Exhibitions to look forward to

The year 2027 will draw to a grand close in December with an impressive exhibition by Anish Kapoor. In HAL 2, the internationally renowned artist will present an immersive experience featuring monumental sculptures and installations that challenge our perception.

Monira al Qadiri

26 February to 20 June 2027 | HALL 2

Monira Al Qadiri (1983, Dakar, Senegal) is an internationally active visual artist based in Berlin. In her sculptures, videos and installations, she explores the influence of the oil industry on culture, identity and landscape. Oil is everywhere: from mobile phones and fuel tanks to cosmetics and shoes, and is deeply intertwined with our daily lives. Al Qadiri grew up in Kuwait and witnessed first-hand how the arrival of oil refineries transformed the world around her. She combines elements from history, pop culture and science fiction to critically examine themes such as power, economics and ecology. Through colourful, magnified molecules, gleaming drill bits, floating oil tankers and videos of oil extraction, she brings to life the influence and allure of this raw material.

Children of Their Time (working title)

20 maart to 5 September 2027 | HALL 1

In the exhibition Children of Their Time (working title), visitors discover how children have been depicted in European art history since the sixteenth century. Whether it is a symbol of power and wealth, an expression of compassion or a snapshot of happy or sad childhood: together, these performances show how our understanding of childhood has changed over time and has partly remained the same. Five centuries and different art forms are covered: from painting to photography, from sculpture to video. Featuring works by, amongst others, Rineke Dijkstra, Titian, Paula Modersohn-Becker, Jan Steen, Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Gerard van Honthorst, Marlene Dumas, Charley Toorop, Michaël Borremans, Natasja Kensmil, Marwan Magroun and melanie bonajo.

This exhibition is created in collaboration with Bucerius Forum Hamburg.

Jean Jullien

10 July to 7 November 2027 | HALL 2

Jean Jullien (1983) is a French artist and illustrator, known for his playful and instantly recognisable visual language. In his drawings, paintings, sculptures and installations, he combines humour with sharp observations on everyday life, consumer culture and human behaviour. Jullien has held major exhibitions in Belgium, France, Japan and South Korea, amongst other places. In the summer of 2027, he will have a major solo exhibition at the Kunsthal. In this colourful, family exhibition, he explores how we use screens to observe and understand the world around us, and how we, in turn, share, experience and view that world through those screens.

Luigi & Iango

25 September 2027 to 6 February 2028 | HALL 1

In the autumn of 2027, the Kunsthal will present work by the renowned photography duo Luigi & Iango (Luigi Murenu and Iango Henzi). The Italian-Swiss duo are known worldwide for their iconic fashion campaigns, including those for Iris van Herpen. Since the start of their collaboration, they have produced more than three hundred covers for international editions of Vogue and worked for leading magazines such as i-D, W, Vanity Fair, Chaos and Dust. The exhibition brings together a selection of their fashion photography and portraits of international stars such as Madonna and Cate Blanchett. Also on display is their personal work, in which Luigi & Iango explore personal themes and more raw subjects. For example, they photographed members of the Japanese mafia, the Yakuza. Their versatile body of work moves between glamour and intimacy, between the world of fashion and personal stories.

Anish Kapoor

4 December 2027 to 7 May 2028 | HALL 2

One of the world’s most influential artists is creating a total experience in HALL 2 of the Kunsthal, featuring monumental sculptures and installations that challenge our perception. Anish Kapoor (1954) is renowned for bringing the visible and the invisible into conflict: reflective forms that distort space, bottomless voids that momentarily throw us off balance, and intense pigments that completely absorb light. The exhibition highlights the intriguing tension in Kapoor’s work: we feel the impact of his sculptures with our whole bodies, yet at the same time there is something at play that eludes our gaze. The Kunsthal offers a rare opportunity to experience Kapoor’s paradoxical universe, in which he explores the boundaries of materiality and, in doing so, turns our perception and emotions on their head.