The Austrian Cultural Forum New York is pleased to announce the first solo exhibition in the United States dedicated to Margarete Schütte-Lihotzky (1897-2000). Widely acknowledged as one of Austria’s first female architects, she is credited as the inventor of the Frankfurt Kitchen, a women’s rights activist, and a hero in the resistance against the Nazi dictatorship. In recent years, Schütte-Lihotzky has become a symbol of socially engaged architecture and collaborative, self-help practices, inspiring a new generation of artists, architects, and political activists.

Curated by Dr. Bernadette Reinhold (Senior Scientist at Collection and Archive at the University of Applied Arts Vienna) and Dr. Stephanie Buhmann (Head of Visual Arts, Architecture and Design at the ACFNY) in collaboration with the Collection and Archive at the University of Applied Arts Vienna, the exhibition delves into Schütte- Lihotzky’s extensive architectural legacy. It showcases original drawings, architectural plans, and models, along with personal photographs and correspondence.

For more information, please visit the website of the Austrian Cultural Forum New York here.

Image Credits: Margarete Schütte-Lihotzky, design for furniture in a nursery school, 1937, gouache, opaque white, pencil on tracing paper, Estate of MSL, Collection and Archive, University of Applied Arts Vienna