Bucerius Kunst Forum opens new premises with photography and video art exhibition

The new Bucerius Kunst Forum opened in June with the exhibition Here We Are Today: A View of the World in Photography and Video Art. The show focuses on highly topical issues in our globalised society. Nearly 90 photographs and videos are on view that address the themes of identity, homeland, the past, crime and capital. Important contemporary artists including Andreas Gursky, Pieter Hugo, Shirin Neshat and Hito Steyerl are represented with exemplary works. The Bucerius Kunst Forum inaugurated its new premises on Alter Wall with the exhibition Here We Are Today: A View of the World in Photography and Video Art. On view are paradigmatic works exemplifying artists’ engagement with the central issues of our globalised society. This first show held in the Bucerius Kunst Forum’s new premises thus picks up on the forum’s own traditions – because the programme of exhibitions and events here has always been