#diaspora

#diaspora

The only thing most people know about epiphytes, if they know about them at all, is that they're rootless. That's not quite true - they develop highly specialized root systems adapted to wherever they land. In Epiphytic Elucidations at Patel Brown Gallery, Calgary-based artist Marigold Santos takes this fact as more than a metaphor. The exhibition uses epiphytes - plants that grow on other plants without harming them - as a framework for the expansive ways diasporas form through material labor.

From Senegal to Somalia and Egypt to South Africa, credit alert notifications from fintech apps such as Western Union or WorldRemit often set the mood for the rest of the day, week or even month. Transfers from workers within the continent and the diaspora to their relatives are often referred to as the black tax, whereby one person's salary and relative success can become the safety net for a whole extended family.

Both came to the UK separately: Maya, a graduate student from near the capital, Tehran, six years ago and Daniel, a support worker from Sine in northwestern Iran, three years back. Both have family still in Iran. Maya has yet to hear from her elderly parents on the outskirts of Karasht near Tehran. How Daniel's father, who is sick with cancer, is coping remains unknown.

We take immense pride in being the definitive home for Southeast Asian Art and as a space where the regional arts community connects,

There is a point during Tamara Stepanyan's My Armenian Phantoms when the documentary cuts to the final scene of the 1980 Soviet film, A Piece of Sky, in which the orphaned lead character, joyfully rides a horse and cart through the town that had long shunned him and the sex worker he married as social outcasts. A flock of birds are then framed gliding through the pristine blue sky above.

When I was leaving London for Melbourne, my eldest sister-in-law told her kids not to forget the tradition to throw a bowl of water behind me as I stepped out the door. Just a small splash on the ground, a gesture older than borders. La har azaab po aman se, she whispered in Pashto under her breath may all hardship stay away from you. The little ones giggled and waved their goodbyes as they spilled the water, somewhere between shy and amused.

The world's largest diaspora of international adoptees comes from South Korea, revealing a complicated history where mixed-race children faced challenges due to racist laws.

Designer Benjamin Huseby reflects on the world feeling extremely violent amidst their Spring/Summer 2026 show, emphasizing the gravity of recent events.

About two-thirds of Romania's diaspora are economic migrants, contributing significantly to the economy through remittances, and many feel politically neglected and invisible.

These packages contained stuff - things you take for granted when they're easily accessible to you, but gain new significance when they're no longer within reach.

The body appears in my work as fragmented and in flux-gestures caught mid-transition, toes curled, hands hovering. These are bodies that do not settle into place.

"On the one hand, Israel's actions are specifically directed against the Islamic government, which is itself known for its brutal methods. That gives me a certain hope."

Im's exhibition explores identity and diaspora through terracotta sculptures of Korean Air flight attendants, embodying the duality of cultural belonging and emotional labor.

The Khmer New Year is celebrated over three days in mid-April, marking the end of the harvesting season in Southeast Asia.

DUST is a devotional offering to the invisible labor of survival, with YESHE honoring her ancestors by channeling them.