Archive - Channeldraw

Visual chronicles from the margins of the world

A journey through struggles, hope and dissent, one drawing at a time

Jun 23 •

Gianluca Costantini

May 2025

A provincial artist in New York...

I’ve returned to New York for the second time, once again for meetings and presentations, for work, with the strange feeling of being crushed by the…

May 7 •

Gianluca Costantini

April 2025

Ceasefire 2005-2025: Twenty Years of Battles for Human Rights

The major exhibition in Bologna dedicated to my work over the past twenty years on human rights has just come to a close. It was an important…

Apr 8 •

Gianluca Costantini

February 2025

Channeldraw n°1 – Active Art Yearbook 2024

A 168-page full-color volume that captures a year of drawings, exhibitions, and projects created in 2024.

Feb 21 •

Gianluca Costantini

The drawings of the Munich Security Conference, 2025

While the extent to which today’s world is already multipolar is debatable, the world’s “multipolarization” is a fact. #MSC2025

Feb 15 •

Gianluca Costantini

October 2024

A year after October 7th, my drawings will not stop

A year has passed, a terrible year where each day bled into the next without respite. Every day we hoped it would all stop, that they would finally sign…

Oct 6, 2024 •

Gianluca Costantini

Lebanon, Lost Love...

A deep anger and sadness weigh on me in these days of war. After Palestine, Israel’s attack on Lebanon adds a heavy burden to the hope for a better…

Oct 1, 2024 •

Gianluca Costantini

September 2024

The portraits of the 4 victims at the Georgia high school

A tragic mass shooting occurred at Apalachee High School in Winder, Georgia, where two students and two teachers were killed by a 14-year-old student.

Sep 5, 2024 •

Gianluca Costantini

August 2024

Portraits of detainees in the Russia-West prisoner exchange

A major hostage exchange between the United States and Russia saw the release of American and Western citizens detained in Russia in exchange for…

Aug 25, 2024 •

Gianluca Costantini

Drawings for Cornel West's candidacy for the 2024 United States presidential election

I am proud to announce the creation of an artistic campaign in support of Cornel West's candidacy for the 2024 United States presidential election.

Aug 17, 2024 •

Gianluca Costantini

July 2024

Stories from a world in turmoil...

Some stories of deprivation of freedom in today's world, from the threats against Macedonian journalist Lepa Djundeva, to the arrest of Burkinabe…

Jul 23, 2024 •

Gianluca Costantini

June 2024

Zodiac, a Graphic Memoir review. Reviewed by Sean Macdonald

By Ai Weiwei With Elettra Stamboulis, illustrated by Gianluca Costantini Reviewed by Sean Macdonald MCLC Resource Center Publication (Copyright March…

Jun 27, 2024 •

Gianluca Costantini

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