Fantastic Palaces

The new family exhibition at the Hamburger Kunsthalle is magnificent: Around 15 artworks, some on gold ground, will shine from April 15th in HAMBURGER KINDERZIMMER (in the Hamburg Children's Room) on the theme »Fantastic Palaces«. Large domes, wide staircases and decorated columns can be seen in paintings such as »Doge's Palace« (1922-32) by Erich Brill, »Columned Hall« (1928) by Julius von Ehren or in the photograph »Hamburger Kunsthalle« (1997) by Candida Höfer. Sculptures such as a Gallery of Contemporary Art replicated in soapstone, videos about fantastic building, graphics in mysterious drawers and hidden play stations also await young and old visitors. Additionally, children can explore other rooms of the Hamburger Kunsthalle on the theme »Fantastic Palaces« with the help of a »hiking map« (available free of charge at the ticket desks). On this 'hiking trail', cozy huts, dark caves and the world's tallest towers can be discovered. This reveals that the museum itself is a grand palatial building whose forms and decorations from different eras can be explained with puzzles and interactive tasks on the »hiking map«. Back in the Children's Room, visitors can create their own work: A personal fantastic palace can be built with the colorful play elements by Olafur Eliasson that belong to the room's furnishings.

The HAMBURGER KINDERZIMMER is a play, viewing and art experience space designed by internationally renowned artist Olafur Eliasson (*1967) in the Gallery of Contemporary Art. Children (from age 6) and adults can engage creatively with art here in a special way. At the center is an interactive work by Eliasson: »The structural evolution project«. At a large table, structures and architectures can be assembled with multicolored sticks and octagonal connecting spheres. To continually inspire children anew, different exhibitions are presented in the Children's Room. Previously there have been exhibitions on the theme »Fried Egg« and on the colors »Red, Yellow, Blue«.

Thanks go to the Hans Brökel Foundation for Science and Culture for supporting the educational work as well as the Malschule in der Kunsthalle e.V. and BUDNIANER HILFE e. V. Thanks also to the Foundation for the Hamburg Art Collections for the purchase of Eliasson's work.