New museum in Rotterdam looks at migration through the lens of art

The Netherlands Hosts the World's First Museum Focused on Migration - teleSUR English

The Felix Museum’s tornado is a metaphor for a journey with unexpected twists and turns. On Friday, the Fenix Museum, a new cultural institution devoted entirely to the theme of migration, officially opened its doors to the public in the Netherlands. RELATED: The Remittance Tax is Highly Discriminatory: President Sheinbaum Housed in a restored historic warehouse along the city of Rotterdam’s waterfront, the museum is situated on a site once teem…

The staging of Ovillo, the playwright Sonia Gregorio, intertwines the stories of four women who live the effects of migration. Inspired by the author’s family history and real testimonies, the work celebrates the strength of the protagonists who resist abandonment through art and collectivity.

In Rotterdam, the Art Museum for Migration "Fenix" was opened. It is the first museum of this kind in the Netherlands – and architecturally, it itself is a work of art.

New museum in Rotterdam looks at migration through the lens of art

Fenix, which opens in the Dutch city on 16 May, tells the story of people who travelled to and from Europe.

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“As long as human beings have existed, we’ve moved and migrated" - DutchNews.nl

The Netherlands’ newest cultural institution, the Fenix, focuses on stories of migration in the culturally diverse port city of Rotterdam....