Press Releases 2025

4 September 2025

Out of the Box – 75 Jahre Archiv der Akademie der Künste

Anniversary exhibition 8 October 2025 – 18 January 2026, opening 7 October 2025 Akademie der Künste, Pariser Platz To mark the 75th anniversary of the creation of the archives at the Akademie der Künste, the institution is mounting the … more

2 June 2025

Position statement by the Akademie der Künste Art and responsibility in times of militarisation

On 5 and 6 June 2025, the Akademie der Künste, together with the Goethe-Institut in Lithuania and the Contemporary Art Centre (CAC) in Vilnius, will put on a public symposium on the topic of the increasing militarisation (“Aspects of Presence: Art … more

6 February 2025

Käthe Kollwitz Prize of the Akademie der Künste suspended for 2025

The artist and curator Fareed Armaly was selected to receive the Käthe Kollwitz Prize 2025 by a jury consisting of Akademie members Ayşe Erkmen, Mona Hatoum, and Eran Schaerf. The Berlin-based artist declined the prize with the following statement: … more

27 January 2025

Akademie der Künste awards Berlin Art Prize – Jubilee Endowment 1848/1948
Berlin Art Prize – Grand Prize 2025 to Gilles Clément
Award ceremony on 18 March 2025

The Akademie der Künste’s practice is to award the Berlin Art Prize on an annual basis in rotation among its six sections. In line with this, the prize, endowed with 15,000 euros, is being presented this year to a recipient from the field of … more