Deichtorhallen Hamburg

Incorporating three venues at two locations, the Deichtorhallen Hamburg is one of Europe’s largest institutions for the exhibition of contemporary art and photography. Its main facilities, the Hall for Contemporary Art and the House of Photography, occupy neighboring buildings that date from 1911-13 — former market halls defined by their airy steel-and-glass industrial architecture. They host major international exhibitions that have included “Antony Gormley” in 2012, “Guy Bourdin” in 2013 and “Alice Neel” in 2017. Since 2021, the House of Photography has been closed for renovations, with a temporary exhibition space for photography, PHOXXI, opened on-site. In 2011, a satellite institution in the Harburg district of Hamburg named the Falckenberg Collection opened in a former Phoenix factory building. This venue hosts temporary exhibitions alongside the private collection of its namesake, Harald Falckenberg, which features more than 2,000 works by 450 artists with a focus on German and American post-war counterculture. Highlights include artworks by Werner Büttner, Martin Kippenberger, Vito Acconci, Richard Prince and Hanne Darboven, as well as large-scale, multimedia installations by Mike Kelley and others.