Review A review of special exhibitions

Previously held exhibitions at a glance — featuring topics that endure and perspectives that continue to resonate.

View into the exhibition Hey Hamburg, do you know Duala Manga Bell?

till October 4, 2020 In the shadow of Venus Lisa Reihana & Pacific taonga

Lisa Reihana is among the most relevant contemporary artists from the Pacific. Her work in Pursuit of Venus [infected] constitutes the heart of the exhibition In the Shadow of Venus: Lisa Reihana & Pacific taonga.

till April 19, 2020 Amani Traces of a Colonial Research Center

The Biological Agricultural Institute Amani, founded in 1902, was a German model project in the Tanzanian Usambara Highlands.

till February 23, 2020 War and Grammar Mohamed Nur: Audio-Visual Traces from the Colonial Archive

Beginning on October 23rd, sound recordings of prisoners of war from the First World War will be rendered audible as historical sources in the exhibition at the Zwischenraum (A Space Between).

till November 6, 2019 Re-Interpreted

Re-Interpreted

till June 5, 2019 Working on monochromes Technique and perception of hand-coloured photographs from 1910

On the way to the development of colour photography, the technique of hand-colouring black and white photographs was an important and technically exciting chapter.

till April 14, 2019 Ovizire • Somgu From where do we speak?

The exhibition presents performances, multimedia video installations, photo collages and historical photographs that deal with the complexity of Germany’s and Namibia’s entangled history.

THE POWER Of WRITING The Manuscript Culture of the Toba Batak from North Sumatra

An exhibition focussing on the writing culture of the Toba Batak has been jointly curated by the Centre for the Study of Manuscript Cultures (CSMC) and the Museum am Rothenbaum.

A Glimpse Into Paradise Historical photographs from Polynesia

Banana leaves reflect the sunshine, tropical vegetation grows in the background and a small party seeks refuge under the dense shade of the leaves. Almost obscured, several pairs of eyes look into the camera.