DEEDS.CALENDAR: Berlin Art Week 2025: Petrit Halilaj. An Opera Out of Time – Hamburger Bahnhof – Nationalgalerie der Gegenwart | until 31.05.2026
Petrit Halilaj presents his first major institutional solo exhibition in Berlin at the Hamburger Bahnhof – National Gallery of Contemporary Art. The focus is on the artist’s first opera, Syrigana, which explores the possibilities of collective dreaming to create open and emancipatory worlds. In addition to this new, site-specific work, the exhibition features sculptures, installations and video works from various creative phases. It is the second exhibition in the Rieckhallen, which reopened in 2024, and takes place during Berlin Art Week.
WHEN?
Opening: Wednesday, 10 September 2025, 7 p.m.
Exhibition dates: Thursday, 11 September 2025 – Sunday, 31 May 2026
Opening hours:
Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, 10 a.m. – 6 p.m.
Thursday, 10 a.m. – 8 p.m.
Saturday, Sunday, 11 a.m. – 6 p.m.
WHERE?
Hamburger Bahnhof – Nationalgalerie der Gegenwart
Invalidenstraße 50
10557 Berlin
Image above: Petrit Halilaj, Yes but the sea is attached to the earth and it never floats around in space. The stars would turn off and what about my planet?, 2014. Earth, branches, fallen leaves, stones, soap, mild steel, chickenwire, clay, wool. Installed dimensions variable. Image courtesy the artist and Mennour, Paris. Photo by Fabrice Seixas.
