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“Kultur macht stark III” funding secured for 2026/2027

The 27 program partners of “Kultur macht stark” are calling for the program to be continued until at least 2027. The background to this are planned cuts in the federal budget. Read the position paper of all program partners on the impending cuts here.


Request: Job in the cultural and art sector for residence permit

Our member Eileen Almarales Noy is in the last weeks of her master student studies and I would love to stay in Germany to develop her future. In order to get another visa, she needs a qualified job in the cultural sector. Otherwise she will unfortunately have to leave Germany. She therefore asks for help. […]


Call for BBK members: Industrial landscape photography

Dear members of the BBK Saxony-Anhalt, As part of a research project on the visualization of industrial culture in the 20th century, we – the Institute for Regional History of the State Office for Monument Preservation and Archaeology – are looking for relevant photo collections. We are particularly interested in photographic images (of a documentary […]


Ulrike Kirchner in Leipzig

Annual exhibition “blickwechsel” of the GEDOK Central Germanyin cooperation with GEDOK Mecklenburg-Vorpommern e.V. and GEDOK Brandenburg e.V. Vernissage: 04.07.2024, 19:30 h Finissage: 29.08.2024, 7:30 pm Guided tours – art talks: 18.07. & 15.08.2024, 4 p.m.


Community Fund Future Paths East (without deadline)

Fast, uncomplicated and without own funds: The micro-project funding of the Zukunftswege Ost joint fund starts on July 1, 2024. At least 100 projects are to be supported with up to 5,000 euros. Applications are possible on an ongoing basis. The first payments are planned for September. In the long term, the fund is to […]


Eighth Gabriele Münter Prize 2025 (29.09.2024)

The Gabriele Münter Prize aims to make the outstanding achievements of contemporary female visual artists visible and is in the context of equality with artists. The prize is named after the painter Gabriele Münter (1877 Berlin – 1962 Murnau), one of the most important artists of modernism. Her example is still an encouragement for female […]


show building. international summer school of design dessau (without deadline)

“schaubau” is the international summer school that has been taking place in the heart of the Bauhaus city of Dessau since 2018. The Design Camp is aimed at designers from all disciplines. This year we are offering you three different workshops over three days. You can take part in one, two or all three workshops. […]


Eye of history in Magdeburg (31.08.2024)

The open-space installation is a concentrated, vivid and tangible representation of the city’s more than one thousand years of significant history up to the present day, which cannot be found anywhere else in this form. The aim is to bring Magdeburg’s 1,200-year history to life, not only for tourists but also for us Magdeburgers. The […]


Exile Visual Arts Award (15.08.2024)

Freedom of art and artistic expression are fundamental rights in democratic societies. If these rights are suspended and artists are persecuted, they are forced to flee and seek protection in exile. The experiences of persecution, flight and exile can find artistic expression in very different forms. The Exile Visual Arts Award honors works that deal […]


ifa – Exhibition funding (15.08.2024)

The exhibition funding program supports international exhibition projects in public museums, cultural institutions and galleries abroad. The program is open to contemporary visual artists who are from Germany or have lived in Germany for at least five years. Funding is available for solo and group exhibitions, participation in an international exhibition project or a biennial […]


Kallmann Prize of the Kreissparkasse Ismaning 2024 (19.07.2024)

The competition is open to artists who live and work in the Federal Republic of Germany and who have completed their studies at a recognized art academy or academy or who regularly and successfully exhibit their work. Artists who have had a solo exhibition at the Kallmann Museum in the past five years are not […]


Art-in-architecture competition: New Langenhagen Town Hall (07.07.2024)

Preliminary application procedure for the non-open art-in-architecture competition The city of Langenhagen writes above. Art-in-Building competition and invites professional artists to apply to take part in the competition with their relevant portfolio. The art-in-architecture competition will be held as a non-open competition with a preliminary application procedure based on RPW 2013 and the Federal Government’s […]


Höchster Porzellan-Manufaktur Residency Program 2.0 (07.07.2024)

“RESIDENCY 2.0 exploring porcelain” (from October 14, 2024 to February 14, 2025) promotes international artists and designers and offers them a free space to research, experiment and develop innovative concepts in working with porcelain and ceramics. Scholarship holders receive the following funding There is no legal entitlement to the scholarship. Requirements for applicants Combination with […]


Art in architecture: EZMW Bonn (05.09.2024)

Open anonymous two-phase art-in-architecture competition The competition procedure is carried out in accordance with the Guidelines for Art in Architecture (2012) and based on the Guidelines for Planning Competitions (RPW 2013). The competition language is German. Around 20 artists and artist groups will be selected for the 2nd phase. The competition is open to professional […]


Regina Stiegeler und René Schäffer | Mensch und Maschine | Intagliotypie | 2010

René Schäffer at the Galerie Nord in Halle

Group exhibition “The Female Face” with René Schäffer and other artists


ANNOUNCEMENT: The call for proposals for the KUNSTFONDS_Werkverzeichnung program starts on 15 July 2024

Works of contemporary visual art are important sources of our present, which must be preserved. They will be a central part of our future art heritage. The KUNSTFONDS_Werkverzeichnung funding program therefore promotes the digital documentation of artistic life’s work that is of supra-regional importance and high artistic relevance. All measures required to implement the catalog […]


Germany’s first study on the impact of AI on the visual arts

The study “KI UND BILDENDE KUNST” is the first to examine the opportunities and risks of generative artificial intelligence (AI) for the visual arts. There are clear demands for remuneration, transparency and media competence. The study commissioned by Stiftung Kunstfonds and Initiative Urheberrecht and conducted by Goldmedia GmbH shows that many visual artists are already […]


Mareen Alburg Duncker in Bingen

Group exhibition “Crossing Borders” of the “Polit Art Zone”


Einblick in das SustainLab der BURG Foto: BurgLabs

Dana Laszlo Da Costa at the Long Night of Science in Halle (Saale)

Long Night of Science 2024 at the BURG 18.00 to 22.00Intercultural KitchenSpace between consumption and librarySmall participation format on the topic of “Smell and taste”by Dana Laszlo Da Costa, Aleksandra Ivanina and Katja LehmannLocation: Neuwerk outdoor area Admission: Admission is free of charge, registration is not required.


Assistant Professorship for Graphic and Information Design

New Design University, St. Pölten (Austria)Application deadline: 21.07.2024