Exhibition Review Critiques Global Migration Shows at MMK Frankfurt and Venice Biennale 2024
A review by Tobias Rosen on ARTMargins Online examines the exhibition 'There is no there there' at the Museum of Modern Art Frankfurt (MMK), running from April 13 to September 29, 2024. The piece contrasts this show with the 60th Venice Biennale, titled 'Stranieri Ovunque – Foreigners Everywhere,' highlighting a trend in global contemporary exhibitions that position migrants in ambiguous, placeless contexts. Rosen critiques this approach as a troubling development in curatorial practices addressing migration and place. The review focuses on the MMK exhibition while using the Venice Biennale as a key comparative example to explore how institutions grapple with these themes. Both events are presented as evidence of a broader conceit in art world discourse.
Key facts
- The exhibition 'There is no there there' is at the Museum of Modern Art Frankfurt (MMK).
- The exhibition runs from April 13 to September 29, 2024.
- The review is by Tobias Rosen and published on ARTMargins Online.
- The 60th Venice Biennale is titled 'Stranieri Ovunque – Foreigners Everywhere.'
- Global contemporary exhibitions are critiqued for locating migrants everywhere and nowhere.
- The review compares the MMK exhibition and the Venice Biennale as examples of this trend.
- Curators are grappling with migration and place as central themes.
- The review is part of the 'emigration' archives on ARTMargins Online.
Entities
Artists
- Tobias Rosen
Institutions
- ARTMargins Online
- Museum of Modern Art Frankfurt (MMK)
- Venice Biennale
Locations
- Frankfurt
- Germany
- Venice
- Italy