Ai Weiwei's #SafePassage opens at Foam Amsterdam amid Florence preparations

Ai Weiwei's exhibition #SafePassage at Foam Fotografiemuseum in Amsterdam runs from September 16 to December 7, 2016, featuring thousands of smartphone photos taken by the artist and his team in refugee camps across Lesbos, Syria, Turkey, Italy, Israel, and France. The show presents a massive collage reflecting personal encounters with camp residents, highlighting the refugee crisis. This coincides with preparations for a major exhibition at Palazzo Strozzi in Florence, where a monumental facade installation has sparked social media debate. Critics question whether the prolific output risks trivializing the issue, but the article invites reflection through selected images.