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Feb 11

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Updated: Sep 14

This year, House of SIMACEK, in collaboration with ARTCARE, dedicated a special dinner week to the works of renowned Biennale artists Jakob Lena Knebl and Ashley Hans Scheirl. The artist duo creates striking, immersive installations at the intersection of art, design, and staging.esign und Inszenierung.

Jakob Lena Knebl & Ashley Hans Scheirl at

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The Embassy of Good Taste

Each year, AURUM 999,9 MagBook invites guests to an exclusive Private Dinner Club held at a location that is usually not accessible to the public. Following the impressive events in 2023 at Palais Pick and in 2024 at Das Artmann, this year’s event took place at the Fiandre Showroom in Servitengasse, 1090 Vienna. Fiandre is a renowned Italian manufacturer of porcelain stoneware and operates a Vienna showroom showcasing innovative surface solutions.

Over the course of three weeks, guests were able to enjoy festive evenings in an elegant setting—from a refined cocktail reception and a seated dinner at a long communal table to artistic and cultural highlights.

This special experience was made possible by the SIMACEK Holding, which had invited selected guests to these evenings as part of its new-client acquisition. As CEO Ursula Simacek emphasised at the event, art contributes significantly to people's quality of life, alongside SIMACEK's core services such as cleaning, hygiene and catering. True to the motto "SIMACEK makes life better", art had already been brought to life in a unique way in the two exhibitions by Jakob Lena Knebl & Ashley Hans Scheirl at the Deichtorhallen Hamburg and the Palais de Tokyo in Paris. Now the flair of these two international exhibitions could also be experienced up close in Vienna.

We would also like to extend our special thanks to Reinhard Neussner, publisher of AURUM 999,9, whose tireless commitment and engagement contributed significantly to the success of this event. His precise organization and keen sense of quality are what make these exclusive evenings possible. Our sincere thanks also go to Elisabeth Muth, editor of the MagBook, for her dedicated involvement and valuable support.

Ashley Hans Scheirl, Mag. Ursula Simacek, Reinhard Neussner, Jakob Lena Knebl.

Jakob Lena Knebl & Ashley Hans Scheirl

The artist duo creates striking, immersive installations at the intersection of art, design, and staging. Their works have been presented at institutions such as the Deichtorhallen Hamburg (PASSAGE) and the Palais de Tokyo in Paris (DOPPELGANGER!). In 2022, they represented Austria at the 59th Venice Biennale. Jakob Lena Knebl has held a professorship in Transmedia Art at the University of Applied Arts Vienna since 2021, while Ashley Hans Scheirl served as Professor of Contextual Painting at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna until 2022.

They live and work together at the Prater Studios in Vienna.

Currently, Jakob Lena Knebl is presenting her latest solo exhibition La Primavera at Galerie Meyer Kainer in Vienna. The exhibition runs from 28 March to 24 May 2025.

Our sincere thanks once again go to the artists Jakob Lena Knebl and Ashley Hans Scheirl for their valuable contribution to this project.

Here you can find the feature on ORF2 Seitenblicke.

Jakob Lena Knebl & Ashley Hans Scheirl, Exhibition view: Doppelganger!, Palais de Tokyo (19.10.23 – 07.01.24)

Courtesy of the artists. Photo: Aurélien Mole

Jakob Lena Knebl & Ashley Hans Scheirl, Exhibition view: Doppelganger!, Palais de Tokyo (19.10.23 – 07.01.24)

Courtesy of the artists. Photo: Aurélien Mole

Ashley Hans Scheirl & Jakob Lena Knebl, Passage, Exhibition view, Sammlung Falckenberg 2024

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