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Austrian Cultural Forum London
28 Rutland Gate
London SW7 1PQ
Tube: Knightsbridge
Buses: 9, 10, 52 & 452

Tel +44 (0)20 7225 7300
Fax +44 (0)20 7225 0470
Email: [email protected]

06/11/2026

one more week with meins ist deins.

Curated by Josie Sanne and Zaccaria Slater. josie zac

Closing 13 November

Pop in this week - free entry, Mon-Fri.
📍ACF London, 28 Rutland Gate
👉🏻more infos on our website

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05/11/2026

Join acclaimed Austrian novelist, playwright and essayist Kaśka Bryla for this online Encounter organised by with the Ingeborg Bachmann Centre for Austrian Literature and Culture. The author will read extracts from her latest novel mein vater, der gulag, die krähe und ich and discuss its themes and the process of translation with Sheridan Marshall.

Set in the Covid summer of 2020, the narrator lives in a caravan community on the outskirts of Leipzig, self-isolating with Long Covid. Through feverish dreams and conversations with her late father - a survivor of the Gulag - she tries to write his story while finding her own footing as a q***r woman. A stranded baby crow called Karl keeps her company. Longlisted for the Austrian Book Prize 2025.

An Encounter with the Ingeborg Bachmann Centre for Austrian Literature and Culture, moderated by Andrea Capovilla.

📅 Friday 13 November, 5pm
💻 Online via Zoom - free, booking is essential to receive a link
🔗 Register via link in bio

04/11/2026

Rémy Ballot in Oxford 🎻

The celebrated Austria-based conductor and violinist returns to the Oxford University Orchestra this November for a residency of concerts and a masterclass - from Bruckner’s Fourth Symphony at the Sheldonian Theatre to chamber recitals and a violin masterclass at Balliol and St Hilda’s College.

📍 Sun 8 Nov, 11:30am - Bruckner String Quintet & Mathilde Kralik Nonet, Jacqueline du Pré Music Building, St Hilda’s College
📍 Thu 12 Nov, 8pm - Bruckner Symphony No. 4 & Wagner Meistersinger Overture, Sheldonian Theatre
📍 Fri 13 Nov, 1–4pm - Violin Masterclass, Balliol Chapel (free)
📍 Sun 15 Nov, 8:30pm - Ernest Walker Memorial Concert: Ysaÿe, Chausson & Walker, Balliol College (free)

Tickets and details via https://www.acflondon.org/events/remy-ballot-residency-with-the-oxford-university-orchestra/

03/11/2026

Our next RCM Lunchtime Concert is just around the corner! 🎶

Talented students from the Royal College of Music return to the ACF Salon with a fresh programme of European music.

📅 Monday, 9 November at 1.05pm
📍 Austrian Cultural Forum London
👉 More about the series on our website - https://www.acflondon.org/events/rcm-lunchtime-concert-autumn-series-2026-no-2/

02/11/2026

This month at 28 Rutland Gate:
✶ meins ist deins - last chance to see our exhibition, closing 13 November 👀
✶ CineClub: Girls & Gods - screening and discussion with Inna Shevchenko (FEMEN) 🎬
✶ RCM Lunchtime Concerts - Autumn Series No. 2 and No. 3 (9 and 23 Nov) 🎹
✶ Encounter (Online): Kaśka Bryla - my father, the gulag, the crow and I (13 Nov) 📖
✶ Evening Concert: Avin Ahmadi (19 Nov) 🎶
✶ Book Presentation and Talk: ‘Born Survivors’ with Wendy Holden and Eva Clarke (24 Nov) 📖
✶ Royal Academy of Music: Winter’s Night with the Academy Singers (30 Nov) 🎄
✶ OPEN CALL - NeverAtHome: 27 Artists, 27 Destinations. Deadline 30 November ✍️

All events are free. Keep an eye on our stories and check acflondon.org for the full programme.

2026 marks 70 years of the Austrian Cultural Forum London, and we’re celebrating it with the friends, artists and collaborators who make this place what it is. Come be part of it 🤝

→ https://www.acflondon.org/events/

30/10/2026

📸 Sony World Photography Awards 2027

One of the world’s biggest photography competitions is open for entries - and this year marks its 20th anniversary.

Austrian photographers have made their mark before: Anna Neubauer placed 3rd in the Professional Portfolio category in 2022, and Simone Steuxner was shortlisted for the Alpha Female Award earlier this year (swipe to see her work 👉).

The competition is free to enter, open to every level, and you can shoot on any camera - phones included.

We have a code for you: AUSTRIA20 gives you a free bundle of 20 image uploads for the Single Image or Youth competition. Just register at worldphoto.org, go to Image Bundles, and enter the code ✨

Deadline: 5 January 2027, 4pm GMT. Open now.
Enter at worldphoto.org 📷

28/10/2026

🎬 Cineclub: Girls & Gods
Can feminism and religion coexist? FEMEN activist Inna Shevchenko sets out to find answers.

In her documentary Girls & Gods, she meets priests, rabbis, imams and theologians across the world for an honest and open dialogue about what it means to be a religious feminist.

Directors Verena Soltiz and Arash T. Riahi blend sacred imagery with feminist art and a powerful Baby Volcano score, creating a fearless, intelligent film on one of today’s most sensitive debates.

The best part? Inna herself will be there for the screening and a live Q&A afterwards.

📅 Thursday 5 November, 7 PM
📍 Austrian Cultural Forum London
🎟 Free - book your ticket here: https://www.acflondon.org/events/girls-gods/

See you next Thursday!

28/10/2026

What a night! Thank you, Duo Minerva, for filling our Salon with so much warmth and brilliance last evening.

Austrian clarinettist Johanna Gossner and accordionist Damian Keller from Vorarlberg presented their programme Hymne à l’amour - an artfully crafted crossover sound drawing on classical music, world music, and jazz, while developing a distinctive character of its own.

In case you missed them last night, catch them as part of the New Austrian Sound of Music - they’re only getting started.

22/10/2026

Thank you to everyone who joined us last night for the ninth lecture in our “Arc of History” series - “Viennese Modernism in British Exile: Austrian Émigré Designers and Artists in Britain, 1930–1950.”

Cultural historian Elana Shapira from the University of Applied Arts Vienna guided us through the remarkable stories of Austrian émigré designers, architects and artists who, after being forced to emigrate, went on to shape British cultural life. From the architects Ernst Freud and Ella Briggs, to designers Jacques and Jacqueline Groag, and to Oskar Kokoschka and Marie-Louise von Motesiczky, their work carried a humanistic vision rooted in Viennese modernism, one that challenged nationalistic and class divisions and helped transform British society from within.

A special thank you to Katherine Klinger, whose vision for the “Arc of History” lecture series continues to open up conversations about Austrian history and identity from 1900 to 2020.

21/10/2026

Austrian multidisciplinary artist Myriam Angela directs Do You Know Where To Go From Here? - a brand new one-woman dark comedy by Stephanie Renae Lau, hitting the stage at this year’s VOILÀ! Theatre Festival. Myriam Angela Stephanie Renae Lau Voila! Theatre Festival

‘I have photos I can look at when I miss her.
Her spirit doesn’t actually reside in the clothes.
I don’t want to keep carrying these things each time I move.
But I can’t let them go.’

Sophie wakes up in a strange space surrounded by clothes. There is no way out, and God is nowhere to be found. In an attempt to escape, she does the only thing she knows best: tidying up. In the process, she comes face to face with old wounds in regards to love, loss and everything in between. In this sea of clutter, will she manage to find a lifeline?

A story about grief, family, faith and migration - and the humour and resilience it takes to live well. One you won’t want to miss.

📍 The Space Theatre, 269 Westferry Road, London E14 3RS
📅 8–14 November 2026
🎟️ Link in bio / voilafestival.co.uk

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