German Government Repurchases Hamburger Bahnhof Museum in Berlin
The Hamburger Bahnhof museum spaces have been repurchased by the German federal government from CA Immo for €66 million, while Berlin has secured the Rieckhallen for around €100 million along with a land exchange. This action overturns a 2003 choice to forfeit preemption rights when the properties were sold to CA Immo. Established in 1996, the museum features important contemporary art, including 1,500 long-term loans from the Friedrich Christian Flick collection. The Rieckhallen hosted temporary exhibitions until its planned demolition was revealed in 2020. Hermann Parzinger described the acquisition as a "great moment of cultural policy." The museum has been renamed Hamburger Bahnhof – National Gallery of Contemporary Art, with a fresh exhibition program launching in 2023 and 2024.
Key facts
- German federal government offered €66 million to CA Immo for Hamburger Bahnhof spaces
- State of Berlin purchased adjacent Rieckhallen for about €100 million plus land swap
- Museum renamed Hamburger Bahnhof – National Gallery of Contemporary
- Hermann Parzinger called acquisition a 'great moment of cultural policy'
- Collection includes 1,500 long-term loans from Friedrich Christian Flick collection
- Rieckhallen was threatened with demolition for office and residential development
- Till Fellrath is director of Hamburger Bahnhof
- Upcoming exhibitions include Zineb Sedira, Liam Gillick, and Christina Quarles
Entities
Artists
- Friedrich Christian Flick
- Nauman
- Duchamp
- Otto Mueller
- Agnieszka Polska
- Katharina Grosse
- Zineb Sedira
- Liam Gillick
- Christina Quarles
- Till Fellrath
- Hermann Parzinger
- Niccolò Lucarelli
Institutions
- CA Immo
- Hamburger Bahnhof
- Rieckhallen
- Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation
- Berlin State Museums
- National Gallery of Contemporary
- French Pavilion
- Venice Biennale
- Artribune
Locations
- Berlin
- Germany
- Hamburg
- Venice
- Italy
- Los Angeles
- New York