Obituary
VALIE EXPORT (1940–2026)
We mourn the loss of VALIE EXPORT
We are deeply saddened by the death of VALIE EXPORT. The artist and filmmaker passed away on May 14, 2026, in Vienna. We remember her with great admiration and gratitude. We have learned so much from her artistic works, her feminist stance, and her critical research on the present day.
Research
Online-Archive
VALIE EXPORT Center Linz
The VALIE EXPORT Online Archive is a research project of the VALIE EXPORT Center Linz, its development and programming was made possible by a grant from the Austrian Federal Ministry Section IV, Department of Art and Culture IV/1. The online archive provides a representative selection of the archive's holdings and offers interested parties open access to digitized material and metadata.
Awarding
Scholarships for artists, arts-based researchers, and curators 2025/26
VALIE EXPORT Center Linz
At the VALIE EXPORT Center scholarships have been awarded to artists, arts-based researchers, and curators. The scholarships are assigned to individuals, who engage with critical archival discourse and arts-based transmissions of knowledge. It supports work on projects that are limited in time and thematic scope and which serve the individual’s artistic development or to develop the profile of an independent arts-based research or curatorial position.
With this program, the University of Arts Linz seeks to support research, art, and curatorial practice—fostering international exchange while also strengthening local connections.
The scholarships go to: Dzekashu MacViban, Yvette Granata, Eske Schlüters, Ekaterina Shapiro-Obermair, Netta Weiser, Mechtild Widrich.
Reseach
Reference Library
only by appointment
VALIE EXPORT Center Linz
Support by the Library of the University of Art and Design Linz ensures that all of VALIE EXPORT Center Linz's publications can be publicly researched.
Acquisitions by the VALIE EXPORT Center Linz which are to illustrate contemporary discourses in the fields of performance, media and visual studies, film, psychoanalysis, feminism, and philosophy will also be entered on an ongoing basis.