Past Events

Monday 7 Sep 2026

Exhibition

auf montage

8:00 pm Golden Pudel Club, Hamburg

Karla Zipfel

Sunday 6 Sep 2026

Exhibition

+ All die Seiten

04.09.26–06.09.26 Künstler*innenhaus FRISE

Jenny Schäfer

Thursday 3 Sep 2026

Eröffnung

7:00 pm

+ Female Rage. Revisiting the Scum Manifesto

04.09.26–06.09.26 HyCP Veddel Space, Hamburg

Cornelia Sollfrank, Eda Aslan

Lecture Performance mit Eda Aslan: 6.9., 1618 Uhr

Thursday 3 Sep 2026

Eröffnung

7:00 pm

Exhibition

+ INVISIBLE CITIES – STANDARD TIME

08.07.26–06.09.26 GALERIE DER KÜNSTLER*INNEN, Munich

Jakob Floess a.o.

Tuesday 7 Jul 2026

Eröffnung

6:00 pm

Exhibition

+ Porous Container

24.07.26–06.09.26 HFBK boutique

Gesa Troch

Porous Container is a site-specific installation that negotiates craft and mass production, individuality and universality, intimacy and conformity. Two works confront one another through their layered connotations and distinct modes of expression—ceramic and textile.

In contrast to the coolness of household appliances and consumer electronics on the ground floor of MediaMarkt, the textile evokes the organic, the warm, and the soft. The associations woven into fabric and cloth are manifold, extending from the domestic and the private to forms of labour historically coded as feminine, as well as to notions of connectedness, resilience, coverings, and skins. The denser a fabric, the more opaque and resistant it becomes. Lace, by contrast, is deliberately perforated, its openings serving both decorative and artistic purposes. In her installation, Gesa Troch brings together dyed, densely woven fabrics and prints of delicate, perforated lace collected from members of her family. Although these two manifestations of textile appear almost contradictory in function despite sharing the same material basis, they also point to the medium’s ambivalent readings. On the one hand, textile labour has long been devalued through its association with femininity—a devaluation that continues to be reproduced. On the other, it constitutes a highly sophisticated and ancient art and craft tradition worthy of recognition. The material’s ubiquitous presence in the form of clothing also recalls global production chains that often stand in stark contrast to any appreciation of human labour. The industrial manufacture of lace, for instance, bears little resemblance to lacemaking, crocheting, or weaving, and is frequently carried out under precarious conditions for both workers and the environment.

The second component of Porous Container consists of ceramic objects that imitate spent fireworks batteries—the kind commonly found scattered across urban spaces in the first days of the new year. Large quantities of soggy cardboard remnants, dispersed throughout the city.

For some, they embody the celebration of a significant transition: the turn of the year, together with the wishes, hopes, and dreams associated with it. For others, they represent a danger; the loud explosions evoke memories of violence, while wildlife and the environment suffer from the overwhelming noise. In their structure of circular tubes that remain after detonation, they resemble the repetitive ornamentation of woven textiles. Cracker transforms these otherwise softened cardboard objects, encountered in public space after New Year’s Eve, into initially rigid yet ultimately fragile ceramic forms.

Troch’s installation reads as a counterpoint to its loud surroundings, which themselves point to mass production and consumer culture. The now-silent fireworks batteries, together with the references to textile practices and craftsmanship, invite reflection on the contexts and codings of their materialities in relation to their setting at the entrance to Hamburg’s main shopping street. The exhibition title likewise refers to these ambivalent inscriptions of material: a container initially suggests a standardized vessel made of a hard material—robust and interchangeable. Once it becomes porous, however, it begins to lose its original function, becoming permeable and unstable. This porosity becomes the connecting element through which the works communicate with one another.

Thursday 23 Jul 2026

Eröffnung

6:00 pm

Exhibition

+ UNDERCURRENT

13.06.26–06.09.26 Galerie von Wegen, Hamburg

Jakob Scheidt

Friday 12 Jun 2026

Eröffnung

6:00 pm

Exhibition

+ Zeit

04.09.26–06.09.26 Galerie Gruppe Motto, Hamburg

Ayala Berger, Anna Grath, Alisa Sizykh, Daniela Aparicio, Simon Denny a.o.

Thursday 3 Sep 2026

Eröffnung

7:00 pm

Exhibition Lecture

+ Finissage: love and obstacles / liebe und hindernisse 2

3:30 pm Kunstverein Gastgarten, Hamburg

Franziska Opel, David Fletche

mit Lesung

Filmscreening

IN MOTION - Shortfilm Screening

8:00 pm

Babak Behrouz, Doro Carl, Maja B. Hoffmann, Helene Kummer a.o.

Saturday 5 Sep 2026

+ Night Shifts 5

8:30 pm Mahnmal St. Nikolai, Hamburg

Rosanna Graf, Lisa Klosterkötter, Gesa Troch, Billy Bultheel

A project by Rosanna Graf, Lisa Klosterkötter and Gesa Troch: Performance Concert with Billy Bultheel, as part of FIRE. From the Cosmos to the Commons

Thursday 3 Sep 2026

Exhibition

+ Passage

5:00 pm Fraser Suites Hamburg

Amin Motallebzadeh

Dates: September 3 at 5:00, 6:00, and 7:00 PM
September 5 at 3:00 and 5:00 PM

Registration required: info@kvhbf.de

Monday 31 Aug 2026

Exhibition

+ Solastalgie. Waldbaden mit Plastikdelfin.

07.06.26–31.08.26 Neues Kunsthaus Ahrenshoop

Jenny Schäfer a.o.

Saturday 6 Jun 2026

Eröffnung

5:00 pm

Sunday 30 Aug 2026

Exhibition

+ Installation: Antifaschistisches Hüpfen

28.08.26–30.08.26 WDC-Hub im Museum Angewandte Kunst Frankfurt, Frankfurt am Main

Frieder Bohaumilitzky

Im Rahmen des Museumuferfest 2026

Friday 28 Aug 2026

Eröffnung

12:00 pm

Exhibition

+ PREMEABLE CONDENSATION

19.07.26–30.08.26 Overbeck-Gesellschaft, St. Petri zu Lübeck

Eda Aslan a.o.

Saturday 18 Jul 2026

Eröffnung

5:00 pm

Exhibition

+ When a whole group is coming too late

26.06.26–30.08.26 KIF - Kunst im Fenster, Schaperstraße 11, 10719 Berlin

Dorothee Diebold

Thursday 25 Jun 2026

Eröffnung

6:00 pm

+ Leerstellen der Erinnerungsarbeit – ein Rundgang durch die ehemalige Lettow-Vorbeck-Kaserne und den neuen Stadtteil Jenfeld Au mit Irini Schwab

4:00 pm Wilsonstraße 64- 69, 22045 Hamburg (gegenüber der Bushaltestelle Köpenickerstraße)

Thursday 27 Aug 2026

Artist Talk

Buchvorstellung: Metapolitik der Dinge. Materielle Kultur und rechtes Denken

5:00 pm Museum Angewandte Kunst Frankfurt, Frankfurt am Main

Frieder Bohaumilitzky

Exhibition

+ FRIENDSHIP

7:00 pm Hinterhof der HFBK Hamburg

Kuno Seltmann, Merabi Danelia, Daniel Eckoldt, Emely Mair

We will open our exhibition container on Thursday, August 28th at 5 pm in the backyard of the University of Fine Arts Hamburg, celebrating 40 years of friendship between Hamburg and Shanghai.

The week after, our project will start its journey to China and can be seen again in Shanghai in November at the Future Lab.

Sunday 23 Aug 2026

Exhibition

+ Werdegang

18.04.26–23.08.26 Landesmuseum Oldenburg

Leyla Yenirce

Friday 17 Apr 2026

Eröffnung

6:30 pm

Friday 21 Aug 2026

Exhibition

+ FIRE. From the Cosmos to the Commons

21.06.26–21.08.26 Mahnmal St. Nikolai, Hamburg

Annette Kelm, Lene Markusen, Mark Morris a.o.

Saturday 20 Jun 2026

Eröffnung

5:00 pm

Tuesday 23 Jun 2026

Guided Tour

+ Museum der Untröstlichkeit

10:00 am Mahnmal St. Nikolai, Hamburg

Johanna Amelsberg, Joy Barczak, Nele Bolbrinker, Carina Brausendorf, Merrit Claußen, Paula Cukrowski, Vincent Gramss, Lavinia Gueye, Jan Hanna, Lea Hasenkamp, Jonathan Heinemann, Eva Hentschel, Jingxi Hu, Abbas Khaled, Johanna Klecker, Judith Kobusch, Lola Molina Sauerteig, Clara Palmberger-Süße, Elisa Pontow, Isabel Primavesi, Louise Vind Nielsen, Maja Vanneste, Hannah Wobst, Rojda Yildiz, Lina Zabel, Nora Sternfeld

Ein öffentliches Programm von Studierenden der HFBK Hamburg in der Ausstellung FIRE der Stadtkuratorin Hamburg von 1013 Uhr und 1518 Uhr

Was wären öffentliche Räume für das, was nie wieder gut werden kann? Das Vermittlungsprogramm widmet sich  der Ausstellung FIRE der Stadtkuratorin Hamburg am Mahnmal Sankt Nikolai. Dabei begegnen wir dem Schmerz und den brennenden Fragen in Geschichte und Gegenwart, die ihre künstlerischen Arbeiten aufwerfen.

Ein Vermittlungsprogramm von Johanna Amelsberg, Joy Barczak, Nele Bolbrinker, Carina Brausendorf, Merrit Claußen, Paula Cukrowski, Vincent Gramss, Lavinia Gueye, Jan Hanna, Lea Hasenkamp, Jonathan Heinemann, Eva Hentschel, Jingxi Hu, Abbas Khaled, Johanna Klecker, Judith Kobusch, Lola Molina Sauerteig, Clara Palmberger-Süße, Elisa Pontow, Isabel Primavesi, Louise Vind Nielsen, Maja Vanneste, Hannah Wobst, Rojda Yildiz, Lina Zabel
mit Hendrik Stille

Im Rahmen des Seminars “Museum der Untröstlichkeit” von Nora Sternfeld an der HFBK Hamburg

Zu den künstlerischen Arbeiten der Ausstellung FIRE von Hala Alnaji, Saodat Ismailova, Nikita Kadan, Hamedine Kane, Annette Kelm, Lene Markusen, Mark Morris, Neda Saeedi, Mikołaj Sobczak, Cecilia Vicuña & Coco Bergholm.
Kuratiert von Joanna Warsza, Stadtkuratorin Hamburg

Foto: Stadtkuratorin Hamburg

Saturday 4 Jul 2026

Artist Talk Guided Tour

+ Künstlergespräch mit Mark Morris

2:00 pm Mahnmal St. Nikolai, Hamburg

In einem dialogischen Rundgang durch die Ausstellungen FIRE. From the Cosmos to the Commons gibt Natalya Stupka Einblicke in die Thematik der Ausstellungen und stellt die künstlerischen Positionen vor.

Im Anschluss präsentiert der Künstler Mark Morris sein Werk The Chain Reaction.
Die ortsspezifische Skulptur knüpft an die Präsenz Alfred Nobels in Deutschland und an sein Labor in Geesthacht bei Hamburg an, wo ab 1867 die Erfindung und Verbreitung des Dynamits stattfand. Symbolisch macht das Werk die Ambivalenz von Materialien sichtbar, die sowohl unsere Welt erschaffen als auch umgestalten können.

Exhibition

Flicker

4:00 pm Mahnmal St. Nikolai, Hamburg

Nele Borchert, Elena Bulycheva, Milo Dillenschneider, Bahar Ensafi, Emmylou Fertschai, Elisa Gonschior, Marlene Kargl Nadiia Mykhailiuk, Julia Quitmann, Merle Richter, Xen Roscher, Bente Steffens, Cathrin Zumhasch

Sunday 5 Jul 2026

Performance

Performative Lesung

12:00 pm Mahnmal St. Nikolai, Hamburg

Dariia Kuzmych

Thursday 20 Aug 2026

Exhibition

Collecting Dust

2:00 pm Hasselbrookstr. 38a, Hamburg

Manjari Goteti, Sanna Leone, Genevieve Lotus, Hyunjin Choi, Sarah Lotus

Sunday 16 Aug 2026

Exhibition

+ Occlusion Area

08.08.26–16.08.26 Frappant Galerie, Hamburg

Kayoung Kim, Julia Sylvana Koch, Johannes Kuhn a.o.

Friday 7 Aug 2026

Eröffnung

7:00 pm

Exhibition

+ Turmoil and Silence

08.08.26–16.08.26 hinterconti, Hamburg

Christine Krammer, Mette Björndal, Hermes Hemmis, Lennart Häusser a.o.

Friday 7 Aug 2026

Eröffnung

7:00 pm

Saturday 15 Aug 2026

Exhibition

+ Counterflows

09.08.26–15.08.26

Ayşe Ateş, Julia Nordholz

Saturday 8 Aug 2026

Eröffnung

7:00 pm

Filmscreening

+ Locarno Film Festival

05.08.26–15.08.26 Locarno

Luise Donschen, Nicolaas Schmidt a.o.

Luise Donschen, Morgen vor langer Zeit, DE 2026, 93 Min.
Nicolaas Schmidt, September Afternoon, DE 2026, 70 Min.

Wednesday 12 Aug 2026

Exhibition

+ Low Hanging Fruit

12.09.26–12.08.26 Deventer, Niederlande

Lola Bott, Francisca Markus, Charlotte Perka, Cristina Rüesch a.o.

Saturday 12 Sep 2026

Eröffnung

4:00 pm

Sunday 9 Aug 2026

Exhibition

+ Der Preis der Blüte

18.07.26–09.08.26 Tom Reichstein Contemporary, Hamburg

Temorscha Zoltani

Friday 17 Jul 2026

Eröffnung

6:00 pm

Exhibition

+ Fleeting Glance – as part of the 9th Triennial of Photography

06.06.26–09.08.26 Kunstverein Harbuger Bahnhof

Maik Gräf

Friday 5 Jun 2026

Eröffnung

6:00 pm

Friday 7 Aug 2026

Filmscreening

10'40''

7:00 pm Metropolis Kino, Hamburg

14 students of the orientation class show their 16mm films

Sunday 2 Aug 2026

Exhibition

+ Whisper Down the Lane: Sanna Leone

08.05.26–02.08.26 Kunsthaus Hamburg

Thursday 7 May 2026

Eröffnung

6:00 pm

Saturday 1 Aug 2026

Exhibition

+ Thomas Demand

02.05.26–01.08.26 Sprüth Magers, Berlin

as part of Gallery Weekend Berlin

more info

Friday 1 May 2026

Eröffnung

6:00 pm

Sunday 26 Jul 2026

+ (in)finitely connected – stories of an urban multi-species society

04.07.26–26.07.26 Raum für Kunst und Ökologie, Hamburg

Megan Auer a.o.

Friday 3 Jul 2026

Eröffnung

6:00 pm

Saturday 25 Jul 2026

Exhibition

+ Worlds Away

06.03.26–25.07.26 The Goldfarb Gallery, Toronto

Anne Duk Hee Jordan

Friday 24 Jul 2026

Exhibition

+ KUGELFANG

20.06.26–24.07.26 KUNSTHALLE OST, Leipzig

Lena Schramm

Friday 19 Jun 2026

Eröffnung

7:00 pm

Exhibition

+ roses

19.06.26–24.07.26 kleine gegenwart, Hamburg

Sven Scharfenberg

Thursday 18 Jun 2026

Eröffnung

6:00 pm

Exhibition

+ To Move, To Carry, To Remain

11.07.26–24.07.26 nachtspeicher23, Hamburg

Ayşe Ateş a.o.

Friday 10 Jul 2026

Eröffnung

6:00 pm

Sunday 19 Jul 2026

Exhibition

+ DANCING BAREFOOT

26.06.26–19.07.26 Kunstpavillon, München

3 Hamburger Frauen

Thursday 25 Jun 2026

Eröffnung

7:00 pm

Exhibition

+ Eingestellte Gegenwarten

24.03.26–19.07.26 Lenbachhaus, München

Franz Wanner

Monday 23 Mar 2026

Eröffnung

7:00 pm

Thursday 4 Jun 2026

Guided Tour

Sprechen über… Franz Wanner. Eingestellte Gegenwarten

6:15 pm Lenbachhaus, Munich

Sunday 7 Jun 2026

Guided Tour

Sprechen über… Franz Wanner. Eingestellte Gegenwarten

3:15 pm Lenbachhaus, Munich

Sunday 14 Jun 2026

Guided Tour

Sprechen über… Franz Wanner. Eingestellte Gegenwarten

3:15 pm Lenbachhaus, Munich

Thursday 18 Jun 2026

Guided Tour

Sprechen über… Franz Wanner. Eingestellte Gegenwarten

6:00 pm Lenbachhaus, Munich

Exhibition

+ Im Neurosenteich

11.07.26–19.07.26 Frappant Galerie, Hamburg

Anne Linke, Charlotte Närger, Julia Schulze Darup, Malina Raßfeld, Naomi Sam a.o.

Friday 10 Jul 2026

Eröffnung

7:00 pm

+ When I Had Short Hair And You Filmed Me

18.07.26–19.07.26 Künstlerhaus Wendenstraße 45 | Studio 45, Hamburg

Kristina Savutsina a.o.

Friday 17 Jul 2026

Eröffnung

7:00 pm

Sunday 12 Jul 2026

Exhibition

+ Fifty Fifty

07.06.26–12.07.26 Galerie in der Wassermühle Trittau

Julia Schulze Darup

Saturday 6 Jun 2026

Eröffnung

11:00 am

Filmscreening

+ Final Cut 2026

10.07.26–12.07.26 HFBK Cinema, Finkenau 42

The annual university-wide screening of the graduation films currently being produced at the Hamburg University of Fine Arts will take place from July 10 to 12 during the Graduate Show under the title “Final Cut.” As part of this event, the HFBK Film Prize, sponsored by JEF – Not a Foundation, will be awarded to one of the participating HFBK graduates.

With the kind support of MOIN Filmförderung Hamburg Schleswig-Holstein

Thursday 9 Jul 2026

Eröffnung

5:00 pm

Filmscreening

Screening of the award-winning film

8:30 pm Kino der HFBK

Friday 10 Jul 2026

Filmscreening

Film by Tobias Ochterbeck

2:30 pm HFBK Cinema

Filmscreening

Films by Caroline Polke and Roland Cremerius

4:00 pm HFBK Cinema

Filmscreening

Films by Lukas Schupp and Zhichao Zhu

5:20 pm HFBK Cinema

Filmscreening

Films by Valentin Schmeißer and Valentina Cuadros Biggemann

6:20 pm HFBK Cinema

Filmscreening

Films by Laura Staab and Lou van Houtte

7:10 pm HFBK Cinema

Filmscreening

Film by Katharina Stiel

8:15 pm HFBK Cinema

Saturday 11 Jul 2026

Filmscreening

Film by Nima Latifi

12:30 pm HFBK Cinema

Filmscreening

Film by Gabriela Guimarães

2:20 pm HFBK Cinema

Filmscreening

Films by Sarah Pech and Nele Borchert

3:40 pm HFBK Cinema

Filmscreening

Filmy by Miyeon Hwang and Laurin Kaiser

4:50 pm HFBK Cinema

Filmscreening

Films by Sandra Makhlouf and Timon Ott

6:00 pm HFBK Cinema

Filmscreening

Films by Sophia Schachtner and Fabian Schubert-Heil

7:10 pm HFBK Cinema

Filmscreening

Films by Luise Hogg and Faro Lienert

8:30 pm HFBK Cinema

Sunday 12 Jul 2026

Filmscreening

Film by Morgana Moldova

12:30 pm HFBK Cinema

Filmscreening

Film by Helena Alyona Kyn

2:00 pm HFBK Cinema

Filmscreening

Films by Merle Morzé and Maria Petrosyan

3:30 pm HFBK Cinema

Filmscreening

Films by Jona K Dohr and Bo Friedrich

4:45 pm HFBK Cinema

Filmscreening

Film by Ekatarina (Katja) Izmestyeva

6:30 pm HFBK Cinema

Filmscreening

Film by Zhongxian He

8:15 pm HFBK Cinema

Exhibition

+ Graduate Show 2026

10.07.26–12.07.26 Lerchenfeld 2+2a, Finkenau 42, Wartenau 15

More than 200 graduates from the 2025/26 academic year are showcasing their final art projects at the HFBK Hamburg. Discover the next generation of promising artists in a comprehensive exhibition that spans the entire studio and seminar spaces, complemented by a diverse program of performances.

All graduation films produced with funding from MOIN Filmförderung Hamburg Schleswig-Holstein will be presented as part of the Final Cut screening in the Filmhaus cinema.

Click here for the floor plan.

Hülya Braasch (B.F.A. under Prof. Evi Bauer) and Daria Maiier (B.F.A. under Prof. Simon Denny) won the Karl H. Ditze prize for the best final Bachelor exam. Mark Morris (M.F.A. under Prof. Simon Denny) was awarded the Karl H. Ditze prize for the best final Master exam.

Zhongxian He and Sandra Makhlouf (both M.F.A. under Prof. Angela Schanelec) received the HFBK Film Prize, while Nima Latifi (M.F.A. under Prof. Omer Fast) was awarded an honorable mention.

Exhibition

Friday until Sunday, July 1012, 2026, 28 p.m.
Admission is free

Open House +

Thursday, July 9, 2026, from 5 p.m.
Exhibition on the opening evening 510 p.m., from 10 p.m.: admission for HFBK Family&Friends, admission for guests only when accompanied by members of the university

More than 200 students will present their final projects as part of this year’s HFBK Hamburg Graduate Show. In response to the exceptionally high number of graduates and the diversity of the works on display, the opening evening has been expanded: on Thursday, 9 July 2026, the exhibition will open to the public at 5 p.m.

The evening will be dedicated entirely to the exhibition, the artworks, and the opportunity for exchange, with no official opening speeches. Visitors will have more time to explore the exhibition, meet the artists, and engage with the wide range of artistic positions on view.

Between 7 and 8 p.m., the award juries will present the prizes for the outstanding final projects during individual tours of the exhibition, announcing the recipients and presenting the awards in person.

Guided tours +

We offer public guided tours of the Graduate Show for a better understanding and in-depth examination of the final theses presented.

  • 10 to 12 July 2026 daily 4 and 6 p.m. in German language

  • 10 to 12 July 2026 daily at 4 p.m. in English language

We also offer guided tours in German Sign Language (DGS) in collaboration with Martina Bergmann: The tours are approx. 90 minutes long.

  • Sat, 11 July, 5 p.m.

  • Sun, 12 July, 3 p.m.

The meeting point for all guided tours is the entrance hall of the HFBK, Lerchenfeld 2.

For Kids +

We also offer guided tours for children 6 years and older:

  • Sat, 11 July, 4 p.m.

  • Sun, 12 July, 4 p.m.

We will meet in the Mensavorraum, basement main building of the HFBK, Lerchenfeld 2.

kinder kunst raum

  • Sat, 11 July, 36 p.m.

  • Sun, 12 July3, 36 p.m.

We will meet in the Mensavorraum, basement main building of the HFBK, Lerchenfeld 2.

Awareness-Team +

The awareness concept is firmly directed against sexist, racist, homophobic, transphobic or comparable assaultive behaviour and actively counters it. If you feel uncomfortable or observe that someone is behaving in an abusive way, you can contact the awareness team in confidence.

You will recognize the awareness team by pink vests and pink caps.
Mobile: 0157 3190 5619 (call and textmessage)

In addition, room K51 in the main building, Lerchenfeld 2 is available as a place of retreat.

Information for visitors with reduced mobility +

The main building of the HFBK at Lerchenfeld 2 is a listed building and therefore mostly but not completely barrier-free for visitors with limited mobility.

The barrier-free access with a step-free connection to the passenger elevator to all floors is located at the side entrance Uferstraße 1—along the part of the building that is parallel to the Eilbek Canal.

The new studio building at Lerchenfeld 2a is barrier-free accessible, the different floors can be reached via an elevator.

Public toilets for people with disabilities are located in the main building on the ground floor (step-free and accessible by elevator via side entrance) and in the studio house on the ground floor (accessible at ground level via main entrance from the street). Both toilets can be opened with the Eurokey.

The HFBK would like to make it possible for all visitors to have as smooth and barrier-free a visit as possible. Therefore, a person will be available during the opening hours of the exhibition to assist you before or during your visit. The mobility assistant will be available directly at the information desk in the entrance hall on the ground floor or by phone at 0162 952 96 74.

Thursday 9 Jul 2026

Eröffnung

5:00 pm

Performance

+ varietyroom*

7:30 pm Lerchenfeld 2, room 11

Feige Flittchen on decks, dj set

Performance Lecture

+ Woher kommt das Wasser?

8:30 pm Lerchenfeld 2, room 120a

Maren Stocklöw

Clown Performance / Lesung (DE)

Performance

Der Weg ist das Ziel, Prepparation

8:30 pm Lerchenfeld 2a, Foyer ICAT

Emiliano Gomez-Forte

Performance

+ VOL.CAN(N)O

9:00 pm Lerchenfeld 2, Auditorium (room 229)

Sophia-Maria Allgaier

Concert

Performance

+ varietyroom* - The Artemis Elend Tribute Show

9:00 pm Lerchenfeld 2, room 11

Concert by Feige Flittchen, Wandl, Tim Adieu, Hoy Chorale

Performance Lecture

+ Woher kommt das Wasser?

9:30 pm Lerchenfeld 2, room 120a

Maren Stocklöw

Clown Performance / Reading (EN)

Performance

+ varietyroom*

10:00 pm Lerchenfeld 2, room 11

Wandl, concert

Performance

+ varietyroom*

11:30 pm Lerchenfeld 2, room 11

Lion & Rosi, dj set

Friday 10 Jul 2026

Performance

+ varietyroom*

1:00 am Lerchenfeld 2, room 11

L.A.tifa, dj set

Performance

+ varietyroom*

2:30 am Lerchenfeld 2, room 11

rosettameier69, dj set

Performance Lecture

+ Parrhesia

4:15 pm Lerchenfeld 2, room 120c

Janne Wagner

In English

Performance Lecture

+ Woher kommt das Wasser?

4:30 pm Lerchenfeld 2, room 120a

Maren Stocklöw

Clown Performance / Lesung (DE)

Performance

+ 1/2

5:00 pm Lerchenfeld 2, in front of room K31

Rita Barbro Wilcke, Jule Heinrich

Reading with Kea Lisanne Hinsch, Josefine Green, Victoria Hvass

Performance

+ varietyroom* - songs of derrival

5:00 pm Lerchenfeld 2, room 11

Lucia, Odelia, Yagmur, Nick, Milena, live music performance

Performance

+ varietyroom*- Ich sehe auf Fotos wie ich wohl aussehe, erkenne mich aber nicht

5:45 pm Lerchenfeld 2, room 11

Felicitas Kunisch, Reading

Performance

+ Es hilft nicht, kein bisschen. Aber es muss gesagt werden. Es hilft ja nichts.

6:00 pm Lerchenfeld 2a, room 201

Leonie Wahler

Activation of the installation/Reading with Jessica Eggers

Performance

+ varietyroom* - pain harmony

6:00 pm Lerchenfeld 2, room 11

Laurine Sassine, reading

Performance

+ varietyroom*

6:30 pm Lerchenfeld 2, room 11

Ashley Shugart, tap dance

Performance Lecture

+ Woher kommt das Wasser?

6:30 pm Lerchenfeld 2, room 120a

Maren Stocklöw

Clown Performance / Reading (EN)

Performance Lecture

Parrhesia

6:30 pm Lerchenfeld 2, room 120c

Janne Wagner

Performance

+ VOL.CAN(N)O

7:00 pm Lerchenfeld 2, Auditorium (room 229)

Sophia-Maria Allgaier

Concert

Filmscreening

+ varietyroom* - Blue Hours I & II

7:00 pm Lerchenfeld 2, room 11

Genevieve and Mars Lotus, screening

Saturday 11 Jul 2026

Filmscreening

Filmscreening of Orientation Class Prof. Dane Komljen

2:00 pm Wartenau 15, Cinema (room 214)

Milena Benack, Kaan Çelimli, Lucia Choffat, Toni Einsiedel, Odélia Forster, Max Kassun, Naro Lee, Arslan Manasian, Bennet Nolte, Aleksandra Patrina, Alexander Schuster, Alim Shakirov, Amon Wendel, Caspar Zempel

Performance Lecture

+ Woher kommt das Wasser?

3:30 pm Lerchenfeld 2, room 120a

Maren Stocklöw

Clown Performance / Reading (EN)

Performance Lecture

+ As love is desire of life, it is longing of death / Nothing to declare

4:00 pm Lerchenfeld 2a, room 304

Daniela Aparício Ugalde, Sofia Seidi

Performative Lecture and Listening Session, with Gorditx Petrolerx

Performance

+ Temporary Oven

4:00 pm Lerchenfeld 2, front yard

Paul Gläser, Nicholas Jackson, Magnus Simon

performative installation

Performance Lecture

Parrhesia

4:30 pm Lerchenfeld 2, room 120c

Janne Wagner

Performance

+ varietyroom*

5:00 pm Lerchenfeld 2, room 11

Mirjon Leka

Filmscreening

+ varietyroom* - in tune

5:30 pm Lerchenfeld 2, room 11

Agnes Eeg-Olofsson, short film

Performance Lecture

+ Woher kommt das Wasser?

5:30 pm Lerchenfeld 2, room 120a

Maren Stocklöw

Clown Performance / Lesung (DE)

Performance

+ 2/2

6:00 pm Lerchenfeld 2, room 44

Rita Barbro Wilcke, Jule Heinrich

Reading with Kea Lisanne Hinsch, Lucía Ugena

Performance

+ Es hilft nicht, kein bisschen. Aber es muss gesagt werden. Es hilft ja nichts.

6:00 pm Lerchenfeld 2a, room 201

Leonie Wahler

Activation of the installation/Reading with Jessica Eggers

Filmscreening

+ varietyroom* - m²" : the queer, the cleaner and the fool

6:00 pm Lerchenfeld 2, room 11

Eva Kuvay, short film

Performance Lecture

Parrhesia

6:15 pm Lerchenfeld 2, room 120c

Janne Wagner

Performance

+ varietyroom* - Born again with Johnny Cash

6:15 pm Lerchenfeld 2, room 11

with Noa Calcagno, El Burgess and Sam Furney. Choreography by Sam Furney, dance

Performance

+ varietyroom* - Hard Times come again no more

6:45 pm Lerchenfeld 2, room 11

Albern Ernst, drag performance

Performance

+ VOL.CAN(N)O

7:00 pm Lerchenfeld 2, Auditorium (room 229)

Sophia-Maria Allgaier

Concert

Performance Lecture

+ Woher kommt das Wasser?

7:30 pm Lerchenfeld 2, room 120a

Maren Stocklöw

Clown Performance / Reading (EN)

Performance

varietyroom* - A reading by a clown with the help of a person named Agnes with the title and the problem of the question of where the water is coming from

7:30 pm Lerchenfeld 2, room 11

Sunday 12 Jul 2026

Performance Lecture

Parrhesia

3:00 pm Lerchenfeld 2, room 120c

Janne Wagner

Performance Lecture

+ Woher kommt das Wasser?

3:30 pm Lerchenfeld 2, room 120a

Maren Stocklöw

Clown Performance / Reading (EN)

Performance Lecture

+ Parrhesia

4:15 pm Lerchenfeld 2, room 120c

Janne Wagner

In English

Performance

+ varietyroom* - Bedroom rumours

5:00 pm Lerchenfeld 2, room 11

Leo Niemals, live music performance

Performance

+ T5 Transhall T-Dance

5:00 pm Lerchenfeld 2, room 121

Nozomi Ngceni

Sound performance

Performance Lecture

+ Woher kommt das Wasser?

5:30 pm Lerchenfeld 2, room 120a

Maren Stocklöw

Clown Performance / Lesung (DE)

Performance

+ Es hilft nicht, kein bisschen. Aber es muss gesagt werden. Es hilft ja nichts.

6:00 pm Lerchenfeld 2a, room 201

Leonie Wahler

Activation of the installation/Reading with Jessica Eggers

Performance

+ varietyroom*

6:00 pm Lerchenfeld 2, room 11

Der Geheimrat, live music performance

Filmscreening

+ varietyroom* - Visiting Fellow

7:00 pm Lerchenfeld 2, room 11

Genevieve Lotus, Apollonia Stoisits

Genevieve Lotus, Apollonia Stoisits, short film

Performance

+ varietyroom* - funny guy

7:30 pm Lerchenfeld 2, room 11

Apollo, show tune

Performance Lecture

+ Woher kommt das Wasser?

7:30 pm Lerchenfeld 2, room 120a

Maren Stocklöw

Clown Performance / Reading (EN)

Performance

+ varietyroom*

8:00 pm Lerchenfeld 2, room 11

After Hour Karaoke (HFBK Family & Friends only!)

Exhibition

+ It’s never love, it’s always work

05.05.26–12.07.26 HFBK boutique, Hamburg

Omid Arabbay, Carmine Auricchio, Khingwei Bai, Ruth Brauchle, Andy Chen, Florian Gatzweiler, Sergej Hufnagel, Lio Kappel, Pikhān Khu, Leonidas Kosmidis, Qing Lan, Emma Maiwald, Moses Omeogo, Yoav Perry, Vixtoria Salomonsen, Vladislav Sili, Aimilia A. Theofilopoulos, Sude Nur Tosun, Marcela Vetter, Oksana Yushko

An exhibition by students of the HFBK Hamburg as part of Triennale Expanded at the 9th Hamburg Photography Triennial 2026

In the exhibition It’s Never Love, It’s Always Work, the photography class at HFBK Hamburg asks what separates love from labor in the midst of ongoing social and economic conflict. How are acts of care, support, and closeness integral to the work we do for others, often without naming it as such? And what does this mean for the way we live and work together: for intimacy, relationships, and migration?

Across different media, including photography, drawing, sculpture, and installation, the participants explore how images and objects can carry narratives at the intersection of the personal and the political. The stories that emerge form a constellation, held in tension by the motifs of labor and love. They tell of care as something that appears not only within the working day, but also in the relationships, dependencies, and gestures that shape our lives.

Set in Hamburg, a port city shaped by histories of labor struggle, migration, trade, and colonialism, the exhibition links human relationships to economic and social life. Accompanied by a program of talks with invited speakers, It’s Never Love, It’s Always Work becomes a platform for dialogue: an open space for the forms of labor that bind us to one another.

Collectively developed by the participants, supervised by Özlem Altın.

Supporting Program:

  • 06. Juni, 15 Uhr Between Love, Work and Migration, Führung (auf Deutsch) / Guided Tour (in German) 

  • June 6, 45 p.m., trans*port, Live Interview with Harry Hachmeister

  • 06. Juni, 17 Uhr, Between Love, Work and Migration, Führung (auf Englisch) / Guided Tour (in English) 

  • June 12, 67 p.m., One shot on Love, Work and Migration, Artist Conversation with Tobias Zielony, Enis Maci & artists featured in the exhibition

HFBK boutique, Mönckebergstr. 1 & Satellit Pop-Up-Space Mönckebergstr. 3

It’s Never Love, It’s Always Work—Part II opens in HFBK boutique on June 18, 6pm.

More info

Friday 5 Jun 2026

Eröffnung

5:00 pm

Saturday 6 Jun 2026

Guided Tour

+ Between Love, Work and Migration

3:00 pm HFBK boutique

Guided tour in Gernan language

Artist Talk

+ trans*port

4:00 pm HFBK boutique

Live Interview with Harry Hachmeister

Guided Tour

+ Between Love, Work and Migration

5:00 pm HFBK boutique

Guided Tour (in English) 

Friday 12 Jun 2026

Artist Talk

+ One shot on Love, Work and Migration

6:00 pm HFBK boutique

Tobias Zielony, Enis Maci, Omid Arabbay, Vixtoria Salomonsen, Moses Omeogo

Tobias Zielony and Enis Maci in conversation with Omid Arabbay, Vixtoria Salomonsen and Moses Omeogo

Exhibition

+ mit klang

17.05.26–12.07.26 Kunstraum Tosterglope

Marvin Fassmann, Sophia Leitenmayer, Jorin Kehn, Heiko Wommelsdorf

Saturday 16 May 2026

Eröffnung

4:00 pm

Workshop Performance

Majlis: Schuhe aus bei Mama

12:00 pm Freiraum, Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe, Hamburg

Omid Arabbay

Unter der Markise – As part of the exhibition Kunstpreis der Kunststiftung NRW – Nam June Paik Award und Förderpreis 2026

2:00 pm Kunstmuseum Gelsenkirchen

Lisa Klosterkötter

Friday 10 Jul 2026

Exhibition

+ Overshoot

22.05.26–10.07.26 Produzentengalerie, Hamburg

Tobias Zielony

Thursday 21 May 2026

Eröffnung

6:00 pm

Thursday 9 Jul 2026

Exhibition

+ open studios

09.08.26–09.07.26 Kunstverein Harburger Bahnhof, Hamburg

hypervisible arms, Kiek Nieuwint a.o.

Sunday 9 Aug 2026

Eröffnung

2:00 pm

Wednesday 8 Jul 2026

Exhibition

+ Claus Wallner zum 100.Geburtstag: Glasfenster und Malerei

18.05.26–08.07.26 Blankeneser Kirche am Markt und Gemeindehaus

Sunday 17 May 2026

Eröffnung

11:30 am