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Barbara and Axel Haubrok

Barbara and Axel Haubrok collect conceptual art, having started with painting in 1988 and turned to conceptual work around 2000. The collection has more than 1,000 pieces, and its core is on permanent loan to the Nationalgalerie in Berlin.

Artists named in the collection

Raoul de Keyser, Günther Förg, Martin Creed, Stanley Brouwn, Jonathan Monk, Christopher Williams, Heimo Zobernig, Franz West, Tino Sehgal, Haegue Yang

On record

  • The 2008 loan to the Nationalgalerie includes Martin Creed's The Lights Off and Olafur Eliasson's Highlighter.
  • In 2018 the Lichtenberg district told Axel Haubrok that exhibitions at his Fahrbereitschaft site breached zoning rules for the industrial area.

Questions

What does Barbara and Axel Haubrok collect?Barbara and Axel Haubrok collect conceptual art, having started with painting in 1988 and turned to conceptual work around 2000. The collection has more than 1,000 pieces, and its core is on permanent loan to the Nationalgalerie in Berlin.

Which artists are in the Barbara and Axel Haubrok collection?Cited sources name works by Raoul de Keyser, Günther Förg, Martin Creed, Stanley Brouwn, Jonathan Monk, Christopher Williams, Heimo Zobernig, Franz West.

Sources

  1. I learn from art, Arterritory
  2. Berlin bans collector from exhibiting art in industrial district, The Art Newspaper, 2018

Last verified 2026-10-31.

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