Exhibitions

14 December 2019
books for 2020

20 Captivating Fashion Books to Meet 2020

Mapping out the landscape of current fashion issues, such as sustainability, technology, feminism, or interdisciplinarity, through 20 must read fashion books for the new decade.

20 November 2019
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Eligius Award 2019

Discovering new Austrian talent and supporting the growth of the contemporary Austrian jewellery scene.

3 November 2019
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Arts and Crafts

Exploring the links between tradition, discourse and technologies in the contemporary arts and crafts scene.

14 September 2019
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Oliviero Toscani at Atelier Jungwirth

The Milan-born photographer is coming to Graz as a part of his travelling project Razza Umana.

28 August 2019
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Connecting Afro Futures. Fashion x Hair x Design

A dedicated exhibition to the complex and versatile world of fashion design and hair styling of African origin.

14 June 2019
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Crafty Hands

The journey takes you from the guilds of the Middle Ages to modern-day 3D printing.

11 June 2019
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Elfie Semotan: Contradiction

A tribute exhibition to one of Austria’s most forward looking and pioneering photographers invites you to Berlin.

10 April 2019
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100 years of Bauhaus: The Anniversary

A country-wide celebration of all things Bauhaus, connecting the community, makers, advocates, and appreciators of the movement.

4 April 2019
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use-less: Buy less, choose well, make it last.

A sustainable fashion exhibition showcasing fashion without waste.

29 July 2018
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BLESS N°63 Neutra Dasein

A special project from the designers of BLESS at the iconic Los Angeles Neutra VDL House, creating a social space where the public will be invited to spend time exploring ...

15 July 2018
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Madame d'Ora

Machen Sie mich schön, Madame d’Ora Mit dem Buchtitel Machen Sie mich schön, Madame d’Ora. Dora Kallmus - Fotografin in Wien und Paris von 1907 bis 1957 widmete der Brandstätter ...

13 April 2018
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Textile Kultur Haslach 2018

Three weeks of summer courses, two exhibitions, and a market at the Haslach Symposium 2018

3 November 2020
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About Time: Fashion and Duration

The Costume Institute’s exhibition About Time: Fashion and Duration traces 150 years of fashion, from 1870 to the present, along a disrupted timeline, in honor of the Museum’s 150th anniversary. ...

10 July 2020
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VDF x AUSTRIANFASHION.NET

AUSTRIANFASHION.NET presents 15 innovative Austrian fashion and product designers at the world’s first online design festival.

30 April 2020
Christian Dior Film

Christian Dior: Designer of Dreams

A full-length documentary released by Dior about the rich history of the iconic fashion brand and the legend behind it.

31 January 2020
Raf Simons for Dior Haute Couture by Tim Walker

SMUK. Fashion Decoration: a Show-Off

Putting historical and contemporary decorative techniques of luxury fashion in the spotlight through clothing, accessories, and couture.

11 December 2019
Hedy Lamarr in I Take This-Woman

Lady Bluetooth - Hedy Lamarr

The story of a remarkable inventor buried under the expectations of womanhood in the 30’s and 40’s.

20 November 2019
Fida Al Hussan Fallafai at Stedelijk Museum Schiedam

Modest Fashion*

*An international phenomenon in art and fashion.

3 November 2019
40 Years of Vogue Germany

Ist das Mode oder kann das weg!?

A celebratory 40th anniversary retrospective into the aesthetic phenomenon that is Vogue Germany.

23 September 2019
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Fast Fashion: The Dark Sides of Fashion

Addressing the pressing issues of fast fashion in the modern world, and showcasing sustainable ways to reverse the process.

14 September 2019
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Vienna Design Week 2019

The 13th edition of Austria’s largest curated design festival comes back to Vienna at the end of September.

28 August 2019
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Ars Electronica Festival 2019

One of the world’s largest media art venues celebrates its 40th anniversary with a showcase for creativity and innovation.

30 July 2019
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Sigalit Landau. Salt Years

Objects baptised by the Dead Sea and revealing an ethereal quality of the timelapse of life.

13 July 2019
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Fearless Fashion: Rudi Gernreich

The exhibition underscores the fashion pioneer’s forward-looking embrace of gender fluidity and body positivity.

10 July 2019
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#FINAESTAMPA_

Thanks to the digital revolution and the social networks, fashion illustration is currently experiencing an unprecedented boom.

7 July 2019
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Mozarts Modewelten

An exhibition following the musical prodigy’s extravagant style and love for all things fashionable.

13 June 2019
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Textile Kultur Haslach 2019

Several textile exhibitions will take place in Haslach and its surrounding area, followed by the ETN conference.

26 April 2019
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Garage Exchange: Constanze Schweiger and 69

The artist Constanze Schweiger invites the fashion house 69 for an exhibition collaboration.

25 April 2019
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100 Percent Wool

Encounter and interact with the theme of wool on a playful, sensual, intellectual or nostalgic level.

18 April 2019
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A Failed Play

The first solo exhibition of Austrian Anna-Sophie Berger’s work in London at Cell Project Space.

18 April 2019
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Vienna Biennale 2019

Vienna Biennale for Change 2019 holds the theme BRAVE NEW VIRTUES. Shaping Our Digital World.

18 April 2019
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Biomorphism by Iris van Herpen

An installation by Iris van Herpen at the shimmering architectural Swarovski Kristallwelten Store Wien.

3 April 2019
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Design Month Graz

Another edition of the great month of design in Graz, with an even better theme to boot.

3 April 2019
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Contemporary Muslim Fashions

Mapping the fashion in muslim countries, from streetwear all the way to couture.

1 April 2019
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La Biennale di Venezia

Renate Bertlmann represents Austria at the 58th International Art Exhibition - "May You Live In Interesting Times"

18 March 2019
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Focus Design II

As part of the second Salzburg Design Days the focus will be on fashion unique pieces by young Salzburg fashion designers.

7 March 2019
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5th International Triennale of Textile Art

Textile Art of Today connects textiles and new technologies.

28 February 2019
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Christian Dior: Designer of Dreams

A captivating retrospective of one of the most influential couturiers of the 20th Century.

27 February 2019
Theresa Macourek 2018

Eligius Award 2019

The award, named for the patron saint of goldsmiths, was initiated in 2005 and is being offered this year for the sixth time.

8 February 2019
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International Fashion Showcase London 2019

Another edition of the IFS in London bringing fresh new international names to the fore.

6 December 2018
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MODEL ARBUS GOLDIN

An exhibition on three revolutionary personalities of photography spanning three generations.

5 December 2018
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Istanbul 2018 / Beyond Couture

A Cross-Cultural Collaboration in Contemporary Fashion Design at the 4th Istanbul Design Biennial.

11 October 2018
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Veiled, Unveiled! The Headscarf

The Weltmuseum Wien presents 17 distinct positions related to wearing headscarves.

8 October 2018
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SAGMEISTER & WALSH: Beauty

An exhibition of the MAK, Vienna and the Museum Angewandte Kunst, Frankfurt am Main

6 October 2018
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Sonja Bischur Jewellery Exhibition

The V&V Gallery invites you to a showcase of the jewellery designer Sonja Bischur’s works.

6 October 2018
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Repair and Design Futures

An exhibition, multidisciplinary programming initiative, and journal issue.

4 October 2018
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Rainer Ganahl: Comme des Marxists

Creating connections between the industrial revolution, the on-going class struggles and tragedies, Ganahl’s project challenges our understanding of the fashion system.

4 October 2018
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Carolin Holzhuber at The Shoe Museum in Portugal

The Portugese Shoe Museum invites Carolin Holzhuber for their ‘Creating between Worlds. From Head to Toe’ exhibition

29 July 2018
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Fashioned from Nature

The first UK exhibition to explore the complex relationship between fashion and nature from 1600 to the present day.

29 July 2018
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Haute Dantelle- Designer Lace

Spotlighting lace as a traditional material upgraded to modernity through technological advances, and revealing its everlasting beauty and versatility.

10 July 2018
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Make Me Look Beautiful, Madame D’Ora!

The story of Madame D’Ora and her iconic photography portraits on view at the Leopold Museum.

10 July 2018
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Jewellery Links Exhibition

Exploring the Turkish jewellery scene through a diverse display of the works of 13 artists.

22 June 2018
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Fashion Unraveled

The Museum at FIT examines the concepts of imperfection and incompletion in fashion.

16 June 2018
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Icons of Style: A Century of Fashion Photography

A sweeping introduction to fashion photography which transcended its original commercial function in order to become works of fine art, as presented by the Getty Museum.

20 April 2018
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Designmonat Graz 2018

The city of Graz is home to the annual Designmonat which consistently treats its many visitors to an array of design-oriented exhibitions, events, and an overall rich programme.

20 April 2018
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AUGUST SANDER Portrait of a society / HANNA PUTZ Portraits after S.

Coinciding with the August Sander exhibition at Westlicht, the center of photography in Vienna, the upper gallery features an installation by Hanna Putz, Portraits after S. The Vienna and Berlin ...

20 April 2018
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Skin Deep. Hair Dressers, Barbers, Beauticians

The exhibition “Skin Deep” at Wien Museum deals with the practices and meanings of modern body care and styling from the eighteenth century onwards. It focuses on shaving, hair care ...

20 April 2018
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Fashion Drive. Extreme Clothing in the Visual Arts

The exhibition spans art in multiple media from the Renaissance to the present day, with paintings, sculptures, installations, prints and watercolors, photographs, films, costumes and armour by some sixty artists.

12 April 2018
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Viennese Modernism

Vienna celebrates Modernism in 2018. Four of its most important protagonists died 100 years ago: Gustav Klimt, Egon Schiele, Otto Wagner and Koloman Moser. They had a lasting impact on ...

2 April 2018
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Ines Doujak SALE

The Large Hall of the LENTOS is transformed into a fashion store! The Austrian artist Ines Doujak presents her highly unusual fashion collections.

1 April 2018
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Helena Rubinstein. Pioneer of Beauty

Krakow, Vienna, Melbourne, London, Paris, New York, Tel Aviv are the essential stations of Helena Rubinstein’s life. The exhibition traces her path as a migrant who conquered continents and broke ...

15 November 2017
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Berlin 2017 / FASHION: Objects, Concepts & Visions

Walking the Line between Craft and Tech: New Positions in Austrian Fashion Design

15 October 2017
ReFashioning Austria Exhibition, Shanghai

Shanghai 2016 / ReFashioning Austria

With contributions from more than 70 Austrian designers and artists, the show covers a wide range of styles and contemporary perspectives, and provides a snapshot into the Austrian fashion scene.

25 July 2017
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Helmut Lang - Various Conditions

An extensive new show of Helmut Lang’s latest works is taking place at two locations simultaneously- Sammlung Friedrichshof in Zurndorf and Stadtraum in Vienna.

5 July 2017
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Buy From Jews! Story of a Viennese store culture

The history of the Jewish department stores.

30 June 2017
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Coco Chanel by Willy Rizzo & Vogue Covers

Willy Rizzo's analogue works with some of the biggest names in fashion.

29 June 2017
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Another Austria 2017

For the fifth time, Another Austria will present collections by young fashion designers at the International Fashion Showcase, organised by the British Council and the British Fashion Council during London ...

29 June 2017
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London / Another Austria

Ever since its debut in 2013, Another Austria has been going strong for six seasons. Dedicated to promoting Austrian talent on an international level, the exhibition established itself as a ...

28 June 2017
Another Austria 2016: Fashion Utopias

Another Austria 2016

Austrian Fashion Design at the International Fashion Showcase during London Fashion Week 2016

27 June 2017
Another Austria 2015: Writing Fashion

Another Austria 2015

For a third time, Another Austria - in cooperation with the Austrian Cultural Forum London - presents young Austrian fashion design in the context of the International Fashion Showcase 2015 ...

26 June 2017
Another Austria 2014

Another Austria 2014

For the second time, Austrian fashion design is represented at the British Council and British Fashion Council’s International Fashion Showcase 2014 in parallel with London Fashion Week. The British Fashion ...

25 June 2017
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Another Austria 2013

When the International Fashion Showcase takes place for the second time, in conjunction with London Fashion Week, there will be an exciting new addition to the programme. For the first ...

9 June 2017
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Peter Lindbergh. From Fashion to Reality

Peter Lindbergh's career on display through a multimedia show.

5 June 2017
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Woman

The 1970s as a women's era of emancipation shown through an extensive exhibition at the MUMOK.

23 April 2017
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Contemporary Cluster #04 Caroline Heider

Images re-imagined through the eyes of Caroline Heider at her first solo show in Italy.

9 April 2017
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The Vulgar: Fashion Redefined

Examining good and bad taste hrough the ages at the Vienna's Winter Palace.

9 April 2017
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Craft and modernity meet at MAK's new exhibition handWERK.

9 April 2017
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Oh...Jakob Lena Knebl and the Mumok Collection

An interactive and eccentric exhibition to feed your mind.

11 November 2016
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AWAY - Stories from Abroad

A true visual catalogue of the The Austrian Federal Chancellery residencies through the years.

16 September 2016
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Sports/No Sports

The changes in society mapped through the sports evolution in fashion.

18 June 2016
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Emilie Flöge: Reforming Fashion

The ever alluring life of Klimt's muse Emilie Flöge making for an irresistable exhibition.

7 June 2016
Displaying Fashion Opener

Displaying Fashion

In der Salzburger Galerie 5020 gelingt es sechs österreichischen Modedesignern innerhalb einer Präsentationsfläche mit neuen Konzepten die Grenzen zur Kunst aufzuheben und beim Betrachter eine Intensität der Emotionen zu provozieren.

3 April 2016
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Robert La Roche Personal View

Exhibiting the history and success of the iconic Austrian eyewear designer Robert La Roche.

1 January 2016
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Textiles Zentrum Haslach

Mit nunmehr fünf Partnern unter einem Dach ist das Textile Zentrum Haslach Schritt für Schritt zu einem Kompetenzzentrum für alles Textile herangereift. Jetzt wurde die „Seele“ dieses fünfteiligen Netzwerkes zur ...

10 June 2012
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The Art of Fashion

“Ist Mode Kunst?” fragt FIT Direktorin Dr. Valerie Steele

1 October 2009
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Kostüm-Geschichten

Von Mieder bis Latex, vom Modesalon der Schwestern Flöge bis Helmut Lang: Die Modesammlung des Wien Museum zählt mit ihrem Bestand von über 25.000 Objekten zu den bedeutendsten Sammlungen in ...

12 March 2009
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Wiener Couture

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