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New in the work database as of February 2026: Ulrike Kirchner and Hans Molzberger
With the seventh round of publications since 2017, the “Werkdatenbank Bildende Kunst Sachsen-Anhalt” has grown to 6,419 works by 43 artists. The focus is on two contemporary artists whose catalogs were newly created in winter 2025/26: the Wittenberg artist Ulrike Kirchner (1959) and Hans Molzberger (1953) from the Altmark region. Ulrike Kirchner Ulrike Kirchner was […]
Donation campaign: “generell frisch” in Wittenberg needs your help!
Since 2013, the Kulturwerk des BBK Sachsen-Anhalt has regularly presented the new BBK members in the “generell frisch” series. Following presentations in Halle (Saale), Merseburg, Dessau-Roßlau, Magdeburg, Ilsenburg, Halberstadt and Salzwedel, Lutherstadt Wittenberg is to follow this year. However, the financing of the project is in danger of failing because the association is unable to […]
Publication accompanying the study “The economic and social situation of visual artists” published
In conjunction with the Stiftung Kunstfonds, the study “Von der Kunst zu leben. The economic and social situation of visual artists” (2025), the BBK Bundesverband is publishing the accompanying publication “Impulses and ways to live from art”. It shows how cultural policy conditions can be sustainably improved and which measures are suitable for strengthening the […]
Cultural funding from the state is transferred to Investitionsbank
Press release from the State Chancellery of Saxony-Anhalt dated 02.07.2025 Investitionsbank Sachsen-Anhalt (IB) is to become the central point of contact for funding procedures in the cultural sector. This is provided for in an agreement signed between the State Chancellery and Ministry of Culture and the IB. This means that the IB will be the […]
Workshop “Tax issues of artists and designers” on May 26, 2025
Which income and expenses belong in the surplus income statement? How can freelance and commercial activities be distinguished from each other? Is the small business regulation suitable for me? These and other questions are the focus of a workshop with tax consultant Ronald Ebersbach on May 26 from 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at Designhaus […]
The BBK homepage is growing
We are constantly working together with the artists to ensure that they are adequately represented on the BBK website. New artist profiles are added week after week. We hope that this development will continue. If all artists are represented, it is not only possible to filter by trade, but also by region. We are delighted […]
Survey on artists’ estates completed
From mid-September to mid-November 2024, the BBK Saxony-Anhalt conducted a survey on artists’ estates. Visual artists and estate holders (institutions and private individuals) were invited to take part. The response was great. The Museum and Archive Association, the Saxony-Anhalt Art Foundation and other partners forwarded our appeal, articles about the project appeared in the press […]