Hamburger Bahnhof

Germany

SAHA partakes in the Berlin-based contemporary art institution, Hamburger Bahnhof —Nationalgalerie der Gegenwart’s newly founded patrons circle, Hamburger Bahnhof International Companions.

Founded in October 2023 at the initiative of directors Sam Bardaouil and Till Fellrath, who are also members of SAHA's international advisory board, the International Companions intends to reflect diversity of the institutions’ geographical setting and promote inclusion through education, exhibitions, projects, acquisitions, and publications.

Hamburger Bahnhof welcomes Ulya Soley as SAHA Curator. A new member of the curatorial team, Soley will contribute to the museum’s programs, encompassing curatorial oversight of exhibitions and facilitating their mediation to diverse audiences in Berlin and beyond. Her appointment underscores the commitment to promoting cultural diversity and inclusion within the museum’s programming.

The position of SAHA Curator is made possible by SAHA together with seven individual patrons of SAHA, and with the support of burgbad GmbH and Akbank Sanat Art Center. For the next three years, it will strengthen the museum’s global outlook.

About Hamburger Bahnhof —Nationalgalerie der Gegenwart
The Hamburger Bahnhof was built in the mid-nineteenth century as the terminus of the railway line connecting Hamburg and Berlin, and was converted into a museum of transport and technology at the start of the twentieth century. Since 1996 it has housed the contemporary art collection of the Nationalgalerie. Today, Hamburger Bahnhof – Museum für Gegenwart – Berlin is among the world’s largest museums for contemporary art. Alongside special exhibitions, works from the collection of the Nationalgalerie, the Marx Collection, the Friedrich Christian Flick Collection and the Marzona Collection are shown here in some 10,000 square meters. The ground floor of the west wing is reserved for an ensemble of largescale sculptural works by Joseph Beuys that is unique in the world. The museum rearranges its collections permanently and presents them under diverse thematic focuses. At the same time there are regularly special exhibitions on display reflecting on tendencies and interdisciplinarity in contemporary and post-war art.