James Baldwin: This Morning, This Evening, So Soon – Turkey Saved My Life

His moral compass forms the starting point for a group of artists who explore themes such as exile, queerness and new forms of resistance. Baldwin's radical honesty about race, sexuality, and identity resonates in the work of contemporary creators and serves as a mirror for the present. His voice resonates in a society that is once again searching for freedom, stability, and meaning amid cultural upheaval. 

James Baldwin fled the United States for Europe in 1948 to escape suffocating racial hatred and homophobia. Although Baldwin's Turkish years (1961–1971) are little known in the Netherlands, they were crucial to his literary development. Here he found peace, love, collaboration and a new freedom. In this exhibition, exile is therefore not seen as a loss, but as a radical position from which new forms of humanity and community can emerge. The participating artists find their starting point in the tension between exile and homecoming, exploring themes such as identity and queerness, and using the space in between as a place of resistance.