Target group / Purpose of funding
Funding is available for both individual and group projects by Berlin-based visual artists, art collectives, curators, project spaces and initiatives, as well as district-level institutions (municipal galleries) and art associations, and for individual publications by Berlin-based visual artists.
Special funding is made available for this target group to meet presentation needs in the field of visual arts. The funding is intended to enable this target group to realise individual and group projects and individual publications in Berlin, thereby showcasing the diversity of Berlin’s artistic output in the field of visual arts.
The following are eligible for funding:
- Exhibition projects, including catalogues and events accompanying the exhibitions (e.g. performances, symposia, panel discussions, catalogue launches, video programmes, guided tours, etc.)
- The production and premiere of artistic videos
- Analogue and digital individual publications that showcase and communicate the applicants’ artistic work in a more diverse manner. E-books in EPUB format are accepted as a digital format.
Eligibility and conditions
- Artists participating in the projects should have a proven track record of artistic work and be able to demonstrate this with relevant examples of their work.
- The majority of the artists involved in the project must live (primary residence) and work in Berlin (in the case of a group of two people, both must do so; for groups of three, at least two, and so on).
- The exhibition project must take place in Berlin between February and December of the relevant year.
- Participating artists and curators must not be enrolled at any higher education institution.
- Curators submitting applications must have their primary residence in Berlin; Berlin-based project spaces and initiatives, district institutions (municipal galleries) and associations must provide a Berlin address.
- Exhibition fees and minimum fee thresholds must be included in the funding plan.
- The project must not have started yet.
- Grants cannot be applied for in respect of projects for which (partial) funding has already been pledged from the Berlin Cultural Administration or the Capital City Cultural Fund (this does not apply to EU funding or funds for decentralised cultural work).
- Purely online presentations, websites and publications in PDF format are not eligible for funding.
Funding volume
The maximum funding amount is €27,000 for individual catalogue projects, €35,000 for individual projects and €55,000 for group projects.
A jury deliberates on the number of projects to be funded and the allocation of funding, and submits its recommendations to the Senate Department for Culture and Social Cohesion.
Call for applications
The call for applications will be issued at the end of August 2026 for projects to be carried out in Berlin between February and December 2027.
Application procedure
Please make sure to read the information sheets before you apply.
The following application documents are available here in German only:
Information sheets, Financing plan for projects, Financing plan for catalogues, Confirmation issued by the location where the presentation is to be held and Recommendation for exhibition fees and minimum fees for artists.
