Visual Arts

70 years Acf - Meins ist Deins exhibition opening

28 Rutland Gate, London

Thu 1 Oct

Exhibition

About this event

This autumn we celebrate a decade of curatorial collaboration with the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna and Central Saint Martins, University of the Arts London. Josie Sanne and Zaccaria Slater, Graduates from MA Culture, Criticism and Curation, travelled to Vienna and selected graduates from the Academy to present alongside UK artists in the exhibition meins ist deins ( what’s mine is yours ) this autumn in London. This cooperation has brought over a hundred of UK- and Austrian-based artists together over the years and we look forward to another edition on the theme of sharing. The Austrian Cultural Forum (ACF) London was founded in 1956 as a site for sharing: to use art and culture as a meeting point between Austria, the United Kingdom and the wider world. In the 70 years that have followed, the ACF has promoted cultural debate and discussion across borders. Our autumn exhibition meins ist deins (what’s mine is yours) invites the question: What does it mean for a country to share a cultural identity? While cities like London and Vienna position themselves as cultural capitals, do their edges always keep up? How do they access culture? Or do they slip into populist politics that advance a narrow definition of culture? Shared cultural identity resists easy definition, because in every locality it is constantly being redefined by the people who share and create it. For this anniversary edition, we invite you to explore the ACF, from the intern’s office on the third floor to the salon, library and basement gallery, inquiring deep within the structures of the ACF space and how it seeks to define, decipher, and distribute culture. meins ist deins is divided into two categories: meins (mine) and deins (yours).