Wasp Nests & Termite Buildings – Reflections on Art, Architecture and Biology

Monday, March 18, 2024, 4:30 pm

Guided tour at the Natural History Museum Vienna and the Austrian Frederick and Lillian Kiesler Private Foundation

Join artist Kerstin Stoll and NHM curator Dominique Zimmermann as they explore the impressive architecture of insects. How do insects know what their buildings should look like? How have insect buildings inspired human architecture? And how do they inspire art? These and other exciting questions will be explored during this exclusive guided tour, during which we will first explore the NHM’s insect collection and then the Magic Architecture | Habitat exhibition in the nearby Austrian Frederick and Lillian Kiesler Private Foundation.

Registration is requested
Meeting point: Entrance hall NHM Vienna
Duration: approx. 2 hours (ending at the Frederick Kiesler Foundation)
Costs: Museum admission + guided tour ticket at NHM Vienna
Language: German

Kiesler-Prize 2024

Junya Ishigami

is Winner of the 13th Austrian Frederick Kiesler Prize for Architecture and the Arts

The Austrian Frederick and Lillian Kiesler Private Foundation is delighted to announce that the Japanese architect Junya Ishigami has been awarded the Frederick Kiesler Prize for Architecture and Art, one of the most highly endowed international prizes in this field.

“I am honoured to receive the esteemed Frederick Kiesler Prize for Architecture and the Arts, and want to extend my heartfelt gratitude to the Foundation and the jury. This acknowledgment inspires me to continue pushing the boundaries of architecture in the pursuit of excellence.”
– Junya Ishigami, Winner of the Kiesler-Prize 2024

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Friedrich Kiesler
Us, You, Me

February 25 – Mai 26, 2024

Kunsthaus Zug
Dorfstrasse 27, 6301 Zug, Switzerland

An exhibition of the Kunsthaus Zug in cooperation with the Austrian Frederick and Lilian Kiesler Private Foundation, Vienna and The Estate of Frederick Kielser, New York

Curated by Stephanie Buhmann (Estate of Frederick Kielser), Matthias Haldemann (Kunsthaus Zug) and Gerd Zillner (Frederick Kiesler Foundation)

Frederick Kiesler.
MAGIC ARCHITECTURE | HABITAT.
Kerstin Stoll

November 15, 2023 – June 7, 2024

Austrian Frederick and Lillian Kiesler Private Foundation
Mariahilfer Straße 1B/1, 1060 Vienna

to display, to support,
to care

February 15 – April 6, 2024

University Gallery of the Angewandte
Heiligenkreuzerhof, 1010 Vienna

With Works by Jason Dodge, Philipp Gehmacher, Friedrich Kiesler, Simon Lässig, Joanna Piotrowska, Johannes Porsch and Nicole Wermers

Curated by Vanessa Joan Müller

Programme
Tue, March 26, 2024, 6 p.m.
Guided tour
with Anette Freudenberger

Thu, March 28, 2024, 6 p.m.
Dialogue tour
with Gerd Zillner and Anette Freudenberger

Map & Contact

Contact

Austrian Frederick and Lillian Kiesler Private Foundation
Mariahilfer Straße 1b/Top 1
1060 Vienna
T +43 1 5130775
office@kiesler.org

Directions

Public Transport:
Subway: U2 Museumsquartier, U2/U3 Volkstheater, U3 Neubaugasse
Tramway: 1, 2, 71, D Stop Burgring
Bus: 57A Stop Getreidemarkt