Hamburger Bahnhof – Nationalgalerie der Gegenwart | A Thousand Times Berlin. The Collection Hamburger Bahnhof – Nationalgalerie der Gegenwart | from 12.6.2026

12.06.2026

Berlin is a place of ongoing movement and negotiation, where artistic, political, and migratory trajectories intersect.  For its 30th anniversary, Hamburger Bahnhof presents its new iteration of the collection in the west wing, focusing on Berlin’s art scene in global dialogue from 1989 to today with over 70 works by more than 50 artists, including paintings, drawings, sculptures, photographs, and video installations.

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Exhibition view „A Thousand Times Berlin. The Collection Hamburger Bahnhof – Nationalgalerie der Gegenwart”, Hamburger Bahnhof – Nationalgalerie der Gegenwart, from 12 June 2026, until further notice. Depicted: Michel Majerus, b.o., 2000; Yarema Malashchuk & Roman Khimei, Dedicated to the Youth of the World II, 2019 (from left)
© Courtesy of the artists / Photo: Jacopo La Forgia

Exhibition view „A Thousand Times Berlin. The Collection Hamburger Bahnhof – Nationalgalerie der Gegenwart”, Hamburger Bahnhof – Nationalgalerie der Gegenwart, from 12 June 2026, until further notice. Depicted: Cosima von Bonin, Michel Würthle, SMOKE, 2008
© Courtesy of the artists / Photo: Jacopo La Forgia

Exhibition view „A Thousand Times Berlin. The Collection Hamburger Bahnhof – Nationalgalerie der Gegenwart”, Hamburger Bahnhof – Nationalgalerie der Gegenwart, from 12 June 2026, until further notice. Depicted: Bunny Rogers, Self-portrait as Clone of Jeanne d'Arc, 2019; Mona Hatoum, Puzzled, 2009 (from left)
© Courtesy of the artists / Photo: Jacopo La Forgia

Exhibition view „A Thousand Times Berlin. The Collection Hamburger Bahnhof – Nationalgalerie der Gegenwart”, Hamburger Bahnhof – Nationalgalerie der Gegenwart, from 12 June 2026, until further notice. Depicted: Andreas Gursky, Singapore Stock Exchange I, 1997; Slavs and Tatars, Mother Tongues and Father Throats, 2012 (foreground), Joseph Beuys, Unschlitt / Tallow, 1997 (background)
© Courtesy of the artists, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Nationalgalerie, VG-Bild-Kunst Bonn, 2026 / Photo: Jacopo La Forgia

Exhibition view „A Thousand Times Berlin. The Collection Hamburger Bahnhof – Nationalgalerie der Gegenwart”, Hamburger Bahnhof – Nationalgalerie der Gegenwart, from 12 June 2026, until further notice. Depicted: Carsten Höller, Mushroom Suitcase, 2008
© Courtesy of the artist, VG-Bild-Kunst Bonn, 2026 / Photo: Jacopo La Forgia

Exhibition view „A Thousand Times Berlin. The Collection Hamburger Bahnhof – Nationalgalerie der Gegenwart”, Hamburger Bahnhof – Nationalgalerie der Gegenwart, from 12 June 2026, until further notice. Depicted: Klára Hosnedlová, Untitled (from the series embrace), 2025; Eliza Douglas / Anne Imhof, Signature VII (Eliza), 2017 (from left)
© Courtesy of the artists / Photo: Jacopo La Forgia

Exhibition view „A Thousand Times Berlin. The Collection Hamburger Bahnhof – Nationalgalerie der Gegenwart”, Hamburger Bahnhof – Nationalgalerie der Gegenwart, from 12 June 2026, until further notice. Depicted: Henrike Naumann, Treuhand Intern, 2019
© Courtesy of the artist / Photo: Jacopo La Forgia

Cemile Sahin BB – Born to Bloom, 2025 Two- or four-channel digital video Dimensions variable Courtesy the artist and Esther Schipper, Berlin/ Paris/Seoul Stills
© Cemile Sahin

Robert Rauschenberg, German Stroll, 1990, acrylic and printing ink on paper and fabric on metal, three-part (triptych), 246 × 369 × 3.8 cm
© Robert Rauschenberg Foundation / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2026 / Nationalgalerie – Staatliche Museen zu Berlin / Thomas Bruns

Exhibition view „A Thousand Times Berlin. The Collection Hamburger Bahnhof – Nationalgalerie der Gegenwart”, Hamburger Bahnhof – Nationalgalerie der Gegenwart, from 12 June 2026, until further notice. Depicted: Roy Lichtenstein, Reflections On "The Artist's Studio", 1989
© Courtesy of the artist, VG-Bild-Kunst Bonn, 2026 / Photo: Jacopo La Forgia

Exhibition view „A Thousand Times Berlin. The Collection Hamburger Bahnhof – Nationalgalerie der Gegenwart”, Hamburger Bahnhof – Nationalgalerie der Gegenwart, from 12 June 2026, until further notice. Depicted: Julie Mehretu, Metoikos (half extinguished beam 07.04.21, 7pm), 2019-2021; Katharina Sieverding, Deutschland wird deutscher, 1992 (from left)
© Courtesy of the artists, VG-Bild-Kunst Bonn, 2026 / Photo: Jacopo La Forgia

Exhibition view „A Thousand Times Berlin. The Collection Hamburger Bahnhof – Nationalgalerie der Gegenwart”, Hamburger Bahnhof – Nationalgalerie der Gegenwart, from 12 June 2026, until further notice. Depicted: Tracey Emin, I’ve got it all, 2000
© Courtesy of the artist, VG-Bild-Kunst Bonn, 2026 / Photo: Jacopo La Forgia

Exhibition view „A Thousand Times Berlin. The Collection Hamburger Bahnhof – Nationalgalerie der Gegenwart”, Hamburger Bahnhof – Nationalgalerie der Gegenwart, from 12 June 2026, until further notice. Depicted: Rirkrit Tiravanija, untitled 2010 (all the days on the autobahn), 2010
© Courtesy of the artist / Photo: Jacopo La Forgia

Exhibition view „A Thousand Times Berlin. The Collection Hamburger Bahnhof – Nationalgalerie der Gegenwart”, Hamburger Bahnhof – Nationalgalerie der Gegenwart, from 12 June 2026, until further notice. Depicted: Alicja Kwade, Der Tag ohne Gestern I, 2014; Klára Hosnedlová, Untitled (from the series embrace), 2025 (from left)
© Courtesy of the artists, VG-Bild-Kunst Bonn, 2026 / Photo: Jacopo La Forgia

Exhibition view „A Thousand Times Berlin. The Collection Hamburger Bahnhof – Nationalgalerie der Gegenwart”, Hamburger Bahnhof – Nationalgalerie der Gegenwart, from 12 June 2026, until further notice. Depicted: EVA & ADELE, Biographische Skulptur N° 37, 2021; EVA & ADELE, CUM-Polaroids, 1991 until now (from left)
© Courtesy of the artists / Photo: Jacopo La Forgia

Exhibition view „A Thousand Times Berlin. The Collection Hamburger Bahnhof – Nationalgalerie der Gegenwart”, Hamburger Bahnhof – Nationalgalerie der Gegenwart, from 12 June 2026, until further notice. Depicted: Danh Võ, Untitled, 2022
© Courtesy of the artist / Photo: Jacopo La Forgia

Cosima von Bonin, ...NEUE FEHLER WARTEN, 2008
© Cosima von Bonin / Nationalgalerie – Staatliche Museen zu Berlin / Photo: Thomas Bruns

Elif Saydam, Zu Spät (III), 2021
© the artist / Photo: Gunter Lepkowski

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