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An Austrian Cultural Forum is an agency of the Federal Ministry for European and International Affairs, responsible for cultural and scientific dialogue with artists and scientists of each host country. A cultural forum focuses on the specific needs of local users and partners, and works independently on different contents.
In 1936, she had her first exhibition at an informal Austrian cultural association in London, forerunner of the present-day Austrian Cultural Forum, [6] and in 1938 she began to work as a freelance photojournalist for the new weekly picture magazine Picture Post, founded by the Hungarian editor, Stefan Lorant.
The Wolf Suschitzky Photography Prize has been awarded every two years since 2018 by the Austrian Cultural Forum London: to reflect Suschitzky's connection to his homeland as well as his adopted country, [21] the prize is awarded simultaneously to one Austrian and one British photographer. A jury will select one winner from each country, who ...
"The history of the Austrian Embassy in London is remarkable in many ways. Since the Congress of Vienna , it has moved its quarters only once, in 1866, from Chandos House to 18 Belgrave Square . It is the only Embassy building of the Imperial and Royal Austro-Hungarian Foreign Service still used today by Austrian diplomacy.
Each year, city partners of the World Cities Culture Forum meet at the three-day World Cities Culture Summit. The Summit is an opportunity for members to share best practice. [7] The event is by invitation only. Two delegates from each member city – deputy mayors, senior policymakers or advisors in culture – are invited to attend. [8]
In 2002, the institution, now called the Austrian Cultural Forum, moved into a new building at the location of its former townhouse. [3] ACFNY is a division of the Austrian consulate in New York. Susanne Keppler-Schlesinger has held the position of Director of the Austrian Cultural Forum New York since September 2022. [1]
One of Germany's most ambitious cultural projects, which will feature collections of African, Asian and other non-European art in a partial replica of a Prussian palace that was demolished by East ...
When Nazi Germany invaded Austria in 1938, Harand was in London lecturing; it saved her life as the Nazis had set a price for her capture of 100,000 Reichsmark. She then emigrated to the United States, where she established the Austrian forum, which after the war was the basis for the Austrian Cultural Forum, of which she became the leader.