Nine years after the death of the theatre director Jürgen Gosch, the Akademie der Künste and Koberstein Film are dedicating a three-day programme to him. A film documents the rehearsals for his last directorial works. Marcel Kohler has designed a theatre evening together with students of the University of Performing Arts Ernst Busch according to motifs from Gosch's 1984 production of Oedipus. Artistic comrades, work partners, and observers of his life's journey reminisce and talk about the necessity of the kind of theatre that Jürgen Gosch was willing to dare. In German.

"Buried" paintings have long been hidden away in the Akademie's cellar on Pariser Platz. They were painted in 1957 and 1958 by master students of the Deutsche Akademie der Künste (GDR) and are evidence of this younger generation's opposition within East Berlin painting. The murals can now be viewed for the first time during Berlin Art Week. At the opening on 29 Sep at 5 pm, filmed interviews will be screened, the conservation team will provide insights into their work, and audio recordings of the debates at that time can be heard. In German.

Adrian Piper is the recipient of this year's Käthe Kollwitz Prize. 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 artist has developed site-specific works for the Akademie der Künste at Pariser Platz, which will be on view in conjunction with this year's awarding of the Prize.

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 416 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.

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 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.