ARCHIVES OTTO MUEHL represents and manages the collection of the foundation founded by Otto Muehl. This collection contains works from 1937 to 2013: oil and acrylic paintings, aquarelles, drawings, silkscreen prints, objects, actions, photos, films, texts and music.
Copyrights concerning all the artist's works are administered by the ADAGP in France and its sister organizations internationally i.e. Bildrecht in Austria. Requests for permission to publish and reproduce works, irrespective of the works' physical location, should be addressed to the Archives Otto Muehl.
Archives Otto Muehl is the only organization authorized by the artist to guarantee the authenticity of his works. Authentications are made in collaboration with the Estate Otto Muehl.
The ESTATE OTTO MUEHL was founded in early 2019, combining, for the first time, Otto Muehl's entire legacy. It manages both the holdings of the artist in the Archives Otto Muehl as well as the holdings of the SAMMLUNG FRIEDRICHSHOF (Friedrichshof Collection).
The Estate Otto Muehl and the Archives Otto Muehl would like to point out that Otto Muehl was sentenced to seven years prison for offences committed (sexual abuse of minors, offences against the drug laws and abuse of authority) and that he served his full sentence. In 2010 during his exhibition at the Leopold Museum, he apologised to his victims in a text which was published in the media.
The Estate Otto Muehl and the Archives Otto Muehl do not exhibit works in which the artist portrays his victims, out of respect for those involved, and we recognise the necessity for critical discussion of Otto Muehl’s transgressions. The Estate Otto Muehl and the Archives Otto Muehl also believe in the democratic principle of freedom of artistic expression and reject attempts to hinder the presentation of Otto Muehl’s artistic work and to negate his oeuvre.
Copyrights concerning all the artist's works are administered by the ADAGP in France and its sister organizations internationally i.e. Bildrecht in Austria. Requests for permission to publish and reproduce works, irrespective of the works' physical location, should be addressed to the Archives Otto Muehl.
Archives Otto Muehl is the only organization authorized by the artist to guarantee the authenticity of his works. Authentications are made in collaboration with the Estate Otto Muehl.
The ESTATE OTTO MUEHL was founded in early 2019, combining, for the first time, Otto Muehl's entire legacy. It manages both the holdings of the artist in the Archives Otto Muehl as well as the holdings of the SAMMLUNG FRIEDRICHSHOF (Friedrichshof Collection).
The Estate Otto Muehl and the Archives Otto Muehl would like to point out that Otto Muehl was sentenced to seven years prison for offences committed (sexual abuse of minors, offences against the drug laws and abuse of authority) and that he served his full sentence. In 2010 during his exhibition at the Leopold Museum, he apologised to his victims in a text which was published in the media.
The Estate Otto Muehl and the Archives Otto Muehl do not exhibit works in which the artist portrays his victims, out of respect for those involved, and we recognise the necessity for critical discussion of Otto Muehl’s transgressions. The Estate Otto Muehl and the Archives Otto Muehl also believe in the democratic principle of freedom of artistic expression and reject attempts to hinder the presentation of Otto Muehl’s artistic work and to negate his oeuvre.