The Halle für Aktuelle Kunst is one of the three exhibition halls of the Deichtorhallen, one of the most important and largest European art centers for contemporary art and photography. The Deichtorhallen is made up of two former covered markets made of brick and iron in the first decade of the twentieth century. The Halle für Aktuelle Kunst is the space dedicated to contemporary art, while the "Haus der Photographie" is the space dedicated to photography. A third space located in the Harburg district houses the Falckenberg collection. Inaugurated in 1989, with its approximately 3800 square meters, the Halle für Aktuelle Kunst offers the largest exhibition space for contemporary art in Europe, with particular attention to art installations that need a large space, therefore often difficult to organize. The exhibitions organized in the Halle für Aktuelle Kunst are often designed and staged together with the artists themselves. Numerous solo, thematic and collective exhibitions have been presented since 1989: Andy Warhol (1993), Post Human - New Forms of Figuration in Contemporary Art (1993), Louise Bourgois (1996), Jason Rhoades (1999), Martin Kippenberger (1999) , Jonathan Meese (2006), Hans Haacke (2006), Fischli & amp; Weiss (2008), Gilbert & amp; George (2011), Antony Gormley (2012), Picasso in der Gegenwart (2016), Alice Neel (2017) and Charline von Heyl (2018). In addition, the Halle für Aktuelle Kunst has also hosted collections of international importance, including the part of the Center Pompidou collection (1990), the Goetz Collection (1998), the Grässlin Collection (2001), the Julia Stoschek Collection (2010) and the Viehof Collection (2016).
