The next institution is celebrating a milestone: Hamburger Bahnhof is turning 30 and marking the occasion with a comprehensive year-long program. In 2026, everything revolves around exchange, participation, and the question of what a museum can be today. Eight new exhibitions, performances in public spaces, concerts, and conferences will take the institution further into the city. Giulia Andreani (27.02.–13.09.2026) opens the anniversary year with her first institutional solo exhibition in Germany. For the occasion, she’s developed new paintings that enter dialogue with Berlin collections — antiquities, decorative arts, European cultures, and the Kupferstichkabinett. Andreani’s artistic practice is shaped by the tension between authoritarian figures and forgotten protagonists of the past. Her monochrome paintings draw on family albums and archival material. Rather than quoting history, she reexamines it. It’s a thoughtful start to the anniversary year. The opening takes place today, 26.02.2026, at 19h. Admission is free. This will be followed by exhibitions featuring Shilpa Gupta, Lina Lapelytė, Ryuichi Sakamoto, and Sophie Calle, as well as a group exhibition by the Leipzig collective materialistin and a reunion with artists who once had studios in the Rieckhallen, including Tacita Dean, Thomas Demand, Olafur Eliasson, Henrik Håkansson, and Tomás Saraceno. In June, a new collection presentation will be added, focusing on Berlin since 1989 in global dialogue. The finale in November will be an international conference on the future of collection-based museums, accompanied by 30 consecutive hours of opening time. An anniversary that looks ahead.
Text: Inga Krumme / Photos: David von Becker, Laura Fiorio / Credit: Giulia Andreani. Sabotage; Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Hamburger Bahnhof – Nationalgalerie der Gegenwart; VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2026, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
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Giulia Andreani 27.02.–13.09.2026
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