Bernische Kunstgesellschaft BKG

The Bernische Kunstgesellschaft encourages the understanding of art, in particular contemporary art, and supports especially talented young artists, the Museum of Fine Arts Bern as well as the Kunsthalle Bern. The BKG holds lectures and organizes tours to exhibitions, viewings of art at home and abroad, and studio visits. Annually, it awards the highest private art prize in the canton Bern – the Louise Aeschlimann and Margareta Corti Stipend.