Picture Cellar

Guided tours
Wed 5 pm
For a maximum of 14 visitors

In German

€ 7,50/5

Tickets for guided tours

Special guided tours in English, for students and for blind and visually impaired visitors with registration: kunstwelten@adk.de 

display depot architecture models

Guided tours
Thur 5 pm

In German

€ 7,50/5

Tickets for guided tours

Special themed tours, group tours and tours in English can be arranged via baukunstarchiv@adk.de.

Pariser Platz 4

Tue – Sun 10 am – 7 pm

In German and English

Free admission

“Showing what is right – without compromise” – Helene Weigel (1900–1971)

With Juliane Grützmacher and Iliane Thiemann

Cooperation: Brecht-Weigel-Haus

In German

€ 12/10 (including guided tour)

Registration: villa@brechtweigelhaus.de

Sundays at Seghers’

Guided tours at 11 am, 1 pm, 3 pm

Admission from 10 min before start

Registration: annaseghersmuseum@adk.de

In German

€ 5/2.50

Anna Seghers and The Power of Words

Themed tour

Registration: annaseghersmuseum@adk.de

In German

€ 5/2.50

What remains – A Search for Literary Traces

Cemetery tour

Meeting point: courtyard of the Brecht-Haus (Brecht House)

Registration: brechtweigelmuseum@adk.de

In German

€ 7/4

Open Heritage Day

With Carolin Schönemann, Karin Lelonek

Guided tours in German at 3, 4 and 6 pm

The tours at 3, 4 and 6 pm are fully booked.

Guided tour in English at 5 pm

Meeting point: Foyer

Free admission

Limited number of participants
Register by 10 Sep at lelonek@adk.de

Akademie Talk:
The house is on fire. Art, crisis and democracy

Buy ticket € 7,50/5

With Renate Liesmann-Baum, Durs Grünbein, Andres Veiel and Manos Tsangaris

With readings and film clips

Duration approx. 100 min without break

In German

Mein Land will nicht verschwinden

Mein Land will nicht verschwinden, Documentary film, Germany 2025, 92 min
Director: Andreas Goldstein

Welcome: Helke Misselwitz, Natalie Müller-Elmau

Discussion with Andreas Goldstein

Moderation: Olaf Möller

Preview in cooperation with 3sat

In German

€ 12,50

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16th Berlin Audio Play Festival of the Independent Scene

10 am – 11 pm

Livestream:
DLF Kultur DAB+ Channel “Dokumente und Debatten”

In German

Day ticket € 12/8

JUNGE AKADEMIE
Mensch Maschine: Return to Earth

Mensch Maschine: Return to Earth
Exhibition with works by the fellows Assem Hendawi, Emerson Culurgioni & Viktor Brim, hn. lyonga & Safiya Yon, Kira Xonorika, Maithu Bùi, Rae Hsu, Sonya Isupova

Running time until 22 Feb 2026
Free admission, donations are welcome

Opening 4 – 11 pm

With Anh-Linh Ngo, Vice President of the Akademie der Künste, Manja Schüle, Minister for Science, Research and Culture of the State of Brandenburg et al.

Free admission

Mensch Maschine Musik
Music festival at Stadtbad Live with Bendik Giske, Discovery Zone, Stephan Muschick, Nazanin Noori

Ticket € 25

Cooperation: E-WERK Luckenwalde, E.ON Stiftung

Penelope on an odyssee

Buy ticket € 7,50/5

“Café Antike”
5 pm, Clubroom

Recitations: Markus Ücker

Admission free, registration required: antike@adk.de

Book Premiere
7 pm, Plenary hall

With Ulrike Draesner, Aris Fioretos, Jonas Grethlein, Karen Leeder

In German

Brecht and his people

Cemetery tour

Meeting point: courtyard of the Brecht-Haus (Brecht House)

Registration: brechtweigelmuseum@adk.de

In German

€ 7/4

How Netty Reiling became Anna Seghers

Themed tour

Registration: annaseghersmuseum@adk.de

In German

€ 5/2.50

JUNGE AKADEMIE Open Studios

With the fellows Claudia Durastanti, Éléonore de Duve, Sinan Samanli, Marusya Syroechkovskaya, Saikal Zhunushova

In English

Free admission

The Library of the Arts

Library tour

Meeting point: Reading Room 1st Floor

In German

Free admission

Anna Seghers in the circle of her friends

Themed tour

Registration: annaseghersmuseum@adk.de

In German

€ 5/2.50

Michael Krüger
Unter Dichtern

Buy ticket € 7,50/5

With Michael Krüger

Welcome: Kerstin Hensel

Moderation: Paul Ingendaay

In German

Vocations – open space

Entry 6:30 pm

Cooperation: Haus für Poesie, JUNGE AKADEMIE, Berliner Künstlerprogramm des DAAD, silent green Kulturquartier, Kulturstiftung Schloss Wiepersdorf

In German and English

€ 9/7

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Gesine Danckwart & Katrin Hentschel:
OST-WEST-KANTINE (East-West Canteen)

1 & 2 Oct
6 – 10 pm

3 Oct
4 – 8 pm

4 Oct
6 – 11 pm

Artistic team: Masha Qrella, Fabian Kühlein, Johanna Meyer, Luise Wilhelm, Alexander Wolf 

Contributions by Anja Reich, Anke Stelling, Grit Seymour, Barbara Vinken, Viola Stephan, Annett Gröschner, Peggy Mädler, Wenke Seemann, Iwona Nowacka, Janek Turkowski, Schorsch Kamerun, and many more

A production by Chez Company

Funded by the Hauptstadtkulturfonds

Free admission

Sundays at Seghers’

Guided tours at 11 am, 1 pm, 3 pm

Admission from 10 min before start

Registration: annaseghersmuseum@adk.de

In German

€ 5/2.50

Trans-traditional encounter IV: Microtonality

Studio concert

In cooperation with Trickster Orchestra

Musicians: Bassem Alkhouri (kanun, voice), Matthew Bookert (tuba), Hindol Deb (sitar), Tilmann Dehnhard (flutes), Mohamad Fityan (nay, kawala), Grégoire Simon (viola), Azin Zahedi (santoor)

€ 8/6

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Brecht and his people

Cemetery tour

Meeting point: courtyard of the Brecht-Haus (Brecht House)

Registration: brechtweigelmuseum@adk.de

In German

€ 7/4

Out of the Box – 75 Years of the Archives of the Akademie der Künste

Tue – Fri 2 – 7 pm
Sat, Sun, Holiday 11 am – 7 pm

€ 10/7
Free admission under 18 years, Tuesdays

An audio guide in German and English is available for the exhibition

Tickets

Opening
Tue 7 Oct 7 pm
With Wolfram Weimer, Minister of State for Culture and the Media, Manos Tsangaris, Akademie President, Werner Heegewaldt, Director of the Archive of the Akademie der Künste

Free admission

Guided Tours
Tue 5 pm
Fri 5:30 pm
€ 5 plus exhibition ticket

Guided tour for blind, visually impaired and sighted guests
Tue 15 Oct 5 pm

Curator's tour
Sun 12 pm

Tickets for guided tours

Workshop talks with Archives staff
Fri 4 pm
Sun 2 pm

Guided tours and further offers for school classes, special tours for groups: adk.de/kunstwelten

Out of the Box – 75 Years of the Archives of the Akademie der Künste

Workshop talks with Archives staff

Fri 4 pm
Sun 2 pm

In German

Free admission with exhibition ticket

Tickets

Anna Seghers and The Power of Words

Themed tour

Registration: annaseghersmuseum@adk.de

In German

€ 5/2.50

Transformation in retail – Cultural reuse

Welcome: HG Merz

Introduction: Stefan Rettich

Talk with Markus Bader (Raumlabor) et al.

Moderation: Jörn Walter

In German

€ 7,50/5

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Arsenal on Location:
Claudia von Alemann

Witht Claudia von Alemann, Heleen Gerritsen, Elisa Jochum, Helke Misselwitz, Markus Ruff, Stefanie Schulte Strathaus

Films:

Sat 11 Oct 5:30 pm
Kathleen und Eldridge Cleaver in Algier, FRG 1970, 26 min, OmU
Das ist nur der Anfang, der Kampf geht weiter, FRG 1969, 45 min

Sat 11 Oct 8 pm
Es kommt drauf an, sie zu verändern, FRG 1973, 54 min

Sun 12 Oct 7 pm
Nebelland, FRG 1982, 94 min

In German

€ 7,50/5

Ticket 12 Oct

Das Unbekannte (The unknown)

Buy ticket € 7,50/5

Reading and talk with Thomas Lehr, Teresa Präauer and Kathrin Röggla

Welcome: Kerstin Hensel

Moderation: Nathalie Mälzer und Cécile Wajsbrot

Sound collage: Johannes Walter

In German

Maria Eichhorn – Käthe Kollwitz Prize 2021

With Yilmaz Dziewior, Maria Eichhorn, Anke Hervol, Rolf Tegtmeier, Manos Tsangaris and guests

In German

Free admission

How Netty Reiling became Anna Seghers

Themed tour

Registration: annaseghersmuseum@adk.de

In German

€ 5/2.50

Spanish-German architectural dialogues

With Thomas Auer (Transsolar, Stuttgart), Belinda Tato (Ecosistema Urbano, Madrid)

Moderation: Hilde Léon

In Spanish and German with simultaneous translation

Free admission
Registration required

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Konrad Wolf on his 100th birthday – Recollections Awarding of the Konrad Wolf Prize 2025

Award winners:
Gabriel Hageni and Debora Fiora, Kino Krokodil (Film and Media Arts)
Klaus Völker (Performing Arts)

With Peter Badel, Andreas Kötzing, Mark Lammert, Helke Misselwitz, Lisa Schoß, Regine Sylvester, Hans-Eckardt Wenzel

Welcome: Manos Tsangaris

In German

Free admission

Anna Seghers in the circle of her friends

Themed tour

Registration: annaseghersmuseum@adk.de

In German

€ 5/2.50

Famous women

Cemetery tour

Meeting point: courtyard of the Brecht-Haus (Brecht House)

Registration: brechtweigelmuseum@adk.de

In German

€ 7/4

riss. lichte schiefgedichte

With Hyun-Jung Berger, Stefan Kraus and Manos Tsangaris

In German

€ 7,50/5

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The Arts and Migration(s)

With Luke Dalli, Simone Inguanez, Darrin Zammit Lupi, Manos Tsangaris, Cécile Wajsbrot et al.

In English

Free admission

In cooperation with: Arts Council Malta

Time to Listen

10 am – 6 pm

Cooperation: Donaueschinger Musiktage, Impuls neue Musik, Musica nova Helsinki

In English

Free participation

Registration required