Lilli Hollein appointed director of Vienna's MAK – Museum of Applied Arts
Lilli Hollein, the former director and co-founder of Vienna Design Week, has been named the head of the MAK – Museum of Applied Arts in Vienna.
Hollein will assume her role as general director and artistic director of the MAK – Museum of Applied Arts from September 2021.
As director, she aims to broaden the audience of the museum, which showcases art, design and architecture, and strengthen the institution's "feministic point of view".
"To get to head the MAK, one of the most beautiful and oldest museums of applied arts in the world with its unparalleled collection and to position it as an institution that communicates actively in manifold ways and cooperates internationally, is one of the most wonderful tasks I can imagine," said Lilli Hollein.