KIESLER FOUNDATION VIENNA

The Austrian Frederick and Lillian Kiesler Private Foundation was founded in 1997, after the Republic of Austria and the city of Vienna, with the help of numerous private benefactors, had acquired the descendant's estate of Frederick Kiesler. It is its objective to explore the heritage of this Austro-American architect (1890-1965) and to ascribe it to the contemporary canon of architectural and artistic practice. 
In his attempt to achieve a symbiosis of artistic and social domains, Kiesler was oriented towards an interdisciplinary combination of theory and practice. He was active in the various disciplines of architecture, visual arts, design and theatre. The Kiesler Foundation Vienna develops its interdisciplinary and transmedial activities based on this holistic way of thinking. Research projects, symposia and exhibitions examine Kiesler’s oeuvre and its historical impact, attending to aspects of historical inquiry, as well as of contemporary cultural discourse.  

Founders and Sponsors
Bundesministerium für Unterricht, Kunst und Kultur
Bundesministerium für Wissenschaft und Forschung
Kunstsektion (bm: ukk)
Kulturabteilung der Stadt Wien
Oesterreichische Nationalbank
Bank Austria Creditanstalt AG
Österreichische Postsparkassen Aktiengesellschaft
Österreichischen Lotterien
WITTMANN MÖBELWERKSTÄTTEN
Wiener Städtische Allgemeine Versicherung Aktiengesellschaft
Bank für Arbeit und Wirtschaft Aktiengesellschaft
Hannes Pflaum
Gertraud Bogner and Dieter Bogner
John Sailer

Board
Dieter Bogner (president)
Peter Kowalski 
Thomas Drozda
Christoph Thun-Hohenstein
Sylvia Eisenburger
Michael P. Franz
Monika Hutter
Andrea Ecker

Director
Monika Pessler

Assistent 
Tatjana Okresek-Oshima

Archive and research
Gerd Zillner
Tatjana Okresek-Oshima

Office and Press
Sabina Prudic-Hartl