Thomas Demand: Rooms That Dream of the Past

Drawing on historical scenographic models, including stage designs spanning the Baroque period through the turn of the twentieth century, Thomas Demand created a series of photographic works specifically for the MAK. The photographs translate models from the archives of the Theatermuseum in Vienna, the Nouveau Musée National de Monaco, and the German Theatre Museum in Munich into carefully constructed images. The exhibition explores model-based thinking, spatial compression, dramaturgy, and the relationship between past and present

Thomas Demand, Flick & Flock V, 2026 - Courtesy of the artist and Sprüth Magers