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    "Aktivrente" for the self-employed: Register now for the public vote!

    The VGSD (Association of Founders and Self-Employed in Germany) is calling for the "Aktivrente" to be extended to self-employed workers. A demand that bbk berlin also shares on behalf of artists. Register with Abstimmung21 by August 9 to receive your voting materials.

    Open Studios at the Lankwitzer Straße/Porschestraße studio buildings

    On Saturday, 5 September 2026 from 2 to 8 pm, around 30 of the 43 studios on Lankwitzer Straße/Porschestraße will open their doors. Come by and get to know the artists and their work! An extensive programme of events is currently being planned.

    bbk berlin supports 'Die Vielen' and their call to demonstrate for democracy & artistic freedom!

    Die Vielen are calling for a demonstration against any participation of the far right in government and against far-right politics. To effectively defend democracy and artistic freedom, it is essential to counter societal polarisation. For an open and solidary society of the many!

    News

      bbk berlin at the 21st Women's Retirement Security Conference ("Frauen-Alterssicherungskonferenz")

      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.

      July 3, 2026 | The Wilsnacker Straße Studio House Has Been Saved After All!

      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!

      IKTf study confirms: investing in culture pays off for Berlin!

      Toolkit based on study by IKTf

      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

      June 26, 2026 | Justina Los and Benjamin Zuber are the new spokespersons of bbk berlin e.V.

      Pressemitteilung des bbk berlin

      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.

      Summer celebrations of bbk berlin and its subsidiaries

      Sommerfest bbk berlin

      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 "Kultur – Vielfalt – Heimat" statement

      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.

      03.06.2026 | No Compromises on Artistic Freedom and Human Dignity

      Pressemitteilung des bbk berlin

      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