Beige hardcover book with red spine resting on an iridescent pastel surface; cover shows white line drawing of geometric structures.

Spreading wings

MQ Libelle – Europe's largest art and cultural area is expanding

In 2020 »MQ Libelle« has finally landed in Vienna's MuseumsQuartier. The terraced landscape on the Leopold Museum by the architects Ortner & Ortner is a gift for the people of Vienna and for visitors from all over the world

A comprehensive, outside and inside iridescent publication provides detailed insights into the history of its origins and illuminates the MuseumsQuartier as one of most important cultural areas of ​​the future. Texts contributed by Alexander Van der Bellen, Michael Ludwig, Veronica Kaup-Hasler, Brigitte Kowanz, Peter Menasse, Laurids Ortner, Nina Schedlmayer, Eva Schlegel, Christian Strasser, Peter Weinhäupl, Hans-Peter Wipplinger.

The beautiful book was published by Verlag für Moderne Kunst, it is available right there and in well-stocked shops.

Photos MQ Libelle © MuseumsQuartier Wien / Photography: Hertha Hurnaus

Book cover with cyan wireframe drawings of round tables and chairs on a gray textured background; red spine; German title text.
Two-page spread titled MQ-Libellen-Logbuch; left shows a timeline grid, right a group photo of professionals in a meeting.
Magazine spread: left page with the title Libelle flirr; right page displays two cityscape illustrations featuring airships.
Two-page magazine spread: left a full-body portrait in a light grey suit with sunglasses beside blue wall artwork; right a close-up of a woman with dark hair.
Crane hoists a large circular metal ring over an urban plaza, with modern buildings and mural walls nearby.
Open magazine spread titled Die Stadt zu Füßen; left page shows large title and body text, right page shows column text and a photo of a window with trees.
Two-page spread: left photo shows a white building at dusk with circular rooftop lights and light trails; right page shows a German article with a portrait and text.
Two-page magazine spread with portraits of two individuals and German text blocks, set against a pastel wavy background.
Right-page collage with a bold German headline about arts and culture, a large aerial city street photo, and four smaller urban images.
Curved blue-tinted glass facade atop a beige stone building against a clear blue sky.
Metal-clad building facade with multiple silver conical spikes protruding, set against a blue sky with clouds.
Closed beige-cover notebook with a red spine on a pastel iridescent surface.
White elevated walkways on slender stilts above a brick plaza between orange buildings under a blue sky
Architectural blueprint of a building under construction with a tall lattice tower and circular rooftop rings.

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