Academy of Arts in Berlin

5 May 2017 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General, Berlin, Museums, Exhibitions, Universities, Colleges, Academies Reading Time:  8 minutes

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The Academy of Arts (German: Akademie der Künste) is a state arts institution in Berlin. The task of the Academy is to promote art, as well as to advise and support the states of Germany. The Academy’s predecessor organization was founded in 1696 by Elector Frederick III of Brandenburg as the Prussian Academy of Arts, an academic institution in which members could meet and discuss and share ideas. The current Academy was founded on 1 October 1993 as the re-unification of formerly separate East and West German academies. These two were merged on 1 October 1993 into the present-day academy, which took its seat in a new building at the former location on Pariser Platz.   read more…

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