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1. 15 Jun 2026, 1:30 pmMusic, Sound Art

   

   New soundscapes between Berlin and Stockholm: residency programme for electroacoustic music launches

   The Studio for Electroacoustic Music at the Akademie der Künste in Berlin and Elektronmusikstudion EMS in Stockholm are launching a new collaboration for a bilateral residency programme.

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2. 4 Jun 2026, 10 amArchitectureExhibition

   

   Preview of the autumn programme:
   Metaxy : Between
   Destruction and Reconstruction

   The exhibition as well as the accompanying events and education programme focus on the interval between destruction and reconstruction, the uncertain moment when it remains unresolved how societies confront loss, guilt, and memory.

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3. 22 May 2026, 2 pmEuropean Alliance of AcademiesCultural PolicyPrizes, Scholarships

   

   European Alliance of Academies: Open calls for residencies and webinars as part of the Re:Create Europe project

   Up until 15 June, emerging artists and cultural practitioners can apply for open calls for residencies in Malta, Germany, Romania and Bulgaria, as well as for a webinar series.

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4. 20 Apr 2026, 11 amMusic, Sound Art

   

   Thomas Kessler’s Fairlight CMI II at the Studio for Electroacoustic Music

   From the artistic estate of composer Thomas Kessler, who passed away in April 2024, the Studio for Electroacoustic Music received a historic Fairlight CMI II.

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5. 2 Apr 2026, 6 pmEuropean Alliance of AcademiesCultural Policy

   

   Opening Address by Anh-Linh Ngo at the launch of “Re:Create Europe”

   With an online kick-off meeting, bringing together over 100 participants, the European Alliance of Academies launched the four-year project.

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6. 11 Feb 2026, 11 amEuropean Alliance of AcademiesCultural Policy

   European Alliance of Academies receives EU funding for the first time

   For the first time, the European Commission is supporting the tireless work of the European Alliance of Academies for Freedom of the Arts in Europe. Over the next four years, the alliance will receive more than one million euros for “Re:Create Europe”.

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7. 29 Jan 2026, 12:30 pmLiteraturePrizes, Scholarships

   

   Heinrich Mann Prize 2026 awarded to Mithu M. Sanyal

   Essayist Mithu M. Sanyal is this year's recipient of the Heinrich Mann Prize. The three-member jury consisted of Omri Boehm, Eva Menasse and last year's Heinrich Mann Prize winner Mely Kiyak.

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8. 21 Jan 2026, 4 pmCultural Policy

   

   Where Speech is Censored, Democracy is in Danger

   Currently, the Akademie der Künste is projecting a video onto its facade on Pariser Platz listing words compiled by the New York Times that are banned under Donald Trump's administration – from “abortion” to “women”.

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9. 21 Jan 2026, 10 amArchitectureVisual ArtsMusic, Sound ArtLiteratureTheatre, Play, DanceFilm, Photography, Media ArtsPrizes, Scholarships

   

   2026 Berlin Art Prize goes to Meredith Monk
   Akademie der Künste awards Berlin Art Prize – Jubilee Endowment 1848/1948 on 18 March 2026

   This year’s Großer Kunstpreis Berlin (Berlin Art Prize – Grand Prize), which is rotated among the six sections of the Akademie der Künste and is endowed with 15,000 euros, will be awarded in the category of music to the outstanding American composer and singer Meredith Monk (born in 1942 in New York).

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10. 17 Dec 2025, 2:30 pmVisual ArtsPrizes, Scholarships

    Akademie der Künste awards Käthe Kollwitz Prize 2026 to Teresa Margolles

    Akademie der Künste awards Käthe Kollwitz Prize 2026 to Teresa Margolles
    Award ceremony in autumn 2026

    Mexican artist Teresa Margolles will be awarded the Käthe Kollwitz Prize 2026. With the award, the Akademie der Künste honours an artist who engages with the social causes and implications of death, destruction, displacement, discrimination, suffering and violence.

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