April 1, 2026 | 5:30 PM – Lecture
April 2, 2026 | 2:00 PM – Workshop
04/26
Teresa Fankhänel
/ Deutsches Architekturmuseum (DAM) /
Jana Čulek
/ Studio fabula /
With the support of the Kultura Nova Foundation
Our first guest in the Spatial Practices series is Teresa Fankhänel, the curator at the German Architecture Museum. Before joining the DAM she was an associate curator at the Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum at Michigan State University and a curator at the Architecture Museum of the Technical University of Munich. Her exhibitions include "The Architecture Machine" (2020–21), "Shouldn't You Be Working?" (2023), "Andrea Canepa: As We Dwell in the Fold" (2023–24), and "Farmland" (2025) and “The End of the Line. Architectural Drawings in the Digital Age” (2027). From 2024-2025 she was acting professor of architectural theory at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT). In addition to her curatorial work, she has been editor-in-chief of the "Architectural Exhibition Review" since 2022.
On Wednesday April 1st, as part of the lecture and workshop series Spatial Practices, Teresa Fankhänel will hold a lecture titled The Crow Problem. Or: What is a Good Exhibition? . The lecture will look at ways of defining what a “good exhibition” is. It argues that successful exhibitions create strong reactions and meaningful engagement from visitors. Exhibitions are a unique medium that combine storytelling, spatial design, objects, and visitor experience to communicate ideas on multiple sensory and intellectual levels. They bring together narrative, design, and context in a way that makes the story clear, engaging, and memorable for its audience. The lecture will be followed by a conversation with the audience which will be moderated by Jana Čulek.
As part of the series, Teresa will also hold a workshop on Thursday April 2nd titled Games for Curators. The workshop will explore layers of exhibition making from working within the found spaces of galleries to exploring narrative structures and, finally, to investigating the perception and experience of exhibitions as walk-in stories. Participants will get hands-on insight into curators’ and scenographers’ toolkits and explore their own approach to exhibition making. No prior knowledge of exhibition making is necessary.
Photo: Kirsten Bucher / DAM, Laura Trumpp / The Architecture Machine, Eli and Edythe Broad Art / Shouldn't you be Working
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Andrea Šarić
Dora Bilandžić
Ema Božek
Dina Milovčić
Franka Tretinjak
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ZvUQ (Zagreb Unlimited Quintet)
Renata Penezić
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Sven Sorić
Maša Poljanec
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Dubravka Vranić, PhD
Andrija Mutnjaković, Member of the Academy
Prof. Branko Kincl, Member of the Academy
Prof. Krešimir Ivaniš
Ivona Jerković
Prof. Valentina Gulin Zrnić, PhD
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Marin Mikelić
Tomislav Vreš
Anđela Karabašević
Vladislav Sudžum
Marina Lazović
Predrag Ignjatović
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Damir Mance
Tomislav Stašić
01/26
Katarina Ivanišin
Iva Ivas
Ivan Mostahinić
12/25
Nikola Radeljković
Krešimir Borošak
12/25
Ansambl Synchronos
11/25
ZvUQ (Zagreb Unlimited Quintet)
11/25
Urikač
10/25
Milan Stefanović
10/25
ZvUQ (Zagreb Unlimited Quintet)
10/25
Ana Šverko, PhD
Damir Gamulin
10/25
Anita Krmek
Jelena Babić
Marja Mia Kolendić
09/25
Mate Picukarić - Maali
07/25
Nenad Vukušić
06/25
Ansambl Synchronos
06/25
Joanna Swiderska
Renata Zorić
Jeffrey Huyghe
06/25
Dean Franić
Anja Filipec
Tana Gerenčer
05/25
Edin Karamazov
Melita Ivković
04/25
Seats are limited, so please reserve your place for
Admission is free!
The lecture will be held in English.