On 6 September, the Hamburger Bahnhof opens the presentation of the collection ‘Museum in Motion. A Collection for the 21st Century’, which uses 10 large-format works from the last 25 years to pose the question of the future of a museum for contemporary art. Large-format sculptures and installations as well as media art form a focal point of the collection of contemporary art in the Nationalgalerie. In the spacious Rieckhallen, which will be secured for the long term from 2022, these works can continue to be presented to the public and new works can be added to the collection, researched, communicated and stored for the future. Sculptures by Elmgreen & Dragset, Anne Imhof and Cevdet Erek as well as light and media artworks by Maurizio Nannucci and Jeremy Shaw will be on display.
Image above: Jeremy Shaw, Phase Shifting Index, 2020 7-channel video, sound and light installation, 35:19 min This work is acquired for the Nationalgalerie Collection. Timo Ohler Installation view Centre Pompidou, Paris
The questions and perspectives from which art is viewed change from decade to decade, from generation to generation. Just like a museum’s collection and programme, expectations of the institution also change and visitors of all ages and backgrounds come every day. ‘Museum in Motion’ invites you to think together about the traditional and contemporary tasks of the museum. What should, what can a museum provide for the 21st century? How do works of art negotiate cultural histories, art histories and social developments? Who selects them and whose stories become visible? How does the museum open up to its neighbourhood? What relevance does an art collection have for society? The exhibition on around 1,500 square metres continues the collection exhibition ‘Nationalgalerie. A Collection for the 21st Century’ on the art and history of Berlin after the fall of the Wall, which opened in summer 2023. As in this presentation in the West Wing, works from the federal collection are also integrated into the show in the Rieckhallen as part of a long-term cooperation. The Hamburger Bahnhof will thus be showing the Nationalgalerie’s collection of contemporary art in three wings on a total of around 4,000 square metres.
Rieckhallenatelier
The newly established Rieckhallenatelier is available on a long-term basis for workshops with groups and also invites individual visitors as a freely accessible area. The central location between the special exhibition and the collection presentation enables direct engagement with the art on display. This makes education and outreach a central component of the museum’s work that is directly visible in the exhibition space. One focus of the new education programmes is on offers for schools, which have been developed as part of a partnership with the KUNSTFORUM Foundation of Berliner Volksbank, Berlin and can now be booked via the Museumsdienst Berlin (museumsdienst@kulturprojekte.berlin, www.museumsdienst.berlin).
WHEN?
from Friday, 6 September 2024
WHERE?
Hamburger Bahnhof – National Gallery of Contemporary Art
Invalidenstraße 50/51, 10557 Berlin-Mitte
