Belén

From 5 December 2024 to 28 February 2025, Galerie Melbye-Konan presents the first solo exhibition of London-based artist Anna-Belén Siegmann (born 1997 in Hamburg), titled 'Alchemy' across 400 square metres....

This summer France and Germany will be celebrating a summer of culture and sport. As France will be the host country of the Olympic Games, while Germany will host the...

Under the title 'Devenir', Gallery Melbye-Konan exhibits new artworks by the contemporary artist Anna-Belén at the Alsterhaus Hamburg from 04 November 2022 to 04 March 2023. 'Devenir' implies the becoming...

Under the title 'Awakening' the Gallery Melbye-Konan exhibits the new works of Hamburg-based artist Belén in an exhibition from 03 March 2022 to 30 April 2022. Awakening not only describes...

On the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the French Institute in Hamburg, Melbye-Konan Gallery is presenting three paintings by young artists from Hamburg and the Ivory Coast as part of its current exhibition HERITAGE. The Hamburg gallery represents African artists as well as artists from all over the world with a connection to Africa. The exhibition, which can be seen at the gallery on Jungfernstieg until July 14th 2021, shows paintings by the first generation of Ivorian artists as well as current works by the younger generation that deal with the theme of cultural heritage.

From 14 May to 14 July 2021, Melbye-Konan Gallery presents the group exhibition HERITAGE, featuring paintings by first-generation Ivorian artists alongside works by contemporary international artists exploring the theme of cultural and colonial heritage in Africa. In particular, the exhibition pays tribute to the artist Michel Kodjo (1935-2021), one of the greatest of the first generation of Ivorian painters, who passed away in March of this year. As early as 1957, three years before Côte d'Ivoire's independence, his works were shown in a solo exhibition at Abidjan City Hall, marking the beginning of a new era in art.

Women Power - the new exhibition at Melbye-Konan Gallery deals with the theme of femininity and its various aspects. The strength of women, the obstacles and challenges they face in...

Akwaba, the title of the opening exhibition, shows African painters of their generation or artists with a connection to Africa from September 4th, 2020 to October 3rd, 2020.

«Akwaba» means «welcome» in the African Twi language spoken by the Akan people in Ghana and the Ivory Coast. The term "Akwaba" also has a creative meaning. In the ancient Akan mythology, the fertility figure Akwaba is revered as the creator mother of the earth. The works reflect about Africa as the origin of the world, but also question the creative power of humans and the gap between modernity and tradition that meet in the big cities of Africa.