Since 1971, the Akademie has awarded the Berlin Art Prize – Jubilee Endowment 1848/1948 on behalf of the federal state of Berlin. The endowment was jointly funded by the Berlin City Council and the Senate of Berlin in commemoration of the 1848 March Revolution, which called for parliamentary elections and social reforms. The prize honours artistic achievements and supports artistic work in all six areas represented by the Akademie.

The Berlin Art Prize is awarded annually on 18 March by Berlin’s Governing Mayor together with the Akademie president. All six Sections of the Akademie award a Kunstpreis (Art Prize) every year in their individual fields. One of these is the Berlin Art Prize – Grand Prize, awarded by a different section each year. The Literature Section awards the Berlin Art Prize – Grand Prize as the “Fontane Prize”.

The Grand Art Prize is endowed with 15,000 euros. The six Kunstpreis awards (Art Prizes) are each endowed with 5,000 euros.

9 people are gathered on the roof terrace of a building for a group photo in front of the setting sun — Laureates and participants of the 2025 Berlin Art Prize (f.l.t.r.): Pietro Marcello (Film and Media Arts), Gilles Clément (Grand Art Prize, Architecture), Sarah Wedl-Wilson (Permanent Secretary for Culture), Manos Tsangaris (President of the Akademie der Künste), Cassandra Miller (Music), Anh-Linh Ngo (Vice-President of the Akademie der Künste), Göksu Kunak (Performing Arts), Anton Kolomieitsev (Architecture), Assaf Gruber (Visual Arts), absent: Brigitta Falkner (Literature)
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13 people are gathered on the roof terrace of a building for a group photo in front of the setting sun — Laureates and participants of the 2024 Berlin Art Prize (f.l.t.r.): Monica Bonvicini (laudator), Leyla Yenirce (Visual Arts), Salomé Jashi (Film and Media Arts), Carolin Callies (Literature), Lilith Stangenberg (Performing Arts), Florian Summa (Architecture), Anne Femmer (Architecture), Syrphe/Cedrik Fermont (Music), Jeanine Meerapfel (President of the Akademie der Künste), Simone Fattal (Grand Art Prize, Visual Arts), Sarah Wedl-Wilson (Permanent Secretary for Culture), Enad Marouf (Will Grohmann Prize 2023), Karin Sander (moderator and laudator)
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Four women and four men are gathered on the roof terrace of a building for a group photo against the evening sky — Laureates and participants of the 2023 Berlin Art Prize (f.l.t.r.): Marcel Kohler (Performing Arts), Joanna Bailie (Music), Petrit Halilaj (Visual Arts), Joachim Trier (Grand Art Prize, Film and Media Arts), Klaus Lederer (Senator for Culture and Europe), Jeanine Meerapfel (President of the Akademie der Künste), Barbara Marković (Literature), Nelly Quettier (Film and Media Arts), absent: Xu Tiantian (Architecture)
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Ten people are gathered on the stage of a hall for a group photo — Laureates and participants of the 2022 Berlin Art Prize (f.l.t.r.): Zoë Claire Miller (Will Grohmann Prize 2021), atelier le balto (Architecture), Bettina Blümner (Film and Media Arts), Øyvind Torvund (Music), Stephanie Gudra (Visual Arts), Bastian Reiber (Performing Arts), Roman Ehrlich (Literature), Richard Peduzzi (Grand Art Prize, Performing Arts)
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12 people are gathered on the roof terrace of a building for a group photo in front of the setting sun — Laureates and participants of the 2019 Berlin Art Prize (f.l.t.r.): Dorte Mandrup (Architecture), Kolja Reichert, Nicolette Krebitz (Film and Media Arts), Prinz Gholam (Visual Arts), Uljana Wolf (Literature), Jeanine Meerapfel (President of the Akademie der Künste), Jeanne Gailhoustet (daughter of laureate Renée Gailhoustet, Grand Art Prize, Architecture), Zeynep Gedizlioğlu (Music), Michael Müller (Governing Mayor of Berlin), Alexander Scheer (Performing Arts)
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Award Recipients of the Berlin Art Prize – Grand Prize

Award Recipients since 1948

From 1948 to 2010, the Berlin Art Prize – Grand Prize was awarded under the title “Berlin Art Prize”.

Visual Arts

Architecture

Music

Literature / “Fontane Prize”

Performing Arts

Film and Media Arts

Award Recipients of the Berlin Art Prize

2025

Visual Arts: Assaf Gruber
Architecture: Anton Kolomieitsev
Music: Cassandra Miller
Literature: Brigitta Falkner
Performing Arts: Göksu Kunak
Film and Media Arts: Pietro Marcello

Award Recipients since 1956

From 1956 to 2010, the Berlin Art Prize was awarded under the titles “Prize of the Young Generation” (until 1969) and “Development Prize”.

Visual Arts

Architecture

Heinrich Moldenschardt (1956); Georg Heinrichs (1957); Hans C. Müller (1958); Siegfried Wolske (1960); Günther Hönow (1961); Hans Bandel (1962); Bodo Fleischer (1963); Herbert Stranz (1964); Hermann Kreidt (1965); Architekturgemeinschaft Jan Rave und Rolf Rave (1966); Josef Paul Kleihues (1967); Volker Theissen (1968); Architektengruppe Hannes Dubach, Gert Kicherer, Urs Kohlbrenner, Jürg Sulzer (1971); Yona Friedmann, Architektengruppe Robert Lemmen, Adelheid Raabe, Rudolf Raabe, Christof Steuer, Carsten Jonas (1972); Jürgen Sawade (1973); Bernt Lauter (1974); Leon Krier, Rob Krier (1975); Archiktektengruppe Peter und Bärbel Hübner, Frank Huster (1976); Piet Blom (1977); Bouwkundig Adviesburo voor Buurtbewoners (BAB) (Studentische Organisation an der Architektur-Abt. der TH Eindhoven) (1978); Haus Rucker & Co., Christoph Sattler, Heinz Hilmer (1979); Architektengruppe Dietrich Bangert, Bernd Jansen, Stefan Scholz, Axel Schultes (1980); Marcel Kalberer, Hans Dieter Schaal (1981); COOP HIMMELBLAU (Wolf D. Prix, Helmut Swiczinsky) (1982); Christoph Hackelsberger (1983); Uwe Kiessler (1984); Arbeitskreis der Selbsthilfegruppen Berlin (AKS) (1985); Ingeborg Kuhler, Jürgen D. Zilling (1986); Jacques Herzog, Pierre de Meuron (1987); Wolfram König, Ulrich Schneider (1988); Jan Benthem, MeIs Crouwel (1989); Moritz Hauschild (1990); Michael Bräuer, Andrea Krüger/Angela Wandelt (1991); Vladimír Slapeta (1992); Peter Mitsching, Lutz Penske (1993); Stéphane Beel, Formalhaut (1994) Werner Kaag und Rudolf Schwarz, Robert Wimmer (1995); Hansjörg Göritz, Peter Haimerl (1996); Dietrich Fink und Thomas Jocher, Till Schneider und Michael Schumacher (1997); Dietmar Feichtinger, Jörn Walter (1998); Mario Cucinella (1999); Shigeru Ban (2000); Ivan Kroupa (2001); BKK-3 (Johann Winter, Franz Sumnitsch) (2002); Henri Bava (2003); Modersohn & Freiesleben (Johannes Modersohn, Antje Freiesleben) (2004); Matthias Loebermann (2005); Bevk Perovi´c Arhitekti (Vasa J. Perovi´c, Matija Bevk) (2006); Florian Nagler (2007); Cecilie Manz (2008); Tim Bastian Edler, Jan Fabian Edler (2009); el:ch landschaftsarchitekten (Elisabeth Lesche, Christian Henke) (2010); BeL Sozietät für Architektur (Anne-Julchen Bernhardt, Jörg Leeser) (2011); Tatiana Bilbao (2012); Selgascano (José Selgas, Lucía Cano) (2013); Gruppe „Miasto Moje A w Nim“ (2014); Achim Menges (2015); Office Kersten Geers David van Severen (2016); Francisco Mangado (2017); Philippe Block (2018); Dorte Mandrup (2019); Architekturmagazin ARCH+ (2020); Architekturbüro HARQUITECTES (2021); atelier le balto (2022); Xu Tiantian (2023); SUMMACUMFEMMER (Anne Femmer, Florian Summa) (2024); Anton Kolomieitsev (2025)

Music

Heimo Erbse (1956); Frank Michael Beyer (1957); Werner Thärichen (1960); Friedrich Voss (1961); Aribert Reimann (1962); Hanns-Martin Schneidt (1963); Lothar Koch (1964); Heinz-Werner Zimmermann (1966); Bernhard Sebon (1967); Thomas Kessler (1968); Christiane Edinger (1969); Friedhelm Döhl, Hochschul-Quartett (Friedgund Riehm, Rainer Kimstedt, Hans-Joachim Greiner, Barbara Brauckmann) (1971); Henning Brauel (1972); Gerald Humel (1973); Eberhard Blum, Rainer Riehn (1974); Gabriele Schreckenbach (1976); Hans-Jürgen von Bose (1977); Free Music (Han Bennink, Peter Brötzmann, Alexander von Schlippenbach), Gruppe Neue Musik Berlin (Jolyon Brettingham-Smith, Gerald Humel, Roland Pfrengle, Wolf Dieter Siebert, Karl Heinz Wahren), Wolfgang Rihm (1978); Hans-Christian von Dadelsen (1979); Peter Kiesewetter (1980); David Levine, Wolfgang von Schweinitz (1981); Roland Pfrengle (1982); Herbert Henck (1983); Kolja Blacher (1984); Richard Salter, Heinz Winbeck (1985); Thomas Bracht, Detlev Müller-Siemens (1986); György Kurtág (1987); Nicolaus A. Huber (1988); Mathias Spahlinger (1989); George Lopez (1990); Ensemble Oriol Berlin (1991); Rainer Rubbert (1992); André Werner, Helmut Zapf (1993); Ensemble Modern (1994); Redaktion MusikTexte (1995); Hanspeter Kyburz (1996); Manos Tsangaris (1997); Peter Ablinger (1998); Christfried Schmidt (1999); Caspar Johannes Walter (2000); Martin Schüler (2001); Markus Hechtle (2002); Franck Christoph Yeznikian (2003); Jörg Mainka (2004); Christoph Staude (2005); Juliane Klein, Enno Poppe (2006); Makiko Nishikaze, Gérard Pesson (2007); Mark Andre, Arnulf Herrmann (2008); Anno Schreier (2009); Andreas Dohmen (2010);Alan Hilario (2011); Christoph Ogiermann (2012); Simon Steen-Andersen (2013); Sergej Newski (2014); Marena Whitcher, Rafael Nassif (2015); Stefan Prins (2016); Elena Mendoza (2017); Anna Korsun (2018); Zeynep Gedizlioğlu (2019); Christian Winther Christensen (2020); Petra Strahovnik (2021); Øyvind Torvund (2022); Joanna Bailie (2023); Syrphe/Cedrik Fermont (2024); Cassandra Miller (2025)

Literature

Performing Arts

Aglaja Schmidt-Steinboeck (1956); Rolf Ulrich (1957); Johanna von Koczian (1958), Thomas Holtzmann (1959); Rudolf Noelte (1960); Walter Henn (1961); Karin Hübner (1962); Klaus Kammer (1963); William Dooley (1964); Heidemarie Theobald (1965); Schaubühne am Halleschen Ufer: Leni Langenscheidt, Jürgen Schitthelm, Klaus Weiffenbach (1966); Gisela Stein (1967); Helmut Griem (1968); Ensemble "Das Bügelbrett" unter Leitung von Hannelore Kaub (1969); Karl-Ernst Hermann, Susanne Tremper (1971); Stefan Behrens, Johanna Elbauer, Evelyn Gressmann, Manfred Günther, Ulrich Pleitgen (1972); Monika Radamm (1973); Uta Meid, Ralph Schaefer, Franz Winter (1974); Corps de ballet der Deutschen Oper Berlin (1975); Wolfram Berger, Harald Clemen, Adalbert Schwichow (1976); Lynne Charles, Edgar Selge (1977); Martin Brandt, Verena Peter (1978); Ursela Monn (1979); Kleines Theater am Südwestkorso, Neuköllner Oper und Tanzfabrik, alle Berlin, Rotraut de Neve (1980); Frieda Parmeggiani (1981); Theaterhof Priessenthal (1982); Miriam Goldschmidt (1983); Benedict Freitag, Ernst Stötzner (1984); Toni Böhm, Sibylle Canonica (1985); Georg Weber (1986); Axel Milberg (1987); Andrea Clausen, Wolfgang Michael (1988); Bremer Shakespeare Company (1989); Christiane Leuchtmann, Ulrich Matthes (1990); Sebastian Koch, Dagmar Manzel (1991); Tanztheater RUBATO: Dieter Baumann, Jutta Hell (1992); Michael von Au, Carsten Voigt (1993); Daniel Morgenroth, Gabriela M. Schmeide (1994); Obdachlosentheater „Ratten“ (1995); Jens Harzer, Ramba Zamba. Theater der Sonnenuhr e.V. (1996); Patricia Nessy (1997); Wandertheater Ton und Kirschen (1998); tanztheater aus der zeche, Bochum (1999); Theater DEREVO, St. Petersburg/Dresden (2000); Maria Fitzi (2001); Anna Böger (2002); Peter Jordan (2003); Jule Böwe (2004); Dock 11: Kirsten Seeligmüller, Wibke Janssen (2005); Vera Nemirova (2006); Felicitas Brucker (2007); Katharina Lorenz (2008); Nicola Mastroberardino (2009); Annett Wöhlert (2010), Moritz Grove (2011); Manuel Pelmus, Kristof Van Boven (2012); Ulrich Rasche (2013); Bettina Bartz (2014); Kollektiv laborgras: Renate Graziadei, Arthur Stäldi (2015); Anna Prohaska (2016); Valery Tscheplanowa (2017); Simon Stone (2018); Alexander Scheer (2019); Sasha Marianna Salzmann (2020); Gina Haller (2021); Bastian Reiber (2022); Marcel Kohler (2023); Lilith Stangenberg (2024); Göksu Kunak (2025)

Film and Media Arts