“Through books that will come into being here, I want to help prevent the mistakes of the past from ever being repeated”, Anna Seghers said after she arrived in Berlin in 1947. She had returned as a world-famous author from exile to Germany. For many authors in the young GDR, including Christa Wolf and Heiner Müller, her multi-layered work offered a source of literary inspiration. In German.

In the event series “Intersections. Architecture of the 21st Century” in cooperation with the Instituto Cervantes, Spanish and German architects engage in dialogues. Marta Peris represents the Barcelona office PERIS+TORAL ARQUITECTES, Regine Leibinger (Barkow Leibinger) from Berlin is a member of the Akademie der Künste. Moderation: Hilde Léon. A contribution to the “Woman in Architecture” festival. In Spanish and German with simultaneous translation.

The aim of the “Café Climate” event series is to engage in a dialogue with citizens, artists, experts and political actors on the topic of climate. In an informal café atmosphere, we discuss the impact of the climate crisis on everyday life, democracy in Europe and arts and culture. In German, French and English.

Anna Seghers, who often appeared rather shy and cautious, found support among her friends, whom she trusted unreservedly, with whom she exchanged ideas and laughed unselfconsciously. The writer remained close to the actresses Steffie Spira and Helene Weigel, the author Berta Waterstradt and the politician Lore Wolf until the end of her life. Themed tour in German.

From 26 to 29 June, the Studio for Electroacoustic Music at the Akademie der Künste will once again invite you to KONTAKTE. The festival will showcase how versatile contemporary sound art reacts to current technological and societal developments. The Akademie buildings at Hanseatenweg and Pariser Platz will be permeated by experimental sound structures and transformed into places of intensive listening.

The Library of the Arts is one of the largest special libraries on culture and the modernist arts. Its holdings are characterised by media from every artistic genre from the beginning of the 20th century to the present day, as well as valuable private libraries, which are accessible to everyone free of charge. The voyage of discovery through its treasures begins in the Reading Room on Pariser Platz and leads into the hidden stacks. Guided tour in German.

Using photomontage, John Heartfield attempted to defeat Adolf Hitler on the battlefield of propaganda during his exile in Prague (1933–1938). But after the end of the Second World War, the artist summarised in 1964 “Unfortunately still relevant”. Can art help to resolve conflicts today? Artists, locals and guests come together at the photomonteur's summer house to celebrate contradiction, beauty and the unexpected. In German.