The Donation Schröder

The exhibition IN.SIGHT is being created in honor of one of the most extensive donations in the history of the Galerie der Gegenwart: Alexander Schröder, a collector and gallery owner who grew up in Hamburg and lives in Berlin, has bequeathed an impressive collection of works by renowned contemporary artists to the Hamburger Kunsthalle. The show provides an insight into Schröder's identity as a collector.

The title IN.SIGHT is borrowed from a photograph by Philippe Thomas and refers to the central themes of the exhibition. The socio-critical artistic positions from the 1970s to the present day reveal perspectives and question existing norms in relation to social spaces, architecture, gender, identity, sexuality, migration, nation-statehood and racism.

The exhibition will be accompanied by a publication (German/English, 192 pages, Snoeck-Verlag) on January 9, 2025, which will be presented with a book launch at 7 pm (admission free). The book with numerous illustrations contains a conversation between Alexander Schröder and Brigitte Kölle (Director & Exhibition Curator Art of the Present: Painting/Sculpture & Installation/Media at the Hamburger Kunsthalle) as well as texts by Hans-Christian Dany, Corinne Diserens, Dominic Eichler, Julia Kersting, Alexander Klar and Brigitte Kölle. It is available in the museum store at a price of 35 Euros or via www.freunde-der-kunsthalle.de (http://www.freunde-der-kunsthalle.de/) at a bookstore price of 38 Euros.

Artists Juliette Blightman, Tom Burr, Marc Camille Chaimowicz, Alan Charlton, Anne Collier, Cosey Fanni Tutti, Isa Genzken, Felix Gonzalez-Torres, Georg Herold, Samson Kambalu, Martin Kippenberger, Klara Lidén, Lucy McKenzie, Cady Noland, Ima-Abasi Okon, Henrik Olesen, Paulina Olowska, Manfred Pernice, Josephine Pryde, Martha Rosler, Cameron Rowland, Elfie Semotan, Andreas Slominski, Akeem Smith, Philippe Thomas, Sung Tieu, Danh Vo

Curators: Dr. Brigitte Kölle und Alexander Schröder

Curatorial Assistant: Julia Kersting

Supported by: Freunde der Kunsthalle, Behörde für Kultur und Medien

BU: Henrik Olesen (*1967), A.T., 2019, Tintenstrahldruck auf Papier, 141 x 99,5 cm, Hamburger Kunsthalle, Schenkung Alexander Schröder, 2024, © Courtesy Galerie Buchholz