The Order Pour le Mérite has elected, among others, Marina Abramović and Anselm Kiefer as new members

At its meeting on May 31, 2026 in Berlin, the chapter of the order elected the legal scholar Angelika Nußberger and the visual artist Anselm Kiefer as domestic members and the performance artist Marina Abramović and the economist Ernst Fehr as foreign members of the order. State Minister Weimer explains: “I am pleased that Angelika Nußberger, Anselm Kiefer, Marina Abramović and Ernst Fehr are outstanding personalities