In honor of World Water Day 2013, IIASA, the NAS, the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) and the Office of Science & Technology at the Austrian Embassy presented a public forum "Global Water at a Crossroads" with Professor Dr. Pavel Kabat, Director and CEO, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), Laxenburg, Austria.
Ambassador Hans Peter Manz awarded Professor Thomas Sculco the Austrian Decoration for Science and Art, First Class on February 28, 2013 in New York City.
Professor Sculco is Surgeon-in-Chief and Korein-Wilson Professor of Orthopedic Surgery at the Hospital of Special Surgery in New York City and a Professor of Orthopedic Surgery at Weill Cornell Medical College.
Albrecht Dürer (1471–1528) is widely considered the greatest German artist. From March 24 through June 9, 2013, the Albertina Museum in Vienna, Austria, will lend to the National Gallery of Art 118 works on paper by Dürer for a magnificent exhibition that will be on view only in Washington.
Albrecht Dürer: Master Drawings, Watercolors, and Prints from the Albertina features nearly all of Dürer's finest watercolors and drawings from the collection of the Albertina, Vienna, as well as 27 of the museum's related engravings and woodcuts. The exhibition also includes 19 drawings and prints from the Gallery's own collection.
Film screening in the framework of the Environmental Film Festival followed by an Expert-talk on renewable energy
THE INNSIDE STORY: THE GREEN RIVER FROM THE ALPS
(Austria, 2011, 50 min., directed by Franz Hafner)
The 323-mile Inn River is Central Europe’s largest tributary of the Danube, flowing through Switzerland, the Austrian Tyrol and Bavaria. Through the ages, the Inn’s legendary natural beauty has generated unique cultural regions. It has many faces: extensive gravel banks, picturesque sandy islets and extensive wetlands and riparian forests.
Young Austrian Photography: Architecture | Landscape is currently showing at the Lockheed Martin Gallery at Strathmore
Gregor Sailer
Over the past few years art photography has vividly taken off in Austria. Interesting developments and approaches - along with new opportunities - are now part of this new generation of photography.