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  1. Rethinking Conceptualism: Avant-Garde, Activism and Politics in Latin American Art (1960s-1980s) (25.02.2021)

    Symposium on Latin American conceptual art from the 1960s to the 1980s: eight international online discussions from 10 March - supporting programme with exhibition and workshops at the Instituto Cervantes Berlin A symposium by independent curator Katerina Valdivia Bruch, in collaboration with the Ib

  2. Hermann Parzinger receives the Marsilius Medal of Heidelberg University (01.02.2019)

    The Marsilius Kolleg at Heidelberg University yesterday awarded the Marsilius Medal to the President of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation in recognition of his services to bringing together different academic cultures. Prior to this, the prehistorian held the Marsilius Lecture in the Old Aud

  3. Special programme for building maintenance at the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation - Parzinger thanks the Budget Committee and Minister of State for Culture Grütters (27.11.2020)

    At its adjustment meeting on 26 November 2020, the Budget Committee of the German Bundestag approved a special programme for the preservation of the historical buildings of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation. By 2025, a total of over 76 million euros will be available to preserve the Foundati

  4. Democracy Day on 7 June at the Island Festival: Who does the black, red and gold belong to? (07.06.2026)

    FREE TO ENTER At the 2026 Island Festival, Sunday (7 June) will be dedicated to democracy. This is in keeping with this year’s theme for UNESCO World Heritage Day: ‘Together for Peace and Understanding’. The Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation has therefore invited partner institutions from across

  5. Humboldt Forum (07.06.2010)

    Hermann Parzinger, President of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation, comments on today's decision by the Federal Government Cabinet to postpone the start of construction of the Berlin Palace - Humboldt Forum from 2011 to 2014: "I very much regret that today's cabinet decision will lead to a co

  6. Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation donates painting believed lost to Berlin Cathedral (14.07.2011)

    A few days ago, the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation (SPK) returned the painting "Nazareth - the Youth of Jesus" by Albert Hertel to the Berlin Cathedral as the previous owner. The work had been in the care of the Alte Nationalgalerie since the end of the war in 1945. It is listed as a work by

  7. Annual press conference 2016 (26.01.2016)

    Today, the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation presented its plans for the coming year. The president and the directors of the five institutions presented new projects and announced outstanding exhibitions and events in 2016. As every year, the annual press conference focussed on the Foundation's

  8. On the current debate about the Museum of the 20th Century at the National Gallery at the Kulturforum (30.10.2019)

    In its issue of 30 October 2019, the "Süddeutsche Zeitung" reported on the Nationalgalerie's planned 20th century museum at Berlin's Kulturforum. The article "Very, very much space" by Jörg Häntzschel distorts key aspects of the new building. The Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation corrects some p

  9. Foundation Board has decided: Dr Achim Bonte becomes the new Director General of the Berlin State Library - Prof. Dr Rebecca Wolf takes over the State Institute for Music Research (24.03.2021)

    Dr Achim Bonte is to become the new Director General of the Berlin State Library. This was decided unanimously by the Board of Trustees of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation today, Wednesday. Bonte succeeds Barbara Schneider-Kempf, who is retiring after seventeen years at the helm of Germany'

  10. Memorial service for Erich Marx (09.09.2021)

    One year ago, the collector Erich Marx died at the age of 99. Around 200 invited guests honoured the great collector and patron today at a memorial service at the Hamburger Bahnhof - Museum für Gegenwart - Berlin, the museum whose creation and success Erich Marx had significantly supported with the