The Neue Berliner Kunstverein (English: "New Berlin Art Association"), abbreviated nbk, n.b.k. or NBK, is an art association founded in Berlin in 1969 that is dedicated to promoting contemporary art.[1][2] The association has permanent exhibition rooms on Chausseestrasse in Berlin-Mitte. The Artothek, which has been operated by the NBK since 1970, is an art loan library with 4,000 works of art that can be borrowed.[2][3][4] The Video-Forum, founded in 1971, is a collection of video art that today comprises more than 1700 works.[2][1][5][6]

Bibliography

• Rosemarie Bremer, Lucie Schauer: 10 Jahre NBK: Bilanz und Rechenschaft aus Berlin. Neuer Berliner Kunstverein, Berlin 1979.
• Rosemarie Bremer, Renate Grisebach: 20 Jahre NBK: das zweite Jahrzehnt. Neuer Berliner Kunstverein, Berlin 1989.
• Marius Nefarious, Sophie Goltz, Kathrin Becker (Hrsg.): Kunst und Öffentlichkeit: 40 Jahre Neuer Berliner Kunstverein. König, Köln 2009, (ISBN 978-3-86560-715-7). (Catalog on the occasion of the exhibition of the same name in the NBK from March 28 to May 10, 2009.)

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