Käthe Kollwitz Prize
The Käthe Kollwitz Prize is awarded to a visual artist. It was founded by the former Deutsche Akademie der Künste in East Berlin, under Otto Nagel, then-president and friend of Kollwitz, as “a prize bestowed by artists for artists”.
The prize, which is the decision of a jury composed of new members every year, may either honour one particular work or be presented as a lifetime achievement award.
Since the first prize was presented in 1960, the award has been given both to artists who have made a name for themselves among an art-interested public nationally and internationally, and to those who work in seclusion away from the art scene or the art market.
The prize includes an exhibition of works organised by the Akademie der Künste and a catalogue. Since 1992, following the reunification of the Akademies in East and West Germany, the Käthe Kollwitz Prize has been co-funded by the Kreissparkasse Köln, the sponsoring institution responsible for the Käthe Kollwitz Museum in Cologne.
The prize is endowed with 12,000 euros.