1961 Construction of the Berlin Wall.
1962 The Ford Foundation (New York) decide to finance an annual "Artists-in-Residence" Programme. Fields: Visual Arts, Music and Literature.
1963 The first guests arrive at the "frontline" of the Cold War. Between 1963 and 1965 among the guests are Emilio Vedova, Michel Butor, Jan Kotik, Ingeborg Bachmann, H.W. Henze, Iannis Xenakis, W.H. Auden, Igor Strawinsky
1963 April The Ford Foundation transfer the handling of the Artists-in-Residence Programme to DAAD. Peter Nestler becomes the first Head of the Berlin Office.



Fig. 1 Witold Gombrowicz (Guest of DAAD 1963/64)
1964

Fig. 2 In the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra: Theatre Manager Stresemann with the fellowship holders Hans Werner Henze, Elliott Carter, Gilbert Amy und Igor Strawinsky (1964)
1965 The Senate of Berlin decide to budget for the Artists-in-Residence Programme as of mid 1966.
1966 Jan


From July		 DAAD takes on the handling of the "Artists-in-Residence" Programme. The first nomination jury chooses guests for the following year.


Official new name of "DAAD Artists-in-Berlin Programme".



Fig. 3 Ed Kienholz at "30 International Artists" in Beethoven Hall in Bonn (1966)
1969
Fig. 4 György Ligeti (Guest of DAAD 1969/70)
1971
Fig. 5 George Tabori at a reading at the Akademie der Künste (Academy of Arts) (1971)



Fig. 6 György Kurtág at the Studio Concert "East European Avant-Garde" at the SFB (1971)
1972 Karl Ruhrberg becomes Head of the Berlin Office.



Fig. 7 John Cage and Morton Feldman in an apartment of the Artists-in-Berlin Programme (both guests of 1972)
1973 DAAD and the Academy of Arts found the "Künstlerhaus Bethanien GmbH".
1974 Stephen Dwoskin is the first guest in the new field of Film.
1978 Wieland Schmied becomes the successor of Karl Ruhrberg.
1978 Dec Opening of the "daadgalerie" in Kurfürstenstrasse.
1986 Joachim Sartorius adopts the role of Head of the Artists-in-Berlin Programme.
1989 The Fall of the Berlin Wall.  The Artists-in-Berlin Programme is the first institution to move it’s office from Steinplatz to Jägerstrasse in Berlin-Mitte.



Fig. 8 Susan Sontag (Guest of DAAD 1989/90)
1990
Fig. 9 Cees Nooteboom and Joachim Sartorius at "Literature and Film" at Arsenal Cinema (1990)
1994 Dr. Heinz-L. Nastansky adopts the role of Head of the Artists-in-Berlin Programme.
1999 Ulrich Podewils becomes the new Head of the Artists-in-Berlin Programme.  The office moves to it’s current address of Gendarmenmarkt on Markgrafenstrasse.
2001 "Zeitenwechsel" (Changing Times): 35 Years of the Artists-in-Berlin Programme – anniversary event.



Fig. 10 Performance of the sound performer David Moss during "Zeitenwechsel" (2001)
2003 Nele Hertling becomes the new Head of the Artists-in-Berlin Programme.
2005 The "daadgalerie" moved to Zimmerstrasse in Berlin-Mitte, a historic location near "Checkpoint Charlie".



Fig. 11 Opening of the daadgalerie with a video installation by Anri Sala (from Albania, guest of DAAD in 2005) about the time of upheaval in his home city of Tirana.
2006 The German Academic Exchange Service establishes the Valeska-Gert guest professorship in dance and performance at the Free University.
2008 On the 1st of September Katharina Narbutovič is to take on directorship of the Artists-in-Berlin Program of the DAAD.