Helmut Lang
About the Event
Séance de travail
With Helmut Lang. Séance de travail 1986-2005 1986–2005 / Excerpts from the MAK Helmut Lang Archive, the MAK presents the first comprehensive exhibition of Helmut Lang’s oeuvre, offering a renewed understanding of his contribution to culture. Based on the largest and only official public archive dedicated to his legacy—which has been part of the MAK Collection since 2011—the exhibition provides profound and unprecedented insight into Helmut Lang’s mindset and creative process.
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Conceived as a mixed media presentation featuring large-scale, site-specific installations, the exhibition transcends the conventions of a classical fashion exhibition and traces how his radical vision in the years 1986–2005 transformed the perception of fashion, identity, and visual communication at a global scale.
With his intermedia approach, Lang challenged both established industry norms and societal conventions, fusing uncompromising rigor with a deeply human understanding. What emerged was a quietly radical stance grounded in loyalty to character and the courage to experiment. Anticipating ideas long before they entered the zeitgeist, he translated them onto a global stage while maintaining a critical distance from trend cycles. resulting in a body of work that remains conceptually and aesthetically relevant to this day.
Dates
- Tue 04/07/2026 10:00 AM – 09:00 PM
- Wed 04/08/2026 10:00 AM – 06:00 PM
- Thu 04/09/2026 10:00 AM – 06:00 PM
- Fri 04/10/2026 10:00 AM – 06:00 PM
- Sat 04/11/2026 10:00 AM – 06:00 PM
- Sun 04/12/2026 10:00 AM – 06:00 PM
- Tue 04/14/2026 10:00 AM – 09:00 PM
- Wed 04/15/2026 10:00 AM – 06:00 PM
- Thu 04/16/2026 10:00 AM – 06:00 PM
- Fri 04/17/2026 10:00 AM – 06:00 PM
- Sat 04/18/2026 10:00 AM – 06:00 PM
- Sun 04/19/2026 10:00 AM – 06:00 PM
- Tue 04/21/2026 10:00 AM – 09:00 PM
- Wed 04/22/2026 10:00 AM – 06:00 PM
- Thu 04/23/2026 10:00 AM – 06:00 PM
- Fri 04/24/2026 10:00 AM – 06:00 PM
- Sat 04/25/2026 10:00 AM – 06:00 PM
- Sun 04/26/2026 10:00 AM – 06:00 PM
- Tue 04/28/2026 10:00 AM – 09:00 PM
- Wed 04/29/2026 10:00 AM – 06:00 PM
- Thu 04/30/2026 10:00 AM – 06:00 PM
- Fri 05/01/2026 10:00 AM – 06:00 PM
- Sat 05/02/2026 10:00 AM – 06:00 PM
- Sun 05/03/2026 10:00 AM – 06:00 PM
Event Location
- Stubenring 5, 1010 Wien
- www.mak.at
- office@MAK.at
