Hamburger Bahnhof – Nationalgalerie der Gegenwart | 30 Years of Hamburger Bahnhof: A Year of Exhibitions, Music, and Encounters Dedicated to Participation and Collectivity

01.01.2026

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Hamburger Bahnhof – Nationalgalerie der Gegenwart
© Staatliche Museen zu Berlin / Photo: Kulturprojekte, Alexander Rentsch

Giulia Andreani, Portrait
© Emma Burlet

Shilpa Gupta, Portrait
©  Galleria Continua / Belen de Benito

Lina Lapelytė (1 May 2026 - 10. January 2027): Lina Lapelytė, Vaiva Grainytė, Rugilė Barzdžiukaitė, Sun & Sea, 2021, "Teatro Argentina", Rome
© courtesy the artist,  / VG Bild-Kunst Bonn, 2025/ Claudia Pajewski

Collection presentation (from 12 June 2026): Katharina Sieverding, Deutschland wird deutscher, 1992
© the artist / Nationalgalerie – Staatliche Museen zu Berlin / Jacopo La Forgia / VG Bild-Kunst Bonn, 2025

Collection presentation (from 12 June 2026): Rirkrit Tiravanija, untitled 2010 (All the Days on the Autobahn), 2010, exhibition view "Local Histories", Hamburger Bahnhof – Nationalgalerie der Gegenwart 2018-2019
© Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Nationalgalerie / Courtesy the artist / Foto: Thomas Bruns

Endless Exhibition (from 12 June 2026): Ayşe Erkmen, no time/no flower, 2008, Installationsansicht „Ayşe Erkmen. Weggefährten“, Hamburger Bahnhof 2008,
© Nationalgalerie – Staatliche Museen zu Berlin / VG Bild-Kunst Bonn, 2025 Photo: Jens Ziehe

[ materialistin ] (3 July 2026 – 28 February 2027): Agnes Lammert, Membran, 2024
© courtesy the artist / VG Bild-Kunst Bonn, 2025 / Tom Dachs

[ materialistin ] (3 July 2026 – 28 February 2027): Enne Haehnle, besty beast beasty boy, 2021, a & o Kunsthalle
© courtesy the artist / VG Bild-Kunst Bonn, 2025 / Kay Zimmermann

[ materialistin ] (3 July 2026 – 28 February 2027): Lucy König, observer, 2016
© courtesy the artist / Jakob Adolphi  / VG Bild-Kunst Bonn, 2025

[ materialistin ] (3 July 2026 – 28 February 2027): Theresa Rothe, romantic Mode, 2023
© courtesy the artist /  / VG Bild-Kunst Bonn, 2025 / Bertram Kober 

[ materialistin ], group photo
© [ materialistin ] /  Kay Zimmermann

Ryuichi Sakamoto (11 September 2026 – 23. May 2027): Ryuichi Sakamoto + Shiro Takatani, async–immersion tokyo, 2024, installation view "Ryuichi Sakamoto | seeing sound, hearing time", Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo (MOT) 2024
© courtesy the artist, KAB Inc. / Takeshi Asano

Studio Rieckhallen (from 9 October 2026): Tacita Dean, The Wreck of Hope, 2022
© Tacita Dean, Pinault Collection, Tadao Ando Architect & Associates, Niney et Marca Architectes, agence Pierre-Antoine Gatier / Aurélien Mole

Tacita Dean, Portrait
© Royal Academy of Arts, London / A. K. Purkiss

Studio Rieckhallen (from 9 October 2026): Thomas Demand, Attraktion / Attraction, 2025
© Thomas Demand, VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2025

Studio Rieckhallen (from 9 October 2026): Olafur Eliasson, Seeing a surprise before it’s reduced, split, and then further reduced, 2025, installtion view The lure of looking through a polarised window of opportunities, or seeing a surprise before it’s
© Olafur Eliasson, neugerriemschneider / Jens Ziehe    

Olafur Eliasson, Portrait
©  Lars Borges

Studio Rieckhallen (from 9 October 2026): Henrik Håkansson, Untitled (Green Corridor), 2024
© courtesy the artist, Castello di Rivoli Museo d’Arte Contemporanea / Sebastiano Pellion di Persano

Studio Rieckhallen (from 9 October 2026): Tomás Saraceno, FREE FROM BLACK CARBON, 2019
© Tomás Saraceno

Tomás Saraceno, Portrait
© Dario Lagana

Sophie Calle  (13 November 2026 - 2 May 2027), The Detachment, 1996, color photography and book, 2 parts, 120 x 90 x 4 cm (image),
© Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Hamburger Bahnhof – Nationalgalerie der Gegenwart, Photo: Thomas Bruns / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn, 2025

Open House (12. - 14. Juni 2026): Open House. Tage der offenen Tür 2025, Hamburger Bahnhof – Nationalgalerie der Gegenwart, 13. bis 15. Juni 2025 / Hamburger Bahnhof – Nationalgalerie der Gegenwart / Marlene Gawrisch

Open House (12. - 14. Juni 2026): Open House. Tage der offenen Tür 2025, Hamburger Bahnhof – Nationalgalerie der Gegenwart, 13. bis 15. Juni 2025 / Hamburger Bahnhof – Nationalgalerie der Gegenwart / Marlene Gawrisch

Poster Opening Hamburger Bahnhof – Museum für Gegenwart – Berlin, 1996
© Staatliche Museen zu Berlin / Nationalgalerie

Shilpa Gupta (27 March 2026 - 3 January 2027), TRUTH, 2022 - 2025
© Shilpa Gupta, Galleria Continua / Ela Bialkowska, OKNOstudio

Lina Lapelytė (1 May 2026 - 10 January 2027), Lina Lapelytė, What Happens with a Dead Fish?, 2021, Kunstenfestival des Arts Brussels
© Lina Lapelytė,  / VG Bild-Kunst Bonn, 2025 / Bea Borgers

Lina Lapelytė, Portrait
© Lina Lapelytė / Rasa Juškevičiūtė

Collection presentation (from 12 June 2026): Bunny Rogers, Mandy’s Piano Solo in Columbine Cafeteria, 2016 "Bunny Rogers. Self Portrait as clone of Jeanne D'Arc", exhibition view Hamburger Bahnhof – Nationalgalerie der Gegenwart 2020
© Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Nationalgalerie / Courtesy the artist and Société / Matthias Völzke

Collection presentation (from 12 June 2026): Pierre Huyghe, Zoodram 6 (after "Sleeping Muse" by Constantin Brancusi), 2013
© VG Bildkunst Bonn, 2025 / Photo: Guillaume Ziccarelli

Ayşe Erkmen, Portrait
© Trautwein Herleth / Serdar Tanyeli

[ materialistin ] (3 July 2026 – 28 February 2027): Elisabeth Howey, EN, 2018-2024
© courtesy the artist / VG Bild-Kunst Bonn, 2025 / Kay Zimmermann

[ materialistin ] (3 July 2026 – 28 February 2027), Laura Eckert, Liminal, 2024
© courtesy the artist / VG Bild-Kunst Bonn, 2025 / Tom Dachs 

[ materialistin ] (3 July 2026 – 28 February 2027): Sophie Uchman, Aufrichtig, 2021
© courtesy the artist  / VG Bild-Kunst Bonn, 2025

[ materialistin ] (3 July 2026 – 28 February 2027): Wibke Rahn, entropy, 2024
© courtesy the artist / VG Bild-Kunst Bonn, 2025 / Kay Zimmermann 

Ryuichi Sakamoto (11 September 2026 – 23. May 2027): Ryuichi Sakamoto with Shiro Takatani, IS YOUR TIME, 2017/2024, installation view "Ryuichi Sakamoto | seeing sound, hearing time", Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo (MOT) 2024
© courtesy the artist, 2024 KAB Inc. / Kazuo Fukunaga

Ryuichi Sakamoto, Portrait
© Kab Inc. / Neo Sora 

Studio Rieckhallen (from 9 October 2026), Tacita Dean, FILM, 2011, Tate Modern's Turbine Hall, London
© courtesy the artist / Marcus Leith & Andrew Dunkley  

Studio Rieckhallen (from 9 October 2026): Thomas Demand, Ballroom, 2025
© Thomas Demand / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2025

Thomas Demand, Portrait
© Brigitte Lacombe 

Studio Rieckhallen (from 9 October 2026): Olafur Eliasson, The lure of looking through a polarised window of opportunities, 2025, installation view: The lure of looking through a polarised window of opportunities, or seeing a surprise before it’s reduce
© Olafur Eliasson, neugerriemschneider / Jens Ziehe  

Studio Rieckhallen (from 9 October 2026): Henrik Håkansson, Fallen Forest, 2006, installation view "A travers bois pour trouver la forêt", Le Palais de Tokyo, Paris, 2006
© Henrik Håkansson, Le Palais de Tokyo, Paris

Henrik Håkansson, Portrait
© Lotta Antonsson

Studio Rieckhallen (from 9 October 2026): Tomás Saraceno, ARHACKTIVIST, 2019
© Tomás Saraceno

Sophie Calle (13 November 2026 - 2 May 2027), Portrait de Dora Maar, 2022
© Sophie Calle, Perrotin, VG Bild-Kunst Bonn, 2025 / Claire Dorn 

Sophie Calle, Portrait
© Claire Dorn 

Open House (12. - 14. Juni 2026): Open House. Tage der offenen Tür 2025, Hamburger Bahnhof – Nationalgalerie der Gegenwart, 13. bis 15. Juni 2025 / Hamburger Bahnhof – Nationalgalerie der Gegenwart / Marlene Gawrisch

Berlin Beats (12. Juni - 27. August 2026): Berlin Beats 2025, Hamburger Bahnhof – Nationalgalerie der Gegenwart, 13. bis 15. Juni 2025 / Hamburger Bahnhof – Nationalgalerie der Gegenwart / Marlene Gawrisch

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