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Burcu Doğramacı co-curates exhibition on migration and material culture in Berlin

On 22 May 2026, the exhibition Tapetenwechsel – Migration und Mobiliar seit 1960 opens at the Museum Ephraim-Palais in Berlin. The exhibition is guest-curated by art historian Burcu Doğramacı, Director of the Käte Hamburger Research Centre global dis:connect (LMU Munich), together with Manuel Gogos.

Bringing research on migration, visual culture, and material history into the museum space, Tapetenwechsel explores how migration transforms everyday living environments. Through furniture, interiors, archival documents, and personal narratives, the exhibition examines housing as a key site where social belonging, memory, and identity are negotiated.

Focusing on Germany as an “arrival city” since the 1960s, the exhibition highlights how migrants created homes under conditions of transition and uncertainty, revealing how domestic objects reflect broader political, social, and cultural transformations.

The project exemplifies global dis:connect’s commitment to transferring academic research into public debate and cultural institutions, demonstrating how scholarly perspectives on mobility and global interconnectedness can inform contemporary museum practice.

Exhibition: Tapetenwechsel – Migration und Mobiliar seit 1960
Dates: 22 May 2026 – 3 January 2027
Venue: Museum Ephraim-Palais, Berlin