Christoph Thun-Hohenstein

Christoph Thun-Hohenstein is a cultural manager, curator, and author at the interface of fine art, media art, design, architecture, ecology, climate, regeneration, as well as digitalisation and artificial intelligence/superintelligence. He is Artistic Director of the Future Platform ReGenerativa , Austria. After studying law, political science, and history of art at the University of Vienna, Austria, Dr Thun-Hohenstein worked for the Austrian Foreign Ministry and held posts in Abidjan, Geneva, and Bonn. He was Director of the Austrian Cultural Forum New York from 1999 to 2007. From 2022 to 2025, he was Director General for International Cultural Relations at the Austrian Foreign Ministry. From 2007 to 2011, he served as Managing Director of departure, the Creative Industries Agency of the City of Vienna. Dr Thun-Hohenstein also served as General Director and Artistic Director of the MAK – Austrian Museum of Applied Arts in Vienna from 2011 to 2021. He then founded the Vienna Biennale f