Once Germany’s primary rail terminus, the scale of Berlin’s converted Hamburger Bahnhof into a contemporary art museum is fitting given it’s vast collection of works across three major collections that span major art movements since 1960.

The museum’s permanent displays, exhibited in this impressive architectural setting, showcase Pop Art and Arte Povera pioneers from the twentieth century to today’s contemporary personalities working with conceptual and experimental mixed media practices.

Alongside several seminal works by Beuys, Duchamp, Warhol and Rauschenberg are rotating exhibitions in the museum’s adjacent Rieckhallen spaces ”“ former warehouses connected by an over ground passage uniquely decorated akin to a U-Bahn walkway.

Refuel with a signature Wiener Schnitzel by star-chef Sarah Weiner in the museum restaurant and view Dan Flavin’s light installation along the building’s Neoclassical façade as dusk falls.

www.hamburgerbahnhof.de/

Hamburger Bahnhof Berlin
Invalidenstraße 50-51, 10557 Berlin, Germany
+49 30 39783411

Dan Flavin light installation at Hamburger Bahnhof Berlin ”“ Photo: By Nickolay Pirogiv

Richard Long’s Berlin Circle ”“ Photo: Marco Marini

Tomás Saraceno Cloud Cities 2011 ”“ Photo: Mompl

Jonathan is our UK-based correspondent covering all eye-pleasing things for Melting Butter’s Arts & Culture pages. Being a contemporary visual artist working in public spaces around the world as well as a freelance culture writer for sites and publications like Ohh Deer and London Calling, Jonathan brings a rare combination of talent from the worlds of editorial, conceptual art, design and lifestyle. Be sure to check his blog and his art practice, which satisfy his hunger for both high and low culture. Follow his tweets too: @JMVELARDI Read about Jonathan’s favourite hotspots here.

(Feature Photo: Richard Long’s Berlin Circle at Hamburger Bahnhof Berlin by Yakshini)

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