From Dürer to Sagmeister
Several exhibitions are curated every year using the holdings of the MAK Library and Works on Paper Collection. Particular attention is paid to ensuring a balance between historical and contemporary works as well as the main focal points of the Library Collection.
In the Worts on Paper Room, the history of Cuban posters was told for the first time in Austria in 2005, and in 2002 Stefan Sagmeister’s first solo show took place here. In this room tribute has been paid to Otto Neurath as well as to the pioneers of commercial graphic design Joseph Binder, Julius Klinger, Ernst Deutsch-Dryden, Hermann Kosel, and Hans Neumann. Focusing on book art is also part of our programmatic approach: from Russian and Viennese children’s books to the contemporary artist’s book, the MAK has set itself the task of sharing these diverse media with the public.
Curator: Kathrin Pokorny-Nagel
Several exhibitions are curated every year using the holdings of the MAK Library and Works on Paper Collection. Particular attention is paid to ensuring a balance between historical and contemporary works as well as the main focal points of the Library Collection.
In the Worts on Paper Room, the history of Cuban posters was told for the first time in Austria in 2005, and in 2002 Stefan Sagmeister’s first solo show took place here. In this room tribute has been paid to Otto Neurath as well as to the pioneers of commercial graphic design Joseph Binder, Julius Klinger, Ernst Deutsch-Dryden, Hermann Kosel, and Hans Neumann. Focusing on book art is also part of our programmatic approach: from Russian and Viennese children’s books to the contemporary artist’s book, the MAK has set itself the task of sharing these diverse media with the public.
Curator: Kathrin Pokorny-Nagel