Press Releases
June
1 June 2023
European Alliance of Academies Shows Solidarity with Society of Hungarian Authors Szépírók Társasága in Budapest and Demands Artistic Freedom in Hungary and Europe
On 30‒31 May 2023, the European Alliance of Academies held a conference of solidarity with the Society of Hungarian Authors Szépírók Társasága in Budapest (see the press release from 20 April 2023). Eleven European countries were … more
May
31 May 2023
POWER SPACE VIOLENCE – Performances, discussions, lectures, readings with Louis Chude-Sokei, Hani Mojtahedy, Nora Sternfeld, Ingo Schulze, Mykola Ridnyi and others
Until 12 July 2023, Pariser Platz and Hanseatenweg On the occasion of the ongoing exhibition “POWER SPACE VIOLENCE. Planning and Building under National Socialism”, the Akademie der Künste is organising a programme of performances, discussions, … more
24 May 2023
JUNGE AKADEMIE, VISIT and E-WERK Luckenwalde are awarding further fellowships relating to the topic “Human-Machine”
Applications now possible The JUNGE AKADEMIE, the international fellowship programme run by the Akademie der Künste in cooperation with VISIT, the artist-in-residence programme of the E.ON Stiftung, and E-WERK Luckenwalde, invites applications for … more
16 May 2023
Reminder: European Alliance of Academies: Solidarity conference in Budapest with the Society of Hungarian Authors Szépírók Társasága 30 – 31 May 2023, Central European University, Budapest and as livestream
Invitation to the press conference Wednesday, 31 May 2023, 12 pm Central European University, Auditorium A, Nador utca 15, 1051 Budapest With Jeanine Meerapfel, President of the Akademie der Künste and initiator of the European Alliance of … more
15 May 2023
Akademie der Künste’s Spring General Assembly 2023 adopts statute amendment and secures the resumption of publication of the magazine SINN UND FORM
The 60th General Assembly of the Akademie der Künste took place from 12 to 14 May 2023 in Berlin. At the plenary session, the members adopted an amendment of the statutes. The background is a decision by the District Court of Berlin based on a … more
12 May 2023
“Broken Machines & Wild Imaginings” – JUNGE AKADEMIE fellows present installations on AI
Exhibition, Hanseatenweg 2 June – 9 July 2023 Opening: Thursday, 1 June 2023, 7 pm In the exhibition “Broken Machines & Wild Imaginings“ the JUNGE AKADMIE presents ten installations by its international fellows engaged in artistic research … more
10 May 2023
Akademie der Künste Presents the Theatre Performance Pah-Lak by Abishek Majumdar with an Ensemble from Tibetan Exile
Theatre Guest Performance In Tibetan with German subtitles Wednesday, 17 May, 7:30 pm Akademie der Künste, Hanseatenweg The Akademie der Künste presents the theatre performance Pah-Lak by Abishek Majumdar on 17 May on the Studio stage at … more
9 May 2023
Saving Public Broadcasting Audio Dramas - Open Letter to Kai Gniffke, ARD Chairman, and All of the ARD’s Artistic and Programme Directors
Together with other cultural organisations, the Akademie der Künste has addressed an open letter to the chairman of the ARD, Kai Gniffke, and all of the ARD’s artistic and programme directors. The artistic audio drama is an important form of … more
8 May 2023
The Akademie der Künste Acquires the Partial Estate of Actress Tilla Durieux
Selected estate documents and photos are on view in the exhibition Tilla Durieux. Eine Jahrhundertzeugin und ihre Rollen at the Georg Kolbe Museum, Berlin. Opening: 12 May 2023 Introduction to the estate acquisition on 6 July 2023 at the … more
6 May 2023
Alfred Döblin Prize 2023 to Jan Kuhlbrodt
Jan Kuhlbrodt is the recipient of the Alfred Döblin Prize in 2023. Today, Saturday, 6 May 2023, the award winner was chosen among six authors participating in a public reading and discussion day at the Literarisches Colloquium Berlin (LCB). … more
2 May 2023
Marcel Odenbach
Selbstverteidigung
Exhibition in Rheinsberg: 7 May – 9 July 2023 Exhibition Opening: 7 May 2023, 11 am Each year the Akademie der Künste presents the work of a member of the Visual Arts Section at the Kurt Tucholsky Literaturmuseum at Schloss … more
April
25 April 2023
Alfred Döblin Prize 2023
Day of readings and discussions with finalists on Saturday 6 May at the LCB
Award ceremony on Sunday 7 May, Akademie der Künste, Pariser Platz
The Alfred Döblin Prize, endowed with €15,000, will be awarded for the 24th time this year. The Alfred Döblin Prize, which since its founding by Günter Grass in 1979 has been awarded every two years for an unfinished prose manuscript, is … more
25 April 2023
Accompanying programme to the exhibition “POWER SPACE VIOLENCE. Planning and Building under National Socialism” – films, discussions, readings and concerts
26 April – 12 July 2023, Pariser Platz and Hanseatenweg. On 26 April 2023 the Akademie der Künste will launch its programme to accompany the exhibition “POWER SPACE VIOLENCE. Planning and Building under National Socialism”. The programme will … more
20 April 2023
Society of Hungarian Authors Szépírók Társasága under pressure: European Alliance of Academies hosts a solidarity event in Budapest
30 – 31 May 2023, Central European University, Budapest
With an event held in Budapest in solidarity with the Society of Hungarian AuthorsSzépírók Társasága, the European Alliance of Academies sends a signal in support of freedom of the arts. The most recent measures taken by the Hungarian government … more
14 April 2023
Akademie der Künste on the current status of the legal dispute surrounding the magazine SINN UND FORM
On 23 February 2023, a ruling by the District Court of Berlin prohibited the Akademie der Künste from publishing the literary magazine SINN UND FORM following a lawsuit by the magazine Lettre International and its publisher Frank Berberich (see … more
12 April 2023
21st Academy Discussion
Climate Disaster and the Last Generation
Vladimir Balzer, in conversation with Lina Johnsen, Robin Celikates, Iris ter Schiphorst and Jeanine Meerapfel Monday, 24 April 2023, 7 pm Akademie der Künste, Pariser Platz 4, 10117 Berlin Press tickets: presse@adk.de, +49 (0)30 200 57-15 14 … more
March
30 March 2023
Zones and Memes: Right-Wing Spaces Off- and Online
Lectures and discussions about the Right-Wing Spaces research project
4/5 April, Pariser Platz With Gilad Baram, Theresia Enzensberger, Philipp Krüpe, Paul Mason, Tiara Roxanne, Simon Strick, Niloufar Tajeri and Stephan Trüby Liberal democracies in many places have been witnessing the rise of authoritarian and (neo … more
22 March 2023
POWER SPACE VIOLENCE
Planning and Building under National Socialism
Exhibition, 19 April – 16 July 2023, Pariser Platz Invitation to a press conference and press preview Tuesday, 18 April 2023 at 11 am Exhibition halls open from 10 am With Klara Geywitz, Federal Minister for Housing, Urban Development and … more
22 March 2023
Akademie der Künste presents the theatre performance Journals of Exile by the KULA Compagnie with female artists from Afghanistan
Theatre guest performance/premiere In German, Hebrew and Dari with German and English surtitles Saturday 25 March and Sunday 26 March, 8 pm Akademie der Künste, Hanseatenweg The transnational KULA Compagnie performs the premiere of their new … more
15 March 2023
Akademie der Künste opens up the Kito Lorenc Archive
Event on 21 March 2023, Pariser Platz On 21 March the Akademie der Künste is hosting an event at which the archive of Saxon poet Kito Lorenc is to be opened. The estate, which is now being made available for research purposes, was acquired by the … more
14 March 2023
Reminder: Berlin Art Prize – Jubilee Endowment 1848/1948
2023 Berlin Art Prize – Grand Prize awarded to Joachim Trier
Award ceremony on 18 March 2023, by by Klaus Lederer, Senator for Culture and Europe, and Jeanine Meerapfel, President of the Akademie der Künste
Next Saturday, 18 March, Norwegian film director and screenwriter Joachim Trier will be presented with the Berlin Art Prize – Grand Prize 2023. Acting on behalf of Land Berlin, the Akademie der Künste awards the prize with its 15,000-euro … more
14 March 2023
The Akademie der Künste is extending the run of the exhibition Käthe Kollwitz Prize 2022: Nan Goldin until 16 April 2023
Akademie der Künste, Hanseatenweg Prompted by high levels of visitor interest, the Akademie der Künste is extending the run of the exhibition Käthe Kollwitz Prize 2022: Nan Goldin by four weeks until 16 April 2023. The show presents a survey of … more
6 March 2023
To celebrate the 100th birthday of Walter Jens on 8 March 2023 the archives of Inge and Walter Jens have been indexed in full
The 100th anniversary of Walter Jens’s birth falls on 8 March 2023. Even during his lifetime, the writer, classical philologist and translator, literary and social critic, essayist, accomplished speaker and professor of rhetoric was honoured with … more
6 March 2023
Presentation of Ellen Auerbach Fellowship for Photography 2023 to Joanna Piotrowska
Thursday, 9 March 2023, 7 pm, Pariser Platz The Akademie der Künste is awarding the Ellen Auerbach Scholarship for Photography 2023 to Joanna Piotrowska. The Polish artist works with photography, film and performance. The Academy’s vice … more
1 March 2023
Publication of SINN UND FORM is prohibited.
An attack on literature
The District Court of Berlin has temporarily prohibited the Akademie der Künste from continuing to publish the literary magazine SINN UND FORM. The background is an antitrust lawsuit brought by the magazine Lettre International and its publisher … more
February
21 February 2023
POWER SPACE VIOLENCE
The Akademie der Künste presents an exhibition on planning and building under National Socialism
19 April – 16 July 2023, Pariser Platz From 19 April to 16 July 2023, the Akademie der Künste will present the exhibition POWER SPACE VIOLENCE: Planning and Building under National Socialism. It shows how the Nazis’ racist ideology was cemented … more
21 February 2023
The Akademie der Künste is presenting the 2022 Käthe Kollwitz Prize to Nan Goldin – Preview of Laura Poitras’s film documentary All the Beauty and the Bloodshed
Award ceremony: Friday, 3 March 2023, 8 pm Film presentation: Sunday, 5 March 2023, 6 pm Akademie der Künste, Hanseatenweg Exhibition Käthe Kollwitz Prize 2022: Nan Goldin until 19 March 2023, Akademie der Künste, Hanseatenweg … more
6 February 2023
20th Academy Discussion
Content versus Film
With Dominik Graf, Thomas Heise, Nicolette Krebitz, Carolin Schmitz and Jeanine Meerapfel. Moderation: Andreas Kilb Monday, 13 February 2023, 7 pm Akademie der Künste, Pariser Platz 4, 10117 Berlin For press tickets, please email … more
2 February 2023
The Akademie der Künste marks the 125th anniversary of the birth of Bertolt Brecht – An event with Minister of State for Culture Claudia Roth
Book launch, open archive, presentation of a special postage stamp and coin Thursday, 9 February 2023, 8 pm, Akademie der Künste, Pariser Platz 4 Friday, 10 February 2023, from 10 am, Brecht House, Chausseestraße 125 The Akademie der Künste is … more
January
29 January 2023
Fluchtpunkte der Erinnerung – Vanishing Points of Memory
Academy Dialogue, with Natan Sznaider, Lea Wohl von Haselberg and Jeanine Meerapfel
Monday, 30 January 2023, 7 pm Akademie der Künste, Pariser Platz 4, 10117 Berlin >> Press tickets available at presse@adk.de or by phone: 030 200 57-1514 Adolf Hitler was appointed Reich Chancellor on 30 January 1933. The Nazis marked the … more
27 January 2023
The transmediale Festival 2023 at the Akademie der Künste on Hanseatenweg
Festival: 1–5 February 2023 | Exhibition: 1–26 February 2023 Opening: Wednesday 1 February 2023, 7 pm Press conference: 31 January 2023, 11 am | Registration: press@transmediale.de The transmediale festival and accompanying exhibition will … more
26 January 2023
Ellen Auerbach Fellowship for Photography Awarded to
Joanna Piotrowska in 2023
The Akademie der Künste is awarding the 2023 Ellen Auerbach Fellowship for Photography to Joanna Piotrowska. The artist, born in Poland in 1985, works in various media: photography, film and performance. The fellowship grant, endowed with 20,000 … more
25 January 2023
Akademie der Künste awards the Berlin Art Prize ‒
Jubilee Endowment 1848/1948,
2023 Berlin Art Prize ‒ Grand Prize to Joachim Trier
Awards ceremony on 18 March 2023
Norwegian film director and screenwriter Joachim Trier is the recipient of the Berlin Art Prize ‒ Grand Prize in 2023. The Akademie der Künste awards the prize annually on behalf of the State of Berlin. The Grand Prize, chosen on a rotational … more
16 January 2023
Press Invitation: Blechen’s Comeback
Two Oil Sketches by Carl Blechen, Presumed Lost, Return to the Akademie der Künste Sunday, 22 January, 11 am, Akademie der Künste, Pariser Platz Photo session and closing event of the exhibition SPURENSICHERUNG. Die Geschichte(n) hinter den Werken … more
13 January 2023
Heinrich Mann Prize 2023 to György Dalos
This year, the Akademie der Künste is awarding its Heinrich Mann Prize to György Dalos. The Hungarian author, historian and translator is one of the most important figures mediating between Eastern and Western Europe. The jury consisted of Ingo … more
12 January 2023
Ulrike Ottinger transfers her archive to the Akademie der Künste and Deutsche Kinemathek
The auteur film-maker, photographer, painter, theatre director and curator Ulrike Ottinger is gradually transferring her extensive artistic archive to the Akademie der Künste and Stiftung Deutsche Kinemathek. She has had close links with the two … more
11 January 2023
Reminder: Käthe Kollwitz Prize 2022. Nan Goldin
Exhibition, 20 January – 19 March 2023 Akademie der Künste, Hanseatenweg Invitation to the press preview Thursday, 19 January 2023, 6 pm Exhibition halls open from 5 pm with Maren Lübbke-Tidow, artistic director EMOP Berlin 2023 Exhibition … more
4 January 2023
Reminder: Woman*, Life, Freedom: The Akademie der Künste stands in solidarity with the protesters in Iran
Evening event with performances, discussion, film and concert Tuesday, 10 January 2023, 6–11.30 pm, Akademie der Künste, Hanseatenweg In solidarity with the ongoing protests in Iran, the Akademie der Künste has invited Iranian, Kurdish and German … more