Hamburger Kunsthalle
The Hamburger Kunsthalle was founded by citizens of Hamburg. Today it is the largest museum in the Hanseatic city and ranks among the most important art museums in Europe. Initiated by collectors and art enthusiasts, Hamburg’s first museum arose from several private collections and was endowed from the outset by civic donations.
Now on view
6 exhibitions
Making History
Hans Makart and the Salon Painting of the 19th Century
Carrie Yamaoka
Maria Lassnig Prize
David Novros
Painting
SCULPTURAL
The New Galleries
This is the Modern World
Breakthroughs in Art, 1900–1960
Impressionism
Franco-German Encounters
Opening soon
4 upcoming
Signa
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,…
Unstable Media in the 21st Century
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…
Modernism on the Move
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…
Philipp Otto Runge
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,…
