Pop-up Art Week

13.12.2025 / 18:00 Cigarette break Diellza SalicanaA moment of quiet disconnection, caught between roles, can reveal more than it seems. It is a small pause held in suspension. The women are not stepping outside their routines; they slip into an in-between space where roles blur for a moment. The pause is shaped by habit. The…

11.12.2025 / 18:00 Where will the Swallows go? Redina Qose “Where will the Swallows go?” includes three works that critically examine the emotional and political dimensions of migration in Europe. Through the lens of contemporary art, these works deconstruct dominant narratives of migration, exposing systemic vulnerabilities and the in-between spaces inhabited by the displaced. The…

09.12.2025 / 18:00h In the early 1960s, elementary education was made compulsory in Kosovo for boys and girls alike. Yet this de jure change did not reflect a meaningful change in the lived realities of most school-aged girls from Kosovo Albanian households. The intersection of patriarchy, poverty and the regime’s increasing anti-Albanian oppression cut short…

Dhjetor/ December 2025 Me kënaqësi ju prezantojmë tre ekspozitat që do të hapen në Galeria 17 gjatë Pop-up Art Week 2025, ku hapësira shndërrohet në një skenë takimesh mes artit, imagjinatës dhe komunitetit. We are pleased to introduce you to the three exhibitions that will open at Galeria 17 during Pop-up Art Week 2025, where…

50 milje në veri të aeroportit të Rinasit të Tiranës 09.12.2024 / 18:00 – 21:00h / Galeria 17 “‘50 miles north of Tirana’s Rinas airport’ is a place to speculate on the integrity of a narrative, a dream, or a location-to stretch and twist a statement, and to build a story—# tumblrgirlsworldwideunite.” Ornela Alia is…

A silent scream is a yawn 06.12.2024 / 18:00 – 21:00h / Galeria 17 This creative process thrives on solitude, building a sanctuary undisturbed by others. Each painting embodies a dialogue between the artist and moments that have slipped by: unspoken words, regrets over trivial mistakes, missed lessons, unheld conversations, and the chaotic fragments of…

“Man of the Castle/ Burrë i Kështjellës” 20x60cm / LED/ plexiglass 04.12.2024 / 18:00 – 21:00h/ Galeria 17 The LED lights with Albanian misogynistic proverbs and the X-Five Tinder screenshot series are part of “Man of the Castle”, a conceptual multimedia project developed over three years. For Kambo, patriarchy—the system that oppresses women—is the same…

250°C 02.12.2024 / 18:00 – 21:00h/ Galeria 17 “250°C” is a reflection on labor, migration, and society’s valuation of work. Installation created from the baking pans my father uses as a baker, preserves the grease and pastry marks left by years of use. These traces bear witness to the physical and emotional toll of manual…

We are pleased to introduce you to the artists and four exhibitions that will open at Galeria 17 during Pop-up Art Week 2024. 02.12.2024 / 18:00 – 21:00250°C – Kemil Bekteši 04.12.2024 / 18:00 – 21:00Man of the Castle – Blerta Kambo 06.12.2024 / 18:00 – 21:00A silent scream is a yawn – Manushaqe Ibrahimi…

02/12/2024 – 13/12/2024 In addition to the annual program with four exhibitions, Galeria 17 opens its doors and invites artists, collectives and various creative formations to become part of the Pop-up Art Week. From December 2 to 13, 2024, up to 5 one-day events will take place, in the format of a pop-up exhibition. Pop-up…

20.12.2023 / 18:00h The photographic series “Between Pattern and Shadow” is a journey into the rediscovery of Tirana’s urban landscape. In a city of unexpected metamorphoses, from the typical neighborhoods with pitched-roof houses to the skyscraping towers, it explores a daily life that the eye accustomed to this sometimes grotesque, sometimes inexplicably beautiful spectacle witnesses…

ephemeral installation and performance 18.12.2023 / 18:00h Loçkë aims to show us that we are all one and inextricably linked to each other even though, through thousands of years, we have been conditioned to believe otherwise. Our true nature transcends race, religion, gender and borders. How can we possibly believe otherwise?

Interactive installation 15.12.2023 / 18:00 – 22:00h Today everything seems to take up space. Everything is an addition and everything seems to add to a forever increasing clutter. We are finding ourselves in an increasingly dense mental and emotional environment where contemplating, reflecting, processing and simply being alone with our thoughts is becoming a difficult…

13.12.2023 / 18:00 The exhibition Illumination Sounds is constructed upon urban research conducted in Prishtina. The project seeks to illuminate the implications of the legal framework that governs acoustic pollution. The present structure of the project includes research documentation, analyses, and selected records from thirty-seven different points in the city of Prishtina. The project focuses…

Interactive installation 11.12.2023 / 18:00h What we have under control, what we take under control, what we choose not to control. If the red button with the inscription “do not touch” is touched, then causally we understand why it should not have been touched. But would we have pressed the button if we knew the…

Video installation, 16:33m The untitled video of Descent into Limbo frames the collapse of a house and the concept of home, exploring the essence of what a house represents and its connection with memory and belonging. A house is more than a physical structure; it embodies the pinnacle of human endeavors, dreams, and aspirations. It…

We are pleased to announce the artists selected by the jury for the Pop-up Art Week program that will exhibit for one day at Galeria 17. 1. “Descent into limbo” – Gerta Xhaferaj08.12.2023 / 18:00 – 22:00 2. “Nuk i dua retë” – Endrit Jashanica11.12.2023 / 18:00 – 22:00 3. “Illumination Sounds” – Fjolla Voca…

11.12.2023 – 22.12.2023 In addition to the annual program with four exhibitions, Galeria 17 opens its doors for ten days and invites artists, collectives and various creative formations to become part of the Pop-up Art Week. From December 11 to 22, 2023, up to 5 one-day events will take place, in the format of a…