Endless Exhibition

The Endless Exhibition encompasses 22 installations, interventions and sculptures from Hamburger Bahnhof’s collection, all of which are permanently present at the museum as an integral part of its interior and exterior spaces. A tour leads through all parts of the museum complex and into the grounds and adjacent areas – intercon­­nect­ing the collection, building, history and environs of the museum for the first time in this way.

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Some of the artworks have been on view since Hamburger Bahnhof opened in 1996, while others were installed as part of solo exhibitions by artists. Others again were commissioned by the museum or donated to it. Their starting points, like the contexts in which they were created, differ widely: they make direct reference to the unusual architecture of the former railway station, lie hidden within the grounds, or take up the museum’s unusual location directly beside the former border between East and West Berlin. The Endless Exhibition is an opportunity for visitors to discover these works afresh. In addition to short texts offering insights into the individual works, six entries also spotlight the history of the building and the architectural traces, still visible today, of the former Museum of Transport and Construction.
The Endless Exhibition is thus also an ongoing journey through the history of the museum. With the opening of the Endless Exhibition, Hamburger Bahnhof’s collection will in future be expanded each year by a site-specific new production. As all the artworks to date have been made by men, woman artists have been specifically invited between 2023 and 2025. From June 2024, Claudia Wieser’s tiled work can be seen on the rounded elevator shaft at the entrance to the restaurant.
Exhibitions open, run and close. The Endless Exhibition remains.

Credits

Concept: Sam Bardaouil, Till Fellrath
Curators: Till Fellrath, Alice Koegel
Conservation: Eva Rieß, Andrea Sartorius
Education: Claudia Ehgartner
Texts: Sarah Alberti, Claudia Ehgartner, Till Fellrath, Alice Koegel
Editing: Sarah Alberti, Till Fellrath
Proofreading: Sina Volk (Sandstein Kommunikation)
Translation: Karen Williams
Maintenance: Stefan Gösche, Frank Wloka, Garry Rogge
Design and Microsite: Eps51

Commission 2023

Artist: Judith Hopf
Curator: Alice Koegel
Artistic Management: Judith Hopf, Anna Herms
Organizing, Production, Communication: Mira Starke
Picture Editing, Archive: Andrew Wagner
Production Wall Paining: Liquid Paint, Malte Niedringhaus
Production Bronze Branches: Skulpturengießerei Knaak
Art Handling: id3d GmbH

Commission 2024

Artist: Claudia Wieser
Curator: Anna-Catharina Gebbers
Planning and Production: Studio Claudia Wieser, Studio Violet
Art Handling: Studio Violet
Exhibition coordinator: Elena Montini
Museologist: Sophie Schattner
Communication: Fiona Geuß, Anna Nike Sohrauer
Text: Anna-Catharina Gebbers
Proofreading: Emily Finkelstein

Commission 2025

Artist: Susan Philipsz
Curator: Sven Beckstette
Planning and Production: Eoghan McTigue, Mathias ­Taupitz
Musician: Martin Klingeberg
Art Handling: Wisag AG, Lichtblick ­Bühnentechnik
Exhibition coordinator: Elena Montini
Electrician: Garry Rogge, Mario Düde
Conservation: Elisa Carl
Communication: Fiona Geuß, Anna Nike Sohrauer
Text: Sven Beckstette
Proofreading: Emily Finkelstein

Endless Exhibition is a project of ­Hamburger Bahnhof – Nationalgalerie der Gegenwart, realized with the kind support of Peppermint and the Freunde der Nationalgalerie.