# Lights On! Sustaining Light-Based Art

Lights On! Sustaining Light-Based Art at Hamburger Bahnhof - Nationalgalerie der Gegenwart, Friday 13 November 2026, 08:30.

- Price: Free
- Venue: Hamburger Bahnhof - Nationalgalerie der Gegenwart, Invalidenstraße 50-51, 10557 Berlin
- Get tickets: https://www.smb.museum/ticketshop
- Go to page: https://www.smb.museum/veranstaltungen/detail/lights-on-sustaining-light-based-art-2026-11-13-083000-159458/

Lights On! Sustaining Light-Based Art is a conference day where international experts from conservation, curatorial practice, collection management and research discuss how to keep light-based artworks alive in museum collections. It forms part of the symposium Post Discipline, hosted by Hamburger Bahnhof – Nationalgalerie der Gegenwart as part of its 30th anniversary programme. Taking Dan Flavin's site-specific installation untitled (1996) as a starting point, the talks address technological obsolescence, material availability and sustainability. The day ends with a panel discussion titled Where Do We Go From Here?

## Dates

- Friday 13 November 08:30 — Hamburger Bahnhof - Nationalgalerie der Gegenwart

Written by a model, sources: [visitberlin.de](https://www.visitberlin.de/de/kategorie/kunst), [smb.museum](https://www.smb.museum/veranstaltungen/detail/lights-on-sustaining-light-based-art-2026-11-13-083000-159458/)

## More like this

- Friday 30 October, until 23 Sep Unendliche Ausstellung — Hamburger Bahnhof - Nationalgalerie der Gegenwart — 16–32 € — The „Unendliche Ausstellung“ is a permanent exhibition at Hamburger Bahnhof – Nationalgalerie der Gegenwart showing 23 artworks from the museum's collection … — https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/unendliche-ausstellung-15762/
- Tuesday 10 November, 18:00 Was bewirkt Kunst? - Über die Zukunft der Kunst — Universität der Künste Berlin – Fakultät Gestaltung — Free — This event is an evening of the public talk series "Warum Kunst?" at the Berlin University of the Arts, asking what art achieves and where its future lies. — https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/was-bewirkt-kunst-uber-die-zukunft-der-kunst-29003/
- Thursday 12 November, 08:30 After Art History: Future Paradigms for the Contemporary Art Museum — Hamburger Bahnhof - Nationalgalerie der Gegenwart — Free — “After Art History? Future Paradigms for the Contemporary Art Museum” is a one-day symposium at Hamburger Bahnhof – Nationalgalerie der Gegenwart. — https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/after-art-history-future-paradigms-for-the-contemporary-art-10939/
- Friday 30 October, until 6 Nov Group Exhibition | Shine a Light — Carlier | Gebauer — "Shine a Light" is a group exhibition at the gallery carlier | gebauer in Berlin. — https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/group-exhibition-shine-a-light-13840/
- Tuesday 10 November, 18:00 Was bewirkt Kunst? - Über die Zukunft der Kunst — UNI.T — Free — “Was bewirkt Kunst? – Über die Zukunft der Kunst” is a public evening as part of the discussion series “Warum Kunst?” at the Berlin University of the Arts. — https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/was-bewirkt-kunst-uber-die-zukunft-der-kunst-31795/
- Thursday 12 November, 18:00 Im Himmel steht auch ein Haus – Künstlerisches Symposium im Rahmen der 31. Kunstauktion EKBOart — Sankt Matthäus-Kirche — Free — An artistic symposium of film screening, talks, discussions and performances held as part of the 31st art auction EKBOart. — https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/im-himmel-steht-auch-ein-haus-kunstlerisches-symposium-im-ra-28374/
- Friday 30 October, until 29 Dec JAMES TURRELL - Lichtkunstpräsentation — Dorotheenstädtischer Friedhof I — 12 € — JAMES TURRELL - Light Art Presentation shows a permanent light installation in the chapel at Dorotheenstädtischer Friedhof I in Berlin. — https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/james-turrell-lichtkunstprasentation-15471/
- Wednesday 11 November, 08:30 Public Engagement - Futures of Art Mediation — Hamburger Bahnhof - Nationalgalerie der Gegenwart — Free — A symposium titled "Public Engagement - Futures of Art Mediation" at Hamburger Bahnhof examines art mediation in the context of social, institutional and … — https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/public-engagement-futures-of-art-mediation-10936/
- Tuesday 10 November, 14:30 Herbstlichter – Lampions bemalen mit Ercan Arslan — resiART — Free — “Herbstlichter – Lampions bemalen mit Ercan Arslan” is a workshop in which nylon paper lanterns are painted with pens. — https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/herbstlichter-lampions-bemalen-mit-ercan-arslan-72887/
- Wednesday 4 November, 17:00 WINTERLIGHTS — DARK MATTER — WINTERLIGHTS 2026 is a sparkling winter landscape of light, movement, sound and ice in the monumental TRANSFORMATOR hall. — https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/winterlights-33802/
- Thursday 5 November, 18:30 Spaces & Species: Light and Dark – Reducing Light Pollution as a Design Task — Aedes Gallery — Free — "Spaces & Species: Light and Dark" is a Lab Talk on reducing light pollution as a design task. — https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/spaces-species-light-and-dark-reducing-light-pollution-as-a-8560/
- Friday 6 November, 15:00 In Conversation: Gespräche mit internationalen Künstler:innen — Hamburger Bahnhof - Nationalgalerie der Gegenwart — Free — The event is a public artist talk at Hamburger Bahnhof – Nationalgalerie der Gegenwart. — https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/in-conversation-gesprache-mit-internationalen-kunstlerinnen-16368/