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
ABDULHAMID KIRCHER – ROTTING FROM WITHIN
Deichtorhallen Hamburg
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 reconciliation and…
AKOSUA VIKTORIA ADU-SANYAH – RESIDUAL SKY UNDER CONTAMINATION
Deichtorhallen Hamburg
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 and expands the…
Making History
Hamburger Kunsthalle
Hans Makart and the Salon Painting of the 19th Century
Signa
Hamburger Kunsthalle
SIGNA returns to NORDWIND, with its first visual art installation in Germany. ICH LÜGE, UM ZU WEINEN transforms the Hubertus Wald Forum at the Hamburger Kunsthalle into an exhibition landscape of tableau-like scenes,…
Carrie Yamaoka
Hamburger Kunsthalle
Maria Lassnig Prize
David Novros
Hamburger Kunsthalle
Painting
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 – Deine Mudda macht Show
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…
Tomorrow’s Ghosts – The Photographic and its Spectres
Deichtorhallen Hamburg
The Körber Foundation and the House of Photography at the Deichtorhallen Hamburg have launched EXPANDED HORIZONS. NEW PHOTOGRAPHIC PERSPECTIVES, an internationally oriented mentoring and exhibition program dedicated to…
Joyce Pensato: Eyes For You
Deichtorhallen Hamburg
With her bold, gestural painting style, New York artist Joyce Pensato became the icon of the fusion of American pop culture and Abstract Expressionism. Mickey, Donald, Batman, The Simpsons, and South Park—through…
SCULPTURAL
Hamburger Kunsthalle
The New Galleries
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
Breakthroughs in Art, 1900–1960
Modernism on the Move
Hamburger Kunsthalle
Not only in Europe, but across the globe, the first half of the 20th century saw the emergence of numerous artistic movements that responded to the upheavals of the time through innovative styles and concepts. Shaped by…
Better Together. From Cranach's Workshop to the Guerrilla Girls
Bucerius Kunst Forum
To mark the 25th anniversary of the Bucerius Kunst Forum in 2027, we will celebrate the creative potential of community: Better Together is the motto and title of the exhibition. The focus is not on the solitary…
Impressionism
Hamburger Kunsthalle
Franco-German Encounters
Philipp Otto Runge
Hamburger Kunsthalle
Philipp Otto Runge (1777–1810) is considered one of the founders of Romanticism in Germany as well as a key artistic innovator around 1800. During a period of profound political, social and intellectual transformation,…