“Everyone has the right to freedom of expression; this right includes the freedom to express opinions undisputed and to seek, receive and disseminate information and ideas using any means of communication, regardless of borders. ” — Article 19 of the United Nations “Universal Declaration of Human Rights” (December 1948)
Where independent reporting is not allowed and where people cannot freely express their opinions, other human rights are also violated. The freedom to inform and be informed is therefore always a reliable indicator of democratic conditions in a country. The exhibition would like to emphasize the particular importance of independent media for a plural and free society and point out that freedom of the press is not self-evident, but a valuable asset that must be protected.
Reporters Without Borders documents violations of press and information freedom worldwide and informs the public when journalists and their employees are in danger. Reporters Without Borders fights against censorship and restrictive media laws online and offline. There is at Reporters Without Borders emergency aid for persecuted journalists and families. The aim is to help the persecuted so that they can continue or resume their journalistic work.
The association founded in Berlin in 1994 Reporters Without Borders e.V. is part of the international organization founded in 1985 Reporters sans frontiers headquartered in Paris. Published since the founding year Reporters Without Borders Always on May 3, International Press Freedom Day, the volume “Photos for Press Freedom”. Internationally renowned photographers make their work available, and the proceeds finance the independent association. 2024 marks the 30th anniversary of the German section and the photo book.
The 2024 photo book will be published on May 3 and can be ordered here: shop.reporter-ohne-grenzen.de
The exhibition in the museum Center for Persecuted Arts highlights how important support is for journalists at risk. In addition to all 30 volumes in the “Photos for Press Freedom” series, a historical section with objects from the museum's collection shows how artists are campaigning against censorship and for freedom of expression, including against murderous regimes. In the main part of the exhibition, current works by six international photographers reflect the struggle for truth in word and image. Her work comes from various editions of “Photos for Press Freedom.”
Zur Opening on May 4, 2024 were next to the curator Barbara Stauss, photo book editor-in-chief Gemma Pörzgen and the new management of Reporters Without Borders, Anja Osterhaus and Maik Thieme, including the photographers Miguel Angel Sanchez and Nuria Teson, Anoek Steketee as well as Violetta Savchits present.
Accompanying program
- On Monday May 6 at 18:00 Find an exclusive Guided tour for readers of the Solinger Tageblatt with photographer Violetta Savchits.
- On International Museum Day, May 19 at 1 p.m. Find a public guided tour with Uli Preuß instead of. He is the Deputy Chairman of the Museum's Sponsors' Association and former photo editor of the Solinger Tageblatt, who has also worked in Afghanistan, Angola and Cambodia.
- Am June 27 at 7:30pm takes place at the invitation of the association Solingen helps e.V. eine Reading with Isabel Schayani instead of. The WDR journalist, who has won various awards, reads from her book “To Germany. Five people. Five ways. One goal.” An audience discussion will then take place.
- Am August 22 at 19:00 Let's show the Movie “Istina”. The short film about a journalist in Belgrade who is threatened by far-right groups was awarded the student Oscar in Los Angeles. Director Tamara Denić will then be available for a discussion. The event is hosted by the Museum's Sponsors' Association and in cooperation with the Heinrich Böll Foundation NRW, the Friends + Friends of the Heinrich Böll Foundation and the Katholische Bildungswerk Wuppertal/Solingen/Remscheid.
- Am September 8 at 1 p.m. Find the Finissage with the Freundeskreis Ness Ziona. At the invitation of the Friends of Solingen/Ness Ziona, the duo Modus from the Israeli twin city of Solingen will play.
Offers for schools
Our art educators offer guided tours and workshops that can be adapted to the respective focal areas of the curriculum: freedom of the press, freedom of opinion and media (photo, film, radio) are possible topics.
tours
Public tours Find through the exhibition Sundays at 13:00 instead of (exception: last Sunday of the month). Advance booking is not necessary. The guided tour is included in the entrance fee. The meeting point is in the lobby near the cash desk. Private guided tours For up to 25 people, you can book for 70 euros.
Am May 23, June 27, July 25 and August 29 Find each Free after-work tours with cooperation partners on Thursdays at 18:00 instead of. This will be followed by a brief thematic impulse and an opportunity for exchange. In May, this will Max Leven-Zentrum Solingen talk about the situation of the press in Solingen in 1932/33; in June, following the tour, there will be a reading with Isabel Schayani and the association Solingen helps Instead, in July, the Stadtsportbund will be a cooperation partner on the topic of “Olympics” and in August we are looking forward to an evening together with the Bergische VHS.
Design: Good in the wrong — Office for Political Communication
Press contact: Daniela Tobias, presse@verfolgte-kuenste.de
Press review:
- The photo book for press freedom (WDR 3, mosaic, 30.4.2024)
- Reporters Without Borders in Solingen: Their pictures show people in political crises (Solinger Tageblatt, 1.5.2024)
- Reporters Without Borders show how photographers capture the horror (Solinger Tageblatt, 5.5.2024)
- Young Belarusian photographer flees from dictator Lukashenko's soldiers (Solinger Tageblatt, 7.5.2024)
- Belarusian photographer Violeta Savchyts is taking part in the exhibition marking the thirtieth anniversary of “Reporters Without Borders.” (Reform.news, 20.5.2024)
The exhibition is supported by the Ministry of Culture and Science of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia, the Rhineland Regional Association (LVR), which Gerd Kaimer Citizens' Foundation Solingen and supported by the Förderkreis Center for Persecuted Arts Solingen e.V. #Wir_erinnern_Wir_gestalten! , Reporters Without Borders and other sponsors. Media partners include Solinger Tageblatt and Funke Mediengruppe.
The German section of the organization “Reporters Without Borders (RSF)” celebrates its 30th anniversary in 2024. Initiated by the Center's Sponsors' Association and curated by photo editor Barbara Stauss presents “Reporters Without Borders” From May 4, 2024, a photo exhibition in the museum Center for Persecuted Arts in Solingen with work by six international photojournalists who have reported from countries such as Myanmar, Belarus, Colombia, China, Rwanda and Egypt.
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Pressespiegel
Temporary Exhibition
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Lifelines. Across borders
An art project by Hanna Melnykova
In the summer of 2025, photo artist Hanna Melnykova emigrated from Germany to Ukraine. The Museum Center for Persecuted Arts is showing the photographic documentation of their performative walk.
Reading
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“We were just simple soldiers”
Discussion with Hanka Grupińska
On the anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto uprising, renowned journalist Hanka Grupińska presents her book at the Center for Persecuted Arts in Solingen.
Concert
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4th Chamber Concert of the Bergische Symphoniker 2026
With Elgun Aghazada, Shino Nakai, Odysseas Lavaris, Won Cheol Jung and Ina Bijlsma
Members of the Bergische Symphoniker will play works by Britten, Mozart and Beethoven at the 4th Chamber Concert 2026 at the Center for Persecuted Arts.
