KW Friends

KW Friends is a non-profit organisation in support of KW Institute for Contemporary Art and the Berlin Biennale for Contemporary Art. This private initiative plays a significant role in supporting a multifaceted program and social space and helps to make KW and the Berlin Biennale accessible to a broad audience. At the same time, the membership creates an active network and offers a range of benefits.

Membership

KW and the Berlin Biennale are two key institutions that make Berlin’s cultural landscape internationally known and popular. Both institutions attract countless visitors who are drawn to the city for exactly this reason—while Berliners themselves also value and take pride in these cultural offerings. Beyond being engaging leisure, recreational and educational opportunities, KW and the Berlin Biennale also provide valuable spaces for networking, inspiration, and creative input—both on a personal and professional level.

Curator’s Tour, 2024; photo: KW Friends.

Become a member at KW Friends and discover the community around these two institutions. You receive free admission to all exhibitions and are invited to exclusive events. Get to know artists, curators, the directors, and discover Berlin’s cultural scene from the inside perspective.

Personalized membership card for free admission to all exhibitions of KW and the Berlin Biennale
Special exhibition previews with welcome drinks
Invitations to an annual exclusive dinner
Guided tours and talks with artists, curators and the directors
Visits of artists' studios, private collections and institutions
Trips to international biennials and art fairs
10% discount on publications, editions and merchandise of KW, Berlin Biennale and KW Friends
Exclusive access to all events at KW's Pogo Bar
Donation receipt for your tax declaration

New Year’s Reception, 2025; photo: Spyros Rennt.

Find the right membership for you:

Young members
If you are under 30 years, student, trainee, or volunteer in community service, this is the right – and our cheapest – membership for you!
Members
Our regular membership offers you all the benefits listed above if you are over 30 years old. It is our most popular membership and can always be upgraded to Plusmember or Patron.

Plusmembers
Would you like to join our circle, but not alone? With this membership, you receive a second membership card that enables you to bring a (changing) friend, partner, family member or colleague to access our program.
Patrons
As a patron you receive three tickets for each KW Friends event. This gives you, your team, your business or private contacts the opportunity to build new connections . In addition, you will have the chance to further support the program of KW and the Berlin Biennale through personal requests and on a voluntary basis.

Exhibition Opening, 2024; photo: David von Becker.

Become a KW Friend

Supported Projects (2020–2025)

13th Berlin Biennale – passing the fugitive on (2025)
Jimmy DeSana & Paul P. – Ruins of Rooms, KW Institute for Contemporary Art (2024)
Redesign main entrance, KW Institute for Contemporary Art (2024)
Enrico David – Destroyed Men Come and Go, KW Institute for Contemporary Art (2023)
12th Berlin Biennale for Contemporary Art – Still Present! (2022)
Christopher Kulendran Thomas – Another World (2022), KW Institute for Contemporary Art (2022)
Amelie von Wulffen, KW Institute for Contemporary Art (2021)
Leonilson – Drawn 1975–1993, KW Institute for Contemporary Art (2021)
KW Digital: The Last Museum (2021)
stanley brouwn, KW Institute for Contemporary Art (2021)
BPA Exhibition 2021, KW Institute for Contemporary Art (2021)
Michael Stevenson – Disproof does not Equal Disbelief, KW Institute for Contemporary Art (2021)
Zeros and Ones, KW Institute for Contemporary Art (2021)
Pause: Michele Rizzo – REACHING, KW Institute for Contemporary Art (2021)
KW Digital: Open Secret (2021)
Understudies: I, Myself Will Exhibit Nothing, KW Institute for Contemporary Art (2021)
Renée Green – Inevitable Distances, KW Institute for Contemporary Art (2021)
KW, a history, Publication (2021)
11th Berlin Biennale for Contemporary Art – The Crack Begins Within (2020)

Learn more about the projects supported by KW Friends!

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KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin 2023; Photo: David von Becker.

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