Zegavlena dedicates its new 16th issue and the last chapter for 2025 to the Street Art. In the street, distance collapses and boundaries blur, between bodies and space, tension and rhythm, pressure and release.Street art emerges here not as a genre, but as a response: to social tension, political turbulence, private anxiety, and collective desire. It is freedom made visible, sometimes sharp, sometimes unruly, translated into graffiti, stencils, pastels, and murals.
In the fifteenth issue, ZEGAVLENA explores the power of protest and the role of art as a resistance. It delves into how cultural and visual art professionals respond to sociopolitical crises, highlighting movements, exhibitions, and creative expressions that challenge the status quo. The issue features critical reflections from independent artists, gallerists, and cultural professionals, examining historical discourses of protest, contemporary artistic interventions, and the evolving role of visual art in shaping collective resistance.
In the fourteenth issue ZEGAVLENA highlights various curators, artists, collectors, projects, and initiatives focused on reactivating archives and engaging in archival research to develop contemporary Georgian Art.
In this special edition ZEGAVLENA explores the exhibition Tbilisi Independent at London at Frieze N9 Cork Str. in the summer of 2024.
In the ANNEX issue ZEGAVLENA highlights works and insights of Georgian painter Merab Kopaleishvili.