Historical buildings abound in Vienna and many of them house museums and art galleries. One of them called the Museum of Applied Arts or MAK is celebrating its 150th year this 2014.
Three special exhibitions are scheduled for the MAK’s anniversary. The first two exhibits focusing on art and design will open in July while the highlight is set to open in December.
One of the first exhibits is entitled Exemplary: From Arts and Crafts to Design. It will feature nine artists who looked into the MAK as a place for inspiration and discussion concerning art and design.
The second exhibit entitled After-Images: Exhibitions in Pictures will feature historical and modern photos. The photographs will be taken from the MAK exhibitions through the years.
The major exhibit and highlight of MAK’s 150th year anniversary will run from December 10 to April 19 next year. Entitled Ways to Modernism. Josef Hoffman, Adolf Loo and Their Impact, it will look into Viennese Modernism and will focus on the work of two key leaders in the fields of art, achitecture and design.
The Museum of Applied Arts considered to be a contemporary museum was the first exhibition to open in the Ringstrasse area of the Austrian capital. Located in the Innere Stadt First District, It first opened to the public in May 1864.
Things to be seen at the MAK include furniture, glass, china, silver and textiles from the Middle Ages up to the present times. A new section of the museum is the MAK permanent collection Asia featuring Chinese porcelain, Japanese lacquer work, wood cuts and coloring stencil plates.
