Exhibitions in Hamburg
May 2027
May at a glance: 1 exhibition opening, 4 closing, and 13 more on view across the city.
Opening in May
Closing in May
Unstable Media in the 21st Century2 May 2027Hamburger Kunsthalle
About 40 key works from the Centre Pompidou's New Media Collection on some of today's most radical voices in media art.
Cho Ari9 May 2027Kunsthaus Hamburg
First institutional solo show of the Hamburg artist, centred on an essay film about a Korean nurse who migrated to Hamburg and the false acacia.
Nachrichten – News16 May 2027Museum der Arbeit
How news is made and received: news agencies, correspondents, a Hamburg module with local journalists, and how to judge reliability amid disinformation and AI.
Nandi Loaf: Zirkus27 May 2027Kunstverein in Hamburg
Nandi Loaf's first institutional solo show, an immersive evening of performance and social choreography in the Hanne Darboven Stiftung villa.
Also on through May
- Weltumarmungto 6 Jun 2027
Ernst Barlach Haus
Marks 100 years of Barlach's woodcuts to Schiller's ode An die Freude, with about 50 Hamburg-based international artists on shared visions of happiness.
Hella Jongerius: Whispering Thingsto 13 Jun 2027MK&G - Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe Hamburg
Solo presentation of work by Dutch designer Hella Jongerius.
Sind kurz mal weg... Eine Ausstellung zur Zukunft des MARKKto 27 Jun 2027MARKK - Museum am Rothenbaum. Kulturen und Künste der Welt
A last look behind the scenes before the renovation: architectural plans, ideas for the new permanent exhibition and an interactive staff installation.
Zuschreibung: Jüdisch. Fragen an die Geschichte des MARKKto 27 Jun 2027MARKK - Museum am Rothenbaum. Kulturen und Künste der Welt
Jewish objects in the MARKK collections and their histories, with provenance research on Nazi-looted art and the museum's role under the Nazis.
Bilderechos aus Peruto 27 Jun 2027MARKK - Museum am Rothenbaum. Kulturen und Künste der Welt
Photographs and sound recordings by Hans Heinrich Brüning from northern Peru, reinterpreted by local artists and scholars. Part of the Triennale der Photographie 2026.
Pippis Papa und eine wirklich wahre Geschichte aus dem Pazifikto 27 Jun 2027MARKK - Museum am Rothenbaum. Kulturen und Künste der Welt
An interactive family show on Carl Pettersson, a possible model for Pippi Longstocking's father, and German colonialism in the Pacific.
Benin. Geraubte Geschichteto 30 Jun 2027MARKK - Museum am Rothenbaum. Kulturen und Künste der Welt
The museum's entire Benin collection, shown ahead of restitution, with the 1897 conquest, looting and Hamburg's trade ties.
- XULY.Bët: Funkin' Fashion Factory 100% Recycledto 1 Aug 2027
MK&G - Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe Hamburg
Fashion show on recycled design by XULY.Bët.
Modernism on the Moveto 1 Aug 2027Hamburger Kunsthalle
Eight stories from the modern world 1915 to 1980, with artists from Argentina, India, Japan, Poland, South Africa, Turkey, Ukraine, Uruguay and the USA.
- Better Together. Von Cranachs Werkstatt bis zu den Guerrilla Girlsto 29 Aug 2027
Bucerius Kunst Forum
For the museum's 25th anniversary, a show on collaboration in art, from late-medieval workshops to duos and activist collectives.
Impressionismusto 14 Nov 2027Hamburger Kunsthalle
About 70 paintings and sculptures from the museum's own holdings, questioning whether Impressionism still fits national categories (Deutsch-Französische Begegnungen).
Making Historyto 2 Jan 2028Hamburger Kunsthalle
Hans Makart's monumental The Entry of Emperor Charles V into Antwerp (1878) with sixty other 19th-century paintings and sculptures in the Lichtwark Gallery.
FOLDING – UNFOLDING: From Origami to Designto 16 Jan 2028MK&G - Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe Hamburg
Exhibition tracing the link between origami and design.
Opening in June 2027
Image credits
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- Unstable Media in the 21st CenturyCourtesy of Hamburger Kunsthalle
- Cho AriCho Ari, Second Skins (working title), 2026-ongoing, video still
- Nachrichten – News© dpa/picture alliance, Foto: Michael Kappeler
- Nandi Loaf: ZirkusFoto: Edward Greiner
- Hella Jongerius: Whispering ThingsCourtesy of MK&G - Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe Hamburg
- Sind kurz mal weg... Eine Ausstellung zur Zukunft des MARKK© MARKK, Design: Rocket & Wink
- Zuschreibung: Jüdisch. Fragen an die Geschichte des MARKK© MARKK
- Bilderechos aus Peru© MARKK, Photo: Hans Heinrich Brüning
- Pippis Papa und eine wirklich wahre Geschichte aus dem Pazifik© MARKK, Design: Rocket & Wink
- Benin. Geraubte Geschichte© MARKK, Design: Rocket & Wink
- Modernism on the MoveCourtesy of Hamburger Kunsthalle
- ImpressionismusCourtesy of Hamburger Kunsthalle
- Making HistoryCourtesy of Hamburger Kunsthalle
- FOLDING – UNFOLDING: From Origami to DesignCourtesy of MK&G - Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe Hamburg
- Almut HeiseCourtesy of Hamburger Kunsthalle
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