Christian Boltanski’s “The Missing House” from 1990 has been permanently secured for the public as a donation by Annette Messager to Hamburger Bahnhof.

The public artwork in Berlin Mitte becomes part of the “Endless Exhibition”, connecting the museum and urban space. The 24 nameplates of the installation at Große Hamburger Straße 15–16 commemorate former residents of a building destroyed during World War II. The plaques, mounted across two 20-meter-high walls, have been reinstalled on-site following extensive restoration on time for 8 May 2025, marking the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II.

Endless Exhibition, Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin

Christian Boltanski, The Missing House, 1990/2025
Reconstruction of the site-specific installation; 24 panels on two firewalls, paint on birch multiplex

Photo Credit : Berlin National Museums, National Gallery / Thomas Bruns