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Thursday, 19.10.2023, 7 pm

Book presentation Margarete Schütte-Lihotzky. Architecture. Politics. Gender. New Perspectives on Her Life and Work

The Austrian Cultural Forum in New York (ACFNY) recently hosted an important book presentation.

The work in question constitutes the first extensive publication about Margarete Schütte-Lihotzky's life and work in the englisch language; edited by Dr. Bernadette Reinhold and Dr. Marcel Bois.

Now, the book was introduced in the United States in the form of an event, which included a panel discussion with the two editors. Said discussion was moderated by Dr. Stephanie Buhmann, Head of Visual Arts, Architecture and Design at the ACFNY.
Link to the ACFNY-Website.
 
On October 2 2023, the first presentation of the work took place at the Margarete Schütte-Lihotzky Centre in Vienna. The original german edition was published in 2019.

Authors: Carla Aßmann, David Baum, Elisabeth Boeckl-Klamper, Marcel Bois, Helen Young Chang, Marie-Theres Deutsch, Burcu Dogramaci, S. E. Eisterer, Sebastian Engelmann, Thomas Flierl, Christoph Freyer, Juliet Kinchin, Manfred Mugrauer, Sabine Plakolm-Forsthuber, Monika Platzer, Claudia Quiring, Bernadette Reinhold, Günther Sandner, Karin Schneider, Antje Senarclens de Grancy, Änne Söll, Karin Zogmayer, Christine Zwingl
English Translation: Mark Wilch
 
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View into the apartment, September 2022, Photo: Bettina Frenzel
The sleeping niche with the restored wall hanging, September 2022, Photo: Bettina Frenzel
Margarete Schütte-Lihotzky in her apartment, 1981, Photo: Margherita Spiluttini