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  1. Provenances of the 20th century gallery researched: Presentation of the project results (07.07.2014)

    The Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation and the State of Berlin today presented the results of their joint provenance research project on the holdings of the former Gallery of the 20th Century. Over the past three years, two researchers have systematically analysed around 450 works of art created

  2. Masterpieces of the world at a click - The bpk picture agency offers a highly professional service for media, business and science (18.02.2015)

    With today's launch of the new image portal of the picture agency bpk www.bpk-images.de, the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation is making a unique pool of high-quality images from the fields of art, culture and history available for commercial use. In the joint online shop of the world's most ren

  3. National research project ILLICID aims to investigate illegal trade in cultural property in Germany (04.03.2015)

    The illegal trade in cultural property in Germany is the focus of the new ILLICID research project. Over the next three years, this dark field will be analysed in detail. According to international organisations, profits from the illegal trade in cultural goods are an important pillar of organised c

  4. #UNITE4HERITAGE: Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation cooperates with UNESCO in the fight against illegal trade in Syrian and Iraqi antiquities - New SPK magazine dedicated specifically to this topic (26.06.2015)

    In order to curb the illegal trade in antiquities from Iraq and Syria, the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation and UNESCO will work more closely together in future. A cooperation agreement to this effect has now been signed. The cooperation will focus on awareness-raising measures (as part of the

  5. "museum4punkt0" starts: Ideas lab for digital applications in German museums (08.05.2017)

    Today sees the launch of "museum4punkt0 - Digital Strategies for the Museum of the Future", one of the most visionary projects in the German museum landscape. In a joint virtual experimental space, the project partners are exploring the possibilities and opportunities offered by the latest digital t

  6. Exhibition "Faithful Amazement - Biblical Traditions in the Islamic World" (29.06.2017)

    A special exhibition of the Museum of Islamic Art of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin Preußischer Kulturbesitz and the Oriental Department of the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin Preußischer Kulturbesitz. From 14 July - 15 October 2017 at the Pergamonmuseum, Museum Island Berlin. Using outstanding manuscri

  7. Museum of Islamic Art receives generous support from the Alwaleed Philanthropies (21.06.2018)

    Over the next ten years, the Alwaleed Philanthropies Foundation will support the future permanent exhibition of the Museum of Islamic Art in the renovated Pergamon Museum, educational formats, cultural education in schools and the "Multaka" project The Museum of Islamic Art of the National Museums i

  8. Dessau-Wörlitz Cultural Foundation recovers valuable artefacts that belong in the Gothic House (25.05.2018)

    In Wörlitz, SPK President Hermann Parzinger hands over 21 objects that were in the possession of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin's Museum of Decorative Arts as external property The Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation has returned 21 artefacts to the Dessau-Wörlitz Cultural Foundation that were pr

  9. Sam Bardaouil and Till Fellrath take over the Hamburger Bahnhof - Museum für Gegenwart - Berlin (10.09.2021)

    The founders of the multidisciplinary curatorial platform Art Reoriented will take up their posts on 1 January 2022 - Grütters: Fellrath and Bardaouil will provide groundbreaking impetus for Hamburger Bahnhof - Parzinger: Curator duo will achieve great things for contemporary art in Berlin At its me

  10. Signal for the Nationalgalerie's Museum of the 20th Century: The Gerhard Richter Art Foundation and the SPK conclude a long-term loan agreement for 100 works (08.11.2021)

    Gerhard Richter is donating an extensive collection of 100 works to the Nationalgalerie for the Nationalgalerie's Museum of the 20th Century. From 2023, works by the artist will initially be on display in the Neue Nationalgalerie and later in the new building at the Kulturforum - also in cooperation