Under the title By-Products of Love, the exhibition focuses on three artists who were bound together by an intense, life-long friendship: photographer and director Elfi Mikesch, filmmaker and activist Rosa von Praunheim and theatre, opera and film director Werner Schroeter (1945–2010). This exhibition is the first to contextualise the visual arts oeuvres of the three artists, using photographs, films, drawings, sound installations, texts, and documents to articulate and interweave the diverse aesthetic and biographical references they share.

The 10th Berlin Biennale is on view at the Akademie der Künste, KW Institute for Contemporary Art, the Volksbühne Pavilion, and the ZK/U – Center for Art and Urbanistics. The exhibition at the Akademie's Hanseatenweg venue features a temporary structure that links historical and visual elements from two architectural heritage sites to one another historical figure: Sanssouci in Potsdam; Sans-Souci Palace in Milot, Haiti; and Haitian revolutionary leader, Colonel Jean-Baptiste Sans Souci.

Adrian Piper is the recipient of this year's Käthe Kollwitz. With this award, the Akademie der Künste is honouring an international artist and analytical philosopher, who has profoundly influenced American conceptual art since the mid-1960s. Addressing subjects such as gender and race, Piper has expanded the spectrum of conceptual art and first-generation minimalism. The prize will be presented on 31 August at 7 pm. To coincide with the award ceremony, Akademie der Künste will curate an exhibition at Pariser Platz.

Bertolt Brecht's study, Helene Weigel's conservatory, Anna Seghers' "crow's nest" – regular tours offer visitors a fascinating insight into the homes and studies of the writer Anna Seghers, actress and theatre director Helene Weigel and the writer Bertolt Brecht. The Brecht-Weigel Memorial Centre in Berlin-Mitte and the Anna Seghers Memorial Centre in Berlin-Adlershof are both part of the Akademie der Künste. No advance booking required.

The Akademie der Künste in Berlin is one of the oldest cultural institutes in Europe. It is an international community of artists that currently totals 418 members in its six Sections (Visual Arts, Architecture, Music, Literature, Performing Arts, Film and Media Arts). The Akademie is an exhibition and event location. A key component of the  Akademie are its archives, which collectively form one of the most important interdisciplinary archives on 20th century art.

The Archives at the Akademie der Künste may be used free of charge for scholarly, private, or press research. Since December 2015, the Archives Database offers a regularly updated online digital research tool. The database contains information on all of the collections in the Archives, which comprise around 1,020,000 archival materials as well as approximately 462,000 analogue and digital copies of archival materials.