European policy frameworks consistently call for educational practices that move beyond the mere denunciation of prejudice, and instead equip learners with the tools to critically engage with the systemic, material, and epistemic foundations of racism, to foster inclusive, democratic, and rights-based societies. The Postcolonial? public programme aims to do precisely this.
Postcolonial? opening - evening event - 17 April 2026
The opening of Postcolonial? will start with an invitation-only reception, as a gesture of acknowledgment and thanks to partners. This will be followed by the official public opening, including two live performances by Afro-descendant women artists, a hands-on workshop led by a specialist in traditional Indian block printing, and four guided tours of the exhibition conducted by the curators. The evening will be accompanied by a thematic musical programme.
Living history: puppet workshop with Justice K Dibwe
Workshops 23 and 30 May 2026, language: FR
Discover the Postcolonial? exhibition together with Congolese artist Justice Kasongo Dibwe and the museum’s educators. Participants will learn about stories of anti-colonial resistance and the struggle for independence through the art of Justice - a mobile installation of mechanical puppets narrating the colonial history of Congo. They will be able to create their own puppets and create a collective story. Children are welcome.
After borders: on coloniality, patriarchy and capital
Collective performance, 20 and 21 June 2026
This two-day initiative with Maria Galindo and La Candidate sans Papiers is an international gathering of working women with backgrounds in formerly colonised countries to collectively create a dramaturgy of migration based on their situated, lived perspectives. Active citizens and associations will come together,to take part in workshops, discussions, and public talks. The event will be open to the public and culminate in a public performative assembly.
Rani of Jhansi: Heroism, Gender, and Resistance in Colonial India
Curatorial talk and lithography workshop - 26 September 2026
Learn how artistic practices in colonial India became tools of resistance, and cultural self-assertion. Through lithography, the event examines the intersections of gender and anti-colonial struggle during the First War of Independence (1857). Participants are invited to engage with art as a visual language of resistance, and to create contemporary allegories addressing current struggles such as migration, climate justice, gender equality.
Partition of India: Borders, Memory, and Displacement
Participatory workshop - 26 September 2026
Through a combination of lecture, film screening about the partition of India (1947), we explore how political decisions imposed by colonial powers produced mass displacement, trauma, and fractured identities that continue to shape postcolonial societies today. Personal narratives, cultural memory, and lived experiences invite participants to reflect on migration, loss, and belonging, drawing connections between historical partitions and contemporary border regimes.
Fischi per Fiaschi: Practices of (Un)Learning
Hands-on workshop & talk - 10 October 2026
Fischi per Fiaschi - developed in collaboration with Black History Month Florence and The Recovery Plan- is an experimental participatory format that invites audiences to engage critically. Fischi per Fiaschi creates a space to question dominant representations and reflect on the archival politics within postcolonial Blackness. Blending dialogue, music, and poetry, the event guides participants through an embodied listening experience while interrogating what it means to archive, what gets archived, and how archival practices can both reproduce and resist colonial forms of erasure.
Peripheries and Horizons
Seminar & podcast - 20 November 2026
This online/onsite seminar series brings together scholars, artists and filmmakers, and activists to explore how decolonial approaches travel, what they illuminate, and where they encounter friction when applied within Europe itself—particularly in regions often positioned as its margins.
A specific focus is placed on Central, Eastern and Southeastern Europe where cultural and political peripheralisation intersect with complex histories of empire, through different practices of socialism and communism, internationalism and nationalism, and transitions towards 'democracy' and capitalism. The series examines how “whiteness” is constructed, negotiated, and destabilised in these contexts, challenging assumptions of a homogeneous European identity.
Food stories
Hands-on workshop - 12 December 2026, language: FR
Taste the foods that have shaped our cultures and discover the stories behind them. Many of the ingredients we use every day, like sugar, cocoa, coffee, spices, potatoes, and tomatoes have travelled across continents and centuries. through complex histories of trade, migration, empire and exchange. By tracing the paths of these foods from their origin to our kitchens today, we can begin to understand how colonial expansion reshaped global agriculture, economies and tastes.
Pathway: Care, Migration, and Visibility
Performative intervention - 19 September 2026
With a focus on the experiences of racialised migrant care workers in Europe, La Candidate Sans-Papiers and allied collectives address the colonial and gendered dimensions of contemporary labour regimes. The performative format creates a space of visibility for undocumented and precarious workers whose labour sustains European societies while remaining structurally marginalised. The event interrogates the emotional and political ambiguity surrounding care, love, and exploitation, and invites audiences to confront the question: who cares for those who care for society?
(In collaboration with Choreographing Fascism (KhiO Oslo), and developed with P.A.R.T.S., Kanal Pompidou, and Kaaitheater, Brussels)
Shubha Banerji – Museum and heritage professional based in the Rashtrapati Bhavan Museum in New Delhi (India), specialising in museum education, indigenous art, and participatory heritage practices.
La Candidate Sans-Papiers, represented by Henriette Essami-Khaullot and Anna Rispoli – A collective artistic and political project engaging undocumented migrant women through performative practices, public interventions, and transnational feminist alliances.
Janine Gaëlle Dieudji – Curator and cultural practitioner working across exhibitions, research, and community-based initiatives, currently affiliated with the Smithsonian National Museum of African Art (Washington, DC).
Maria Galindo – Bolivian feminist activist, writer, and performer working on gender and coloniality; she is one of the cofounder of Mujeres Creando (Woman creating).
Grace Ly – Writer, podcaster, and cultural commentator working on questions of race, representation, and decolonial narratives in contemporary Europe. She is the co-author of the podcast “Kiff Ta Race”.
Mette Toft Nielsen – Teacher, consultant, and facilitator working with ENAR Foundation on anti-racism, structural inequality, and support networks for racialised educators across Europe (ENAR Spark teachers).
Pierre-Antoine Vettorello – Researcher and cultural practitioner based in Belgium, working on public outreach, textile histories, and alternative museum pathways.
Image credits:, clockwise from main: After Borders - Rita Maria Habib, Defilé - Rita Maria Habib, Histoire Vivante - Lydia Katanga, Fischi per Fiaschi - The Recovery Plan Foundation, Peripheries Horizons - Petar Milošević.
