Neuer Berliner Kunstverein
Elevators accessible to wheelchairs
limited wheelchair accessible WC
The exhibition space of the Neuer Berliner Kunstverein and the n.b.k. Video-Forum are located on the first floor. The n.b.k. Showroom and the Artothek are located on the 1st floor. Elevator in the building, wheelchair access via the side entrance.
If you plan a visit, please call us in advance:+49 (0)30 280 70 20 (n.b.k. office)
U Oranienburger Tor
S Friedrichstraße
Bus 142
Neuer Berliner Kunstverein (n.b.k.) is a site of contemporary art and discourse production. The institution was founded in 1969, with the goal of presenting contemporary fine art to a broader public, and of inviting that public to actively participate in cultural processes.
n.b.k. presents exhibitions of contemporary art, complemented by a wide variety of events, that together address and spur debate about contemporary aesthetic and political issues such as urbanity, globalization, transculturality, feminism, digitality, and technological developments. n.b.k. gives visitors the opportunity to actively participate in cultural processes and to consider both local contexts and global perspectives.
With its two collections, n.b.k. is a place of aesthetic experiences, engagement with contemporary art, and open discussion about societal issues: In 1970, n.b.k. founded an ›Artothek‹, one of Germany’s first, which allows art enthusiasts to borrow works of 20th- and 21st-century international art for a small insurance fee. With the second collection, Video-Forum, n.b.k. makes available to the public over 1,700 international works of video art. Since the founding of the collection, in 1971, it has been expanded constantly through co-productions and yearly purchases. The holdings of the Video-Forum can be watched in a dedicated space.
As a lively hub of Berlin’s art world, Neuer Berliner Kunstverein provides enduring impulses for contemporary art discourse.