Franz Thalmair is a curator, editor, and arts writer based in Vienna, Austria. Curator for contemporary art, mumok – Museum moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig Wien, Vienna (2019–2026) | Artistic co-director and curator, Kunstraum Lakeside, Klagenfurt (2018–2026) | Curatorial director of the arts-based research project originalcopy. Post-digital Strategies of Appropriation, University of Applied Arts Vienna (2016–2019) | Managing curator, Secession, Vienna (2010–2014) | Contributor to media such as Artforum, Frieze, KUNSTFORUM International, springerin – Hefte für Gegenwartskunst, Camera Austria, Eikon as well as numerous contributions to exhibition catalogues and artists’ books.