Pablo Pinochet realized the urban street art installation and it was presented by the CESVI Foundation during the 2025 Fuorisalone in Milan. Located in the Reload Tunnel on Via Padova, It celebrates the strength, resilience and redemption of Venezuelan and Colombian migrant women, as well as those from host communities, engaged in emancipation efforts in…
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It’s a monumental 2017 art installation created by Ai Weiwei that denounces the plight of refugees and migrants around the world. The work, a massive black rubber dinghy up to 70 meters long, with hundreds of faceless inflatable figures, represents forced exodus and the loss of identity. The title quotes Franz Kafka’s short story “Before…
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It’s a poignant 2019 mural in Venice, depicting a young refugee in a life vest holding a bright pink distress flare. It highlights the plight of refugees and migrants, symbolizing the need for empathy, safety and global attention to unheard stories of survival. The child, painted in black and white, represents the vulnerability of those…
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The mural was painted by Nino Florenzano and its symbolizes the collective identity, the deep connection between the community of Policastro Bussentino, in Salerno and its history. The work is a public work art: the manifesto of sociality and historical memory, which reflects a narrative tied to the roots of the area and the concept…
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It’s a 2015 mural by artist Banksy, painted in the “Jungle” refugee camp in Calais, France, where refugees were trying to enter the UK. It depicts the Apple founder Steve Jobs, the biological son of a Syrian migrant to the USA, carrying a sack and an early Macintosh computer, highlighting the potential benefits of welcoming…
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He’s a Nigerian-born, Canada-based interdisciplinary artist, curator and writer whose work often, explores theme of diaspora, semiotics and identity. “An immigration is an organ transplanted” is a conceptual phrase associated with his 2026 exhibition “Another Octave Higher” at Catriona Jeffries Gallery, until May 9, 2026. The phrase highlights Ukaigwe’s exploration of the “semiotics of diasporic…
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