13 August 2026, 5.00 pm
Heldenplatz, in front of the Weltmuseum Wien

In the presence of the artist

Opening address by the Federal President

• Meinhard Rauchensteiner, Office of the Federal President

Speakers

• Claudia Banz, Director of the Weltmuseum Wien
• Markus Wimmer, Deputy Burghauptmann
• Kurt Reissnegger, Head of Programming, Radio Österreich 1
• Cornelia Offergeld, Artistic Director, Kunst im öffentlichen Raum Wien
• Shams Asadi, Human Rights Commissioner for the City of Vienna
• Georg Weckwerth, Artistic Director, TONSPUR Kunstverein Wien
• Gerhard Rühm, multi-disciplinary artist

Introduction

• Florian Neuner, writer and journalist