Hamburger Bahnhof – Nationalgalerie der Gegenwart | Giulia Andreani. Sabotage | 27.2. – 13.9.2026

27.02.2026

Giulia Andreani opens the anniversary programme of Hamburger Bahnhof – Nationalgalerie der Gegenwart presenting paintings that expose fractures within official narratives. Andreani’s artistic practice of "painting with photographs" thrives on the tension between authoritarian figures and forgotten characters of the past. Andreani’s anniversary contribution reinterprets historical collections through a contemporary lens: 36 works by the artist are shown alongside exhibits from the Antikensammlung, the Kunstgewerbemuseum, the Museum Europäischer Kulturen, and the Kupferstichkabinett. Two paintings inspired by ancient objects are exhibited as an intervention at Altes Museum.

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Press preview | Giulia Andreani. Sabotage | 27.2.2026 – 13.9.2026
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© Giulia Andreani and ADAGP, Paris 2026; courtesy of the artist and Galerie Max Hetzler, Berlin | Paris | London | Marfa, VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2026 / photo: def image

Giulia Andreani, Étude pour “La Dentellière“, 2025
© Giulia Andreani, Max Hetzler / VG Bild-Kunst Bonn, 2025

Giulia Andreani, The frilly collars, 2025
© Giulia Andreani and ADAGP, Paris 2026; courtesy of the artist and Galerie Max Hetzler, Berlin | Paris | London | Marfa, VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2026 / photo: Pierre Tanguy

Giulia Andreani, Portrait
© Emma Burlet

Exhibition view „Giulia Andreani. Sabotage”, Hamburger Bahnhof – Nationalgalerie der Gegenwart, 27.02.2026 – 13.09.2026. Depicted: Paint Unbidden (Palimpsest), 2025; Wooden Shoe Molds; Claustrofilia, 2025
© Giulia Andreani and ADAGP, Paris 2026; courtesy the artist and Galerie Max Hetzler, Berlin | Paris | London | Marfa, VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn, 2026, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin / photo: Laura Fiorio

Exhibition view „Giulia Andreani. Sabotage”, Hamburger Bahnhof – Nationalgalerie der Gegenwart, 27.02.2026 – 13.09.2026. Depicted: Die Weberinnen (Dentellières), 2025; Ouvrage de dame, 2018 (from left)
© Giulia Andreani and ADAGP, Paris 2026; courtesy the artist and Galerie Max Hetzler, Berlin | Paris | London | Marfa, VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn, 2026, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin / photo: Laura Fiorio

Exhibition view „Giulia Andreani. Sabotage”, Hamburger Bahnhof – Nationalgalerie der Gegenwart, 27.02.2026 – 13.09.2026. Depicted: Kunst may lie, 2025; Say less, 2024 (from left)
© Giulia Andreani and ADAGP, Paris 2026; courtesy the artist and Galerie Max Hetzler, Berlin | Paris | London | Marfa, VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn, 2026, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin / photo: Laura Fiorio

Exhibition view „Giulia Andreani. Sabotage”, Hamburger Bahnhof – Nationalgalerie der Gegenwart, 27.02.2026 – 13.09.2026. Depicted: Pour elles toutes (Myrninerest), 2024; Dress Made from Curtains by Cyril Gerbron (1983–2019), 2018; Industrial Sewing Machine, c. 1910s (from left)
© Giulia Andreani and ADAGP, Paris 2026; courtesy the artist and Galerie Max Hetzler, Berlin | Paris | London | Marfa, VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn, 2026, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin / photo: Laura Fiorio

Exhibition view „Giulia Andreani. Sabotage”, Altes Museum, 27.02.2026 – 13.09.2026. Depicted: Genitae Manae, 2022; Le songe d’Ulysse, 2022 (from left)
© Giulia Andreani and ADAGP, Paris 2026; courtesy the artist and Galerie Max Hetzler, Berlin | Paris | London | Marfa, VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn, 2026, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin / photo: Laura Fiorio

Giulia Andreani, The lord of (f)lies, 2026
© Giulia Andreani and ADAGP, Paris 2026; courtesy of the artist and Galerie Max Hetzler, Berlin | Paris | London | Marfa, VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2026 / photo: Pierre Tanguy

Giulia Andreani, Pour elles toutes (Myrninerest), 2024
© Giulia Andreani and ADAGP, Paris 2026 ; courtesy the artist and Galerie Max Hetzler Berlin | Paris | London | Marfa, VG-Bildkunst, Bonn 2026 / photo: Lorenzo Palmieri

Giulia Andreani, Die Weberinnen (Dentellières), 2025
© Giulia Andreani and ADAGP, Paris 2026; courtesy of the artist and Galerie Max Hetzler, Berlin | Paris | London | Marfa, VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2026 / photo: Pierre Tanguy

Exhibition view „Giulia Andreani. Sabotage”, Hamburger Bahnhof – Nationalgalerie der Gegenwart, 27.02.2026 – 13.09.2026. Depicted: Crépuscule (L'abri), 2012; Deadlier than the male gaze, 2025; Sigmar Polke, Girlfrends I, 1967 (from left)
© Giulia Andreani and ADAGP, Paris 2026; courtesy the artist and Galerie Max Hetzler, Berlin | Paris | London | Marfa, VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn, 2026, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin / photo: Laura Fiorio

Exhibition view „Giulia Andreani. Sabotage”, Hamburger Bahnhof – Nationalgalerie der Gegenwart, 27.02.2026 – 13.09.2026. Depicted: Pour elles toutes (Myrninerest), 2024 (background); Wooden Shoe Molds, Claustrofilia, 2025 (foreground)
© Giulia Andreani and ADAGP, Paris 2026; courtesy the artist and Galerie Max Hetzler, Berlin | Paris | London | Marfa, VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn, 2026, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin / photo: Laura Fiorio

Exhibition view „Giulia Andreani. Sabotage”, Hamburger Bahnhof – Nationalgalerie der Gegenwart, 27.02.2026 – 13.09.2026. Depicted: Les comploteuses, 2015; Typewriter, Designed by Continental, c. 1950; flat iron with insert (from left)
© Giulia Andreani and ADAGP, Paris 2026; courtesy the artist and Galerie Max Hetzler, Berlin | Paris | London | Marfa, VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn, 2026, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin / photo: Laura Fiorio

Exhibition view „Giulia Andreani. Sabotage”, Hamburger Bahnhof – Nationalgalerie der Gegenwart, 27.02.2026 – 13.09.2026. Depicted: Der Zauberberg (Montdevergue), 2025; The Artist as Janus, 2025 (from left)
© Giulia Andreani and ADAGP, Paris 2026; courtesy the artist and Galerie Max Hetzler, Berlin | Paris | London | Marfa, VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn, 2026, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin / photo: Laura Fiorio

Exhibition view „Giulia Andreani. Sabotage”, Hamburger Bahnhof – Nationalgalerie der Gegenwart, 27.02.2026 – 13.09.2026. Depicted: Sensitive Viewer (Hannah Arendt), 2025; Cianophilia,2025 in incubator, 1970s (from left)
© Giulia Andreani and ADAGP, Paris 2026; courtesy the artist and Galerie Max Hetzler, Berlin | Paris | London | Marfa, VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn, 2026, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin / photo: Laura Fiorio

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