Exhibition Opening Glitz and Glamour

200 Years of Lobmeyr

Since 1823, the Viennese glass manufacturer J. & L. Lobmeyr has stood for artistic, masterfully executed glasses, drinking services, chandeliers, and decorative objects of fine dining. Over the course of six generations, the Lobmeyr family has managed to combine tradition with innovation and to shape glass design far beyond the borders of Austria with designs by creative minds such as Theophil Hansen, Josef Hoffmann, Adolf Loos, Lotte Fink, Marianne Rath, Michael Anastassiades, Max Lamb, POLKA, Martino Gamper, and Sebastian Menschhorn.

Tue, 6.6.2023 7 pm — 9 pm

MAK – Museum of Applied Arts

Five Lobmeyr glasses from the MAK collection

Seven Goblets made of glass side by side

On the occasion of its 200th anniversary, the MAK, which can look back on a long-standing connection with the glassmaking dynasty, is honoring J. & L. Lobmeyr with an exhibition that makes the unbelievable variety of the objects tangible. In the exhibition design, an aspect that is often perceived only intuitively will be formative: J. & L. Lobmeyr’s deep understanding of the interplay of light and shadow. The anniversary exhibition plays with the optical charms that Lobmeyr glass unfolds when placed in light.

CURATORS

Guest Curator: Alice Stori Liechtenstein

Curator: Rainald Franz, Curator, MAK Glass and Ceramics Collection

Exhibitions

Glitz and Glamour

200 Years of Lobmeyr

MAK – Museum of Applied Arts