Akademie der Künste – Standort Hanseatenweg Berlin

Address
Hanseatenweg 10, 10557 Berlin Map
Hours
Mon–Sun 10 am–8 pm
E-Mail

The Berlin Akademie der Künste, founded in 1696, is one of the oldest cultural institutes in Europe. It is an international community of artists and has a current total of 400 members in its six Sections (Visual Arts, Architecture, Music, Literature, Performing Arts, Film and Media Art).

The Akademie der Künste is an exhibition and event location, a meeting place for artists and people interested in the arts, where public debates on art and cultural policy take place. A key part of the Academy is its Archive. With over 1,200 bequests by artists and an extensive art collection and library, the Archive is one of the most important interdisciplinary archives of 20th century art.

The event programme of the Academy serves to present contemporary artistic positions to the public and is dedicated to safeguarding cultural heritage. In its two permanent locations in the heart of Berlin – Pariser Platz in the Berlin-Mitte district and Hanseatenweg in Tiergarten – the Academy shows exhibitions, organises concerts, debates, readings, awards ceremonies, as well as film, theatre, and dance performances.  

The Academy awards a wide range of prizes for outstanding artistic achievements as well as for the promotion of artists. It involves young artists through its international scholarship programmes. In its KUNSTWELTEN (ART WORLDS) outreach programme, it brings the arts closer to children and young people in particular. The Academy’s Studio for Electroacoustic Music provides an open platform for musical innovations. The Akademie der Künste supplements its activities and programmes with publications, such as exhibition catalogues and documents relating to selected archive collections. Every two months it issues the “Sinn und Form” (Purpose and Form) magazine.

The Gesellschaft der Freunde der Akademie der Künste (Society of Friends of the Academy of Arts) supports the Academy in its function as a promotional association. The Akademie der Künste is funded by the Federal Government’s Commissioner for Culture and the Media.