Kommunale Kapitale commences with a panel discussion focusing on the role of municipal galleries in mapping Berlin’s visual art landscape amidst increasing challenges.
In these uncertain times, the panel discussion aims to help reflect on the ways the fabric and structures of visual arts in Berlin are interwoven and mutually interdependent.
The guiding questions are: What role does visual art play in the city? How do the various venues contribute to the functioning of the “art operating system”? And what particular significance do municipal galleries have in this context?
 
 
A panel discussion with:
 
• Ingo Arend, journalist and critic for taz, monopol, Kunstforum International, Deutschlandfunk Kultur among others
• Leonie Baumann, former Rector of Weißensee Academy of Art, Berlin and current Curator of the Capital City Culture Fund
• Frauke Boggasch, spokesperson for bbk berlin
• Yolanda Kaddu-Mulindwa, Director of Neukölln Municipal Galleries
• Dr. Thomas Köhler, Director of the Berlinische Galerie
 
Moderation: Fatima Çalışkan