Publications

The Akademie der Künste publishes its own publications in connection with exhibitions and special events, as well as new acquisitions in the archives. These include exhibition catalogues, symposia documentation, monographs on individual artists, as well as publications on thematic main focuses and on selected archival collections.

Our publications can be ordered by phone or email, and you can visit our bookstore on Hanseatenweg in Berlin, which has access to all of the Akademie der Künste’s available books and antiquarian rarities.

 

Sinn und Form

Every two months, the Akademie der Künste also issues the “Sinn und Form” (Purpose and Form) journal.

Founded in 1949 by Johannes R. Becher and Paul Wiegler, the cultural magazine Sinn und Form (Purpose and Form), published by the Akademie der Künste, is one of the most influential of its kind in Germany. Originally addressed to a literary audience in particular, the journal today is also a venue for philosophical, aesthetic, and social issues, for the meeting of art and science, poetry and anthropology, and is thus a key publication for many Academy members. The ambitious programme has an international focus and comprises selected letters and conversations, essays, poems, and narratives. Findings from the extensive Academy Archive continue to be presented.

Current Publications

Brecht probt Galilei. 1955/56

Dokumentation und Feature / 3 CDs im Buch mit Leineneinband, 150 Minuten, Regie: Stephan Suschke, speak low, Berlin 2020 ISBN 978-3-940018-96-0 € 24

Brecht’s last rehearsal work Life of Galileo with Ernst Busch was recorded by Hans Bunge. The audio book presents two of a good one hundred hours, selected and commented on by Stephan Suschke, as well as a feature by Joachim Werner and Stephan Suschke that emphasises the rhythmic-sounding appeal of the work. You can listen to live theatre work on a highly topical play.


The edition is published in cooperation with
Federal Agency for Civic Education

Tue, 23 Feb, 7 pm | Audio Book Presentation
>> Brecht rehearses Galilei 1955/56

Audio sample: www.speaklow.de


Journal der Künste 14

Published three times a year (German/English) available free of charge
ISSN (Print EN) 2627-2490
ISSN (Online EN) 2627-5198

To the online edition

The Journal der Künste 14 focusing on the JUNGE AKADEMIE; the carte blanche for Péter Nádas; Mark Lammert on the consequences of the coronavirus; Hubertus von Amelunxen in conversation with Ellen Auerbach Prize winner Ferhat Bouda; Annesley Black, Kerstin Hensel, Elena Zieser and Gesine Bey on ON MY WAY – STORIES FROM EUROPE; Rainer Esser (Die Zeit) in conversation with OSTKREUZ – Agentur der Fotografen on the CONTINENT exhibition. From the archive: theatre director Stephan Suschke on Brecht probt Galilei; and much more.

To order the print edition: info@adk.de

 


CONTINENT – In Search of Europe

Ingo Taubhorn und OSTKREUZ – Agentur der Fotografen, in Zusammenarbeit mit der Akademie der Künste, Berlin Hartmann Books, Stuttgart 2020 German/English, 436 pp., 300 ill. ISBN 978-3-96070-054-8
Order no. 6044
€ 39,90

With the title CONTINENT – In Search of Europe, the publication of the same name will be published to accompany the exhibition. As an artistic and political statement, OSTKREUZ – Agentur für Fotografen focuses on presentday Europe and critically examines it in 22 positions. On the occasion of the collective’s thirtieth anniversary, the book invites readers to reflect on Europe in a dynamic and complex way through a variety of perspectives.


Calendar 2021: GDR Posters

Akademie der Künste, Berlin / KV&H Verlag Weingarten, Unterhaching 2020
German, 14 pp., 13 ill.
ISBN 978-3-8400-8007-4
Order no. 1196
€ 16,99

Corn is sausage on a stick! The poster art of the GDR combines snappy slogans with impressive graphic design and a pinch of politics. Twelve original motifs from the 1950s and 1960s from the Akademie der Künste poster collection will accompany you through 2021, promoting wholefood nutrition, compensatory gymnastics, road safety and shopping at HO or Konsum.


urbainable – stadhaltig.
Positions on the European City for the 21st Century

Tim Rieniets, Matthias Sauerbruch, Jörn Walter Akademie der Künste, Berlin / ArchiTangle GmbH, Berlin 2020 English, 224 pp., 300 ill. ISBN 978-3-88331-241-5
Order no. 2075
€ 38

The European city has been an engine of civilisation since its creation. Today, however, fundamental challenges such as climate change mean it is facing changes that cast doubt on the continuity and sustainability of the ethical foundations of urban life. On the basis of projects, visions and manifestos, the members of the Architecture Section and their guests from all over Europe present their positions for a new direction.