Press Releases 2017

18 December 2017

Akademie der Künste takes over the manuscripts and correspondence of Werner Ackermann

Marking the occasion of Werner Ackermann’s 125th birthday on 28 December 2017, the Akademie has taken over an extensive collection of his manuscripts and correspondence. In addition to journalistic works and socially critical plays and novels, the … more

14 December 2017

Akademie der Künste to award Heinrich Mann Prize 2018 to Christian Bommarius

The Akademie der Künste is awarding the Heinrich Mann Prize 2018 to Berlin author, journalist and lawyer Christian Bommarius. This decision was made by the jurors Steffen Martus, Gustav Seibt and last year's winner, Gisela von Wysocki. The … more

13 December 2017

Akademie der Künste takes over the Emine Sevgi Özdamar archive

Emine Sevgi Özdamar has handed the first part of her artistic living legacy over to the Literature Archives of the Akademie der Künste. This includes work manuscripts, notebooks and sketch books from her work at the Volksbühne Berlin and other … more

1 December 2017

Colonial Repercussions/Koloniales Erbe
Event series from January to June 2018
Symposium I: “(Post-)Colonial Injustice and Legal Interventions”
26 and 27 January 2018, Akademie der Künste, Pariser Platz

With the Colonial Repercussions/Koloniales Erbe event series, the Akademie der Künste examines the structures of colonial power relations, which continue to impact on science, art and society today. From January to June 2018, three symposia, each … more

29 November 2017

Underground and Improvisation.
Alternative Music and Art after 1968
New Akademie focus in spring 2018
Launch event: Panel discussion with music
Friday, 8 December, 7:30 pm, Akademie der Künste, Pariser Platz

Two exhibitions on the themes of underground and improvisation, held from 15 March to 6 May 2018 in the Akademie building on Hanseatenweg, will focus on the alternative music and art movements in East and West, from the student revolts of the Prague … more

28 November 2017

“You Want Kilims, But I Do Films”. Art and Culture in Turkey
Lecture and Discussion with Mahir Namur, Ata Unal, and Nele Hertling
Thursday, 7th December, 7 pm, Akademie der Künste, Pariser Platz

As part of the series “You Want Kilims, But I Do Films”, the cultural entrepreneur and exhibition organiser Mahir Namur (Vienna/Istanbul) and the theatre scholar and theatre maker Ata Unal (Istanbul/Brussels) will be hosted at the Academy … more

28 November 2017

The Akademie der Künste inaugurates the Eberhard Fechner Archive

An event with Gero Ehrhardt, Jeanine Meerapfel, and Martin Wiebel on 1st December at Pariser Platz The Akademie der Künste will inaugurate the archive of Eberhard Fechner (1926–1992) on 1st December 2017 at an event in Berlin. The archive of the … more

24 November 2017

Bertolt Brecht’s Film Legacy Preserved by the Akademie der Künste
Archive presentation, 5 December, Pariser Platz

After nearly two years of work in close cooperation with the Stiftung Deutsche Kinemathek, the Akademie der Künste has now largely completed its project to secure and digitise the film collection in the Bertolt Brecht Archive. Approximately 50 film … more

20 November 2017

Akademie der Künste opens Luc Bondy Archive
Book presentation on 28 November, Pariser Platz

Luc Bondy (17 July 1948 - 28 November 2015) was one of the most influential European theatre and opera directors since the 1970s. While still alive, he entrusted his archive to the Akademie der Künste, which he had been a member of since 1994. These … more

16 November 2017

2017 Busoni Composition Prize Awarded to Benjamin Scheuer
Advancement Award to Óscar Escudero
Award Ceremony and Concert on 24 November, 8 pm, Pariser Platz

The winner of the Busoni Composition Prize in 2017 is the German composer Benjamin Scheuer (b. 1987 in Hamburg). The prize is endowed with 6000 euros. The Advancement Award, endowed with 2500 euros is being given to the Spanish composer Óscar … more

16 November 2017

KUNSTWELTEN, the Akademie’s Education Programme
New cooperation with Berlin Mondiale, future workshops on shrinking cities and a storytelling partnership project called “Our Stories”

This autumn, the Akademie der Künste, in collaboration with Berlin Mondiale and Radialsystem, has begun a cooperation with the Gemeinschaftsunterkunft Heerstraße (refugee accommodations) in Charlottenburg. Artists, who are part of the Junge … more

10 November 2017

Autumn General Assembly 2017
Academy members read and comment on texts by Walter Benjamin and Bertolt Brecht

18 November, Akademie der Künste, Hanseatenweg From 17 to 19 November, the 50th General Assembly of the Akademie der Künste will be held in Berlin. On the agenda are working discussions in the six art sections, reports, debates and talks on future … more

6 October 2017

Benjamin and Brecht. Thinking in Extremes
Exhibition 26 October 2017 – 28 January 2018

Invitation to the Press Preview
Wednesday 25 October 2017, 11 am

Exhibition halls open from 10.30 am Akademie der Künste, Hanseatenweg 10, 10557 Berlin Registration requested: Tel. +49 (0)30 200 57-1514 or presse@adk.de With Werner Heegewaldt, Director of the Archives of the Akademie der Künste Erdmut Wizisla, … more

5 October 2017

Sham Palace / Seesaw / Barn
Academy Dialogue with Klaus Lederer, Wilfried Wang and Jeanine Meerapfel

Dienstag, 17 October, 8 pm Akademie der Künste, Pariser Platz 4, 10117 Berlin >> Press tickets: presse@adk.de, Tel. +49 (0)30 20057-1514 In the heart of Berlin several reconstructions of buildings, a new interactive Reunification monument at … more

19 September 2017

Tell It to the Stones
The Work of Danièle Huillet and Jean-Marie Straub
Retrospective of films from 15th October to 5th November at the
Akademie der Künste, the fsk Cinema, the Brotfabrik, and the Zeughauskino

Invitation to the press screening: Thursday, 5th October 2017, 3:15 pm fsk Cinema, Segitzdamm 2, 10969 Berlin Selection of films Machorka-Muff  (Huillet/Straub, 1962, 17 min.) Einleitung zu Arnold Schönbergs ‚Begleitmusik zu einer … more

11 September 2017

Tell It to the Stones
The Work of Danièle Huillet and Jean-Marie Straub
14 September – 19 November 2017, Hanseatenweg 10
Rencontres I and II event programme

What happens during our encounter (rencontre) with a film, what the film does and how it can be translated into theory and action – this technique is closely associated with the films of Danièle Huillet and Jean-Marie Straub, and yet is always in … more

6 September 2017

“You Want Kilims, But I Do Films”. Art and Culture in Turkey Mirkan Deniz – Wir waren nur Gastgeberin
Thursday, 14 September 2017, 7 pm, Akademie der Künste, Pariser Platz
Artist’s Talk with Mirkan Deniz, welcoming remarks: Eran Schaerf
Foyer exhibition until 24 Sept 2017

The political and social upheavals in Turkey have substantially altered conditions for those working in cultural fields. In the special event series “You Want Kilims, But I Do Films”, artists, writers, journalists, academics and scientists … more

29 August 2017

Benjamin and Brecht. Thinking in Extremes

The Akademie der Künste Makes the Friendship between Walter Benjamin and Bertolt Brecht the Focus of an Exhibition Exhibition opening: 25 October 2017, 7 pm Press conference: 25 October 2017, 11 am The relationship between Walter Benjamin … more

28 August 2017

How to Deal with Complexity
Academy Dialogue with Hazel Rosenstrauch and Jeanine Meerapfel

Monday, 4 September, 8 pm Akademie der Künste, Pariser Platz 4, 10117 Berlin >> Press tickets: presse@adk.de, Tel. +49 (0)30 20057-1514 Our society’s complex relationships and interconnections are difficult to understand. And their sheer variety … more

23 August 2017

Konrad Wolf Prize 2017 goes to Márta Mészáros

This year, the Konrad Wolf Prize from the Akademie der Künste goes to the Hungarian film director Márta Mészáros. The prize, which is endowed with EUR 5,000, will be presented on 18 October. Jeanine Meerapfel, filmmaker and President of the … more

22 August 2017

Tell It to the Stones
The Work of Danièle Huillet and Jean-Marie Straub
Exhibition – Film Retrospective – Rencontres – Arnold Schönberg Week
14 September – 19 November 2017

Invitation to the Press Preview: Wednesday 13th September 2017, 1 pm Akademie der Künste, Hanseatenweg 10, 10557 Berlin Registration requested: Tel. +49 (0)30 679 282 69 or mail@rische-pr.de With Annett Busch, Curator of the exhibition Tobias … more

15 August 2017

Rethinking Modernity. Architecture and Urban Planning of the 20th century – Between the Avant-Garde and Tradition

International conference on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of Interbau Berlin 10th – 12th September 2017 The Cold War and the Iron Curtain have left behind a thinking in terms of incompatible contradictions. As such, 20th-century European … more

26 July 2017

KONTAKTE '17
28th September – 1st October 2017
Biennial for Electroacoustic Music and Sound Art at the Akademie der Künste, Hanseatenweg

Four-day experimental lab for electroacoustic music at the Akademie der Künste / 28 debuts and premieres / over 100 artists from 27 countries From 28th September to 1st October, the 2nd edition of the KONTAKTE Festival will turn the Akademie der … more

25 July 2017

Tell It to the Stones.
The Work of Danièle Huillet and Jean-Marie Straub

Exhibition – Film Retrospective – Rencontres – Arnold Schönberg Week 14 September – 19 November 2017 Akademie der Künste, Hanseatenweg. The Akademie der Künste is dedicating an extensive two-month programme cycle to the oeuvre of … more

7 July 2017

New members of the Akademie der Künste

13 new members were elected to the Akademie der Künste at this year's Spring General Assembly. All of them have accepted the engagement in the meantime. The Music Section welcomes: Chaya Czernowin, Hanna Hartman and Maja Solveig Kjelstrup Ratkje. … more

13 June 2017

Hanns Schimansky – Linienwärts
Exhibition Opening on 17 June in Rheinsberg

Each year the Visual Arts Section at the Akademie der Künste introduces the oeuvre of one of its members at the Kurt Tucholsky Literaturmuseum in Rheinsberg Palace. This year’s exhibition is dedicated to Hanns Schimansky and shows a cross-section … more

30 May 2017

Symposium
Otto Bartning. Architect of Social Modernism
9 and 10 June 2017, Hanseatenweg

Accompanying the exhibition Otto Bartning (1883-1959). Architect of Social Modernism, an in-depth symposium on 9–10 June at the Akademie der Künste on Hanseatenweg is bringing together experts on Bartning. Sandra Wagner-Conzelmann, an … more

29 May 2017

Kurt-Bartsch-Archiv at the Akademie der Künste

Archive and book presentation on 8 June The Akademie der Künste is highlighting the archive of author Kurt Bartsch (1937-2010) with a special event on 8 June in the Akademie building on Hanseatenweg. After moving from East to West Berlin, Bartsch … more

23 May 2017

Archive of Käthe Reichel at the Akademie der Künste

Archive opening on 28 May with Academy members Christian Grashof and Klaus Völker, as well as Petra Kelling, Kurt Groenewold and Esther Slevogt Throughout her lifetime Käthe Reichel (1926-2012) saw herself as a pupil of Bertolt Brecht. “Saint … more

10 May 2017

The 8th Academy Discussion
Europe: From the Economic Union to a Republic?

Tuesday 16 May, Pariser Platz With Pietro Benassi, Christina von Braun, Klaus Lederer, Robert Menasse and Jeanine Meerapfel Introducing the euro has not led to a reduction in the economic and social disparities between the EU Member States. The … more

3 May 2017

Archive of Hanns Zischler at the Akademie der Künste

Archive presentation on 9 May, Pariser Platz Actor, photographer, translator, publisher, essayist – Hanns Zischler is one of Germany’s most versatile artists. In 2014, at the suggestion of the Literature Section he was elected a member of the … more

2 May 2017

Reports from Elsewhere: Members’ Talks

Event on 6 May on the occasion of the spring General Assembly of Members of the Akademie der Künste in Berlin On 5 and 6 May 2017, the Akademie der Künste in Berlin is hosting the spring General Assembly of its Members. The points on the agenda … more

26 April 2017

Academy Dialogue on the Future of Museum

Monika Grütters, Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media, in discussion with Stefan Kraus, Director of the KOLUMBA art museum of the Archdiocese of Cologne, and Jeanine Meerapfel, Akademie President and filmmaker Tuesday 2 May … more

25 April 2017

The Akademie der Künste Introduces Its Fellows

Programme Night on 29 April and AGORA ARTES Works Show until 14 May PLENUM of the 2017 Fellows on 4 May Over the next three weeks the JUNGE AKADEMIE (Young Academy) is bringing together 25 international artists in all fields of the arts for internal … more

30 March 2017

Monumental Work of Neorealismo on Permanent Loan to the Museum der bildenden Künste Leipzig

The Akademie der Künste is lending Renato Guttuso’s work Occupazione delle terre incolte (Occupation of Uncultivated Land, 1949-50) to the Museum der bildenden Künste Leipzig. Fifty years after it was shown at the same location as part of the … more

21 March 2017

Heinrich-Mann-Preis, 2017
Awarded to Gisela von Wysocki
Award Ceremony on Tuesday, 28 March

Akademie der Künste, Pariser Platz 4, 10117 Berlin, starts at 7 pm Free admission Welcoming address: Kathrin Röggla, vice-president of the Akademie der Künste Laudation: Lothar Müller Acceptance speech: Gisela von Wysocki Reading: Hanns Zischler … more

13 March 2017

Kunstpreis Berlin Jubiläumsstiftung 1848/1948
(Berlin Art Prize – Jubilee Endowment 1848/1948)
Grand Prize Awarded to Emin Alper in 2017
Awards Ceremony on 18 March at the Akademie der Künste

This coming Saturday the Berlin Art Prize – Jubilee Endowment 1848/1948 Awards take place at the Akademie der Künste. The governing mayor of Berlin, Michael Müller, will award the prizes together with Jeanine Meerapfel, president of the Akademie … more

8 March 2017

Otto Bartning (1883 – 1959). Architect of Social Modernism
Exhibition 31 March – 18 June 2017, Opening 30 March, 7 pm

Invitation to the Press Preview Thursday 30 March 2017, 11 am Exhibition halls open from 10 am Akademie der Künste, Hanseatenweg 10, 10557 Berlin Registration requested: Tel. +49 (0)30 200 57-1514 or presse@adk.de With Sandra Wagner-Conzelmann, … more

1 March 2017

“etc is poetry” *
Positions, Paradoxes, Poems
Poets’ Talk and Poetry Night with 20 poets
9 – 10 March, Akademie der Künste, Pariser Platz

Over the last years, poetry has attracted increasing attention, with some even talking of the rediscovery of a genre. Even though poetry in Germany continues to be regarded as the poor relation of a profit-orientated book market, the poetry scene has … more

27 February 2017

7th Academy Discussion Continues Europe Series
Wounded Europe II: The Internal Wounds

Tuesday 7 March, Pariser Platz Discussion participants: Agnieszka Holland, Enrique Sobejano, Cécile Wajsbrot, Nikolas Zirganos and Jeanine Meerapfel, presenter: Almut Möller The 60th anniversary of the signing of the Treaties of Rome falls in late … more

22 February 2017

GABRIELE MÜNTER PRIZE 2017
Award Ceremony and Exhibition Opening 14 March 2017, 7 pm
Exhibition 15 March - 17 April 2017

Invitation to the Press Preview Tuesday, 14 March 2017, 11 am Exhibition hall open from 10 am Akademie der Künste, Hanseatenweg 10, 10557 Berlin, Germany Registration for the Press Conference requested: Tel. +49 (0)30 200 57-1514 or email … more

20 February 2017

“You Want Kilims, But I Do Films”. Art and Culture in Turkey

A new series of events at the Akademie der Künste 26 February with Turgut Erçetin, 2 April with Ahmet Öğüt The political and societal upheaval in Turkey has significantly changed the working situation of people engaged in the cultural sector. In … more

13 February 2017

O.E. Hasse Prize 2017 awarded to William Bartley Cooper

In 2017, the O.E. Hasse Foundation is awarding this year’s O.E. Hasse Prize to William Bartley Cooper, a student at Munich’s Otto-Falckenberg-Schule. The prize, endowed with € 5,000, is dedicated to fostering outstanding young actors and … more

9 February 2017

SCHAUM – Self-Optimisation
Exhibition Opening with Performance, 17 February 2017, 7 pm
Exhibition until 2 April

On Friday 17 February, the Akademie der Künste opened the exhibition SELF-OPTIMISATION by the artists’ collective SCHAUM. In this exhibition, SCHAUM investigates the question of why and how individuals are focusing increasingly on themselves. … more

6 February 2017

2017 Busoni Composition Prize Winner Benjamin Scheuer
Sponsorship Award for Óscar Escudero

The 2017 Busoni Composition Prize, endowed with prize money of € 6,000, has been awarded to the German composer Benjamin Scheuerer. The jury, comprising Hanspeter Kyburz, Enno Poppe and Cornelius Schwehr, all members of the music section, also … more

18 January 2017

Akademie der Künste presents Kunstpreis Berlin Jubiläumsstiftung 1848/1948 (Berlin Art Prize – Jubilee Endowment 1848/1948): Grand Prize awarded to Emin Alper

Awards Ceremony with Berlin’s Governing Mayor Michael Müller and Akademie President Jeanine Meerapfel on 18 March The 2017 Großer Kunstpreis Berlin (Berlin Art Prize: Grand Prize) has been awarded to Turkish filmmaker Emin Alper. The Akademie der … more

10 January 2017

AKADEMIE-DIALOG
Wolfgang Benz in discussion with Jeanine Meerapfel:
Those who do not remember, repeat their mistakes

Tuesday 17 January 2017, Pariser Platz To start the new AKADEMIE-DIALOG series, Wolfgang Benz, a historian specialising in prejudice research, and Jeanine Meerapfel, Akademie president and filmmaker, take the book Juden unerwünscht (2016) edited by … more

9 January 2017

Heinrich-Mann-Preis, 2017
Awarded to Gisela von Wysocki

This year, the Akademie der Künste’s Heinrich-Mann-Preis is being awarded to Gisela von Wysocki, an essayist, novelist, radio play and theatre author, as well as critic in Berlin. She was selected by the jurors Friedrich Dieckmann, Matthias … more

5 January 2017

Closing Sunday, 15 January 2017
Uncertain States. Artistic Strategies in States of Emergency
Exhibition

Special events programme during the last week of the show with Natasha A. Kelly, Sonia Kennebeck, Wim Wenders, Horst Bredekamp, Stefan Weber, Armin Nassehi, Grada Kilomba, Chantal Mouffe, et al. The exhibition Uncertain States. Artistic Strategies in … more