Margarita Makhanova
BLIN GAZETA: DISPLACEMENT, DUALITY, AND THE IN-BETWEEN
BY Margarita Makhanova POSTED 10/06/2026 4:02 PM
Keeping an eye out for new magazines, the IZBA Arts team came across Blin Gazeta, which features works of Slavic and Post-Soviet artists. ‘Gazeta’, translated from Russian, means ‘newspaper’, while ‘blin’ is a bit more interesting, meaning both ‘crêpe’ and ‘crap’ (or to be more precise, “Pancake/crepe/blini and minced oath, colloquial, Damnit! or Darn!”). Last […] Read More
Curatorial recommendation: 5 reads that helped shape the understanding of what curation is.
BY Margarita Makhanova POSTED 22/11/2025 2:01 PM
In one of the episodes of a ‘Curating Tools’ podcast hosted by Call for Curators and Node Centre for Curatorial Studies, one of the guests said that you don’t necessarily need an academic background to be a curator. Your own background determines your curatorial specialisation. Having received a formal education in creative events management, I […] Read More
Transforming a gallery into a ‘home’: curatorial notes on the Open House art show.
BY Margarita Makhanova POSTED 17/06/2025 2:16 PM
Home is rarely a neutral word. For those who have moved countries, it carries distant childhood memories and the reinvention of what home means in a different culture. Around a third of the 31 artists in Open House moved to the UK from elsewhere, including myself, the curator of the show, and that fact, though […] Read More
How to organise your very first exhibition?
BY Margarita Makhanova POSTED 21/07/2024 1:53 PM
Organising your first exhibition at Winns Gallery might feel like an unrealistic task, with no understanding of where to start. Looking back, mine was both a little bit chaotic and more successful than I expected, and the lessons I plan to implement in the future. The first decision, and probably the most important one, was […] Read More
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