VALIE EXPORT establishes the VALIE EXPORT FOUNDATION

‘I am extremely pleased that my work can be preserved for the future with the establishment of this foundation and that I have the opportunity to help shape it,’ states the artist. The plan is to develop a programme from the extensive oeuvre aimed at the public with the artist's active participation – in the form of studio visits for groups, access for students for research purposes or a regular "VALIE EXPORT Office Hour" for young artists. The non-profit foundation aims to preserve and research the artist's work.

Sigrid Guggenberger (Studio VALIE EXPORT) and Manfred Wagner, Managing Director of the tax consultancy firm Intercura, are on the Foundation's Board of Directors. Yilmaz Dziewior (Museum Ludwig, Cologne), Sabine Folie (Kunstsammlungen der Akademie der bildenden Künste Wien), Michael Loebenstein (Filmmuseum Wien) and Thomas D. Trummer (Kunsthaus Bregenz) are represented on the Board of Trustees. The Board of Trustees is chaired by foundation law expert Maximilian Eiselsberg (Eiselsberg Rechtsanwälte GmbH).