In 1995 the abandoned villa was acquired by the artist Rainer Maria Latzke, who restored the villa and added new modern murals to the already existing frescoes.
Recently finished renovations (2000) include the re-opening of the neo-baroque Salon Ziehrer and the redesigned Lanner-Lehar Hall with wall and ceiling murals by German Trompe-l'œil artist Rainer Maria Latzke.
Guest lecturers and professors include Asia's most renowned actor Jackie Chan, “Michelangelo of Modern Times” fresco artist Rainer Maria Latzke, Beowulf and Spider-Man movie animator Sing-Chong Foo, Japanese manga master Makoto Ogino, the creator of the “Peacock King”, and renowned painters Carlos Morell Orlandis and Piers Maxwell Dudley-Bateman.
Rainer Maria Rilke | Carl Maria von Weber | Santa Maria | Maria Callas | Santa Maria Capua Vetere | Maria | Maria Theresa | Henrietta Maria of France | José María Aznar | Maria Muldaur | Maria Bethânia | Rainer Werner Fassbinder | Carlo Maria Giulini | Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore | Ave Maria | Santa Maria, Bulacan | Maria Theresa of Austria | Maria Edgeworth | Maria Montessori | María Conchita Alonso | Erich Maria Remarque | Maria João | Maria Cantwell | Rainer Maria Latzke | Maria McKee | Yvonne Rainer | Santa María la Antigua del Darién | Santa Maria degli Angeli | Santa Maria, California | Maria Teresa, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg |