Picture Cellar, in the foreground mural by Harald Metzkes and Manfred Böttcher © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2018, photo: Andreas FranzXaver Süß
31 Aug 2022 – 27 Dec 2023
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Guided Tours

Picture Cellar

Murals by Manfred Böttcher, Harald Metzkes, Ernst Schroeder, Horst Zickelbein

Guided tours on Wednesdays at 5 pm for a maximum of 14 visitors per tour

In German

€ 6/4

Friedrich Frick: “Gewölbe im neuen Schlosse” from: Schloss Marienburg, Aquatinta, 1799-1803, Inv.-Nr. KS-Frick DR 8205. © Akademie der Künste, Berlin, Kunstsammlung
29 Jul – 30 Oct
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Cabinet exhibition

Schloss Branitz
Robinienweg 5
03042 Cottbus

Artists, Colleagues, Collectors: Carl Blechen and the Fricks

Wed – Mon 10 am – 5 pm

In cooperation with Stiftung Fürst-Pückler Museum Park and Schloss Branitz

€ 9/7

Top: Luc Tuymans, Candle, 2017, Oil on canvas, 134,6 x 108,5 cm, Courtesy: Private collection; bottom: Edith Clever in: Die Nacht, 1985, a film by Hans Jürgen Syberberg. 35 mm-Film, Colour and Black & White, 367 min. Courtesy: Syberberg Clever Monologe, film@syberberg.de
15 Sep – 26 Nov
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Exhibition

Luc Tuymans – Edith Clever

Tue – Fri 2 – 7 pm
Sat, Sun & holidays 11 am – 7 pm

€ 9/6
Free admission up to 18 years, Tuesdays and every first Sunday of the month

Tickets

Part of Berlin Art Week

Guided tours
€ 3 plus exhibition ticket

Regular tours
Thur 5 pm, except 9 Nov

Curators’ tours with Angela Lammert
Thur 28 Sep + 5 Oct, 5 pm
Sun 15 Oct, 11 am

Photo: Anderson, ca. 1890, Archivi Alinari, Firenze
Saturday, 23 Sep
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Celebration

3:30 pm

Villa Serpentara
Via Joseph Anton Koch, 169
00035 Olevano Romano
Italy

150th Anniversary of the Serpentara

With Manos Tsangaris, Katharina Roth, Prinz Gholam
Lecture: Adrian von Buttlar, Anna Hetzer, Elena Marchetti

In German

Neda Jebreili in Tentative Title: Brasch, photo: Parto Joghata
23 – 24 Sep
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Play

Hanseatenweg

Studio

Narges Hashempour Tentative Title: Brasch

German premiere

Start: 8 pm

By Keyvan Sarreshteh and Zahra Mohseni after an idea of Narges Hashempour and motifs from the novel Ab jetzt ist Ruhe by Marion Brasch
Director: Narges Hashempour

23 Sep: After-show talk with Marion Brasch, Narges Hashempour and Keyvan Sarreshteh, moderated by Knut Elstermann in English

In Farsi, with German and English surtitles

€ 13/7

Tickets 23 Sep
Tickets 24 Sep

Neda Jebreili in Tentative Title: Brasch, photo: Parto Joghata
Tuesday, 26 Sep
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Lecture and Discussion

4 pm

Lecture with film examples and audience debate with Narges Hashempour and Keyvan Sarreshteh

In German and English

Free admission with registration via rehberg@adk.de

Dorotheenstädtischer Friedhof (Dorotheenstadt Cemetery), photo: Ingeborg Fries
Wednesday, 27 Sep
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Tour

2 pm

Brecht-Weigel-Museum
Chausseestraße 125
10115 Berlin

Brecht and his people

Cemetery tour

Meeting point in the courtyard of the Brecht House 

Registration: brechtweigelmuseum@adk.de

In German

€ 6/4

Photo: Andrei Cucu
Wednesday, 27 Sep
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Concert

8 pm

Hanseatenweg

Studio Lobby

sample&hold #5: Ten Years of E-Studio on Hanseatenweg

With works by Kirsten Reese, Chiyoko Szlavnics, Malte Giesen, Genoël von Lilienstern and a premiere by Andrei Cucu

€ 13/7

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Anna Seghers (left), Gisl and Egon Erwin Kisch in Versailles, August 1935, photo: © Anne Radvanyi
Thursday, 28 Sep
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Guided tours and readings

7 pm

Anna-Seghers-Museum
Anna-Seghers-Str. 81
12489 Berlin

Guided Tours & Literary Salon Days of Exile

With Monika Melchert

In German

Guided tours: hourly from 10 am to 4 pm

€ 6/4

Limited number of participants, registration: annaseghersmuseum@adk.de

Novoflot facade display in the stage set, photo: © Nina von Mechow
28 Sep – 1 Oct
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Opera installation

Novoflot: The Theory of Harmony #2 – OperaCall

Start: 8 pm

With dissonArt ensemble
Direction and concept: Sven Holm

Weather-appropriate clothing recommended

In German

€ 18/14 

Dorotheenstädtischer Friedhof (Dorotheenstadt Cemetery), photo: Ingeborg Fries
Wednesday, 4 Oct
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Tour

2 pm

Brecht-Weigel-Museum
Chausseestraße 125
10115 Berlin

Famous women

Cemetery tour

Meeting point in the courtyard of the Brecht House

Registration: brechtweigelmuseum@adk.de

In German

€ 6/4

Uwe Timm, photo: © Isolde Ohlbaum
Wednesday, 4 Oct
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Book Release

7 pm

Pariser Platz

Plenary Hall

Uwe Timm Alle meine Geister

Moderation: Maike Albath

Welcome: Kerstin Hensel

In German

€ 6/4

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Swedish passport of Kurt Tucholsky, Stockholm, issued March 3, 1934, photo: © Akademie der Künste, Berlin
Friday, 6 Oct
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Guided tours, presentations, talks

1 pm – 5 pm

Several Akademie der Künste Archive locations

Art and Exile. The Archives of the Akademie der Künste Days of Exile

Robert-Koch-Platz 10, 10115 Berlin
Pariser Platz 4, 10117 Berlin
Luisenstraße 60, 10117 Berlin
Chausseestr. 125, 10115 Berlin

In German

Free admission, limited number of participants

Baltic Sea Coast Western Pomerania, photo: © Salzgeber
Sunday, 8 Oct
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Film Screening

6 pm

Hanseatenweg

Studio

Gehen und Bleiben

Director: Volker Koepp, DoP: Uwe Mann, Germany 2023, 168 min

With Thomas Irmer, Peter Kurth, Dietrich Sagert, Erdmut Wizisla

In German

€ 6/4

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Avrina Prabala-Joslin, Sol-i So (f. l. t. r.), photo: Haus für Poesie/Andrea Vollmer
Monday, 9 Oct
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Literature and Music

7:30 pm

Hanseatenweg

Clubroom

Vocations Salons

With: Cécile Madelin & Marine Madelin, Svetlana Mamresheva, Avrina Prabala-Joslin, VictorPiano, Felipe Sáez
Riquelme, Sol-i So & Bo-Sung Kim et al.

Moderation: Audrey Naline

In German and English

Limited number of participants

€ 5/3

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Demonstration and counterprotest on Pariser Platz, photo: Florian Boillot
Tuesday, 10 Oct
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Academy Discussions

7 pm

Pariser Platz

Plenary Hall

23rd Academy Discussion: Right-Wing Shift in Germany

With Jeanine Meerapfel, Seda Başay-Yıldız, Michaela Hailbronner, Wilhelm Heitmeyer, Peter Laudenbach

Moderation: Djamila Benkhelouf

In German

€ 6/4

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Dorotheenstädtischer Friedhof (Dorotheenstadt Cemetery). Photo: Ingeborg Fries
Wednesday, 11 Oct
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Tour

2 pm

Brecht-Weigel-Museum
Chausseestraße 125
10115 Berlin

Brecht and his people

Cemetery tour

Meeting point in the courtyard of the Brecht House 

Registration: brechtweigelmuseum@adk.de

In German

€ 6/4

Anna Seghers Museum in Berlin-Adlershof, photo: © Andreas [FranzXaver] Süß
Thursday, 12 Oct
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Tour

2 pm

Anna-Seghers-Museum
Anna-Seghers-Str. 81
12489 Berlin

How Netty Reiling became Anna Seghers

Registration: annaseghersmuseum@adk.de

In German

€ 4/2

Djenné Mosque, 2010, photo: © Bas Princen
14 Oct 2023 – 14 Jan 2024
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Exhibition

The Great Repair

Fri 13 Oct, 7 pm Opening, free admission
Sat 14 Oct, 11 am – 5 pm School of Repair
In English

Tue – Fri 2 – 7 pm
Sat & Sun 11 am – 7 pm

€ 9/6
Free admission up to 18 years, Tuesdays and every first Sunday of the month

Guided tours
€ 3 plus exhibition ticket

Regular tours
Tue 5 pm, except 26 Dec
5 Dec with translation into DGS for deaf guests

Curators’ tours
Sun 2 pm, except 24 & 31 Dec
5 Nov with translation into DGS for deaf guests

Inclusive tours for blind and visually impaired guests
Tue 7 Nov & Thur 7 Dec, 5:30 pm

Anna Seghers Museum in Berlin-Adlershof, photo: © Andreas [FranzXaver] Süß
Tuesday, 17 Oct
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Tour

2 pm

Anna-Seghers-Museum
Anna-Seghers-Str. 81
12489 Berlin

Anna Seghers in the circle of her friends

Registration: annaseghersmuseum@adk.de

In German

€ 4/2

Dorotheenstädtischer Friedhof (Dorotheenstadt Cemetery), photo: Ingeborg Fries
Wednesday, 18 Oct
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Tour

2 pm

Brecht-Weigel-Museum
Chausseestraße 125
10115 Berlin

Famous women

Cemetery tour

Meeting point in the courtyard of the Brecht House

Registration: brechtweigelmuseum@adk.de

In German

€ 6/4

Trident Park, Malta, magenta balcony, plum and mulberry garden, photo: ritchie.studio
Thursday, 19 Oct
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Lecture and Discussion

7 pm

Pariser Platz

Plenary Hall

On the Duty and the Power of Architecture: Ian Ritchie

With Ian Ritchie, HG Merz, Anh-Linh Ngo

In English

€ 6/4

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Brecht Haus, photo: Ingeborg Fries
Friday, 20 Oct
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Tour

1 pm

Brecht-Weigel-Museum
Chausseestraße 125
10115 Berlin

Discovering Brecht between Chausseestraße and the Berliner Ensemble

Literary walk

Meeting point: courtyard of the Brecht House.

Registration: brechtweigelmuseum@adk.de

In German

€ 6/4

Julian Assange extradition, © picture alliance / empics / Victoria Jones
Sunday, 22 Oct
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Award Ceremony

7 pm

Hanseatenweg

Studio

Konrad Wolf Prize 2023 goes to Julian Assange

Welcome: Jeanine Meerapfel

Laudatory speech: Thomas Heise

In German and English

Free admission

Library in the living room, Anna-Seghers-Museum, Akademie der Künste, Berlin, photo: © Andreas Süß, 2019
Tuesday, 24 Oct
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Reading

7 pm

Anna-Seghers-Museum
Anna-Seghers-Str. 81
12489 Berlin

Literary Salon Und habt ihr denn etwa keine Träume

With Ingo Schulze

In German

€ 6/4

Limited number of participants, registration: annaseghersmuseum@adk.de

nora chipaumire; Film still, NOT waiting - picasso. Dance, concept by nora chipaumire in collaboration with Germaine Acogny, directed by Thibaut Charlut, commissioned by arte / la blogothèque
Tuesday, 24 Oct
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Lecture and Discussion

7 pm

Hanseatenweg

Clubroom

Valeska Gert Guest Professorship nora chipaumiere

With nora chipaumiere, Lucia Ruprecht

Cooperation: Freie Universität Berlin, Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst (DAAD)

In English

Free admission

Dorotheenstädtischer Friedhof (Dorotheenstadt Cemetery). Photo: Ingeborg Fries
Wednesday, 25 Oct
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Tour

2 pm

Brecht-Weigel-Museum
Chausseestraße 125
10115 Berlin

Brecht and his people

Cemetery tour

Meeting point in the courtyard of the Brecht House 

Registration: brechtweigelmuseum@adk.de

In German

€ 6/4

Endre Tót, Berlin TÓTalJOYS, West Berlin, 1979, b/w photography; photo: Herta Paraschin
Thursday, 26 Oct
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Concert

8 pm

Hanseatenweg

Studio Lobby

Hardly Believable Transition between Two Worlds

With works by: Frederic Rzewski, Luc Ferrari, Clara Maïda, Karen Power

In cooperation with the DAAD Artists-in-Berlin Program

€ 6/4

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Please find below the Akademie der Künste's digital offers.

Graphics: Heimann + Schwantes

DIGITAL

Publication

Journal der Künste 19


Available online and as print copy free of charge. In German and English. Orders via email to info@adk.de.

A Journey of Objects. Film still © Mara Louise Atkins

DIGITAL

Presentation

A Journey of Objects Valeska Gert Guest Professorship Anne Collod

Closing film of the dance studies students of FU Berlin

Cooperation with Freie Universität Berlin and DAAD

In English

Graphic design © Ta-Trung, Berlin

DIGITAL

Discussion

Prospective archeology vs. global synchronization

Discussion with Siegfried Zielinski, Margit Rosen, Franziska Latell and Aneta Panek

In German

Live stream from 10 Aug 2021

Graphic design © Ta-Trung, Berlin

DIGITAL

Discussion

Film is memory work

Artist talk with Edgar Reitz and Bettina Böhler

In German

Live stream from 3 Aug 2021

Graphic design © Ta-Trung, Berlin

DIGITAL

Discussion

Schule und Haus

Artist talk with Mirosław Bałka and Julian Heynen

In English

Live stream from 27 July 2021

Graphic design © Ta-Trung, Berlin

DIGITAL

Lecture

Max Czollek: Militant Art and the Archive of the Present

Lecture with Max Czollek and talk with Werner Heegewaldt

In German

Live stream from 20 July 2021

Graphic design © Ta-Trung, Berlin

DIGITAL

Discussion

What Stays – Archiving Care

Talk with Maya Indira Ganesh, Clara Herrmann, Nora O Murchú and Sinthujan Varatharajah as well as presentations by the artists Aditya Surya Taruna, Romi Ron Morrison, Francois Knoetze and Amy Louise Wilson

In English

Live stream from 13 July 2021

Graphic design © Ta-Trung, Berlin

DIGITAL

Readings and Discussion

Rewriting Memories

Readings and discussion with Ulrike Draesner, Ingo Schulze, Meena Kandasamy and Mohamed Mbougar Sarr

Moderation: Daniela Dröscher

In German and English

Live stream from 22 June 2021

Graphic design © Ta-Trung, Berlin

DIGITAL

Discussions

Archive Carousel …inspired by John Cage’s Rolywholyover Pictures of an Exhibition – The Installation “Entfernte Verwandte”

Artist talk with Arnold Dreyblatt

Film screening and artist talk with Thomas Heise

In German

Live stream from 15 June 2021

Syowia Kyambi, Kaspale/The Lecture Room Intervention, Video Still. Photo: Carl Kühl, MARKK Museum, 2019

DIGITAL

Symposium

UNEXPECTED LESSONS – Decolonizing Memory and Knowledge

Talks, Lectures, Films, Artistic Interventions

In English

Video recordings from 11 and 12 June 2021 on www.talkingobjectslab.org

Graphic design © Ta-Trung, Berlin

DIGITAL

Lecture and Discussion

Images of Remembering and Forgetting

Lectures and discussion with Aleida Assmann, Cristina Baldacci and Sharon Macdonald

In English

Live stream from 8 June 2021

Graphic design © Ta-Trung, Berlin

DIGITAL

Discussion

From Memory to Political Imagination

Artist talk with Alice Creischer and Eduardo Molinari

In English

Live stream from 5 June

Graphic design © Ta-Trung, Berlin

DIGITAL

Discussion

Memory Works On Us

Artist talk with Alexander Kluge, Erdmut Wizisla and Johannes Odenthal

In German

Live stream from 5 June 2021

Graphic design © Ta-Trung, Berlin

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Discussion

Going Through the Heart. An Introduction

Artist talk with Jeanine Meerapfel and Cécile Wajsbrot

Introduction: Johannes Odenthal and Werner Heegewaldt

In German

Live stream from 2 June 2021

Paul and Eslanda Robeson with their son Paul Jr. in front of their house in Enfield, Connecticut, beginning 1940th. Photo: Frank Bauman, FrankBauman.com © Akademie der Künste, Paul-Robeson-Archiv

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Discussion

Resonating Struggles: Paul and Eslanda Robeson in East Berlin

Discussion with Matana Roberts, George Lewis, Doreen Mende and Kira Thurman

In English

Live stream from 1 June 2021

Ingo Schulze, photo © gezett.de

DIGITAL

Book Release

Ingo Schulze: Tasso im Irrenhaus

Reading: Ingo Schulze

Introduction and discussion: Lothar Müller

In German

Live stream from 26 May 2021

Bernhard Sallmann. Photo: Judica Albrecht

DIGITAL

Film Discussion

Bernhard Sallmann: Über Deutschland

Film talk with Sebastian Markt and Bernhard Sallmann

In German

Anne Collod. Photo: Pauline Magdeleinat

DIGITAL

Opening Event

Disruptive Constellations – Practices of Reinterpretation Valeska Gert Guest Professorship Anne Collod

Opening panel with Anne Collod, Gabriele Brandstetter, Virve Sutinen and Nele Hertling

In English

Filmstill, Open Studios Video, JUNGE AKADEMIE, 2021

DIGITAL

Online Presentation

Open Studios Drawing for Foxes, Industrial Landscapes & the Unseen

Presentation by JUNGE AKADEMIE fellows Philipp Valente, Nida Mehboob and Jennifer O'Donnell with Jonathan Janssens

In English

Jeanine Meerapfel, Photo: Marcus Lieberenz; Christina von Braun, Poto: Milena Schloesser; Liliana Ruth Feierstein, Photo: Daniel Grad (f.l.t.r.)

DIGITAL

Discussion

Academy Dialogue: Gender / Film / Political Narratives

Discussion with Christina von Braun, Liliana Ruth Feierstein and Jeanine Meerapfel

In German

 

ECOEIN, photo: Gilmar Gonzales

DIGITAL

Concert

Memories in Music Naturvölker

First broadcast of the film production Naturvölker by Carlos Gutierrez, with ECOEIN, Ute Wassermann, Sabine Vogel

Live-Performance in the outdoor area of the Akademie der Künste by Tony Buck and Naturvölker by Carlos Gutierrez with Sharon Mercado, Jorge Villaseca, Sabine Vogel, Ute Wassermann

Live stream from 9 May 2021 on YouTube and Facebook

Graphic design: Eps51

DIGITAL

Discussion

European Alliance of Academies
 Artistic Freedom in Europe – Mission (in)complete!?

Discussion with Liesbeth Bik, Ferenc Czinki, Marion Döring, Gyözö Ferencz, Wolfgang Kaleck, Dominika Kasprowicz, Christoph Markschies, Jeanine Meerapfel, Norbert Palz, Aleš Šteger, Marina Warner et al.

Music: Floros Floridis (Clarinets), Elena Kakaliagou (French Horn), AoA Impro Group

In English

Três Sóis, Plástica Sonora von Walter Smetak (1969, Replica 2017), Foto: Albrecht Hotz

DIGITAL

Concert

Memories in Music Brazil – Europe

First broadcast of the film productions Anestesia by Walter Smetak / Marco Scarassatti and Luiz Pretti and Dialoge by Thomas Kessler, with Ensemble Modern and Silvia Ocougne

Live performances in the outdoor area of the Akademie der Künste by Ute Wassermann & Sabine Vogel, Silvia Ocougne and Guilherme Vaz

Live stream from 8 May 2021 on YouTube and Facebook

Maja S.K. Ratkje & Katarina Barruk © Sofie Verstad

DIGITAL

Concert

Memories in Music Avant Joik

Premiere of the film production Avant Joik by and with Maja S. K. Ratkje, Katarina Barruk, Matti Aikio

Live performances at Akademie der Künste by Annette Schmucki / Ernst Surberg und Tony Buck / Tony Elieh

Live stream from 7 May 2021 on YouTube and Facebook

Cobourg Nets, Research Trip. Photo: Kirsten Reese

DIGITAL

Opening Concert

Memories in Music Leichhardt in Australien

Festival opening and live streaming of the concert Leichhardt in Australien with works by Kirsten Reese and Erkki Veltheim and the Ensemble Adapter on the Internet

Live stream from 6 May 2021 on YouTube and Facebook

Paul Hamann: Portrait Relief of an Unknown Man, London, 1930 © Akademie der Künste, Art Collection

DIGITAL

Presentation

Provenance Research Day. Where Do the Works of Art Come From?

On the occasion of International Provenance Research Day, the Art Collection offers digital insights into its collection holdings. The focus is on selected paintings and sculptures whose eventful ownership histories were reconstructed. In German.

Left: Kathrin Passig. Photo © Norman Posselt. Right: Eva Horn. Photo: Helmut Grünbichler © Eva Horn

DIGITAL

Award Ceremony

Heinrich Mann Prizes 2020 and 2021. Awarded to Eva Horn and Kathrin Passig

Video on demand

Laudations: Anselm Haverkamp, Hanna Engelmeier

Conversation with the laureats

In German

Photo © H Arquitectes

DIGITAL

Lecture

HARQUITECTES. Winner of the Berlin Art Prize 2021 for Architecture

Video on demand

Introduction and discussion: Enrique Sobejano

In English

Heinrich Mann in Heringsdorf, 1928. Drawing by Erich Büttner. Source: Akademie der Künste, Art Collection

DIGITAL

Reading

Thinker, Poet, Democrat. Heinrich Mann on his 150th birthday

Reading, Music

With Bundespräsident Frank-Walter Steinmeier, Jeanine Meerapfel, Matthias Brandt, Jenny Schily, Matan Porat

In German

Recording of the livestream from 25 Mar 2021

Annett Gröschner. Photo: Susanne Schleyer

DIGITAL

Award Ceremony

Berlin Art Prize – Jubilee Endowment 1848/1948

Video on demand

Award ceremony for Annett Gröschner, Sajan Mani, HARQUITECTES, Petra Strahovnik, Lea Schneider, Gina Haller and Susann Maria Hempel, presented by Jeanine Meerapfel, Michael Müller

In German and English

Silhouette by Arnold de Florence: Portrait of Heinrich Mann, c. 1910 © Akademie der Künste, Heinrich Mann Collection

DIGITAL

Virtual Exhibition

Heinrich Mann DIGITAL: Life, Work, Legacy – A Transnational Reconstruction

Heinrich Mann’s estate is scattered throughout archives worldwide. Starting from the most important places of activity in his life, the virtual exhibition by the Akademie der Künste Archives tells the story of the estate and presents the “Heinrich Mann DIGITAL” international cooperation project. In German.

Subharchord. Photo © Kai Bienert

DIGITAL

Virtual Exhibition

Music, Makers & Machines

A digital exhibition on the history of the Studio for Electroacoustic Music at the Akademie der Künste

Left: Hans Joachim Schellnhuber. Photo © PIK/Karkow, 2020. Right: Matthias Sauerbruch. Photo © Inge Zimmermann

DIGITAL

Discussion

On the Duty and the Power of Architecture: Hans Joachim Schellnhuber

Video on demand

Discussion with Matthias Sauerbruch

In German

Yvan Sagnet performing as Jesus during the movie shoot of "The New Gospel" by Milo Rau in Matera (Italy), 2019. © 2019 Fruitmarket/Langfilm/IIPM. Photo: Armin Smailovic

DIGITAL

Films and Discussions

School of Resistance

In search of strategies of resistance, Milo Rau, the IIPM and the NTGent founded a globally networked "School of Resistance". As a symbolic institution of the future, it has now come to the Akademie der Künste, Berlin. Discussions with activists and artists as well as film screenings. In German and English. Livestreams from 24 to 28 Feb 2021.

Tapes of Brecht’s last rehearsals. Photo © Anett Schubotz

DIGITAL

Audio Book Presentation

Brecht rehearses Galilei 1955/56

From the recordings of Brecht’s last rehearsal work, Stephan Suschke has created a documentation and, together with Joachim Werner, a feature. The practical Brecht is to be experienced: no theory, but rather the desire to intervene, humour and sensuality. Audio book presentation with Marion Brasch, Thomas Krüger, Luise Meier and Stephan Suschke. Introduction: Werner Heegewaldt. In German. Recording of the live stream on 23 Feb 2021.

Photo © Thomas Meyer/OSTKREUZ

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Curator's Tour

CONTINENT – In Search of Europe

In the current exhibition of the OSTKREUZ agency of photographers, the collective examines the present of the continent of Europe. Curator Ingo Taubhorn presents the different positions of the OSTKREUZ photographers on a guided tour through the currently closed exhibition. In German.

Photo: Gernot Krämer

DIGITAL

Reading and Discussion

Minsk. Contradictions of Utopia

According to Stephan Wackwitz in his essay in Sinn und Form, Belarus is still the least known country in Europe despite the current media interest. The West knows nothing of the reinvention of an entire national culture. Reading and discussion with Stephan Wackwitz, Maryna Rakhlei and Yaraslava Ananka. Moderation: Matthias Weichelt. In German.

Suitcase by Walter Benjamin – Application for a trip to Portbou. Photo © KUNSTWELTEN

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Exhibition Tour

ON MY WAY – Stories from Europe

The exhibition about travelling invites young people to engage in cross-border exchange within Europe. The exhibition has had to remain closed to date but can be accessed as a video tour. Pictures, film and radio play excerpts, music pieces, models and objects by school pupils from European and German cities can be experienced. In German.

Photo: Akademie der Künste

DIGITAL

Academy Discussions

16th Academy Discussion: About Cinema Landscapes and Streaming Worlds

How can cinemas and streaming offers inspire each other? How can the cinema be saved for the future? Akademie president Jeanine Meerapfel will discuss these issues with Jon Barrenechea, Christine Berg, Meret Ruggle, Christoph Terhechte and Anna Winger. The discussion will be moderated by film critic Andreas Kilb. In English. Recording of the live stream on 9 Feb 2021.

Falk Richter. Photo © Esra Rotthoff

DIGITAL

Text Performances

ICH BIN EUROPA

In his texts, Falk Richter deals with the questions of divided societies: How has Europe inscribed itself in our biographies? How do we live the concepts of home, family, religion and community? Text performance with Falk Richter and Ensemble. In German.

Toshiki Okada. Photo © Kikuko Usuyama

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Filmic Presentation

Portrait of a House. Valeska-Gert-Gastprofessur Toshiki Okada

In an open revision of Toshiki Okada's piece The Vacuum Cleaner, the Dance Studies students of the Freie Universität Berlin present the fruits of their research on the choreographic power of imagination.

Left side: Kjetil Trædal Thorsen. Photo © Pål Laukli. Right side: Matthias Sauerbruch. Photo © Inge Zimmermann

DIGITAL

Lecture and Discussion

Kjetil Trædal Thorsen (Snøhetta)

The lecture and discussion series “On the Duty and the Power of Architecture” will continue digitally this year with Kjetil Trædal Thorsen, who is a member of the Architecture Section. Lecture followed by a discussion with Matthias Sauerbruch. In English.

Sahej Rahal, Bashinda, 2020, AI Simulation. Courtesy: The Artist and Chatterjee & Lal

DIGITAL

Online Panel

The Machinery of Myth

In his “Citizen Strange” project, Indian artist Sahej Rahal, a fellow of the “Human Machine” programme by the JUNGE AKADEMIE, interweaves artificial intelligence with shamanic creatures and questions the mythological narrative of Hindu nationalism. Short inputs and discussion with Morehshin Allahyari, Nishant Shah and Sahej Rahal. In English.

© Thomas Meyer/OSTKREUZ

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Discussions

CONTINENT – Perspectives

Journalist Anja Maier talks to OSTKREUZ photographers about their work in the “CONTINENT - In Search of Europe” exhibition and their thematic approaches, motivations and references to the social and political present. In German.

Still, JUNGE AKADEMIE, Studio Visits Winter 2020, film: Elisabeth Börnicke & Julia Milz

DIGITAL

Online Presentation

Open Studios Grammar, Apology, and the West

For the digital Open Studios by the JUNGE AKADEMIE, artists Ada Mukhina, Nazanin Noori, Mia Sanchez, and Cássio Diniz Santiago present works-in-progress in artist talks and performances as well as silent insights into the studios. They present various research and stories they worked on this autumn/winter 2020. In English.

Recording of the non-public concert on 13 May 2020 as part of "Labor Beethoven 2020" at the Akademie der Künste, Pariser Platz, Black Box, with Ensemble Adapter, Uli Fussenegger, Anda Kryeziu, Chris Moy. Photo: Mutesouvenir-kb © Kai Bienert

DIGITAL

Virtual Festival & Virtual Exhibition

Labor Beethoven 2020

With Ensemble Adapter, Novoflot, Werner Cee, Uli Fussenegger, Alice Belugou, Zoé Pouri, et al.

Photo © Erik-Jan Ouwerkerk

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Exhibition Tour

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

The exhibition at Hanseatenweg has already been dismantled, but our halls can still be accessed digitally. A cinematic tour of the exhibition has been produced for all those interested who were unable to see "urbainable – stadthaltig" or would like to experience it again with comments by the curators. In German.

Former runway at Tempelhof Field, Berlin, 2017. Photo © Erik-Jan Ouwerkerk

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Online Discussion

urbainable – stadthaltig Sustainability in Construction – Greenwashing or Progress?

Matthias Sauerbruch in conversation with Thomas Auer, Annette Gigon, Christian Kühn, Christine Lemaitre, Hans-Joachim Schellnhuber and Werner Sobek. In German. Online discussion on YouTube.

Photo: Gernot Krämer

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Publication

SINN UND FORM

SINN UND FORM is offering free online access to texts from the journal's extensive archive. New articles, linked by a specific topic, will be added every week.

Passport issued to Walter Benjamin, Berlin-Grunewald, 10 August 1928. Akademie der Künste, Berlin, Walter Benjamin Archiv © Hamburger Stiftung zur Förderung von Wissenschaft und Kultur, photo: Nick Ash

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Archival Materials

Finds from the Archives

Selected text documents, special objects and works of art from the Archives of the Akademie der Künste representing all artistic disciplines.

Georg Katzer, workshop of electroacoustic music, Kontakte I, 1980, Konrad-Wolf-Saal, East German Academy of Arts © Akademie der Künste, Photo: Christian Kraushaar

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Online Presentation

Video presentation in honour of Georg Katzer, founder of the Studio for Electroacoustic Music

The Akademie der Künste remembers composer Georg Katzer (1935–2019) with a series of videos released on its YouTube channel. Katzer was one of the pioneers of electroacoustic music in the GDR and founded the Studio for Electroacoustic Music at the Academy of the Arts in 1980.

Photo: Ellen Auerbach, Airwalk, 1946 (Renate Schottelius during the dance jump over rocks, La Cumbrecita). Modern Print, Argentina © Akademie der Künste, Berlin

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Online Presentation

digital.adk.de – images, sounds, art objects

A digital showcase affords an insight into the extensive holdings of the archives of the Akademie der Künste, which encompasses all art forms, collects and makes accessible the archives of outstanding artists in the German-speaking world.

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Digital Platform

junge-akademie.adk.de – The JUNGE AKADEMIE is online

The transdisciplinary and transcultural online magazine is a space to exhibit and experiment and a digital open studio, offering fellows the opportunity to network with each other and with Akademie members, to develop digital projects and to make the exchange of knowledge visible within the international network.

Ökozid. Film still © 2020 zero one film / Julia Terjung

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Discussion

Discussion Panel on Ökozid, a Courtroom Drama by Andres Veiel

Discussion with Alexandra Kemmerer, Rainer Baake, Jutta Doberstein, Andres Veiel and Stefan Wolf. Moderation: Ulrike Herrmann. In German.

Graphics © Heimann + Schwantes

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Online Anniversary

60 Years Käthe Kollwitz Prize

Presentation of a wide-ranging collection of archival material, including previously unpublished texts and images as well as audio recordings relating to all the prize winners from 1960 to 2020.

Espen Eichhöfer, Bil, from the series Papa, Gerd and the Northman, 2017–2020. Photo © Espen Eichhöfer/OSTKREUZ

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Podcasts

CONTINENT – In Search of Europe

Podcast series on the eponymous exhibition of OSTKREUZ – Agentur der Fotografen and Akademie der Künste (2 Oct 2020 – 10 Jan 2021).

Fabian Knecht, Isolation (52°33’44.1”N 14°03’12.8”E). 2019, installation in public space. Courtesy alexander levy

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Roundtable Talks

urbainable – stadthaltig EC(centri)CITY – The Eccentric City

Nadim Samman and Matthias Sauerbruch developed a series of roundtable discussions within the framework of EC(centri)CITY – The Eccentric City, in which the city, social aspects, nature and public space as a compressor for artists and architects are discussed with international partners. In English and German. In cooperation with Berlin Art Week, Innogy Stiftung and MONOPOL.

Der Zauberer John Heartfield [The Magician John Heartfield], 1943. Photo © Zoltan Wegner. Akademie der Künste, Berlin, John Heartfield Archive, No. 610

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Virtual Exhibition

Kosmos Heartfield

The online presentation "Kosmos Heartfield" complements the exhibition "John Heartfield – Photography plus Dynamite".

Graphics: Heimann + Schwantes

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Online Catalogue

Heartfield Online

The graphic oeuvre of the political artist John Heartfield can be explored in a new online catalogue.

Photo © Roman März

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Exhibition

360° Panoramic Tour

The interactive 360° panoramic tour leads through the exhibition “John Heartfield - Photography plus Dynamite” at Pariser Platz.

John Heartfield, Zum Krisen-Parteitag der SPD (On the SPD Party Crisis), page from the AIZ, 1931 © The Heartfield Community of Heirs / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2020, Akademie der Künste, Berlin

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Online Symposium

Goodbye Photomontage?

To accompany the exhibition “John Heartfield – Photography plus Dynamite”, an online symposium addresses topical issues and questions derived from a re-examination of select aspects of John Heartfield’s works and their impact. Conceived by Angela Lammert in collaboration with Ute Eskildsen, Florian Ebner and Charlotte Klonk.