Nick Tobier: "OverTourism" Exhibition Opens at MKC in Split

OverTourism, on view now at MKC MulitMedia Centar in Split, Croatia, is a new group exhibition curated by Stamps Professor Nick Tobier. Part of a sequence of public performances, interventions, and exhibitions, OverTourism calls attention to the impacts of excessive tourism in the area, opening a space for critical reflection and inviting the audience to reconsider their own role in shaping the tourist landscapes of the future. 

Featured works include Landing, a staged tourist invasion of the city of Split, Croatia, foregrounding the consumption of urban space for commodified leisure; performances of a municipal anthem by a traditional acapella group; and walking tours of what has been lost to tourism. Together, these projects bring local and international artists into the city to interrupt the existing tourist economy by creating alternative paths of engagement through radical hospitality and critical discourse.

The exhibition includes artists and collectives Albert Dungca, Eclectica produkcija, Tonći Gaćina, Jelsa Municipality Museum, Jere Kuzmanić, Glorija Lizde, Left Hand Rotation (Portugal), Toni Meštrović, Ivica Mitrović, Klapa Omiš, Eleonora Sovrani, Lana Stojićević, Oleg Šuran and Dora Vanette, Nick Tobier, Vice Tomasović / Bio Art, and the We are Here Venice collective (Italy).

The exhibition runs through September 15, 2026, and is presented with support from the Croatian Ministry of Culture, The Stamps School of Art + Design, U of M’s WCEE, and the City of Split.

OverTourism
Exhibition Dates: July 9‑September 15, 2026
MKC MulitMedia Centar, Slobode ul. 28, 21000, Split, Croatia