With the wrapping of its Group headquarters, the Vienna Ringturm, the Vienna Insurance Group, supported by its main shareholder Wiener Städtische Versicherungsverein, contributes to art in the public space. Renown Austrian artists have been commissioned with this project since 2006. In 2012 the Ringturm will by transformed into an "Art Tower" for the firs time by an artist from one of Austria's neighbour countries - by the Hungarian painter László Fehér.

Wiener Städtische Versicherungsverein, the main shareholder of the Vienna Insurance Group, is once again demonstrating its commitment to art in public spaces with the fifth artistic decoration of the Ringturm. The tower’s prominent position on Vienna’s Ringstrasse, at the northern end of Franz-Josefs-Kai where the ring opens onto the Danube Canal, offers a perfect opportunity to expose the Viennese public and the city’s many visitors to contemporary art. László Fehér’s work “Society” transforms the Ringturm from an office block into an art tower. This is the first time that an artist from one of Austria’s neighbouring countries has been commissioned to produce an exclusive work for the tower’s transformation.


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“Society” by László Fehér wraps Ringturm for the fifth time

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Capture: The Ringturm wrapped in László Fehér's “Society” (montage)

Born in 1953, László Fehér is one of the most important exponents of Hungarian contemporary art. Soon after graduating from the Hungarian Academy of Fine Arts in Budapest, the painter established himself as a leading light of figurative art in Hungary.


Biography László Fehér

Portrait László Fehér © Judit Fehér