Press Releases

13 November 2024

Directors of the Film and Media Arts Section of the Akademie der Künste newly elected

In its General Assembly last weekend (8–10 November) in Berlin, the members of the Akademie der Künste elected Helke Misselwitz as the new Director of the Film and Media Arts Section and Peter Badel as the Section’s new Deputy Director. The … more

13 November 2024

New fellowship holders of the “Human Machine Programme” of JUNGE AKADEMIE, E-WERK Luckenwalde and E.ON Stiftung have been announced

The 2024/2025 fellowship holders for the Human Machine residency programme have been announced. From over 350 international applications, the jury selected four artists for the residency programme who deal with the subject of digital technologies and … more

11 November 2024

Ursula Krechel: “But who was murdered, and who killed?”
Akademie der Künste opens the Ursula Krechel Archive

Wednesday, 20 November 2024, 7 pm, Pariser Platz Violence is a central theme in Ursula Krechel’s multifaceted work. On 20 November at the Akademie der Künste, on the occasion of the introduction of her archive, the author talks to … more

8 November 2024

COUNSEL OF THE MANY: Taking action against right-wing extremism

Thursday, 28 November, starting at 10 am Locations: Akademie der Künste, Pariser Platz, and GRIPS Theater, HAU Hebbel am Ufer, Humboldt Forum, Maxim Gorki Theatre “Democracy is capable of defending itself”, writes Minister of State for … more

5 November 2024

Akademie der Künste is showing No Other Land
Winner of Documentary Award and Panorama Audience Award of the Berlinale 2024

Followed by a talk with the filmmakers Tuesday, 12 November 2024, 7 pm, Hanseatenweg The Akademie der Künste is showing the film No Other Land on 12 November. The screening of the film will be followed by a talk with the filmmakers Yuval … more

4 November 2024

Words and Sound from East, West, North and South:
Ursula Mamlok – Kioomars Musayyebi (santoor) – Arnold Schönberg – Steffen Mensching (texts)

Reading and concert Saturday, 9 November 2024, 8 pm, Hanseatenweg The 63rd General Assembly of the Akademie der Künste is being held from 8 to 10 November. It is the first General Assembly under the leadership of Manos Tsangaris and … more

1 November 2024

The Akademie der Künste supports the wording proposals published in the FAZ pertaining to the Bundestag resolution on the protection of Jewish life in Germany

Over the course of the past year, the German Bundestag has been discussing a resolution titled “Never Again is Now: Protecting, Preserving and Strengthening Jewish life in Germany” (Nie wieder ist jetzt: Jüdisches Leben in Deutschland schützen, … more

30 October 2024

display depot architecture models
Akademie der Künste opens the Schaudepot at Pariser Platz

Friday, 1 November 2024, 7 pm, Pariser Platz 4 Architectural models have a special aesthetic appeal. They fascinate with their vividness, their variety of materials used and their visionary power. Even in the digital age, they have by no means … more

22 October 2024

Excitation Mechanisms and their Consequences
Academy Discussion as part of the series “Freedom of Art”

Manos Tsangaris and Anh-Linh Ngo in discussion with Romy Jaster, Renate Künast, Geraldine Rauch, Simon Strick Tuesday, 29 October 2024, starting at 7 pm, Pariser Platz Polarizing opinions and collective states of agitation seem to dominate current … more

14 October 2024

Manfred Krug: A Star in the East and West
The Akademie der Künste opens the Manfred Krug Archive

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

9 October 2024

In opposition to the axing of 3sat under the pretext of “transferring content”
In support of the consolidation and boosting of the cultural and educational mission of public service broadcasting

Public service broadcasting needs to be reformed. This is beyond dispute. However, the bill that has now been put forward setting out a new legal framework for regulating the media (State Media Treaty, MStV) contains passages that are a threat to the … more

2 October 2024

draw love build / sauerbruch hutton tracing modernities
Exhibition, 25 October 2024 – 19 January 2025

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

30 September 2024

2024 Busoni Composition Prize awarded to Maximiliano Alejandro Sponsorship Award goes to Lauren Siess

The Akademie der Künste awards the 2024 Busoni Composition Prize to the Chilean composer Maximiliano Alejandro Soto Mayorga, who lives in Germany. The award is endowed with 6,000 euros. The Sponsorship Prize, endowed with 2,500 euros, goes to the … more

26 September 2024

The Price of Freedom

Artistic positions and debates from Hungary Long Night, 12 October 2024, Akademie der Künste, Hanseatenweg The event “The Price of Freedom. Voices of the Hungarian art scene” is a demonstration of solidarity with artists and cultural workers … more

19 September 2024

Academy Discussion

Freedom of Art: A Basic Right and Promise Manos Tsangaris and Anh-Linh Ngo in discussion with Amelie Deuflhard, Lars Henrik Gass, Helge Lindh, Tabaré Perlas and others Friday, 27 September 2024, 7 pm, Pariser Platz Defending the freedom of art … more

29 August 2024

Autonomy of the Arts and Self-Responsibility

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

Exhibition “Children in Exile” in the Werkstatt Exilmuseum

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

draw love build / sauerbruch hutton tracing modernities
Exhibition, 25.10.2024 – 19.1.2025

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

Candida Höfer
Käthe Kollwitz Prize 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

15th Berlin Audio Play Festival
Live acts, competitions, discussions, exhibition

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

Final Days
The Exhibition “The Murmur of the Cosmos: Sandra Vásquez de la Horra” ends on Sunday, 25 August

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

26 July 2024

Final Days

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

Käthe Kollwitz Prize 2024 goes to Candida Höfer
Award ceremony and exhibition opening on 13 September

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

New members of the Akademie der Künste

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

Academy Discussion: On the offbeat … and its social power in the arts

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

27 June 2024

Academy Discussion: On the Question of the Cultural Reutilisation of the Galeries Lafayette Department Store in Berlin

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

The Murmur of the Cosmos: Sandra Vásquez de la Horra
Käthe Kollwitz Prize 2023

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

SINN UND FORM: The Rediscovered Archive
Readings and Talk

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

Further Fellowships in the “Human Machine” Programme are Awarded by the JUNGE AKADEMIE, E-WERK and VISIT

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

25 May 2024

Manos Tsangaris is the Akademie der Künste’s New President
Anh-Linh Ngo is the New Vice-President

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

UTOPIA: Keep on Moving
The Akademie der Künste presents Underground Birds, a theatre performance by the KULA Compagnie with Afghan artists

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

Electroacoustic Music, Performances and Sound Art at the NODES Festival

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

Final Days

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

New Leadership at Akademie der Künste

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

UTOPIA. Keep on Moving
Academy Dialogue, Talk, Readings

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

“The Murmur of the Cosmos”
The Akademie der Künste presents an exhibition by Sandra Vásquez de la Horra, winner of the 2023 Käthe Kollwitz Prize

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

Press Invitation to Presentation and Photo Shoot
“Seid untertan der Obrigkeit”
The Akademie der Künste acquires 13 Švejk drawings by George Grosz for its Art Collection

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

UTOPIA. Keep on Moving
The Utopia of Peace

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

25 April 2024

UTOPIA. Keep on Moving
Exhibition, talks, readings and performances with Carolin Emcke, Wolfgang Kaleck, Dima Albitar Kalaji, Jeanine Meerapfel, Eva von Redecker, Katharina Schultens, lynn t musiol and many more besides

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 2024 O.E. Hasse Prize goes to Antonia Siems

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

Bridget Riley
Circles and Discs (1961–2023)

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

Poesie der Zeit. Michael Ruetz – Timescapes 1966–2023
Exhibition, 9 May – 4 August 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

Statement by the Architecture Section of the Akademie der Künste on the planned closing of the Galeries Lafayette department store in Berlin

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

27 March 2024

European Alliance of Academies: A Strong Voice for a Democratic Europe

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

Still open until Easter Monday

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

The Akademie der Künste presents an exhibition of sound art: Oscillations: Cape Town – Berlin

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

21 February 2024

Architectural Reconstructions

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

75 years of SINN UND FORM

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

“The Breath of a House is the Sound of Voices Within”
Scholarship holders of the JUNGE AKADEMIE present new works

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

The Akademie der Künste informs about the focus of its programmes for the first half of 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

European Elections 2024: European Alliance of Academies Calls for Elections for a Democratic Europe

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

24th Academy Discussion: Film Criticism and Cinema Art

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

Opening of the Otto Dix Archive at the Akademie der Künste

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

30 January 2024

Akademie der Künste awards the Heinrich Mann Prize 2024 to Lena Gorelik

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

Akademie der Künste awards Berlin Art Prize – Jubilee Endowment 1848/1948
2024 Berlin Art Prize – Grand Prize to Simone Fattal
Awards ceremony on 18 March 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

Corinna Harfouch and Ingo Schulze read from Imre Kertész’s Kaddish for an Unborn Child

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

Reparations and Repair. A Symposium on Climate Justice, Colonialism and the Capitalocene

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

Keep a Stiff Upper Lip! Gundula Schulze Eldowy and Robert Frank
Exhibition, 25 January – 1 April 2024
Akademie der Künste, Pariser Platz

Invitation to press talk and press preview
Tuesday, 23 January 2024, 11 am
Exhibition halls open at 10 am

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

Last days: Exhibition “The Great Repair” ends on Sunday, 14 January 2024 with a lecture by Mierle Laderman Ukeles

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

Jürgen Flimm – Mit Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben
Book premiere and archive presentation

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

Hungarian director and Oscar winner István Szabó as a guest at the Akademie der Künste

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