Ferne Länder, ferne Zeiten / Faraway Countries, Faraway Times at Museum Folkwang

Published April 29, 2026

From luxurious destinations in the 19th century to the dynamic advertising posters of the 1920s and 30s to modern airline series and fictional NASA travel posters from 2019, the motifs span the development of travel as a desire and a vision. The exhibition Ferne Länder, Ferne Zeiten / Faraway Countries, Faraway Times at the Museum Folkwang is accompanied by literary works by Felicitas Hoppe, who sheds new light on longing and wanderlust in exclusive “literary journeys of the mind.” The exhibition, curated by René Grohnert, is complemented by a large wall graphic in the form of a map that clearly visualizes all the tourist destinations presented. We created wall and floor lettering that typographically references the period in which the posters were created. These were supplemented by a large wall graphic in the form of a map that clearly visualizes all the tourist destinations presented.

Photography by Caroline Schlüter

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