Shilpa Gupta: Truth

Starting point of Shilpa Gupta’s solo exhibition at Hamburger Bahnhof is the monumental work Truth, situated at the intersection of language, power, and control.

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  Shilpa Gupta, Truth, 2022 - 2025

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  Shilpa Gupta, For, In Your Tongue, I Cannot Fit, 2017–2018

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  Shilpa Gupta, Untitled, Detail, 2017–2018

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  Shilpa Gupta, For, In Your Tongue, I Cannot Fit, Detail, 2017–2018

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  Shilpa Gupta, StillTheyKnowNotWhatIDream, 2021

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  Shilpa Gupta, Someone Else – A library of 100 books written anonymously or under pseudonyms, Detail, 2011

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  Shilpa Gupta, Portrait

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As visitors move through the oversized letters within the exhibition space, the artwork questions the mechanisms that preserve or obscure truth. The sculptural installation reveals how collective progress depends on protecting and interrogating truth. Complemented by additional works by the artist, Gupta’s exhibition at Hamburger Bahnhof is presented in dialogue with the museum’s display of works by Joseph Beuys. This parallel presentation highlights similarities in their approaches to language, participation, and social reflection. As part of the anniversary programme, the exhibition underscores artistic exchange as a central theme of Hamburger Bahnhof since the museum’s founding.

Shilpa Gupta (born 1976 in Mumbai, India) lives and works in Mumbai. Gupta’s multidisciplinary practice, encompassing installation, video, sculpture, and performance, engages with the social structure of society as well as with shared histories and their sociopolitical consequences. Her installations often explore how information and emotion are conveyed through the written, spoken or sung word and how these are shared or systematically suppressed. Gupta´s selected solo exhibitions include: Centro Botín, Santander (2024); Amant, New York (2023); MAXXI L'Aquila (2023); M HKA, Antwerp (2021); Dallas Contemporary, Dallas (2021); Barbican Centre, London (2021); Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati (2010). She received the Possehl Prize for International Art 2025.

The exhbition is curated by Sam Bardaouil, director of Hamburger Banhhof – Nationalgalerie der Gegenwart, and Ulya Soley, curator at Hamburger Bahnhof – Nationalgalerie der Gegenwart.

The exhibition is part of the programme celebrating 30 years of Hamburger Bahnhof. In 2026, the museum marks its 30th anniversary with a programme that bridges its history and its future: eight special exhibitions, a new collection presentation, as well as performances and concerts extending the museum’s reach into the urban space. Highlight will be the anniversary weekend from 13 to 15 November, featuring an international conference on the future of contemporary collection museums and continuous 30-hour opening of the building.

Highlight: This show is one of the top exhibitions in Berlin in 2026.

Runtime: Fri, 27/03/2026 to Sun, 03/01/2027

Price info: Hamburger Bahnhof. Nationalgalerie der Gegenwart + temporary exhibitions

Price: €16.00

Reduced price: €8.00

Takes place here:

• Hamburger Bahnhof - Museum für Gegenwart

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