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In 2026, weißensee academy of art berlin will celebrate its 80th anniversary and will look to the past and the future with an extensive anniversary program.
On the grounds of the former Trumpf chocolate factory, metal sculptor Otto Sticht, together with renowned artists, founded the “Art School of the North” in 1946. Numerous influential figures from the early years – including Mart Stam, Marianne Brandt, Selman Selmanagić, and Herbert Hirche – were closely associated with the Bauhaus. They developed an interdisciplinary teaching concept that combined artistic experimentation, practical craftsmanship, and social reflection.
The founding generation understood design as an attitude, as a transformative, society-changing force – a self-understanding that …
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Image above: Photo: Rehearsal for a protest action in 1991 on the occasion of the “closure” of the Berlin Weißensee School of Art announced by the Senator for Science, © Claudia Esch-Kenkel.
