WhereArt.Works is an independent cultural practice connecting artists, people, and places through exhibitions, advisory, and publishing.
Founded by Justin Gilanyi, we develop projects and explore the relationships, resources, and everyday work that sustain cultural life.
Discuss a project ↗A cross-generational exhibition connecting early computer art with contemporary approaches to authorship and production.
Justin Gilanyi’s curatorial work, co-curated with Raina Marie Valentine. Okun Building, Toledo, September 2025.
Read the exhibition release ↗WhereArt.Works’ presentation of Latifa AlBokhari at CONDUCTOR, Powerhouse Arts, Brooklyn. Photography, textile, and installation explore how presence leaves a trace.
Discover the artist and the presentation through the fair’s project archive.
Explore the presentation ↗A presentation of recent paintings exploring impermanence and the changing self, moving between figuration and abstraction.
Presented by WhereArt.Works. Exhibition information and works on Artsy.
View on Artsy ↗What makes cultural life possible—and what allows it to continue?
Cultural Architecture is Justin Gilanyi’s developing research framework, informed by practice and encounters across regions. It examines spaces, supporting systems, and human relationships: who shapes cultural activity, who supports it, and what remains between events.
Riyadh and Los Angeles are two points in a wider inquiry spanning artist-led spaces, everyday gathering places, patronage, and institutional partnerships. WhereArt.Works connects that inquiry to projects and public dialogue.
Explore Cultural Architecture ↗Curatorial development, artist collaborations, interpretation, and public conversations across contemporary and digital art.
Artist and artwork research, collection development, and thoughtful connections between artists, collectors, and institutions.
Program development, cross-regional relationships, and context for cultural organizations engaging with emerging practices.
Essays, field observations, artist interviews, and conversations that make contemporary cultural questions accessible.
The Biennale and the choreography of contemporary culture.
SELECTED WRITING / SILKFind Justin’s essays including “The Gulf circuit” and “Emergence and embodiment” in SILK Magazine.
CONVERSATIONS / EXTERNAL COLLABORATIONArtist conversations and discussions moderated by Justin Gilanyi. Explore the series and its presenting partners.
How do shops, cafés, malls, and informal gathering places become settings for making and encountering art?
What can we learn from artists who build residencies, families who sustain cultural spaces, and patrons who support new work?
How do knowledge, collections, and relationships move between places and generations? What support remains after an exhibition closes?
Justin Gilanyi is a curator and cultural strategist working across contemporary art, digital culture, and cultural ecosystems. He founded WhereArt.Works to connect artists, institutions, collectors, and communities across regions. Based in Riyadh, he is pursuing an MA in Arts Management at Riyadh University of Arts and developing Cultural Architecture as a wider body of research. His individual curatorial, writing, and speaking contributions are credited throughout this site.