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Initiated by the bbk berlin (berlin professional association of visual artists) and the network of independent Berlin project spaces and initiatives, a call has been issued to take part in a demonstration on Friday, 29 November 2024 to mark the massive cuts to the Senate’s cultural budget. The funeral march will start at 3 pm from the Neptune Fountain at Rotes Rathaus. The march will pass the city’s museums before reaching the Brandenburg Gate. People are asked to wear black clothing – as a symbol of mourning for art and culture, which are under massive threat from the planned cuts.
With the Berlin Senate’s decision, it has now become known that the cultural budget is to be cut by 130 million euros. With only 2.1%, the culture department already contributes little to the overall budget, but will now be disproportionately burdened with a cut of around 13%. These cuts will hit Berlin’s artistic community in its very foundations. The cuts will probably destroy the cultural landscape in Berlin in the long term. For many artists, their very existence is at stake. Therefore …
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Image above: courtesy of bbk berlin
