Works on Paper

From Dürer to Sagmeister

Every year, the MAK Library and Works on Paper Collection curates exhibitions based on its own holdings. In the context of this focus on the library’s various collecting emphases, particular attention is paid to maintaining a balance between historical and contemporary subject matter.

The Works on Paper Room hosted Austria’s first exhibition to survey the history of Cuban posters. The first solo presentation of works by Stefan Sagmeister took place here in 2002. Otto Neurath has been paid homage with a showing, as have graphic art pioneers such as Joseph Binder, Julius Klinger, Ernst Deutsch-Dryden, Herrmann Kosel and Hans Neumann. Accordingly, a central programmatic role is also assumed by book art: the MAK is committed to the mission of presenting these media, from Russian and Viennese children’s books to today’s artist’s book, to the public.