austrian cultural forum london

Join acclaimed Austrian novelist, playwright and essayist Kaśka Bryla for a special evening presenting her most recent novel mein vater, der gulag, die krähe und ich. The novel is set in the now strangely distant Covid years.

After the reading, Kaśka Bryla and translator Sheridan Marshall will discuss the novel, its themes and the process of literary translation.

The event will be chaired by Andrea Capovilla.

📍Austrian Cultural Forum London
📅Wednesday 17 May 2026, 7pm
🎟 Free entry

In the wild expanses, where bushbucks, impalas, zebras, gnus and other creatures graze by the thousands, they are on holiday. German and Austrian hunting tourists drive through the bush, lie in wait, stalk their prey. They shoot, sob with excitement and pose before the animals they have bagged.

A vacation movie about killing, a movie about human nature. By presenting hunting as leisure, infamous Austrian director Ulrich Seidl confronts viewers with the banality of violence and raises unsettling questions about human attitudes toward nature, death, and domination.

CineClub presents a special season of films in conjunction with our summer exhibition Touch Nature exploring humanity's relationship with nature.

🎥Safari by Ulrich Seidl
📍Austrian Cultural Forum London
📅Thursday 11 June, 7pm
🎟️Free entry
https://www.acflondon.org/events/cineclub-safari/

Attention exhibition & library visitors! The ACF London will be closed Thursday 4 June for an Austrian public holiday. We will be open again on Friday 5 June.

We had an incredible time at this year‘s Jazzexchange at the ! Thank you to everyone who came to support UK-based and Austrian-based .trio

Austrian jazz quartet ROUNDABOUT is coming to Camden Town's The Jazz Café as part of the Future Jazz Showcase. This format brings forward-thinking artists reshaping jazz from the ground up, delivering locked-in rhythms, off-the-cuff brilliance, and that charged, future-facing energy that sets them apart.

Wednesday 3 June
Doors 7pm
The Jazz Cafe
5 Parkway
London NW1 7PG
https://www.acflondon.org/events/roundabout-at-the-jazz-cafe/

A huge thank you to everyone who came out despite the heatwave to participate in yesterday’s panel discussion, which was the second instalment of our Think Tank series on AI. The event entitled ‘AI & Us: AI and Education’ was presented in collaboration with AUKSA (Austro-UK Science Alliance).

The panel comprised experts in AI and education and was expertly moderated by Christian Partik, co-founder of AUKSA. The discussion provided insights into the current integration of of AI in the education sector, touching on governance, practical challenges faced by educators and an outlook for an increasingly AI-integrated academic landscape.

A special thank you to the high-profile speakers on the panel: Tim Neumann, Martina Landmann, Thomas Lancaster and Florian Michahelles.

If you are feeling inspired, the AUKSA network is looking for you. Sign-up link in bio!

Thank you to everyone who came to our evening concert last week, celebrating the lives of Friedrich Cerha, Joseph Horovitz and Francis Burt, three composers with unique and different relationships to Austria, who would all have turned 100 this year.

Austrian Duo Schablas & Polyzoides, among the leading expert for the music of Friedrich Cerha, presented a wonderful programme in our sold-out Salon, especially curated for the evening.

This concert was part of our series 70 Years ACF – A Celeration of Friends.
Find out about upcoming event on our website - https://www.acflondon.org/events/?tag=70%20years%20ACF

The 2026 iteration of the Art Embassy Network (ArtEN) Annual Exhibition: “Degrees of Contact”.

Private View: Wednesday, 3 June | 5:00 PM – 8:00 PM
Location: 35a Britannia Row, London N1 8QH

Selected Artists: Albano Hernández, Anna Pakosz, Beto Fame, Chema Rodríguez Alcántara, Daniel Bălănescu, Dávid Mátécsa, Euphrosyne Andrews, Filip Lav, Gusty Ferro, Joonhong Min, Marta Soul, Matilde Roque, Mircea Teleagă, Woo Joo Jin, and Yewon Lee. Curated by: Rodrigo Chaveiro

The exhibition runs from 4–24 June 2026.
Open Tuesday to Saturday, 11:00 AM – 6:00 PM.
https://www.acflondon.org/events/arten-annual-exhibition-2026-degrees-of-contact/

Join Touch Nature artists Claire Morgan, Oliver Ressler, and Jasmina Cibic for a special discussion of their work and some of the wider themes our summer exhibition.

Artist, activist, and filmmaker Oliver Ressler has produced numerous exhibitions, installations, outdoor works, and films addressing democracy, racism, migration, economic globalisation, and climate change. Jasmina Cibic demonstrates in her works how mechanisms of power also target non-human beings, turning them into objects of human observation and enjoyment, while Claire Morgan explores the fundamental conditions of human existence in her fragile, poetic works.

Tuesday 9 June, 7pm
Austrian Cultural Forum London
https://www.acflondon.org/events/exhibition-opening-touch-nature/touch-nature-artist-talk/

Jazzexchange 2026: HAEZZ feat. Testaments
Mon 1 Jun 2026 8:00PM

We are delighted to welcome one of the most dynamic trios from the Austrian jazz scene - HAEZZ- to this year's edition of the popular concert series Jazzexchange, curated by Guido Spannocchi. This project brings together cutting-edge artists from Austria and the UK. The HAEZZ trio, consisting of bassist Tobias Vedovelli, saxophonist Štěpán Flagar and trumpeter Martin Eberle, will present imaginatively arranged pieces that resonate musically in the sound, open up atmospheric spaces and develop an inviting warmth.

In 2026, the ACF London celebrates its 70th anniversary. Rather than celebrating the ACF itself, we want this to be an ACF – A Celebration of Friends, of our partners, of birthdays and anniversaries, such as the Jazzexchange, currently in its 10th iteration.

Get your tickets here - https://wegottickets.com/f/20576