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“Essl Museum” becomes “Albertina Klosterneuburg”

Essl Museum was yesterday. Today, the former private museum in Lower Austria is called "Albertina Klosterneuburg" - and has finally reopened. A text by Sabine B. Vogel.

OPEN CALL: INDEPENDENT SPACES & SPECIAL PROJECTS 2024

For the 20th anniversary, we are inviting "Independent Spaces & Special Projects" in Vienna to submit their program proposals for participation in VIENNA ART WEEK 2024 until April 30, 2024.

OPEN CALL: OPEN STUDIO DAYS 2024

We invite artists working in Vienna to upload their submissions for the participation in the Open Studio Days on November 9 and 10, 2024 as part of VIENNA ART WEEK by April 30, 2024.

Subtle visualizations – Angelika Loderer at the Belvedere 21

The sculptor Angelika Loderer has already been shown twice in group exhibitions at the Belvedere. Now her work is being shown in a solo exhibition. A text by Sabine B. Vogel.

War glasses and bead bags – the designer Felice Rix-Ueno at the MAK

Felice Rix-Ueno already designed her delicate "war glasses" for the Wiener Werkstätten at the age of 21. The MAK is now dedicating her a small, wonderful solo exhibition. A text by Sabine B. Vogel.

The answer: Art! – Gilbert Bretterbauer at Smolka Contemporary

Textile artist Bretterbauer uses fabrics and embroidery to create spatial installations, carpets, tapestries and interior elements such as the "Love Chair". A text by Sabine B. Vogel.

This was VIENNA ART WEEK 2023

Looking back on a week full of passion. By Theresia Nickl.

House of INCITING PASSION – a review of the VIENNA ART WEEK 2023 exhibition

By Julia Hartmann and Robert Punkenhofer.

Nocturnal (Com)Passion – A night of “Passion” in the Jesuit Church

A review of a night of "Passion" in the Jesuit Church as part of the VIENNA ART WEEK 2023. By Juliana Furthner.

From Vienna to Venice via Gwangju and Bregenz – that will be 2024

Sabine B. Vogel takes a look at the New Year for us - these are some of the highlights of the art year that you shouldn't miss.

Artificial intelligence and art. Creative digital design in Vienna.

VIENNA ART WEEK talks to Elisabeth Noever-Ginthör and Jutta Scheibelberger about funding programs, free services for creative companies and the regular competitions of the Vienna Business Agency.

Long unrecognized, now appreciated – Gabriele Münter at the Leopold Museum

"In many people's eyes, I was an unnecessary addition to Kandinsky". This statement opens the major retrospective of this long misunderstood artist at the Leopold Museum. A text by Sabine B. Vogel.

Curate passionately, collect artfully: The Inciting Passion Line-up of VIENNA ART WEEK 2023

On a multifaceted afternoon, protagonists from the international art world gave insights into their working methods for the VIENNA ART WEEK and shared their knowledge and passion.

Linoleum printing and psychogenic creation – Lill Tschudi & Franz Čižek

One of the most important representatives of the Modernist British Printmaking movement will finally have a show dedicated to her at the University Gallery of Applied Arts. A text by Sabine B. Vogel.

Pink is feminine – Louise Bourgeois in the Lower Belvedere

More than just colossal spiders! Sabine B. Vogel on the art of Louise Bourgeois, currently on view at the Lower Belvedere.

VIENNA ART WEEK for all – Inclusive program 2023

For the first time, the VIENNA ART WEEK can offer an extensive program for people with disabilities and chronic illnesses. Learn more!

Conceptual Puzzle – Agnes Fuchs at mumok

What do circuits and painting have in common? Sabine B. Vogel was at the current exhibition at mumok and gets to the bottom of the question.

Creatively shaping the city.

VIENNA ART WEEK talks to Elisabeth Noever-Ginthör, Director of Creativity & Business at the Vienna Business Agency, about spaces of creative use & why the topic has long engaged & accompanied her.

Lavalamp Fever at the Secession – Lazar Lyutakov “1 Million Random Numbers”

Two worlds collide in the current exhibition by Lazar Lyutakov at the Secession - Sabine B. Vogel was there and was fascinated.

INCITING PASSION: What are our directors burning for? Part 2

Passion is at the center of this year's VIENNA ART WEEK. What our directors are burning for, they have revealed to us here.

INCITING PASSION: What are our directors burning for? Part 1

Passion is at the center of this year's VIENNA ART WEEK. What our directors are burning for, they have revealed to us here.

Lueger in a tilted position – Klemens Wihlidal’s winning design for the Lueger Monument

Monuments are a natural part of the urban landscape in Europe. But not at all times do people want to remember the same people in an identical way. A text by Sabine B. Vogel.

HOUSE OF CHALLENGING ORDERS 2022 – the catalog is out!

Around 40 national and international artists and performers questioned existing orders, canons and systems at the VIENNA ART WEEK 2022 exhibition. Now the catalog is available.

At the end of a long journey – On The Road Again at the Künstlerhaus Vereinigung

In its current exhibition, the Künstlerhaus takes us once almost around the world. A text by Sabine B. Vogel.

INCITING PASSION

The theme of VIENNA ART WEEK 2023 is dedicated to passion in all its facets. By Robert Punkenhofer, Julia Hartmann & Theresia Nickl.

And the women? Picasso at the Albertina

Pablo Picasso is considered the genius of a century. On the occasion of the 50th anniversary of his death the Albertina is now dedicating a personal exhibition of 70 works to the artist.

For its 20th edition, VIENNA ART WEEK 2024 is approaching the phenomenon of time from different angles with its motto. By Robert Punkenhofer & Julia Hartmann.

Inspired, but not copied: The Influence of Van Gogh to Matisse on Gustav Klimt

After years of "treasure hunting," the Lower Belvedere is hosting an impressive show that explores the influence of contemporary artists on Gustav Klimt. A text by Sabine B. Vogel.

Anna Jermaloewa © Michael Maritsch

From the train station bench to Venice – Anna Jermolaeva

Anna Jermolaewa will represent Austria at the Venice Biennale in 2024, and she has also participated in the VIENNA ART WEEK several times. Sabine B. Vogel visited the current exhibition in Linz.

Applied Correlation Laboratory

An exciting exhibition shows the results of an artistic research project by students of the University of Applied Arts Vienna in cooperation with the Frederick Kiesler Foundation.

A parcours of celebration at the MAK

From aristocratic banquets to raves to political (protest) festival culture - the new thematic exhibition at the MAK approaches the FEST from a wide variety of perspectives. A text by Sabine B. Vogel.

Images on the internet – fair pay for artists

Günter Schönberger, managing director of the collecting society Bildrecht, in an interview with VIENNA ART WEEK

This was VIENNA ART WEEK 2022

A review of a week of Challenging Orders

Access to art and culture for children and young people: an investment in the future

Wiener Städtische has supported VIENNA ART WEEK for many years. Here, the company explains why.

Digital platform creates new space for art

Enjoying art and culture at home in front of the screen. What seemed impossible until recently has become a reality thanks to Discover-Culture. A look at the steadily growing platform.

Emília Rigová’s islands of well-being at MUMOK

In her solo show "Nane Oda Lavutaris/Who Will Play for Me?" at MUMOK, the Slovak artist Emília Rigová takes up the theme of Roma and music. A text by Sabine B. Vogel.

Promoting creativity, technology and spaces for creative use

Elisabeth Noever-Ginthör, Head of Creativity & Business at the Vienna Business Agency, in an interview with VIENNA ART WEEK

ZUMTOBEL GROUP: BEN VAN BERKEL/UNSTUDIO AT THE DORNBIRN LIGHT FORUM

The Zumtobel Group invited to an exhibition opening and talk at the Dornbirn Lichtforum.

ANONYMOUS PHOTOGRAPHER,Tilla Durieux as Lady Macbeth in Macbeth, 1937 © Akademie der Künste, Berlin, Tilla-Durieux-Archiv, Nr. 193_3, Photo: Akademie der Künste, Berlin, Tilla-Durieux-Archiv, Nr. 193_3

A Life in Pictures – Tilla Durieux at the Leopold Museum

The actress is one of the most dazzling stars of the early 20th century and was long considered the role model of the modern woman. A text by Sabine B. Vogel.

Calculated overload

Stefan Panhans and Andrea Winkler at Kunstraum Niederoesterreich. A text by Max Steinborn.

The museum as a shackle and a trap

The new exhibition at mumok invites us to think about the animal in us. A text by Sabine B. Vogel.

Arts & Politics in Vienna

Things are going well, but they could be even better. An analysis by Angelika Seebacher.

Everything is so alive – documenta fifteen 2022

A visit to the global art exhibition in Kassel. By Sabine B. Vogel.

Enigmatic Journeys

Francesco Clemente at the Albertina. A visually stunning journey into hidden ideas of the ego. By Sabine B. Vogel.

VIENNA GALLERIES CHECK-IN #3

Conversations about trial and error, the fight against prevailing structures, improvable communication and the needle in the haystack - a check-in with some of Vienna's most established galleries. By

Not too big, yet a metropolis

Galleries in Vienna - There is great potential

Lieselott Beschorner: Im Atem der Zeit

Until now, Beschorner's work has hardly been seen, which is finally changing. A text by Sabine B. Vogel.

What do our directors think about “Challenging Orders”? Part 2

We asked the directors of our Viennese museums where they see the role of their institutions in relation to "Challenging Orders". Here are their answers...

What do our directors think about “Challenging Orders”? Part 1

We asked the directors of our Viennese museums where they see the role of their institutions in relation to "Challenging Orders". Here are their answers...

VIENNA GALLERIES CHECK-IN #2

Vienna has developed into an exciting and dynamic contemporary art landscape in recent years - not least because of its galleries. Today we visit another three of them

Anselm Kiefer’s Inferno in Venice

Anselm Kiefer has staged a world theater in the famous Sala dello Scrutinio, where the Doge was once elected. A text by Sabine B. Vogel.

VIENNA GALLERIES CHECK-IN #1

What role do art, artists and their institutions play in questioning existing norms and orders? We have asked three art galleries

OPEN CALL – Open Studio Days 2022

We invite artists working in Vienna to upload their submission to participate in the Open Studio Days 2022. Submission deadline: May 5, 2022

Challenging orders

The theme of VIENNA ART WEEK 2022 invites to question existing norms and orders.

ARTISTS SUPPORT UKRAINE

On February 24, 2022, a decades-long post-war order came to an end in an unfathomable way for the 21st century and of course, the

House of Losing Control. A review.

Nomen est Omen: The House of Losing Control only barely escaped the lockdown. Now it has been history for more than two weeks. Time for a short recap.

Not just a piece of the coat

Redistribution now? In its current annual show "Poor & Rich", the Dom Museum Wien presents a cross-section of the history and iconography of social inequality.

Videointerview with Oliver Ressler

The exhibition „Overground Resistance“ brings together artists who produce their works in dialogue with the climate justice movements in which they consider themselves participants.

Painting as a threat

At Galerie Sophie Tappeiner, Berlin-based artist Sophie Reinhold explores the threat potential of painting and comes up with exciting results.

The Culture & Technology Podcast

The Culture & Technology Podcast is a virtual salon — hosted by the Vienna Business Agency together with Severin Matusek.

After the intoxication

Christine König Gallery presents a satyr play of a special kind as part of curated by: thoughtful, sober, sympathetically 'unbaroque'.

Conversation between the shores

With Birgit Jürgenssen and Cinzia Ruggeri, Galerie Hubert Winter juxtaposes two radical individualists who never met during their lifetimes.

The second edition of the Propeller Biennale at Fotogalerie Wien in WUK once again shows a selection of works by students at Austrian art colleges.

Healing Confusion. A visit with Marc Dion

At Galerie Kargl, Mark Dion explores the question of the principles by which we order things.

Between the dots of light

With "Pattern As A Teacher" at Felix Gaudlitz Valentina Triet generates an invisible body inhabiting the voids.

I sing against Monsanto

The exhibition, curated by Miguel A. López, shows works by artists from all over the world who critically deal with exploitation and environmental destruction.

A Gallery Tour through Schleifmühlgasse

Our third gallery stroll takes us through Schleifmühlgasse in Vienna's 4th district.

Fashion and dystopia

In her exhibition "Autumn Cloth" at Sophie Tappeiner gallery, Dutch artist Tenant of Culture traces the consequences of economics in the fashion world.

Practice seeing with relish

Under the title "Posture and Pose", Kunst Haus Wien is dedicating an extensive retrospective to Elfie Semotan on the occasion of her 80th birthday.

Eating your cake and baking it anew

Kunstverein Kevin Space presents the new project of Vienna-based writer Miriam Stoney, whose work is mostly collaborative and text-based.

A gallery tour across the city

The second gallery tour to follow leads on a route across Vienna's city center to another five top galleries for contemporary art.

Yuji Agematsu makes miniature sculptures from waste he finds on his daily strolls through New York's streets. The objects cast in resin can currently be seen at the Secession.

Beset by crises. Out of control. Out of action. Awareness of humankind’s limited ability to intervene in the way of the world is increasing.

A Path from Thought to Action

This year Joseph Beuys would have turned 100 years old. Belvedere 21 is taking this opportunity to present an extensive exhibition of his work.

A gallery tour through downtown Vienna

The starting point of our tour to five top galleries for contemporary art in the heart of Vienna's city center - situated between Stadtpark and the old town quarter southeast of Kärntner Straße - is

Katharina Aigner

Julianne Cordray in Conversation with Katharina Aigner As part of the Critic in Residence Program by studio das weisse haus in cooperation with VIENNA ART WEEK 2020 I had the chan

On the extremes of good and evil

The exhibition by Kapsch prize winner Hugo Canoilas takes us into a sea world populated by unknown creatures and questions the anthropocentric view of the world.

The archway of the Notgalerie was positioned in front of the House of Rituals. After three years at its location in the Seestadt, it was completely dismantled and its individual parts scattered.

Nicoleta Auersperg

The artist tells how bread baking inspired her artistic work and the importance of materials and shape transfer.

The transdisciplinary artist Ezgi Erol tells us what role vacuum cleaners and sociology play in her artistic work.

Working under one roof

An autumnal garden, three children play catch, a tiny dog named Mimi yaps. Schloss25, a former nursing school in the middle of Hietzing, originally a psychiatric institution, is home to 15 female arti

LIVING RITUALS – EXHIBITION PARCOURS

From the 100 artists of the Open Studio Days, seven studios were selected by the jury, in which artists dealt with the theme "Living Rituals".

Artist-Talk with Katharina Höglinger

VIDEO-TALK: Francesca Gavin, curator, in conversation with the artist Katharina Höglinger

Artist Talk with Christian Eisenberger

VIDEO-TALK: Ursula Maria Probst, curator, in conversation with the artist Christian Eisenberger

Stefanie Gutheil and Bianca Kennedy in conversation

VIDEO-TALK: Curator Philipp Bollmann in conversation with Stefanie Gutheil and Bianca Kennedy about their exhibition at Krinzinger Projekte.

Ann Cotten in conversation with the artist Kanako Tada

VIDEO-TALK: Ann Cotten (writer, Junior Fellow at IFK, Vienna) and Kanako TADA (artist, currently in Vienna thanks to Pola Art Foundation) in conversation.

VIDEO TOUR: Robert Punkenhofer, artistic director of VIENNA ART WEEK, leads through some of the most exciting galleries in Vienna.

VIDEO VIEWS in the studios of artists of the Open Studio Days

Vienna galleries are open for visits

ONLINE-PROGRAM OF THE DAY Wednesday

Here you will find a list of links to the daily online program. If you cannot visit VIENNA ART WEEK, we will visit you.

VIENNA ART WEEK goes online. Open Studio Days digital

The VIENNA ART WEEK takes place online. The art week offers - as a response to current measures - new, digital formats.

Das Ritual in der Performance zwischen Spiel und Seinsgewissheit. Bertlmann, Samsonow und der Morgenkaffee 2

Der Philosoph, Kunstkritiker und Kurator Klaus Speidel beleuchtet das Ritual vor dem Hintergrund der Performancekunst. Er sprach mit den Künstlerinnen Elisabeth von Samsonow und Renate Bertlmann.

Rituals might seem anachronistic nowadays – like messengers from other times – in fact they are also deeply rooted in secularized societies, and a conducive factor for social cohesion.

Hidden thoughts of a visual nature

Monika Pessler, director of the Sigmund Freud Museum, talks about the exhibition of conceptual art in the former offices of Sigmund Freud.

What, How & for Whom/WHW: A kiss can change the law …

What happens when fluids, bugs and viruses mix in an act of love?

Gerhard Hirczi: Upgrade your routines. Take advantage of digital opportunities

Our daily working life is shaped by routines. Routines create a framework for our actions and provide security at every level.

Rituals in the Viennese Actionism

Hubert Klocker, director of the Stadtraum Sammlung Friedrichshof, talks about the importance of rituals in the work of Otto Muehl, Hermann Nitsch and Viennese Actionism in general.

SEE NOW: VIDEO – VIENNA ART TALK #2

In the Online-Talk „Art World in Times of Crisis – Roles and Responsibilities“ Sabine Haag, Gail Lord, Norbert Kettner and Robert Punkenhofer discuss challenges and opportunities post corona-crisis.

Contemporary Week at Dorotheum

Zeitgenössische Kunst ist neben Werken der Moderne in der Auktionswoche von 23.-26. Juni 2020 im Dorotheum zu sehen.

Thomas Gänszler

We visit Thomas Gänszler, who studied with Erwin Wurm, in his Viennese studio in a back building. He often works with semi-finished products, which he reworks, fragments or re-composes.

VIENNA ART TALK “Art World in Times of Crisis”

Joshua Decter (author and curator, New York), Lucy Orta (artist, professor London College of Fashion, Paris) and Robert Punkenhofer (artistic director VIENNA ART WEEK analyze the consequences, risks a

Stefan Draschan

VIENNA ART WEEK in conversation with Stefan Draschan, whose photographs are a big hit on social media for a reason.

Alexandra Baumgartner

In conversation with Alexandra Baumgartner, whose studio we were allowed to discover during the Open Studio Days 2019. It was not lacking inspiration.

VIENNA ART WEEK 2020, which will take place from November 13 to 20, is themed "Living Rituals". Learn more about this year's motto here!

The artist has created her own cosmos over the years, following different techniques and combining analog and digital in her works.

Growing up with Art

Wiener Städtische will continue to support the diverse activities of the VIENNA ART WEEK in 2021 under the slogan "Making art and culture tangible - we support this".

Timotheus Tomicek

The artist, filmmaker and photographer Timotheus Tomicek gives us insights into his studio and his world of thought.

She calls the "non-existing human rights" the root of her art. - Talking with the Iranian-born artist Soli Kiani in her beautiful studio in Vienna.

Somewhere between Genius and Lunacy

In this exhibition series, contemporary artists are invited to examine the portrayal of the Last Judgement by Hieronymus Bosch.

Béatrice Dreux

She tells us about her daily creative ritual and her dream to work on an island by the sea.

Max Freund Künstler Wien

The artist finds his inspiration: "In books, discussions, the Internet, Vienna's houses, 1 € shops, dumpsters and abandoned places."

FABRIC FOR FASHION

In a big "SHOW OFF", the Viennese MAK transforms itself into a catwalk for revolutionary fashion designers linked to Austria. The works of 60 designers and 30 photographers offer an impressive ove

The Best Moments of Vienna Art Week 2019

Pulsating, inspiring, creative like the city: that was the Vienna Art Week 2019 - our highlights summarized in a video for you.

Studio Visit at Lukas Pusch

Norbert Kettner, Managing Director Vienna Tourist Board, visited Lukas Pusch in his studio and we joined them with our camera.

Vienna Art Week 2019 in Pictures

The 15th Vienna Art Week is history again - but what a history! Once again, the City of Vienna was able to show what it has to offer!

Studio Visit at Claudia Märzendorfer

VIDEO: Studio Visit at Claudia Märzendorfer (Open Studio Day Exhibition Parcours) https://youtu.be/cMv-i8jkE6g

Studio Visit at Lois Renner

VIDEO: Studio Visit at Lois Renner (Open Studio Day Exhibition Parcours) https://youtu.be/rB_bffnCsnQ

Too Good to be True

The criterion of authenticity is central to the appreciation of art - but what happens when an imitation is too good to be true? - Forgery in the world of art.

MAKING TRUTH Line-up

The MAKING TRUTH Line-up concludes the festival week in terms of content. The focus is on socio-politically active artists and the work of activist groups.

VIENNA ART WEEK spoke with two long-time contributors to Hermann Nitsch's actions about the lust for blood and the transformative power of excess.

The Open Studio Days on Saturday, NOV 16 and Sunday, NOV 17 offer art lovers the unique opportunity to take a look behind the scenes of artistic creation and to have informal conversations with artist

He lives and works in San Francisco. Ron Nagle is known for his intimately scaled sculptures. Now the Secession is going to show a selection of his recent works.

A search for self-conception

Architekturzentrum Wien (Az W) has devoted its major fall exhibition to Austria’s role in the Cold War. In an interview, curator Monika Platzer explains what architecture has to do with it.

Exhibition Parcour Talks

Highlight of the Vienna Art Week is the MAKING TRUTH Exhibition Parcours: 14 selected studios spread across the city will be connected to the rooms of an exhibition. The Exhibition Parcours Talks will

MAKING TRUTH. ONE-SHOT WORKs between production and presentation, analog and digital reception

MAKING TRUTH is an exhibition designed as a circuit running through the Vienna studios of 16 selected artists. Here you can find out what it is all about.

Forms Larger and Bolder: EVA HESSE DRAWINGS

The artist, Eva Hesse, was known for sculpture, but she accompanied drawing throughout her life. In conversation with curator Manuela Ammer about her graphic work.

„Truth is made when existing historical and institutional conditions inscribe themselves …”

Truth is made when existing historical and institutional conditions inscribe themselves in the order of bodies. The same can be said of that which is considered “true art” and is placed in public

“What [...] is truth? Worn-out metaphors which have become powerless to affect the senses; coins which have their obverse effaced and now are no longer of account as coins but merely as metal.”

„IM LEBEN GIBT ES WIE IN DER KUNST VIELE WAHRHEITEN.“

Großartig an bildender Kunst ist, dass nichts eindeutig ist. Ein hochkarätiges Kunstwerk wie das Porträt von Rudolf dem Stifter (1360–1365) oder die „Vierge Ouvrante“ (1420–1430) aus dem Do

„ART IS MAGIC, TO BE FREED FROM TRUTH AND LIES.”

Besonders in Zeiten der schnellen Verbreitung und schweren Einordenbarkeit von Nachrichten, ist die Suche nach der Wahrheit für viele Menschen allgegenwärtig. Dass Wahrheit und Lüge oft näher b