Mapping Memory and Movement at Mudam Luxembourg

At Mudam Luxembourg, "Nets for Night and Day" unites the creative visions of Lubaina Himid and Magda Stawarska, where sound, image, and form intertwine to explore the fluid landscapes of migration and belonging.

At the heart of the exhibition is "Zanzibar," a series of painted diptychs by Lubaina Himid spanning over two decades, evoking both real and imagined journeys to and from her birthplace.

Magda Stawarska, Drift (Photo: Alexander Christie)

Accompanied by Stawarska’s layered soundscape—collected from England to Zanzibar—these works transform the gallery into a sensory passageway. Boats, carts, and recurring motifs of movement become sites of work, refuge, and longing, offering meditative reflections on displacement and belonging. The interplay of visual and auditory storytelling underscores the power of art as a vessel for both history and possibility.

Lubaina Himid, Dreaming Has a Share in History / Hollybush Gardens (Photo: Gavin Renshaw)

This exhibition, conceived in dialogue with Mudam Luxembourg’s diverse cultural landscape, reimagines elements of the artists’ previous show at the Sharjah Art Foundation. Here, the themes of migration take on new dimensions, resonating within Luxembourg’s own itinerant history. More than a retrospective, "Nets for Night and Day" is an evolving composition—an invitation to listen, reflect, and navigate the fluid contours of memory, movement, and identity.