Akademie der Künste - Pariser Platz

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The Academy of the Arts is supported by the Federal Republic of Germany corporation governed by public law. It has the task of promoting the arts and to advise the Federal Republic of Germany in matters of art and culture.

As an international community of artists, the Academy relies on a secret voting members whose work is recognized in the field of visual arts, architecture, music, literature, performing arts and film and media arts. It is personalities that shape the art of their time and are expected that they participate in the tasks of the Academy. The members of the individual sections each elect its director and his deputy, the General Assembly shall elect for three years the President and the Vice President. The directors of the sections together form the Senate of the Academy, which meets under the chairmanship of the President and advises on all projects of the Academy of Arts and decides. The President, the Vice President and the directors exercise their duties without remuneration. Decision-making bodies are the sections of the Senate and the House on the occasion of the annual meeting shall meet at least twice a year.

The Academy will act in public and dedicated to both the placement of new artistic trends and the maintenance of the cultural heritage. As part of these tasks, they held, inter alia, artistic  exhibitions, workshops, concerts, lectures, readings, film, theater and dance performances. An essential part of the Academy is its archive, which has a collection area, the history of the Academy of Arts and represented in their art forms include.