Migrations and Climate

Oct 17, 2025 - Apr 5, 2026
Palais de la Porte Doree, Paris
announcement of exhibition about climate and migration at Palais de la Porte Doree in Paris

During Fall 2025 through Spring 2026, various islands from the Baden Baden Satellite Reef are on-show at the Palais de la Porte Doree in Paris, and the Bundekunsthalle in Bonn.

In Paris, the Reef is part of a wide-ranging exhibition titled Migrations and Climate: How to Inhabit Our World. On exhibit from the BBSR are The Deep Island and the Spotted Island. Thanks, as always, to the 4,000+ German crafters who contributed corals to these monumental works of collaborative fiber art.

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Exhibition Dates: October 17, 2025 to April 5, 2026.

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About the Exhibition

“For the first time, the Palais de la Porte Dorée is hosting a global exhibition, Migrations & Climate, throughout its museum and aquarium spaces.

More than 200 items, including documentary photographs, works of art (some of which have never been seen before), testimonials, videos, infographics and immersive installations are curated to offer a rich, immersive and deeply human visitor experience.  

The creations of international artists such as Lucy + Jorge Orta, Inès Katamso, Christine and Margaret Wertheim, Ghazel and Quayola interact with the testimonies and stories of populations affected by these changes around the world, from Senegal to the Pacific Islands, Greenland and France.  

The result of rigorous work carried out with a scientific advisory board made up of international experts, Migrations & Climate brings to light and gives voice to often overlooked realities in all their diversity, highlighted by data from specialist organisations and long-term exchanges with witnesses and activists from the areas concerned.

By bringing together artistic, scientific and citizen perspectives, Migrations & Climate sheds light on a major social debate, inviting us to put people and living beings back at the heart of climate, cultural and social concerns. In short, it is an invitation to rethink together how we inhabit the planet.” 

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An accompanying catalog edited by curator Bruno Girveau, “brings together scientific, artistic and personal perspectives to provide a better understanding of the interactions between migration dynamics and climate change on an international scale.”

Migrations & climat, Palais de la Porte Dorée/Silvana Éditions, 224 pages. ISBN : 9788836661893. 32€.