Take part in the BAI Studio Program and visit GALLERY WEEKEND BERLIN 2025

Enroll in Block 05 from April 28 – May 23, 2025

Explore the diverse and vibrant art scene of Berlin

Come on-site to BERLIN ART INSTITUTE and immerse & grow yourself in an arts residency with your international peers.

Each spring, a maximum of 55 Berlin galleries open exhibitions by emerging and established artists during Gallery Weekend Berlin, welcoming numerous visitors from around the world to the city.

The BERLIN ART INSTITUTE promotes artistic production, discourse, mediation and research, and is dedicated to training and further education in the contemporary context through its various programs. Via international cooperation, the BAI strives for intercultural exchange and a lively, transnational dialogue, and acts as a player in the art, culture, creative, civic, and education sector.

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Concept

The BERLIN ART INSTITUTE combines elements of a professional production site, international artist residency, independent art school, and innovative arts incubator for artistic practice, discourse, and research in Berlin.

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Programs

In addition to the international Studio Program, the BAI offers a Residency Program, Workshops, Master Classes, Portfolio Courses, a Spring Academy, an Arts Incubator, Live Online Courses & Classes, a Friends Program, and the presentation display 404 | BAI.

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Location

The studios of the institute are located in the building complex 404 at the listed commercial property “Motorwerk Berlin” in the Berlin district of Weißensee. The prominent head-end building and the production hall are from 1921.

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Team

We work together with a pool of international guest lecturers. Regular events with alternating artists, curators, critics, authors etc. facilitate an exchange with actors of Berlin’s contemporary art scene.

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Start a partnership with BERLIN ART INSTITUTE cooperating in the BAI RESIDENCY PROGRAM!

addressing international art universities, art academies, embassies, agencies, institutions, organizations, associations, foundations and enterprises
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Latest News

  • Bye-BAI to HILA MRAD

Bye-BAI to HILA MRAD

March 28th, 2025|

ByeBAI to Israeli artist Hila Mrad who attended our Studio Program at BERLIN ART INSTITUTE in Block [...]

Feel Welcome to the BAI LIVE ONLINE COURSES & CLASSES!

With its live online courses, classes, seminars, lectures, conferences, studio visits, interviews, coachings and eCrits, the BAI has expanded its range of advanced training offers to include an eLearning section that enables art and culture experts worldwide to participate in the BAI’s online program and to get access to the BAI community.
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BAI Grants for social stARTups & cultural entrepreneurship!

The BERLIN ARTS INCUBATOR offers scholarships for a flex desk.
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