As part of the #BerlinIstKultur action week, the Office for Art in Public Space (KiöR) conducted a "KiöR Walk" through Berlin's city centre on 9 September 2026

On 3 September, the new studio and rehearsal building at Lehrter Straße 61 in Moabit was opened with a small ceremony. The state-owned property was restored in compliance with heritage conservation standards and made largely barrier-free by BIM over a multi-year construction phase. For the studio funding within the 'Arbeitsraumprogramm', this means an addition of 32 funded studios for visual art.

Last weekend, the sculpture workshop at kulturwerk des bbk berlin opened its doors for Open Monument Day. Under this year's motto "NetzWERKE: Monuments & Infrastructure", our colleagues Doris and Nil offered guided tours through the historic building in Wedding.

Uferhallen e.V. has shared with us the responses from Berlin’s political parties to their election questionnaire (Wahlprüfsteine) for the 2026 House of Representatives election, which we are pleased to publish here.

Our colleague Alex Lebus has stepped down from the board of bbk berlin. We would like to sincerely thank her for her commitment and her dedication to the goals of the association!

The membership office of the bbk berlin asks all artists who wish to pay a reduced membership fee in 2027 to submit current proof of eligibility.

In recent weeks, we have once again been receiving an increasing number of reports from artists who have received suspicious purchase offers from abroad and/or via NFT.

The case of the "Valorisation of the Luther Monument Berlin" is exemplary of the deficits in handling public competitions. From the perspective of bbk berlin and Deutscher Künstlerbund, transparent procedures and a binding approach to competition results are essential.

Rumours of Noise lecture #6 | Fotos: Frauke Boggasch & Manfred Miersch

The sixth part of ‘Rumours’, on 1 July 2026, was dedicated to Sunn O))), a band formed in 1998 and consisting essentially of two members.

bbk berlin is continuously committed to reducing old-age poverty among artists and was therefore represented by spokesperson Justina Los at the 21st Women's Retirement Security Conference organised by ver.di and the Social Association of Germany (SoVD) on Monday.

We are very pleased—especially for the artists who have their studios at Wilsnacker Str. 62—to announce: The studio building at Wilsnacker Straße 62 will remain!

Earlier this week, bbk berlin attended the presentation of the study "Cultural Participation in Berlin 2025" by the Institut für Kulturelle Teilhabeforschung (IKTf). Conducted from September 2025 to May 2026, the study provides comprehensive data on the macroeconomic effects of public cultural funding in Berlin for the first time. The study makes it clear: cuts to the culture budget are

On Wednesday, 24 June 2026, the members of berufsverband bildender künstler*innen berlin gathered for the first time at the Kiezraum on the Dragonerareal for their general assembly and board elections.

On Friday, the teams from bbk berlin, the Atelierbüro, the Office for Art in Public Space (KiöR), the printmaking, media and sculpture workshops at kulturwerk des bbk berlin, and the bildungswerk all came together to celebrate the summer solstice in the shade of the sculpture workshop – in true midsummer heat.

bbk berlin supports the statement by the cultural initiative Kultur – Vielfalt – Heimat from Saxony-Anhalt which is a clear commitment to diversity, openness and democratic values in the cultural sector.

Last weekend, AfD Berlin presented its election programme for the state election in September, calling it a 'complete new beginning'. What that means: housing subsidies based on ethnic origin, 'remigration', more surveillance, 'order and cleanliness'. An agenda that categorises people and distributes rights based on origin and loyalty to the state. This anti-democratic, unsolidary programme is

bbk berlin introduces Sarah Stührenberg as future Co-Executive Director of the non-profit kulturwerk GmbH. The board will also ask the General Assembly in autumn to approve Sarah Stührenberg's appointment as Executive Director of bbk berlin.

Rumours of Noise lecture #5 | Foto: © Frauke Boggasch

The fifth installment of the “Rumours” series, held on April 14, 2026, focused on the sounds of the present and the “future”: What can still be considered “new” in contemporary music and noise today?

The Studio Office (Atelierbüro) at bbk berlin’s kulturwerk has compiled the current status of the studio buildings in the workspace program into a new interactive map. At a glance, you can see which buildings are secured for the long term, which will remain only until the end of 2029, and which have already been lost.

© Sofia Maria Bergmann

On Tuesday, 28 April 2026, bbk berlin spokespersons Frauke Boggasch and Birgit Cauer presented the new study 'Precarious Capital, Creative Existences' at the Druckwerkstatt in the kulturwerk des bbk berlin at Mariannenplatz. The well-attended event was streamed live on bbk berlin's Instagram channel and generated significant interest. The study has already been picked up by initial media outlets.