Cultural Mobility Forum | 29-30 April 2026

You can register here (until 15 April)

Each year On the Move proposes a Cultural Mobility Forum to collectively investigate international artistic and cultural mobility trends. The network works together with its members and partners to design thematic panel discussions and contextualise global mobility issues. For this Forum, On the Move is proud to partner with one of its members, Kooperativa – Regional Platform for Culture, a network of organisations and national platforms dedicated to independent culture and contemporary art in Southeast Europe.

In 2026, the focus will be on the topic of "Cultural Mobility Justice," and it examines and challenges the systemic inequities that determine who can move, create, and participate within the global cultural landscape. It exposes how visa restrictions, economic disparities, and enduring colonial, ableist, and patriarchal power structures disproportionately limit the mobility of artists and culture professionals - particularly those from marginalised communities, burdened by precarious working conditions, family responsibilities, or personal constraints, or from non-Western contexts.

Cultural Mobility Forum 2026 – Full thematic description, program and speaker biographies

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