Other kinds of funding
To close further gaps in funding, the Capital Cultural Fund encourages successful projects by funding the presentation (Wiederaufnahme) of such projects as well as especially relevant exhibitions.
Festivals deemed culturally or politically relevant are supported via regular long-term funding.
Presentation of especially successful projects (Wiederaufnahme)
Up to €100,000 per year is available for the resumption of successfully realised projects that have been funded by the Capital Cultural Fund. The maximum funding for a resumption application is €15,000. An application for resumption can be submitted during the course of the year. The application must be accompanied by a financing plan (use sample), confirmation of the venue and a press review. The curator will decide on the resumption funding.
To the application form
Application documents
The sample forms and the information sheet on how to apply and the funding criteria can be found here (in german).
Regular long-term funding
The Capital Cultural Fund also supports individual projects of cultural and/or political significance about which the Joint Committee decides. Regular funding is granted for a period of four years for the purpose of providing more financial certainty. Applications for regular long-term funding are not possible.
Currently, four major festivals receive funding:
- "internationales literaturfestival berlin" = 660.000 €
- "Poesiefestival Berlin" = 440.000 €
- "Tanz im August" = 825.000 €
- "young euro classic" = 495.000 €
Especially relevant exhibitions
In 2021, a new funding program of the Capital Cultural Fund was launched to support especially relevant exhibitions.
By guaranteeing the organizers the security they need in order to plan events effectively, the Capital Cultural Fund seeks to facilitate especially relevant exhibitions at both national and international levels, mainly in the visual arts.
Any institution funded by the federal or state government—especially on the Berlin visual arts scene—that has the spatial, human, and organizational resources to realize especially relevant exhibitions is eligible for funding from this program.
Institutions eligible to apply will be informed separately about ongoing calls for proposals and application deadlines.
Before submitting an application, we recommend a consultation with the curator and the Capital Cultural Fund office.
Panel of experts
An independent panel of experts, consisting of the HKF Curator and two more experts, will advise on the number of projects to be funded and the level of funding. Decisions on funding awards are taken by the Joint Committee. The panel of experts currently consists of Leonie Baumann, Prof. Marion Ackermann and Mateo Kries.
Panel of Experts for especially relevant exhibitions
The curator is a member of the panel of experts and also its spokesperson.
Dr. Ulrike Groos is director of the Kunstmuseum Stuttgart. She studied art history and musicology in Würzburg, New York and Münster. She received her doctorate in 1994 with a thesis on ‘Ars Musica in Venice in the 16th Century’. After working in Münster, Luxembourg, St. Gallen and Zurich, Groos was director of the Kunsthalle Düsseldorf from 2002 to 2009. She has been director of the Kunstmuseum Stuttgart since 2010 and of the Museum Haus Dix on Lake Constance since 2013. In Stuttgart, she curated thematic exhibitions such as ‘I Got Rhythm. Art and Jazz since 1920’ (2015) and ‘EKSTASE’ (2018), as well as monographic exhibitions on Michel Majerus, Candice Breitz, Ragnar Kjartansson, Tobias Rehberger, Wolfgang Laib and Sarah Morris. Groos has been and continues to be a member of numerous committees and commissions, including currently the Board of Trustees of the Baden-Württemberg Art Foundation (since 2012), the Jürgen Ponto Foundation for the Promotion of Young Artists (since 2019), the Alfried Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach Foundation (since 2021), the Cultural Foundation of the German States (since 2024) and the LEAP Art Foundation (since 2024). Groos is 2nd Vice President of the ifa – Institute for Foreign Cultural Relations.
Mateo Kries (b. 1974) has been director of the Vitra Design Museum since 2011. He joined
the Vitra Design Museum in 1995, working first as a curator, then as manager of the Vitra
Design Museum’s branch in Berlin, where he also co-founded the DESIGNMAI festival,
before moving on to become Chief Curator at the Vitra Design Museum in Weil am Rhein. In
shaping the Vitra Design Museum’s programme and profile, Mateo places his emphasis on
transformations in society, sustainability, diversity, and innovation. His publications and
exhibitions address recent and historical issues in design and architecture. While he writes
extensively for publications such as domus and Die Welt, he has also published books about
Le Corbusier, Joe Colombo, Konstantin Grcic, surrealism in design, and the vernacular and
social aspects of design. Mateo is a member of the advisory boards of the Musée des Arts
Décoratifs in Paris and the Museum of Art and Photography in Bangalore. He also serves on
appointment committees and juries, such as those for the Staatliche Kunstsammlungen
Dresden, the Aalto University in Helsinki, the Hyundai Blue Prize Design, and the Rimowa
Design Prize. His book Total Design, which examines the increasing commercialism of
design, was published in 2010. Mateo Kries is honorary professor at the Karlsruhe University
of Arts and Design and co-edited the Atlas of Furniture Design (2019), the most
comprehensive book on furniture design ever published.
