The DAAD Artists-in-Berlin Program is one of the world’s most respected and prestigious residency programmes for established artists. For over five decades, it has played a pivotal role in Berlin’s emergence as a leading international art centre, and yet the history of this institution has remained relatively unexplored. A major research project, accompanied by three exhibitions at different institutions, seeks to rectify this. A conversation with art historian and curator Nóra Lukács and Melanie Roumiguière, Head of the Visual Arts Division at the DAAD—both of whom have been instrumental in organising these exhibitions—on their research, an often-challenging history, and lessons learned.