Never final! Museum Talks #3

Never final! Museum Talks #3

Wed 28.05., 18h

In conversation with Dr. Gerald Piffl, director of the Imagno photo archive, the development of photographic collections in Austria and photography as a documentation of contemporary history will be discussed.
Moderation: Marie-Therese Hochwartner

"Never final" - this formula coined by Hertha Firnberg still defines mumok today as a dynamic place of change. Her idea is underpinned by the Museum Talks, an open format that uses interactive exhibition design to open up lively dialog spaces between politicians, collection researchers, art historians and visitors. The museum actively functions as a platform for collective research, learning and questioning, and visitors can expect a discussion program in which museum practice and everything it entails is made visible as relational work. In this way, the institution not only shows art, but also reflects on and experiences it together.

Dieter Ronte and Marie-Therese Hochwartner will discuss aspects of the cultural and collection policy of the 1980s with their discussion partners in spring & summer 2025, shedding light on various facets of mumok and the cultural policy changes of the last 45 years.

In German.