{"id":45001,"date":"2026-03-21T01:51:15","date_gmt":"2026-03-21T01:51:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/45001\/"},"modified":"2026-03-21T01:51:15","modified_gmt":"2026-03-21T01:51:15","slug":"photos-inside-hamburger-bahnhofs-landmark-inaugural-gala","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/45001\/","title":{"rendered":"PHOTOS: Inside Hamburger Bahnhof\u2019s Landmark Inaugural Gala"},"content":{"rendered":"

\t\t\"\"<\/a>Christine W\u00fcrfel Stauss. Photo: Polina Vinogradova<\/p>\n

Last year, Observer spoke with Hamburger Bahnhof co-directors<\/a> Sam Bardaouil<\/a> and Till Fellrath<\/a> about the museum\u2019s evolution and their shared curatorial vision. \u201cIf there is one principle, it is this: the museum must be restless enough to remain alive to its moment and committed enough to nurture lasting resonance beyond it,\u201d Bardaouil said. That restlessness was very much on display at the institution\u2019s first-ever gala, \u201cA Night in Berlin\u201d\u2014a glittering celebration of not only the museum\u2019s 30th anniversary but also its continual reinvention and the people whose support has allowed it to flourish.<\/p>\n

Among them was Cate Blanchett<\/a>, whose relationship with Hamburger Bahnhof dates to 2016, when German artist Julian Rosefeldt<\/a>\u2018s multi-channel video installation Manifesto had its European debut at the museum. Spotted in the crowd were artists Ayoung Kim<\/a>, Monica Bonvicini<\/a>, Olaf Nicolai<\/a>, Petrit Halilaj<\/a>, Alvaro Urbano, Mark Bradford<\/a>, Jeremy Shaw<\/a>, Elmgreen & Dragset, Anne Imhof<\/a> and Wolfgang Tillmans<\/a>, along with art world insiders Kira Streletzki<\/a>, Carla Sozzani<\/a>, Tricia Tuttle<\/a>, Max Hetzler<\/a>, Dahoe Ku<\/a>, Frances Morris<\/a> and Glenn D. Lowry. Also present were beloved film and stage talents Edward Berger<\/a>, Matt Dillon<\/a>, Nina Hoss<\/a>, Thomas Ostermeier<\/a> and Wim Wenders<\/a>; collectors Christine W\u00fcrfel-Stauss<\/a> and Monique Burger<\/a>; entrepreneur Roshni Nadar Malhotra<\/a>; and the impeccably dressed Yana Peel<\/a>, president of Arts, Culture & Heritage at CHANEL.<\/p>\n

In the museum\u2019s cavernous 2,500-square-meter Historic Hall, revelers took in performances and spatial installations, from an intervention by Elmgreen & Dragset that transformed thoroughly bemused gala-goers into unwitting performers in a multi-act opera to a site-specific neon installation by Bonvicini and a piano solo by acclaimed pianist Alice Sara Ott<\/a>. When the crowd quieted, Bardaouil and Fellrath introduced four new awards to be presented by the museum annually: the Hamburger Bahnhof Studio Award, presented this year to Abdulhamid Kircher<\/a>, Monilola Olayemi Ilupeju<\/a> and Jonas Ro\u00dfmei\u00dfl<\/a>; the Hamburger Bahnhof Lifetime Achievement Award, presented to Beirut-born, London-based artist Mona Hatoum<\/a>; the Hamburger Bahnhof Global Arts Patronage Award, presented to patron and collector Kiran Nadar<\/a>; and the Hamburger Bahnhof Changemaker Award, presented to London\u2019s Delfina Foundation<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Blanchett, at the dais, called Hamburger Bahnhof and spaces like it irreplaceable. \u201cTonight is, in part, a celebration of a place where creative cacophony can exist\u2026 where different voices, visions and energies meet,\u201d she declared. \u201cFor that friction, that deeply human impulse, to be shared among strangers, spaces like Hamburger Bahnhof are essential. They are electric environments that invite us to open up together and, for a moment, surrender to the visions of others.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sam Bardaouil, Cate Blanchett and Ignatius Martin Upton
\n\"\"\"\"<\/a>Sam Bardaouil, Cate Blanchett and Ignatius Martin Upton. Photo: Polina Vinogradova
\nKira Streletzki
\n\"\"\"\"<\/a>Kira Streletzki. Photo: Polina Vinogradova
\nSam Bardaouil, Ayoung Kim, Katharina Grosse and Till Fellrath
\n\"\"\"\"<\/a>Sam Bardaouil, Ayoung Kim, Katharina Grosse and Till Fellrath. Photo: Lilika Strezoska
\nFrances Morris
\n\"\"\"\"<\/a>Frances Morris. Photo: Polina Vinogradova
\nUFO 360, Anne Imhof and Till Fellrath
\n\"\"\"\"<\/a>UFO 360, Anne Imhof and Till Fellrath. Photo: Ivan Erofeev
\nChristine W\u00fcrfel-Stauss and Wolfgang Tillmans
\n\"\"\"\"<\/a>Christine W\u00fcrfel-Stauss and Wolfgang Tillmans. Photo: Polina Vinogradova
\nPetrit Halilaj and Alvaro Urbano
\n\"\"\"\"<\/a>Petrit Halilaj and Alvaro Urbano. Photo: Polina Vinogradova
\nLina Lapelyt\u0117, Till Fellrath and Yana Peel.
\n\"\"\"\"<\/a>Lina Lapelyt\u0117, Till Fellrath and Yana Peel. Photo: Lilika Strezoska
\nMichael Elmgreen and Ingar Dragset
\n\"\"\"\"<\/a>Michael Elmgreen and Ingar Dragset. Photo: Ivan Erofeev
\nRoshni Nadar Malhotra.
\n\"\"\"\"<\/a>Roshni Nadar Malhotra. Photo: Polina Vinogradova
\nMonique Burger
\n\"\"\"\"<\/a>Monique Burger. Photo: Polina Vinogradova
\nMonica Bonvicini, Carla Sozzani and Sara Maino Sozzani
\n\"\"\"\"<\/a>Monica Bonvicini, Carla Sozzani and Sara Maino Sozzani. Photo: Polina Vinogradova
\nMatt Dillon and Kira Streletzki
\n\"\"\"\"<\/a>Matt Dillon and Kira Streletzki. Photo: Polina Vinogradova
\nOlaf Nicolai and Max Hetzler
\n\"\"\"\"<\/a>Olaf Nicolai and Max Hetzler. Photo: Polina Vinogradova
\nMonica Bonvicini and Andreas Brandstrom
\n\"\"\"\"<\/a>Monica Bonvicini and Andreas Brandstrom. Photo: Lilika Strezoska
\nSam Bardaouil, Frances Morris, Mona Hatoum and Till Fellrath
\n\"\"\"\"<\/a>Sam Bardaouil, Frances Morris, Mona Hatoum and Till Fellrath. Photo: Ivan Erofeev
\nMore in Parties<\/p>\n

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