Franz Thalmair
Franz Thalmair (he/they) is a curator, writer, and editor, based in Vienna, Austria.
Currently, he works as a curator for contemporary art at mumok – Museum moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig Wien in Vienna (since 2019) and as artistic director at Kunstraum Lakeside in Klagenfurt in collaboration with Gudrun Ratzinger (since 2018) | Managing curator at Secession in Vienna (2010-2014) | Freelance curatorial projects at Museo Palacio de la Escuela de Medicina UNAM in Mexico City; Wiels Contemporary Art Centre in Brussels; Greylight Projects in Brussels; Karst in Plymouth/UK; Akbank Art Center in Istanbul; Mala Galerija/Moderna Galerija in Ljubljana; Galerija Galzenica in Velika Gorica; Institut für Alles Mögliche in Berlin | Co-founder of CONT3XT.NET (2006-2012)
Visiting professor and lecturer, University of Applied Arts Vienna, TransArts – Transdisciplinary Art (2013-2025) | Director (with Michael Kargl) of the arts-based research project originalcopy – Post-digital Strategies of Appropriation, University of Applied Arts Vienna, Media Theory (2016-2019) | Lecturer, University of Klagenfurt, Cultural Analysis – Visual Culture (2018-2021) | Lecturer, University of Arts Linz, Media Culture and Art Theories (2012-2013) | Head of the culture department and editor for visual arts, derStandard.at (2007-2010) | Since 2007 comprehensive writing and editing for media such as Artforum / Artforum.com, springerin – Hefte für Gegenwartskunst, KUNSTFORUM International, as well as numerous contributions to exhibition catalogues, art and artists' books.
Publications and exhibitions (selection)
- mumok – Museum moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig Wien
- Agnes Fuchs. Her Eyes Were Green (ed./cur.), Cologne: Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther und Franz König, 2023.
- mixed up with others before we even begin (ed./cur.), Cologne: Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther und Franz König, 2022.
- Collaborations (ed./cur. with Heike Eipeldauer), Cologne: Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther und Franz König, 2022.
- Ane Mette Hol. Becoming (working title) (ed./cur.), Cologne: Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther und Franz König, 2021.
- Kunstraum Lakeside
- Host (ed./cur. with Gudrun Ratzinger), Vienna: Verlag für moderne Kunst, 2025.
- Hollow Ground (ed./cur. with Gudrun Ratzinger), Vienna: Verlag für moderne Kunst, 2024.
- A Sense of Relatedness (ed. with Gudrun Ratzinger), Vienna: Verlag für moderne Kunst, 2023.
- Future Perfect (ed./cur. with Gudrun Ratzinger), Vienna: Verlag für moderne Kunst, 2022.
- Format (ed./cur.), Vienna: Verlag für moderne Kunst, 2021.
- Process (ed./cur.), Vienna: Verlag für moderne Kunst, 2020.
- Research (ed./cur.), Vienna: Verlag für moderne Kunst, 2019.
- Secession
- making of. Members' edition (ed.), Vienna: Secession Edition, 2013.
- Slavs and Tatars. Not Moscow Not Mecca (ed./cur.), Berlin: Revolver Publishing, 2012.
- Wade Guyton. Drawings for a Small Room (ed./cur.), Berlin: Revolver Publishing, 2011.
- Attila Csörgő (ed./cur.), Berlin: Revolver Publishing, 2011.
- Maria Bussmann. Long Beach, NY (ed./cur.), Berlin: Revolver Publishing, 2010.
- Magazines
- Die Stärken der Schwäche (ed. with Karin Harrasser), figurationen. gender literatur kultur #2, 2023.
- exhibit! Ausstellen als künstlerische Praxis (ed. with Gudrun Ratzinger), Kunstforum #270, 2020.
- publish! Publizieren als künstlerische Praxis (ed.), Kunstforum #252, 2018.
- originalcopy (ed. with Michael Kargl), springerin. Hefte für Gegenwartskunst #2, 2018.
- postdigital 2. Erscheinungsformen und Ausbreitung eines Phänomens (ed.), Kunstforum #243, 2016.
- postdigital 1. Allgegenwart und Unsichtbarkeit eines Phänomens (ed.), Kunstforum #242, 2016.
- Miscellaneous
- inframince infra-mince infra mince (ed./cur. with Gudrun Ratzinger and TransArts – Transdisciplinary Art), Berlin: DeGruyter, 2021.
- Exhibition: Universitätsgalerie der Angewandten im Heiligenkreuzerhof, Vienna
- originalcopy: Post-Digital Strategies of Appropriation (ed./cur. with Michael Kargl), Berlin: De Gruyter, 2019.
- Exhibitions: BRUX Freies Theater, Innsbruck; Angewandte Interdisciplinary Lab, Vienna; Wiels, Brussels
- Lorem Ipsum Dolor Sit Amet – Possible Content for 18 Pages (ed./cur.), Berlin: Revolver Publishing, 2016.
- Exhibition: Miss Read: The Berlin Art Book Fair, Berlin
- A Set Of Lines, A Stack Of Paper – Possible Content for 18 Pages (ed./cur.), Berlin: Revolver Publishing, 2015.
- Exhibition: Karst, Plymouth/UK
- This Page Intentionally Left Blank – Possible Content for 18 Pages (ed./cur.), Berlin: Revolver Publishing, 2014.
- Exhibition: Akbank Sanat, Istanbul
- ba ≠ b+a. From The Collection Of The City Of Vienna (ed./cur.), Berlin: DeGruyter, 2017
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- Exhibition: Musa Wien Museum, Vienna
- Re- (ed./cur. with TransArts – Transdisciplinary Art), Berlin: Revolver Publishing, 2015.
- Exhibition: Kunstraum Niederösterreich, Vienna
- Origo (At Point Zero Of The Point Of View) (ed./cur. with Birgit Rinagl)
, Berlin: Revolver Publishing, 2013.
- Exhibition: Kunsthalle Exnergasse, Vienna
- Content Form Im-material (ed. with CONT3XT.NET), Nuremberg: Verlag für moderne Kunst, 2011. [1]
- Exhibitions: Mala Galerija/Moderna Galerija, Ljubjlana ; Kunstpavillon, Innsbruck; Institut für Alles Mögliche, Berlin
