Out of the Box

The mumok blog features current content in the areas mumok mini, mumok live, mumok collects, and mumok insider.

Collaborative artists' books from the mumok library | La Monte Young

October 1, 2022

Simone Moser on the artists' book An Anthology of chance operations, concept art, anti art, indeterminacy, plans of action, diagrams, music, dance constructions, improvization, meaningless work, natural disasters, compositions, mathematics, essays, poetry by La Monte Young and others.

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Das Tier in Dir | Was für ein Zoo ist das Museum?

September 29, 2022

Manuela Ammer and Ulrike Müller have jointly curated the exhibition The Animal Within – Creatures in (and outside) the mumok Collection. In the interview, they talk about the show, their collaboration, and the curatorial and artistic gaze.

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Feministisch Betrachtet: Queering pictorial spaces

September 27, 2022

As part of Vienna Pride, artist and art educator Mikki Muhr hosted a guided tour through Wolfgang Tillmans. Sound is Liquidand Enjoy – the mumok Collection in Change. For our blog, Mikki Muhr

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Camera Obscura

September 22, 2022

Make your own camera obscura and discover the basic principle of photography.

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60 Years mumok | Interview with Gerhard Rühm

September 18, 2022

Gerhard Rühm, an interloper between the disciplines of art, music, and poetry, has decided to give the core of his artistic estate to mumok. In conversation with curator Heike Eipeldauer he talks about the relationship between language and thought, his artistic socialization in postwar Vienna, and his famous artistic companions.

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60 Jahre mumok | Yesterday and Today: A Short Overview of a Long Development

September 19, 2022

mumok celebrates its 60th anniversary. Chief curator Rainer Fuchs on the history of the museum and the mumok Collection.

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Video | Jesse Stecklow über seine Ausstellung Terminal

September 15, 2022

In our new video, artist Jesse Stecklow talks about his exhibition Terminal.

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60 Years mumok | The Dieter and Gertraud Bogner Collection

September 13, 2022

Dieter and Gertraud Bogener donated an extensive part of their collection to the mumok and thus contributed a vital part to the mumok Collection. On the occasion of Dieter Bogner's 80th birthday, the mumok again received an extremely generous donation.

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Collaborations: Social Networks | Ree Morton

September 12, 2022

Accompanying the exhibition Collaborations we present selected works in Out of the Box.

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Towards Infinity | Visual Essay by Jesse Stecklow

September 10, 2022

Jesse Stecklow has created a visual essay for our blog. His first European museum exhibition titled Terminal is still on view until September 25, 2022.

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Feministisch Betrachtet Special: Enjoy! Let's take Pride

September 5, 2022

On the occasion of Vienna Pride in June 2022, a poetic discussion with Black queer poet JG Danso took place at the exhibition Enjoy – the mumok Collection in Change.