Press Releases

October

14 October 2024

Tuesday, 22 October 2024, 7 pm, Hanseatenweg An event is being held at the Akademie der Künste on 22 October to mark the opening of the archive of singer, actor and author Manfred Krug. Manfred Krug’s (1937–2016) inimitable style made him … more

2 October 2024

Akademie der Künste, Hanseatenweg Invitation to the press preview of the exhibition on Thursday, 24 October, 11 am Exhibition halls open from 10 am With Matthias Sauerbruch, architect, sauerbruch hutton, member of the Akademie der Künste, … more

August

29 August 2024

Defending freedom of the arts is a core mission of the Akademie der Künste. Art can only fulfil its societal function if it remains independent and finds its own voice. For months, there has been an ongoing discussion at both the federal and state … more

28 August 2024

Opening 6 September, runs until 1 November 2024 The Akademie der Künste is showing the documentary exhibition “Children in Exile” starting on 6 September 2024 in the Werkstatt Exilmuseum on Fasanenstrasse in Berlin’s Charlottenburg district. … more

26 August 2024

Akademie der Künste, Hanseatenweg 10, 10557 Berlin On 24 October, draw love build / sauerbruch hutton tracing modernities is set to open at the Akademie der Künste on Hanseatenweg. Containing some 60 architectural models and around 100 drawings by … more

23 August 2024

Exhibition, 14 September – 24 November 2024 Akademie der Künste, Pariser Platz Invitation to the press tour Friday, 13 September 2024, 10 am Exhibition halls open from 9.30 am With Anh-Linh Ngo, Vice-President of the Akademie der Künste Karin … more

20 August 2024

13–15 September 2024, Hanseatenweg From 13 to 15 September 2024 the Berlin Audio Play Festival (BHF) will celebrate the centenary of the audio play with two new productions of Hans Flesch’s radio grotesquerie Zauberei auf dem Sender (Magic on … more

19 August 2024

Akademie der Künste, Hanseatenweg The exhibition “The Murmur of the Cosmos” with works by the 2023 Käthe Kollwitz Prize winner Sandra Vásquez de la Horra can be seen until 25 August. The large-scale installation El Manto de Obatalá is … more

July

26 July 2024

Michael Ruetz, born in Berlin in 1940, is one of Germany’s most renowned photographic artists. He began his career in the late 1960s as a member of the editorial team of Stern magazine in Hamburg. After initially becoming known through his … more

18 July 2024

Akademie der Künste, Pariser Platz The Cologne-based photographer Candida Höfer will be awarded the Käthe Kollwitz Prize 2024. To mark the awarding of the prize, the Akademie der Künste is showing an exhibition of Candida Höfer's current … more

17 July 2024

The Akademie der Künste has taken in 31 new members. The elections took place at the 62nd General Assembly (24 – 26 May 2024) in Berlin. All newly elected members have since accepted their election. The Akademie der Künste currently has 435 … more

3 July 2024

Manos Tsangaris in an exchange of artistic ideas with Anh-Linh Ngo, Annett Gröschner, Hanna Hartman, Johanna M. Keller, Dagmara Kraus, Helmut Oehring, Valery Tscheplanowa Wednesday, 17 July 2024, from 7 pm, Pariser Platz The Academy Discussion … more

June

27 June 2024

Anh-Linh Ngo in conversation with Joe Chialo, Dominique Alba, Volker Heller, Regine Keller, Katharina Schultens Introduction: Manos Tsangaris and Anh-Linh Ngo Monday, 15 July 2024, from 7 pm, Pariser Platz The event focuses on the repurposing … more

4 June 2024

Exhibition, 19 June – 25 August 2024 Akademie der Künste, Hanseatenweg Invitation to the press tour Tuesday, 18 June 2024, 11 am Exhibition hall open from 10 am With Sandra Vásquez de la Horra,artist Siegfried Zielinski, media … more

4 June 2024

With Paul Bernewitz, Friedrich Dieckmann, Kerstin Hensel, Angela Krauß, and Elisa Primavera-Lévy and Matthias Weichelt (moderators) Readings by Ulrich Matthes Welcome: Manos Tsangaris, president of the Akademie der Künste Tuesday, 11 June … more

3 June 2024

Applications are now being accepted The JUNGE AKADEMIE, the Akademie der Künste’s international fellowship programme, calls for applications for four new fellowships in 2025 earmarked for international (emerging) artists working on the … more

May

25 May 2024

Monday, 27 May 2024: Press conference, 11 am / Photo session, 10:45 am Akademie der Künste, Pariser Platz 4, 10117 Berlin At the 62nd Members’ General Assembly in Berlin today, Saturday, 25 May 2024, the Akademie der Künste … more

22 May 2024

Theatre guest performance In German, Farsi, French, Hebrew, Italian and Norwegian with German and English supertitles Saturday, 25 May 2024, 7.30 pm Akademie der Künste, Hanseatenweg To conclude the “UTOPIA: Keep on Moving” programme, the … more

22 May 2024

1 and 2 June 2024, Akademie der Künste, Hanseatenweg The NODES festival, presented by the Akademie der Künste, is a dense programme featuring electroacoustic music, performances and sound art, with a focus on the diversity of the Berlin scene. … more

15 May 2024

Klangkunst-Ausstellung „Oscillations. Cape Town – Berlin“ bis Pfingstsonntag geöffnet Veranstaltungen 18./19.5. In der Akademie der Künste ist noch bis Sonntag, den 19. Mai 2024 die Klangkunst-Ausstellung „Oscillations. Cape Town – … more

13 May 2024

Invitation to the Press Conference with the New President and Vice-President of the Akademie der Künste Monday, 27 May 2024, 11 am Akademie der Künste, Pariser Platz 4, 10117 Berlin Please register in advance: presse@adk.de The Akademie … more

8 May 2024

With Gabriele von Arnim, Meron Mendel, Arnold Dreyblatt, Nele Hertling, Nanne Meyer, Helke Misselwitz, Uwe Timm, and many more 13 – 16 May 2024 Akademie der Künste, Pariser Platz and Hanseatenweg Press passes: presse@adk.de; tel. 030 200 57-1514 … more

8 May 2024

19 June – 25 August 2024 Award ceremony and opening: Tuesday, 18 June 2024 Press preview on 18 June 2024, 11 am Akademie der Künste, Hanseatenweg To coincide with the award of the 2023 Käthe Kollwitz Prize to Sandra Vásquez de la Horra, … more

7 May 2024

Wednesday, 22 May, 11 am Akademie der Künste, Pariser Platz 4, 10117 Berlin With Prof. Frank Druffner (Deputy Secretary General of the Cultural Foundation of the German Federal States) Chizuru Kahl (Consultant for the Ernst von Siemens … more

3 May 2024

Lea Wohl von Haselberg talks with Moshe Zimmermann Tuesday, 7 May 2024, 7 pm Akademie der Künste, Pariser Platz 4, 10117 Berlin Press passes at presse@adk.de; tel.: 030 200 57-1514 Historian Moshe Zimmermann discusses the conflict in the … more

April

25 April 2024

Friday – Sunday, 3 – 5 May 2024 Akademie der Künste, Pariser Platz and Hanseatenweg On the first weekend in May, the Akademie der Künste is presenting the next instalment in the “UTOPIA. Keep on Moving” programme. On Friday, 3 May, the … more

24 April 2024

The O.E. Hasse Foundation is to award the O.E. Hasse Prize 2024 to Antonia Siems, a third-year student at the Ernst Busch University of Theatre Arts Berlin (HfS Ernst Busch). The prize, which comes with 5,000 euros, is awarded annually with a view to … more

23 April 2024

Exhibition in Rheinsberg, 27 April – 14 July 2024 Exhibition opening on 27 April 2024, 11 am Every year, the Akademie der Künste presents the work of one of the members of the Visual Arts Section, with a show at the Kurt Tucholsky Literature … more

17 April 2024

Akademie der Künste, Pariser Platz 4, 10117 Berlin Invitation to press talk and press preview Wednesday, 8 May 2024, 11 am Exhibition halls open at 10 am With Michael Ruetz, photographic artist, member of the Film and Media Arts … more

5 April 2024

According to press reports, the closing of the Galeries Lafayette department store on Berlin’s Friedrichstrasse will take place earlier than originally planned, on 31 July of this year. This brings new urgency to the discussion on the future … more

March

27 March 2024

From 25 to 26 March, 41 members of the European Alliance of Academies from 17 different countries met in the Akademie der Künste building on Pariser Platz in Berlin. In view of the multiple crisis facing the continent, Academy president Jeanine … more

22 March 2024

Exhibition: Keep a Stiff Upper Lip! Gundula Schulze Eldowy and Robert Frank Book signings and guided tours with the artist Akademie der Künste, Pariser Platz The exhibition centres on the encounter between two artistic figures from different … more

19 March 2024

Exhibition:27 April – 19 May 2024; opening weekend: Friday, 26 April 2024, from 7 pm, and Saturday, 27 April 2024, from 2 pm, Akademie der Künste, Hanseatenweg Starting on 27 April 2024, the Akademie der Künste is presenting sound works … more

February

21 February 2024

Event at the Akademie der Künste with Aleida Assmann, Harald Bodenschatz, Max Czollek, HG Merz and Philipp Oswalt Monday, 26 February 2024, 7 pm, Pariser Platz Building the National House: Architecture as Identity Politics is the title of the … more

15 February 2024

Founded in 1949 and published by the Akademie der Künste since 1950, the magazine SINN UND FORM is celebrating its seventy-fifth anniversary this year. The internationally renowned periodical is considered to be the most important German-language … more

15 February 2024

Akademie der Künste, Hanseatenweg Exhibition March 1 – April 4 2024, opening 29/02/2024, 6 pm Events 16 + 17 March 2024 In an exhibition and as part of various events, 35 international scholarship holders of the JUNGE AKADEMIE will show new works … more

14 February 2024

1 March – 1 April 2024 The Breath of a House is the Sound of Voices Within Exhibition, opening: 29 Feb, 6 pm Events: March 16 + 17. Hanseatenweg Thirty-five scholarship holders of the JUNGE AKADEMIE present new works at Hanseatenweg. The title … more

13 February 2024

Conference March 25 – 26 2024, Akademie der Künste, Pariser Platz The conference “Das Klima, in dem wir leben. Eine Allianz gegen Rechtsextremismus“ [The Climate We Live In. An Alliance Against the Far Right] is marked by the run-up to the … more

6 February 2024

Andreas Kilb in a conversation with Bettina Henzler, Verena Lueken, Philipp Stadelmaier, Rüdiger Suchsland and Jeanine Meerapfel Tuesday, 13 February 2024, 7 pm Akademie der Künste, Pariser Platz 4, 10117 Berlin Press tickets at presse@adk.de, … more

1 February 2024

Max Moor reads from the artist's letters and documents Wednesday, 7 February 2024, 7:30 pm Akademie der Künste, Pariser Platz 4, 10117 Berlin 100 years ago – in the spring of 1924 – Otto Dix exhibited his scandal-ridden work … more

January

30 January 2024

Akademie der Künste’s Heinrich Mann Prize 2024 goes to journalist and author Lena Gorelik. Her essayistic work has made meaningful contributions to contemporary political and literary discourse. The three-person jury was made up of Miryam … more

25 January 2024

Damascus-born artist Simone Fattal is to receive the Großer Kunstpreis Berlin 2024 (Berlin Art Prize – Grand Prize). On behalf of the State of Berlin, the Akademie der Künste awards the prize, endowed with 15,000 euros, on an annual basis … more

22 January 2024

Reading to mark the Day of Remembrance for the Victims of National Socialism Saturday, 27 January 2024, 4 pm Akademie der Künste, Hanseatenweg 10, 10557 Berlin Imre Kertész’s Kaddish – the Jewish mourner’s prayer – is dedicated to a … more

15 January 2024

Saturday, 20 January 2024, 2–8 pm Akademie der Künste, Pariser Platz 4, 10117 Berlin What could strategies for repairing the damaged world look like? What do "reparations" mean in the context of climate justice, and how can the claim to them be … more

9 January 2024

With Gundula Schulze Eldowy, member of the Film and Media Arts Section of the Akademie der Künste Helke Misselwitz, Deputy Director of the Film and Media Arts Section Boris Friedewald, art historia Conny Klauß, Secretary of the Film and Media … more

8 January 2024

Akademie der Künste, Hanseatenweg Against the background of the current environmental and social crises, the exhibition “The Great Repair” presents more than 40 positions from art and architecture, as well as spatial practices, which envision … more

5 January 2024

Friday, 12 January 2024, 7:30 pm, Akademie der Künste, Pariser Platz On Friday, 12 January 2024, the Akademie der Künste, together with the publishing house Kiepenheuer & Witsch, will present the memoirs of opera director and artistic … more

4 January 2024

Film premiere and archive presentation Tuesday, 9 January 2024, 7 pm Akademie der Künste, Hanseatenweg 10, 10557 Berlin >> Press tickets available at presse@adk.de, tel. 030 200 57-1514 On Tuesday, 9 January 2024, István Szabó presents … more