Franz Thalmair (he/they—per) is a Vienna-based curator, editor, and writer.
He currently works as a curator of contemporary art at mumok – Museum moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig Wien. Since 2018 they are artistic co-director of Kunstraum Lakeside in Klagenfurt in collaboration with Gudrun Ratzinger. Furthermore, per taught as visiting professor and lecturer in the department for TransArts – Transdisciplinary Art at the University of Applied Arts Vienna from 2014 to 2025. Thalmair’s writing appears regularly in art magazines such as Artforum/Artforum.com, springerin – Hefte für Gegenwartskunst, and KUNSTFORUM International.
collaborations
Akbank Art Centre, Istanbul
Angewandte Innovation Laboratory, Vienna
Artforum/Artforum.com, New York City
BRUX Freies Theater, Innsbruck
Camera Austria, Graz
Eikon – Internationale Zeitschrift für Fotografie und Medienkunst, Vienna
Flucc – Center for Arts & Communities, Vienna
Galéria Medium, Bratislava
Galerija Galženica, Velika Gorica
Greylight Projects, Brussels
Institut für Alles Mögliche, Berlin
Karst, Plymouth/UK
Kevin Space, Vienna
KUNSTFORUM International, Cologne
Kunsthalle Exnergasse, Vienna
Kunstpavillon – Tiroler Künstlerschaft, Innsbruck
Kunstraum Lakeside, Klagenfurt
Kunstraum Niederösterreich, Vienna
Mala Galerija – Moderna Galerija, Ljubjlana
Miss Read: The Berlin Art Book Fair, Berlin
mumok – Museum moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig Wien, Vienna
Museo Palacio de la Escuela de Medicina, UNAM, Mexico City
WIEN MUSEUM MUSA, Vienna
Salon für Kunstbuch @Belvedere 21, Vienna
Secession, Vienna
springerin – Hefte für Gegenwartskunst, Vienna
TransArts – Transdisciplinary Art, Vienna
Heiligenkreuzerhof – Gallery of the University of Applied Arts Vienna
University of Art and Design, Linz
University of Klagenfurt – Visual Culture, Klagenfurt
Vienna Art Book Fair, Vienna
Wiels – Centre d’art Contemporain, Brussels
contact
fratha–at–gmail–dot–com
+43 650 9219168