Peter Noever

Peter Noever (born May 1, 1941 in Innsbruck) is an Austrian designer and curator–at–large of art, architecture and media. From 1986—2011 he was the artistic director and CEO of MAK—Austrian Museum of Applied Arts and Contemporary Art in Vienna.

Director Emeritus of the MAK Vienna / Los Angeles

1971 he founded the first concept store in Austria, “Section N” in the city of Vienna (architect: Hans Hollein)

From 1975 to 1993 lecturer of design analysis at the Academy of Fine Arts, Vienna.

In 1982 Peter Noever founded the architecture magazine “UMRISS” (–1994).

1986–2011 Artistic Director and C.E.O. of the MAK (Austrian Museum of Applied Arts / Contemporary Art), Vienna / Los Angeles.

From 1988 to 1989 guest professor of museology at the Academy of Applied Arts, Vienna.

From 1989 to 1994 publisher and editor-in-chief of the architecture magazine UMRISS.

From 1988 to 1993 initiator and Artistic Director of the general adaptation of the MAK. Commissions internationally renowned artists for the artistic intervention of the MAK’s permanent collection (with Jenny Holzer, Franz Graf, Manfred Wakolbinger, Eichinger oder Knechtl, Peter Noever, Barbara Blum, Günther Förg, Heimo Zobernig and Donald Judd). Noever implemented a radical new content and the general adaptation of the MAK.

Since 1997 Peter Noever belongs to the “Kurie für Kunst und Wissenschaft”, the most prestigious award for science and arts in Austria.

In 1994 Noever founded the MAK Center for Art and Architecture, with its Schindler Artists and Architects-in-Residence Program in West Hollywood (Los Angeles), adding to it the MAK program UFI – Urban Future Initiative in 2010. The activities of the MAK Center in Los Angeles unfold at three locations, all of them architectural icons designed by the pioneering Austrian-American architect Rudolph M. Schindler (1887–1953). The third Schindler building, the Fitzpatrick-Leland House on Mulholland Drive, was entrusted to Peter Noever in 2008 as a donation of film producer Russ Leland for the MAK Center in Los Angeles. Noever also initiated and artistically oversaw the renovation of the Kings Road House (Schindler House) in West Hollywood and the Mackey Apartments (which are used for the residency program). In 2010, he also—together with architects Michael Ferguson and Kirby Smith (Space International Inc.)—completed the Mackey Apartments’ new garage structure including the “Garage Top.”

2006 Founding of the Josef Hoffmann Museum, Brtnice, a joint branch of the Moravian Gallery in Brno and the MAK Vienna.

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