Exhibitions in
Hamburg, officially the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg, is the second-largest city in Germany after Berlin and sixth-largest city in the European Union, with a population of over 1. 9 million.
This week's highlights
All current exhibitions
Oksana Yushko – Migratory Restlessness
Deichtorhallen Hamburg
Based on research conducted along the Kiel Canal, Oksana Yushko explores the entanglements of commodity flows, migration movements, and ecological systems. In the exhibition ZUGUNRUHE – MIGRATORY RESTLESSNESS, the…
F.C. Gundlach You'll Never Watch Alone
Bucerius Kunst Forum
From May 2026, the Bucerius Kunst Forum will present the exhibition F.C. Gundlach. You’ll Never Watch Alone. As part of the 9th Triennale of Photography Hamburg 2026, the show focuses on the multifaceted work of F.C.…
Maria Lassnig and Edvard Munch
Hamburger Kunsthalle
Flow of Paint = Flow of Life
Inner Mornings, or Forms of Counterculture
Deichtorhallen Hamburg
Public tours at 12 and 3 p.m. Booking required at tickets.deichtorhallen.de How can the evolution of contemporary art serve as a lens through which to understand the history of counterculture—a phenomenon that continues…
Cocktail Prolongé: F.C. Gundlach Special
Deichtorhallen Hamburg
Today 11:00 – 18:00 h As one of the most influential German fashion photographers from the 1950s to the 1980s, F.C. Gundlach decisively shaped the aesthetic stylization of the female body. As a private collector,…
Alliance, Infinity, Love – In the Face of the Other
Deichtorhallen Hamburg
Today 11:00 – 18:00 h The main exhibition of the 9th Triennial of Photography Hamburg, curated by Mark Sealy, celebrates the cultural and artistic diversity of photography and its healing and transformative power. It…
BUT I WORLD I SEE YOU*
Hamburger Kunsthalle
In the frame of the 9th Triennial of Photography Hamburg 2026
Isa Mona Lisa
Hamburger Kunsthalle
»Isa Mona Lisa« is the ironic and playful title chosen for a large-scale exhibition that provides a lively glimpse of recent art via a selection of unusual works by international contemporary artists. The title is taken…
ABDULHAMID KIRCHER – ROTTING FROM WITHIN
Deichtorhallen Hamburg
Today 11:00 – 18:00 h In his analogue photographic and installative practice, the German-Turkish artist Abdulhamid Kircher (b. 1996) reflects on the consequences of patriarchy and violence, as well as on the search for…
AKOSUA VIKTORIA ADU-SANYAH – RESIDUAL SKY UNDER CONTAMINATION
Deichtorhallen Hamburg
Today 11:00 – 18:00 h Large-format, hand-developed color prints are characteristic of the artistic work of Akosua Viktoria Adu-Sanyah (b. 1990). Through manual and chemical processes, the German-Ghanaian artist shifts…
Making History
Hamburger Kunsthalle
Hans Makart and the Salon Painting of the 19th Century
Carrie Yamaoka
Hamburger Kunsthalle
The Hamburger Kunsthalle is presenting the first solo exhibition in Germany devoted to the artist Carrie Yamaoka (b. 1957). The occasion for the show in the atrium of the Galerie der Gegenwart is the awarding of the…
David Novros
Hamburger Kunsthalle
David Novros (b. 1941 in Los Angeles, California) is known for his large, vividly coloured paintings on irregularly shaped multi-part canvases as well as for site-specific works that transcend the pictorial space to…
From Monet to Picasso. Jewish Art Collectors in Germany
Bucerius Kunst Forum
The exhibition From Monet to Picasso. Jewish Art Collectors in Germany reconstructs 15 important art collections assembled by German Jews before 1945. It brings together many of their modernist masterpieces, now…
Hito Steyerl
Deichtorhallen Hamburg
The exhibition is dedicated to the award-winning work of the media artist and author, whose pieces operate at the intersection of art, technology, and social analysis. In her video essays, multimedia installations, and…
Joyce Pensato
Deichtorhallen Hamburg
The exhibition traces the evolution of Joyce Pensato’s work—from the early still lifes and Batman drawings of the 1970s, which were still strongly influenced by her training at the New York Studio School and the…
SCULPTURAL
Hamburger Kunsthalle
The New Galleries
Expanded Horizons – New Photographic Perspectives
Deichtorhallen Hamburg
Together with the Körber-Stiftung, the Haus der Photographie at the Deichtorhallen Hamburg has launched an internationally oriented support and exhibition program for new positions in young contemporary photography in…
Unstable Media in the 21st Century
Hamburger Kunsthalle
UNSTABLE MEDIA IN THE 21ST CENTURY examines some of the most radical voices in media art today based on some 40 key works from the Centre Pompidou’s pioneering New Media Collection. Ever since the 1980s, the uncertain…
This is the Modern World
Hamburger Kunsthalle
THIS IS THE MODERN WORLD. Breakthroughs in Art 1900–1960 is a reinterpretation of the modern art holdings, which, with over 3,000 paintings, sculptures, photographs, prints and drawings, ranks among the most significant…
Impressionism
Hamburger Kunsthalle
Franco-German Encounters
Philipp Otto Runge
Hamburger Kunsthalle
Philipp Otto Runge (1777-1810) is considered the founder of Romantic art in Germany. During the period of upheaval around 1800, he created a visual world in which humans, nature and time merge into a poetic cosmos. In…