Artnet

An Austrian Home Goods Magnate Just Donated a $103 Million Trove of Contemporary Art to Vienna’s Albertina Museum

Vienna’s Albertina Museum received a massive donation of 1,323 artworks valued at an estimated at €90 million ($103 million) from collector and home improvement entrepreneur Karlheinz Essl and his ...
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Lukas Essl

Der Ex-Landtagsabgeordnete ist nach langer, schwerer Krankheit verstorben. GOLLING. Politiker Lukas Essl ist 53-jährig gestorben. Essl war von 1999 bis 2018 Abgeordneter im Salzburger Landtag, zuerst ...
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Saved From Liquidation, Essl Collection Goes to the Albertina Museum

The Essl Collection is going on a permanent loan to the Albertina Museum in Vienna until at least 2044, the collection’s owners Karlheinz Essl and Hans Peter Haselsteiner announced yesterday, together ...
Hyperallergic

Austrian Businessman Asks Government to Buy His Art Collection

The Austrian government is considering buying one of the country’s best-known private art collections in a bid to help save its owner’s company. Collector and businessman Karlheinz Essl has appealed ...
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Agnes Essl: “Erwin Pröll hat mich enttäuscht”

Ihr kleines Büro nennt sie lächelnd "mein Türmchen". Fast andächtig steigt die 76-jährige Kunstsammlerin die Marmortreppen hinauf. Sie arbeitet täglich im obersten Geschoß des von Heinz Tesar erbauten ...