Europe wouldn't exist without migration, says the director of a German virtual migration museum. From "guest-worker" recruitment signs to audio cassettes from Turkey, the museum's archive is a treasure trove of stories.
A central theme at this year's Art Biennale in Venice, Italy, is migration - despite the increased clamp-down on migration by the Italian government. Several countries chose to display works related to migration at the biannual event, chief among them Switzerland.
Works by French artists and Syrian refugees in France will be welcomed to Naples for the Napoli Teatro Festival Italia 2019 to develop a project for intercultural cooperation and to talk about the present through art.
Janet Badjan-Young is a Gambian playwright and director of the Ebunjan theatre in the Gambian capital Banjul. The Gambia has one of the highest migration rates in sub-Saharan Africa. The current government is trying to tackle the causes, but many young people still see Europe as a ‘Babylon’ instead of working to better their own country, thinks Badjan-Young, who recently won an award for her play tackling the dangers of migration.
The exhibition "Rothko in Lampedusa" will put the spotlight on refugee artists. It opens on May 11 in Venice. The goal: To show how refugees and migrants enrich their host countries.
Italian cartoonist Gipi has organized an exhibition of migration stories at a comic fair. The motto: "Migrating, Yelling, Dreaming." Displayed were not just Gipi's works, but also those of other Italians and North African and Middle Eastern cartoonists.
Becoming a successful ballet dancer while growing up in a refugee camp wasn't easy. DW caught up with the Netherlands-based dancer on World Dance Day to learn about his form of artistic resistance.
In Italy, a project aims to help writers who are migrants or come from migrant families, and to spread their work. Both experienced and aspiring poets, authors , and journalists can participate.
Mohamed's story is just one of five stories of refugees from Nazism to the present day contained in a new book "Stormy Seas" by Canadian Mary Beth Letherdale, a children's book author.
In Naples, the doors of seven Christian churches have become part of an art installation. Artist Giovanni Gara has decorated the doors with the thermal blankets used for migrants rescued at sea. The gold-colored material of the blankets is meant to symbolize the false promise of a land of refuge for migrants.
The Hollywood actress Katie Holmes and her daughter were on the Greek island of Lesbos last week working with refugees in the Moria refugee camp. Both Katie Holmes and the organization she was working with, (New York based) Artolution, posted photos on Instagram about the experience.
Italy's hardline migrant policy has fueled a debate in the country over how to address new arrivals. In an effort to foster cohesion and understanding, one artist is covering her local village in golden blankets.