History of the Käthe Kollwitz Prize
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Käthe Kollwitz medal, designed 1961 by Wilfried Fitzenreiter
The Käthe Kollwitz Prize is awarded annually and is always decided by a newly-appointed jury of members of the Fine Arts Section. The prize is endowed with €12,000. To mark the award ceremony, the Akademie der Künste organizes an exhibition and publishes a small catalogue. Since 1992 and the unification of the East and West academies, the Käthe Kollwitz Prize has been co-financed by the Kreissparkasse Köln, as sponsor of the Käthe Kollwitz Museum Cologne.