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kulturwerk of the bbk berlin

The kulturwerk of the bbk berlin is a non-profit subsidiary of the berufsverband bildender künstler*innen berlin (the professional association of visual artists in berlin) whose primary goal is to establish favourable conditions for artistic production.

The services provided by the kulturwerk are available to all professional visual artists in Berlin and enable them to work with unrestricted artistic freedom, independently of the pressures of conformity and commercialisation. 

News

    Wibke Behrens assumes the position of the managing director of the bbk berlin

    Pressemitteilung des bbk berlin

    On March 19, 2025, Wibke Behrens was appointed Managing Director by the Board of the bbk berlin with a large majority of the members.

    FIXTURES #3 - Martin Sulzer feat. Farhad Farzali / Artificial Art on March 17th, 2025

    Videostill Problem Property - chapter I, 2024, © Johannes Büttner & Martin Sulzer

    Videostill Problem Property - chapter I, 2024, © Johannes Büttner & Martin Sulzer

    For the third FIXTURES event on March, 17th, 2025 Martin Sulzer is our guest and will talk about artificiality as a central element in his artistic work, be it 3D rendering, synthesizers or artificial intelligence.

    From November 15, 2024, the Decolonial Monument will be open to the public!

    Dekoloniales Denkzeichen Baustelle

    From November 15, the decolonial memorial Earth Nest by The Lockward Collective (Jeannette Ehlers, Rolando Vázquez and Patricia Kaersenhout) will be accessible in front of the Berlin Global Village.

    NEW from 04.11.2024 | the bildungswerk's Digital Campus

    Digitaler Campus

    From 4 November 2024 to 28 February 2025, the Digital Campus will take place for the third time.

    29.09.2024 | Statement on attacks on Senator for Culture Joe Chialo

    Koalition der Freien Szene Logo

    The Speaker’s Circle of the Berlin Coalition of the Independent Arts criticizes the attack on Senator for Culture Joe Chialo in the strongest terms possible. We distance ourselves explicitly from every form of violence and intimidation. Democracy means dialogue, even in cases of differing views.

    Day of the open monument on September 8, 2024

    BHW_2024

    The sculpture workshop takes part in the Open Monument Day.

    27.08.2024 | Press release from the Office for Art in Public Space: kunststadt stadtkunst 71-2024 has been published!

    Kunststadt titel 71

    The professional journal kunststadt/stadtkunst is published annually by the Office for Art in Public Space (Büro für Kunst im öffentlichen Raum im kulturwerk des bbk berlin). It provides information on the latest developments in art in public spaces in Berlin and ensures transparency with regard to state commissions for art in public spaces in the state of Berlin and its districts.

    Calendar

      Dates for Plenum 2025

      Where: tba