Greenland – Not For Sale – Kalaallit Nunaat Forever
19.06.2026 — 11.10.2026
An exhibition by ALPS Swiss Alpine Museum, Bern, in collaboration with Frankfurter Kunstverein
Curated by Beat Hächler (Director ALPS Swiss Alpine Museum, Bern), Gian Suhner (Filmmaker) and for the contemporary art by Franziska Nori (Director Frankfurter Kunstverein)
With Julie Edel Hardenberg
Opening: 18 June 2026, 5.30 p.m.
Greenland – Not For Sale – Kalaallit Nunaat Forever sets the beginning of a cycle of political exhibitions at Frankfurter Kunstverein extending until 2028. Through the means of visual inquiry and art, the major upheavals of our time are examined and points of rupture made visible.
This exhibition is a journey into a country surrounded by the Arctic Ocean, six times the size of Germany, and which in recent years has unwillingly become the focus of global powers. Its strategic position at the intersection of Canada, the U.S., Russia, and Europe has sparked desires for dominance over maritime routes and access to its vast natural resources. The country reflects all the geopolitical challenges currently affecting people in many regions of the world in similar ways: the consequences of global warming, the interests and growing lack of solidarity of transnational corporations at the expense of local economies. Rising tensions between states and citizens, as well as identity-political conflicts within societies, are intensifying. What do we know about the people of Greenland, about its nature, and about the interconnections between economy, environment, and culture? What do we know about the history of colonial violence? Which political forces lay claim to a land that longs for independence?
Greenland – Not For Sale – Kalaallit Nunaat Forever is an exhibition presented in collaboration with the ALPS Swiss Alpine Museum, Bern. Over the course of four years, striking panoramic images, intimate cinematic testimonies, and video interviews have been created. They offer a sensory journey into the kaleidoscopic narratives of a complex country and its people. For the first time in Germany, Julie Edel Hardenberg and her political art are being presented. This is the first comprehensive exhibition dedicated to one of Greenland’s and Scandinavia’s most influential artists.
