Hamburger Bahnhof – Nationalgalerie der Gegenwart | Shilpa Gupta. What Still Holds | 27.3.2026 – 3.1.2027

27.03.2026

Starting point of Shilpa Gupta’s solo exhibition at Hamburger Bahnhof is the monumental work TRUTH, situated at the intersection of language, power, and control. As visitors move through the oversized letters within the exhibition space, the artwork questions the mechanisms that preserve or obscure truth. Complemented by additional works by the artist, Gupta’s exhibition at Hamburger Bahnhof is presented in dialogue with the museum’s display of works by Joseph Beuys.

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26.03.2026
Press preview | Shilpa Gupta. What Still Holds | 27.3.2026 – 3.1.2027
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Exhibition view „Shilpa Gupta. What Still Holds“, Hamburger Bahnhof – Nationalgalerie der Gegenwart, 27.03.2026 - 03.01.2027, Depicted: Truth, 2022-2025
© Shilpa Gupta. Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Nationalgalerie / photo: Luca Girardini

Exhibition view „Shilpa Gupta. What Still Holds“, Hamburger Bahnhof – Nationalgalerie der Gegenwart, 27.03.2026 - 03.01.2027, Depicted: Listening Air, 2019/23
© Shilpa Gupta. Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Nationalgalerie / photo: Luca Girardini

Exhibition view „Shilpa Gupta. What Still Holds“, Hamburger Bahnhof – Nationalgalerie der Gegenwart, 27.03.2026 - 03.01.2027, Depicted: Untitled, 2008/25
© Shilpa Gupta. Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Nationalgalerie / photo: Luca Girardini

Exhibition view „Shilpa Gupta. What Still Holds“, Hamburger Bahnhof – Nationalgalerie der Gegenwart, 27.03.2026 - 03.01.2027, Depicted: StillTheyKnowNotWhatIDream, 2021 (foreground), Untitled, 2008/25 (background)
© Shilpa Gupta. Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Nationalgalerie / photo: Luca Girardini

Exhibition view „Shilpa Gupta. What Still Holds“, Hamburger Bahnhof – Nationalgalerie der Gegenwart, 27.03.2026 - 03.01.2027, Depicted: Someone Else – A Library of 100 Books Written Anonymously or Under Pseudonyms, 2011
© Shilpa Gupta. Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Nationalgalerie / photo: Luca Girardini

Exhibition view „Shilpa Gupta. What Still Holds“, Hamburger Bahnhof – Nationalgalerie der Gegenwart, 27.03.2026 - 03.01.2027, Depicted: Untitled (Spoken Poem in a Bottle), 2018/21 (foregrund); Joseph Beuys, Capri-Batterie, 1985 (background)
© Shilpa Gupta. Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Nationalgalerie, VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2026 / photo: Luca Girardini

Exhibition view „Shilpa Gupta. What Still Holds“, Hamburger Bahnhof – Nationalgalerie der Gegenwart, 27.03.2026 - 03.01.2027, Depicted: Untitled (Don’t See, Don’t Hear, Don’t Speak), 2006/26
© Shilpa Gupta. Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Nationalgalerie / photo: Luca Girardini

Exhibition view „Shilpa Gupta. What Still Holds“, Hamburger Bahnhof – Nationalgalerie der Gegenwart, 27.03.2026 - 03.01.2027, Depicted: 100 Hand-Drawn Maps of My Country, 2008/14 – ongoing
© Shilpa Gupta. Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Nationalgalerie / photo: Luca Girardini

Exhibition view „Shilpa Gupta. What Still Holds“, Hamburger Bahnhof – Nationalgalerie der Gegenwart, 27.03.2026 - 03.01.2027, Depicted: StillTheyKnowNotWhatIDream, 2021
© Shilpa Gupta. Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Nationalgalerie / photo: Luca Girardini

Exhibition view „Shilpa Gupta. What Still Holds“, Hamburger Bahnhof – Nationalgalerie der Gegenwart, 27.03.2026 - 03.01.2027, Depicted: A Liquid, the Mouth Froze, 2018
© Shilpa Gupta. Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Nationalgalerie / photo: Luca Girardini

Exhibition view „Shilpa Gupta. What Still Holds“, Hamburger Bahnhof – Nationalgalerie der Gegenwart, 27.03.2026 - 03.01.2027, Depicted: Someone Else – A Library of 100 Books Written Anonymously or Under Pseudonyms, 2011; Truth, 2022-2025; Joseph Beuys, Straßenbahnhaltestelle. A Monument to the Future (2. Fassung), 1976; 100 Hand-Drawn Maps of My Country, 2008/14 - ongoing (from left to right)
© Shilpa Gupta. Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Nationalgalerie, Sammlung Marx, VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2026 / photo: Luca Girardini

Shilpa Gupta, Portrait
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