Out of Place. Art and stories from refugee camps around the world: the exhibition at Palazzo del Bo has been extended until 31 August

The exhibition ‘Out of Place. Art and stories from refugee camps around the world’, hosted in the Old Courtyard of Palazzo del Bo in Padua, has been extended until 31 August 2025. It is open every day from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. with free admission.

The exhibition is the result of a project by the Imago Mundi Foundation, in collaboration with the University of Padua and the Department of Culture of the Municipality of Padua.

Based on research conducted in 18 of the world’s largest refugee camps, the exhibition presents the works and testimonies of 264 artists who are experiencing or have experienced forced migration. The works, created in the 10×12 cm format typical of the Imago Mundi Collection, offer an intimate and pluralistic narrative of the refugee condition, transforming numbers and statistics into faces, stories and personal experiences.

Alongside the works on display, the exhibition also features video installations and multimedia materials, offering a broad overview of the many global crises – conflicts, persecution, climate change – that are forcing millions of people to leave their homes.

The artists come from all over the world: Afghanistan, Syria, Palestine, Ukraine, Myanmar, Somalia, Venezuela, and many other countries marked by instability and violence. Their works convey the meaning of home, identity, memory, and hope through powerful and deeply personal visual languages.

Among the places depicted are the camps of Kutupalong (Bangladesh), Dadaab (Kenya), Za’atari (Jordan), Dzaleka (Malawi), Smara (Algeria) and those along the migration routes of the Mediterranean and Latin America.

“Out of Place” is more than an exhibition: it is an invitation to look beyond boundaries and recognise, through art, the dignity and uniqueness of every human being.