Tracing the collaboration between Ghanaian Victor Adegbite and Hungarian Charles Polónyi in 1960s Accra – where they designed housing that reflected Ghana’s post-independence goals and global influences – this exhibition uses archival materials from the architects’ families to show how their work still shapes urban life and explores architectural responses to independence, ideology, and everyday needs. 

The Wende Museum reconstructs the modernist Cuban home built by the artist’s father between 1957–1963, amid the Cuban Revolution and Cold War embargo. The installation evokes memory, home, and exile, exploring how lived experience, dreams, and reality intersect. Through this evocative recreation, it questions authenticity, reflects on the emotional imprint of history, and examines how individuals and societies absorb the collapse of utopian hopes.

Material Curiosity by Design explores the prolific careers of midcentury designers Evelyn and Jerome Ackerman in dialogue with select works by three contemporary artists – Porfirio Gutiérrez, Jolie Ngo, and Vince Skelly – sparking a dynamic conversation about materials, innovation, and craft.