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Artists with upcoming solo shows at the Berlin contemporary art museum include Ayoung Kim, Toyin Ojih Odutola, and Petrit Halilaj.

Hamburger Bahnhof Announces 2025 Exhibitions

Ayoung Kim, Delivery Dancer's Sphere (2022). © Ayoung Kim, Gallery Hyundai.

Hamburger Bahnhof, the contemporary art museum at Germany's Nationalgalerie, has announced its exhibition programme for next year.

They will reprise popular events including electronic music series Berlin Beats and the three-day Open House, and present eight exhibitions on themes including, artificial intelligence, indigenous knowledge, and collective dreaming.

Ayoung Kim's solo show (28 February–20 July, 2025) will use AI, VR, video, game simulations, and sonic fiction to explore the symbiosis between data, humans, and the planet.

Berlin Beats at Hamburger Bahnhof–Nationalgalerie der Gegenwart, 7 June 2024.

Berlin Beats at Hamburger Bahnhof–Nationalgalerie der Gegenwart, 7 June 2024. Courtesy Hamburger Bahnhof–Nationalgalerie der Gegenwart / Alexander Rentsch.

Delcy Morelos' exhibition (13 June, 2025–11 January, 2026) will include an immersive installation exploring themes of the earth, indigenous knowledge, and regeneration. She will also engage with works by Joseph Beuys in the museum's permanent exhibition.

Toyin Ojih Odutola will feature detailed drawings exploring identity and personal narratives in her first solo exhibition in Germany (11 July, 2025–25 January, 2026).

Delcy Morelos, El abrazo (The Embrace) (2023), installation view at Dia Chelsea, New York. Recycled garden soil, clay from Dia Beacon, coir, hay, cinnamon, clove, copaiba oil, Eco Tackifier, water, and fragrance.

Delcy Morelos, El abrazo (The Embrace) (2023), installation view at Dia Chelsea, New York. Recycled garden soil, clay from Dia Beacon, coir, hay, cinnamon, clove, copaiba oil, Eco Tackifier, water, and fragrance. © Delcy Morelos, Marian Goodman Gallery / Don Stahl.

Petrit Halilaj, who revealed his Met Museum Rooftop Commission earlier this year, will present new site-specific works along with existing drawings and sculptures in a solo exhibition (5 September, 2025–31 May, 2026).

Susan Philipsz will exhibit a site-specific installation that explores the psychological and emotional impact of sound from 13 June. Annika Kahrs will likewise present sound installations as part of a survey of her work (14 November, 2025–3 May, 2026).

Klára Hosnedlová, GROWTH (2024), exhibition view at Kunsthalle Basel.

Klára Hosnedlová, GROWTH (2024), exhibition view at Kunsthalle Basel. © Klára Hosnedlová, Kunsthalle Basel / Zdeněk Porcal.

Klára Hosnedlová will use materials such as flax and glass to create a monumental installation that draws inspiration from post-communist architecture in the museum's annual Historic Hall Commission (25 April–26 October, 2025).

And Saâdane Afif's archival project The Fountain Archives (12 December, 2025–16 August, 2026) will revisit the legacy of Marcel Duchamp's iconic Fountain (1917).

Saâdane Afif, The Fountain Archives (Bookshelves) (2022).

Saâdane Afif, The Fountain Archives (Bookshelves) (2022). © Saâdane Afif / Mehdi Chouakri.

The museum's directors, Sam Bardaouil and Till Fellrath, said, 'Hamburger Bahnhof is a vibrant space where art and audiences interact dynamically.'

'Our diverse programme invites voices from all walks of life to engage in meaningful dialogue,' they said. —[O]

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