The symposium takes the anniversary as an opportunity to reconsider art mediation in the context of social, institutional and technological transformation. Museums are developing into spaces of negotiation, participation and knowledge production. The symposium brings together international perspectives from theory, research, practice and artistic practice to discuss future-oriented models of mediation. Participation is free of […]
Museums of contemporary art must act before historical distance emerges or consensus is reached: they commission works that are still in development, collect artistic practices that continue to evolve, preserve changing materials and technologies and must assess their significance in real time. “After Art History?” asks what happens when art history is no longer the […]
Im Mittelpunkt steht die Frage, warum Natur und Freiheit in unserer Vorstellung so eng miteinander verbunden sind. Wenn wir an Freiheit denken, erscheinen oft Bilder von Weite, Wäldern, Bergen, Meeren oder offenen Landschaften. Die Natur scheint ein Gegenbild zu Enge, Begrenzung und gesellschaftlichen Erwartungen zu sein. Doch warum ist das so? Und was bedeutet Freiheit […]
As part of its 30th anniversary programme, Hamburger Bahnhof – Nationalgalerie der Gegenwart is hosting the symposium Post Discipline. The Future of Art History, Collection Care, and Public Engagement for Museums of Contemporary Art (12 – 14 November 2026). The three-day gathering is dedicated to current questions regarding knowledge production and art histories, preservation and care, and education […]