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historic pavilion with eight-storey apartment blocks. The recommendations of an architectural planning competition for
Karlsplatz in 1946 showed that the city of Vienna considered the Künstlerhaus, as well as the Office of Transport building, as expendable. In 1956–57 the Society modernised the
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In 1861 it merged with another artists' society, Eintracht, to form a new association representing
Viennese painters, sculptors and architects: the Vienna Artists' Society. In 1868 the society moved into its current premises. In 1897 a number of modern artists seceded from the Künstlerhaus and
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The building was erected between 1865 and 1868 and has served as an exhibition space and an event venue ever since. In 2015, shares were split between two proprietors, with the
Haselsteiner Familien-Privatstiftung as the majority shareholder and the Künstlerhaus
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Gesellschaft bildender Künstlerinnen und Künstler Österreichs, the oldest existing artists' association in
Austria, as the minority shareholder. In 1949 a cinema moved into the western wing of the building. As of 2013, this cinema is operated as
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on the site of the Künstlerhaus, which met with widespread objections among residents and the media. The previous year, protests had followed the decision to tear down the old
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festival hall built (at a great loss) in 1847. The hall became the meeting place of the
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