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
Maria Lassnig and Edvard Munch
Flow of Paint = Flow of Life
BUT I WORLD I SEE YOU*
In the frame of the 9th Triennial of Photography Hamburg 2026
Isa Mona Lisa
»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…
Making History
Hans Makart and the Salon Painting of the 19th Century
SCULPTURAL
The New Galleries
Impressionism
Franco-German Encounters
Opening soon
5 upcoming
Carrie Yamaoka
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
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…
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…
This is the Modern World
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…
Philipp Otto Runge
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…