Layr was founded by Emanuel Layr in Vienna, Austria in 2011. The gallery program focuses on contextualizing and confronting notions and artistic manifestations of the conceptual with the relevant social, political and cultural issues of today. Based in a city with a long history of oscillation between hemispheres—East and West, North and South—, the program strives for interplay between artists from different generations and cultural or discursive backgrounds. In December 2022 Layr moved to a new gallery space, the former premises of a supermarket in Vienna’s city center. ...
