition reflects El-Hassan’s long-standing interest in interconnectedness, care, and the ethics of coexistence. Throughout her practice, art becomes a space for empathy, vulnerability, and collective imagination.

Across decades, El-Hassan has developed a singular artistic language that navigates questions of memory, migration, ecology, and social relations, proposing forms of solidarity in uncertain times.

If you are in Helsinki, don’t miss the chance to see this beautiful exhibition.

𝗪𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗵𝗮𝗽𝗽𝘆 𝘁𝗼 𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗟𝗼𝗻𝗴𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗺𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗱𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗶𝘀 𝗿𝗲𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼 𝗕𝗮𝘀𝗲𝗹 𝗦𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗖𝗹𝘂𝗯.

This week we will present a top notch selection of works by Julie Béna, Maja Djordjevic, János Brückner, and Botond Keresztesi.

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For its fifth edition, Basel Social Club transforms a vacant multi storey office building designed by Diener & Diener, just minutes from Basel SBB train station, into a temporary social stage for art. Under this year’s theme, Office, the workplace becomes a site of artistic production, encounter, fiction, and exchange.

From painting to sculpture, fiction to digital mythology, our presentation brings together four distinctive artistic voices that continue to shape our programme and conversations.

Come visit us. We can’t wait to meet you there.

Basel Social Club
Erdbeergraben 1, 4051 Basel

Free entry and open to all

Opening hours
Sunday, June 14
14:00–03:00

Monday, June 15 – Saturday, June 20
16:00–03:00

See you in Basel

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#2026

𝗟𝗘𝗧 𝗠𝗘 𝗘𝗡𝗟𝗜𝗚𝗛𝗧𝗘𝗡 𝗬𝗢𝗨—𝗜𝗙 𝗬𝗢𝗨 𝗗𝗜𝗗𝗡’𝗧 𝗞𝗡𝗢𝗪?
𝗔 𝗖𝗛𝗜𝗟𝗗 𝗖𝗢𝗠𝗘𝗦 𝗙𝗥𝗢𝗠 𝗫𝗘𝗫 (𝗦𝗘𝗫)!!!!
𝗜’𝗠 𝗚𝗘𝗧𝗧𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗔 𝗡𝗘𝗥𝗩𝗢𝗨𝗦 𝗦𝗛𝗢𝗖𝗞 𝗙𝗥𝗢𝗠 𝗬𝗢𝗨 𝗛𝗬𝗣𝗢𝗖𝗥𝗜𝗧𝗜𝗖𝗔𝗟 𝗣𝗥𝗢𝗦𝗧𝗜𝗧𝗨𝗧𝗘𝗦!
𝗪𝗛𝗘𝗡 𝗬𝗢𝗨 𝗖𝗔𝗡 𝗦𝗘𝗘 𝗘𝗩𝗘𝗥𝗬𝗧𝗛𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗢𝗡 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗜𝗡𝗧𝗘𝗥𝗡𝗘𝗧!
𝗪𝗛𝗔𝗧 𝗧𝗛𝗘𝗬 𝗛𝗜𝗗𝗘 𝗙𝗥𝗢𝗠 𝗬𝗢𝗨 𝗪𝗛𝗘𝗡 𝗬𝗢𝗨’𝗥𝗘 𝗔 𝗖𝗛𝗜𝗟𝗗!!! 𝗘𝗩𝗘𝗡 𝗜𝗡 𝟮𝟬𝟭𝟵!!!

OMARA never separated image from language. Her paintings speak, argue, joke, protest, and confess. They demand to be read as much as they demand to be seen.

Created during the final years of her life, this work belongs to a remarkable group of paper pieces in which OMARA transformed everyday observations into sharp social commentary. Funny, uncomfortable, fearless, and deeply human, these works remain as direct today as when they were made.

𝗢𝗠𝗔𝗥𝗔 𝗠𝗔𝗥𝗔 𝗢𝗟𝗔́𝗛
𝗢𝗡𝗖𝗘 𝗧𝗛𝗘𝗬 𝗪𝗘𝗥𝗘 𝗧𝗔𝗟𝗞𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗔𝗕𝗢𝗨𝗧 𝗗𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗠 𝗜𝗡𝗧𝗘𝗥𝗣𝗥𝗘𝗧𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡 𝗜𝗡 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗥𝗔𝗗𝗜𝗢. 𝗜 𝗖𝗔𝗟𝗟𝗘𝗗 𝗜𝗡 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗔𝗦𝗞𝗘𝗗 𝗛𝗢𝗪 𝗜𝗧 𝗪𝗔𝗦 𝗣𝗢𝗦𝗦𝗜𝗕𝗟𝗘 𝗧𝗛𝗔𝗧 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗧𝗛𝗜𝗡𝗚𝗦 𝗜 𝗗𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗠 𝗔𝗕𝗢𝗨𝗧 𝗔𝗟𝗪𝗔𝗬𝗦 𝗖𝗢𝗠𝗘 𝗧𝗥𝗨𝗘.

Currently on view at Longtermhandstand until July 19, 2026.

𝗢𝗣𝗘𝗡𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗛𝗢𝗨𝗥𝗦
𝗪𝗲𝗱𝗻𝗲𝘀𝗱𝗮𝘆–𝗙𝗿𝗶𝗱𝗮𝘆
𝟭𝟳:𝟬𝟬–𝟮𝟬:𝟬𝟬

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𝘾𝘼𝙉 𝙔𝙊𝙐 𝙃𝙀𝘼𝙍 𝙏𝙃𝘼𝙏? 𝙄𝙏’𝙎 𝘼𝙍𝙇𝙀𝙎 𝘾𝘼𝙇𝙇𝙄𝙉𝙂. 🦟

We are thrilled to share that Éva Szombat has been selected for La Nuit de l’Année – Le Best Of at the legendary Les Rencontres d’Arles 2026, one of the world’s most influential photography festivals.

Presented throughout the summer in Arles, the exhibition brings together outstanding projects selected from previous editions of the festival.

Éva Szombat’s work Shooting Star from the series Drain Me, And I’ll Burn The Bridges Between Us (2024) will be featured alongside a special video project.

For us, this is a particularly joyful moment. Éva’s work continues to travel across borders, connecting deeply personal stories with broader questions of intimacy, identity, self image, and contemporary life.

Huge congratulations to Éva and heartfelt thanks to everyone involved.

Special thanks to and 🙌

Les Rencontres d’Arles
July 12 – October 4, 2026
Ancien Collège Mistral, Arles

𝙊𝙋𝙀𝙉𝙄𝙉𝙂 𝙏𝙊𝙉𝙄𝙂𝙃𝙏 🔥

OMARA MARA OLÁH ~ ONCE THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT DREAM INTERPRETATION IN THE RADIO.I CALLED IN AND ASKED HOW IT WAS POSSIBLE THAT THE THINGS I DREAM ABOUT ALWAYS COME TRUE.

Tonight Longtermhandstand opens its doors to the first exhibition in the gallery’s history dedicated entirely to a single artist across the whole building.

A major solo exhibition unfolding through paintings, text works, miniatures, self portraits, political works, dreams, confessions, and visions by the legendary OMARA Mara Oláh.

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OMARA Mara Oláh
“My gypsy god bless you!!!!!!If there is a heaven?You will be there George Soros!This I wishThose who don’t appreciate saving people, those should go to hellThis is what I wish.....To George Soros for his humanityJune 2017Distinguished Service AwardGypsy painter Omara”
2017
Mixed media on fiber board
36x26 cm

Curated by Péter Bencze
Accompanying text by Sonja Teszler

Opening tonight, May 27 Wednesday 17:00

Exhibition on view until July 19, 2026

www.longtermhandstand.art

upcoming ✨

Julie Béna at the Museum of Contemporary Art Zagreb

We are thrilled to share that Julie Béna’s solo exhibition Lure opens on June 11 at the Museum of Contemporary Art Zagreb.

Presented in the frame of the 14th Organ Vida Festival Happy Spiraling, the exhibition brings together a new site specific installation alongside works spanning Béna’s singular practice, where fiction, performance, theatricality and uncanny narratives intertwine.

Opening
June 11, 8–11pm

Exhibition on view through September 6, 2026

Organ Vida Festival curated by Barbara Gregov, Lovro Japundžić and Lea Vene

upcoming ✨

Julie Béna at the Museum of Contemporary Art Zagreb

We are thrilled to share that a major solo exhibition by Julie Béna will open at the Museum of Contemporary Art Zagreb, further expanding the artist’s remarkable international trajectory.

The exhibition, titled LURE, brings together a new site specific installation alongside works spanning Béna’s singular practice, where fiction, performance, theatricality and uncanny narratives intertwine.

Opening June 11, 2026 at MSU Zagreb in collaboration with Organ Vida Festival.

𝙊𝙈𝘼𝙍𝘼 𝙈𝙖𝙧𝙖 𝙊𝙡𝙖́𝙝 𝙖𝙩 𝙇𝙤𝙣𝙜𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙢𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙙𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙣𝙙

We are proud to present OMARA, a major solo exhibition dedicated to the extraordinary oeuvre of OMARA Mara Oláh.

Opening on Wednesday, May 27 at 17:00

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Following the acclaimed institutional exhibition at the East Slovak Gallery in Košice, OMARA now arrives at Longtermhandstand with the first exhibition in the gallery’s history to occupy the entire building with the work of a single artist. Curated by Peter Bencze

Bringing together key works spanning the full arc of her practice, the exhibition unfolds across both floors through paintings, text works, self portraits, political works, and her iconic miniature paintings created on found cardboard and matchboxes.

Beginning to paint at the age of forty three without formal training, OMARA transformed memories, illness, motherhood, poverty, desire, humour, and survival into a radically personal visual language unlike any other.

The show is accompanied by a deep dive text by the mega Sonja Teszler.

The exhibition title originates from a real question OMARA once asked live on a radio programme about dream interpretation:

“Once they were talking about dream interpretation in the radio. I called in and asked how it was possible that the things I dream about always come true.”

She did not simply document reality.
She painted herself into another one.