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TAXISPALAIS Tirol Stages Marwa Arsanios's 'Who Is Afraid of Ideology?'

exhibition · 2026-08-19

TAXISPALAIS Kunsthalle Tirol in Innsbruck presents Marwa Arsanios's 'Who is Afraid of Ideology?', the artist's first institutional solo show in Austria, curated by Nina Tabassomi, on view June 27–October 4, 2026. The exhibition arranges five parts of a film cycle begun in 2017 across darkened rooms, mixing films, drawings, and printed fabrics that probe land ownership, usership, and communalization. In 'Part 4: Reverse Shot' (2022), viewers sit near the floor watching attempts to rehabilitate a former quarry in Lebanon. 'Part 5: Right of Passage' (2025) turns to fiction with rodent-masked figures and references to Ottoman law. Works are courtesy the artist and mor charpentier; installation photos by Günter Kresser.

Key facts

  • TAXISPALAIS Kunsthalle Tirol presents 'Who is Afraid of Ideology?' in Innsbruck.
  • The exhibition is curated by Nina Tabassomi.
  • It runs from June 27 to October 4, 2026.
  • It is Marwa Arsanios's first institutional solo exhibition in Austria.
  • The show comprises five parts of a film cycle Arsanios has developed since 2017.
  • Part 4: Reverse Shot (2022) features a former quarry in Lebanon and efforts at communal rehabilitation.
  • Part 5: Right of Passage (2025) introduces rodent-masked characters and Ottoman legal references.
  • Installation photography is by Günter Kresser; works courtesy the artist and mor charpentier.

Entities

Artists

  • Marwa Arsanios
  • Nina Tabassomi
  • Günter Kresser

Institutions

  • TAXISPALAIS Kunsthalle Tirol
  • mor charpentier
  • Grupo Semillas
  • Kurdish women's movement

Locations

  • Innsbruck
  • Austria
  • Lebanon
  • Colombia
  • Iraq
  • Syria

Sources