International Women’s Day 2026 at the MAK

Program

11 am, MAKtour: Rebels of Everyday Life (in German)
The objects we use in everyday life determine many of our actions. Furthermore, they tell a lot about the people who invented them. How can we revolutionize our daily routine? How can we stand up against it and contradict it? On this tour, we show you some design strategies and solutions by rebels of everyday life.
2–5 pm, OPEN: The Feminist Act
Vienna’s first feminist life-drawing group invites participants to an exclusive FLINTA* session at DIREKTION FÜR ALLE! on the occasion of International Women’s* Day. Practicing drawing, taking turns as a model, building feminist networks, and playfully integrating artistic expression into everyday life—all of this is The Feminist Act. In a welcoming Safer Space, participants come together to show and draw bodies read as female in a shared atmosphere of openness, free of judgment and preconceived notions. Through mutual modeling, and in the spirit of the body positivity movement, participants are invited to experience alternative perspectives on their own bodies—without reproducing misogynistic stereotypes. So sharpen your pencils and bring your charcoal! Drinks, snacks, and a basic supply of materials will be provided.
The Feminist Act by studio OAG! – Association for Art in Everyday Life
Vienna’s first feminist life-drawing group, supporting body positivity and the development of creative skills for FLINTA* participants.
Registration: studio OAG! at habedieehre@oag.studio
Free admission!

3 pm, Guided Tour VIENNA 1900—The Women Artists of the Wiener Werkstätte (in German)
With the reorganization of its permanent collection on Vienna around 1900, the MAK resolutely continues its policy of recent years of interpreting its collections according to recent contemporary criteria. A new perspective on Vienna around 1900, centered on such MAK exhibitions as The Women Artists of the Wiener Werkstätte and the diverse narratives generated thereby, aims to reveal the essence of this formative epoch. Besides treasures from the museum’s own collection, the reorganization will incorporate outstanding objects on loan.