The Berliner Kunstpreis, officially Großer Berliner Kunstpreis, is a prize for the arts by the City of Berlin. It was first awarded in 1948 in several fields of art. Since 1971, it has been awarded by the Academy of Arts on behalf of the Senate of Berlin. Annually one of its six sections, fine arts, architecture, music, literature, performing arts and film and media arts, gives the great prize, endowed with €15,000, whereas the other five sections annually award prizes endowed with €5,000.
The awards ceremony of the Berliner Kunstpreis in 1963, from left to right: Klaus Kammer, Fritz Kortner, Rolf Hochhuth
The Academy of Arts is a state arts institution in Berlin, Germany. The task of the Academy is to promote art, as well as to advise and support the states of Germany.
Academy of Arts, Pariser Platz 4 in Berlin, opened 2005, architect Günter Behnisch
Palais Armin, seat of the Academy of Arts 1907–1938
Akademie der Künste (East), circa 1955, in the Kaiserin-Friedrich-Haus, Robert-Koch-Platz