The exhibition is the prominent prelude of a new series of the Visual Arts Section in which works by Akademie members from diverse artistic disciplines confront one another. Belgian painter and curator Luc Tuymans has initiated a dialogue with German actress and director Edith Clever, an icon in theatre known for her strong women’s roles. Part of Berlin Art Week.

From motifs of Marion Brasch’s autobiographical story, the staging by Narges Hashempour extracts the drama of a society that has contaminated its own future promise deep into the private sphere. Dramatist Keyvan Sarreshteh and director Hashempour tell the emblematic East German family story as a universally human one. In Farsi, with German and English surtitles.

The election and poll results of the AfD are frightening. For years, the number of right-wing attacks and acts of violence in Germany has been on the rise. Right-wing populism is growing. How can we make our democracy more defensible and protect our open society? With Jeanine Meerapfel, Seda Başay-Yıldız, Michaela Hailbronner, Wilhelm Heitmeyer and Peter Laudenbach. Moderated by Djamila Benkhelouf.

The exhibition discusses contradictions between growth and ecology based on architecture’s material culture. It presents more than 40 positions from art, architecture, and spatial practices in which repair becomes a new design paradigm. There are increasing calls for new strategies to reduce resource consumption and preserve and repair what already exists. Opening on 13 Oct at 7 pm.

Bertolt Brecht's study, Helene Weigel's conservatory, Anna Seghers' “crow's nest” : Regular tours offer visitors a fascinating insight into the homes and studies of the writer Bertolt Brecht, actress and theatre director Helene Weigel and the writer Anna Seghers. The Brecht-Weigel Museum in Berlin-Mitte and the Anna Seghers Museum in Berlin-Adlershof are both part of the Akademie der Künste.

The Akademie der Künste is an international community of artists that currently totals 414 members in its six Sections (Visual Arts, Architecture, Music, Literature, Performing Arts, Film and Media Arts). It is an exhibition and event location. A key component of the Akademie are its Archives, which collectively form one of the most important interdisciplinary archives on 20th century art.