Press releases

After seventeen years, Bernd Scherer to leave director’s position on January 1, 2023

Press release, published on 16.02.2021

Internationaler Literaturpreis 2021

Internationaler Literaturpreis 2021: 146 submissions. The jury has been established.

Press release, published on 04.02.2021

New Alphabet School

#Healing (Faju)
Feb 4-6, 2021

Press release, published on 03.02.2021

Haus der Kulturen der Welt issues the first three volumes of the book series The New Alphabet. The series devises systems of symbols for new knowledge.

Press release, published on 27.01.2021

The Disappearance of Music

Digital festival: Concert videos, talks, interactive streaming platform
Begins Nov 13, 2020 at hkw.de

Press release, published on 12.11.2020

HKW will be closed from November 2. Program continues in digital form

Press release, published on 30.10.2020

The Disappearance of Music

Concerts, talks, installations, films
Nov 13–15, 2020

Press release, published on 26.10.2020

The Shape of A Practice

Press release, published on 06.10.2020

Aby Warburg: Bilderatlas Mnemosyne – The Original, Conference

Conference
Sep 25 & 26, 2020

Press release, published on 23.09.2020

CC: World

CC: World series of digital letters – Special edition on the effects of the coronavirus pandemic in the US and on Black Lives Matter

In a special edition, HKW’s digital series CC: World examines racism and violence in the Covid-19 era.

Press release, published on 14.08.2020

Aby Warburg: Bilderatlas Mnemosyne – The Original

Exhibition & Press Conference
On View: Sep 4 - Nov 30, 2020

Press release, published on 28.07.2020

CC: World

June 25, 2020 6:00 pm launch of the digital series CC: World.
In digital letters, international artists and scholars reflect on how the coronavirus pandemic is changing the world while creating new possibilities

Press release, published on 25.06.2020