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30/11/2023
Long unrecognized, now appreciated – Gabriele Münter at the Leopold Museum
"In many people's eyes, I was an unnecessary addition to Kandinsky". This statement now marks the beginning of the major retrospective of this long misunderstood artist at the Leopold Museum.
28/11/2023
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.
24/10/2023
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.
04/10/2023
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.
29/09/2023
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!
04/09/2023
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.
31/08/2023
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.
24/07/2023
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.
28/06/2023
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.
06/06/2023
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.
07/06/2023
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.
16/05/2023
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.
19/04/2023
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.
23/03/2023
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.
INCITING PASSION
The theme of VIENNA ART WEEK 2023 is dedicated to passion in all its facets. By Robert Punkenhofer, Julia Hartmann & Theresia Nickl.
14/02/2023
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
26/01/2023
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.
18/01/2023
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.
21/12/2022
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.
13/12/2022
Images on the internet – fair pay for artists
Günter Schönberger, managing director of the collecting society Bildrecht, in an interview with VIENNA ART WEEK
09/12/2022
This was VIENNA ART WEEK 2022
A review of a week of Challenging Orders
07/12/2022
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.
01/12/2022
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.
09/11/2022
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
20/10/2022
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
18/10/2022
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.
10/10/2022
Calculated overload
Stefan Panhans and Andrea Winkler at Kunstraum Niederoesterreich. A text by Max Steinborn.
28/09/2022
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.
27/07/2022
Everything is so alive – documenta fifteen 2022
A visit to the global art exhibition in Kassel. By Sabine B. Vogel.
19/07/2022
Enigmatic Journeys
Francesco Clemente at the Albertina. A visually stunning journey into hidden ideas of the ego. By Sabine B. Vogel.
11/07/2022
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
30/06/2022
Not too big, yet a metropolis
Galleries in Vienna - There is great potential
29/06/2022
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.
10/10/2022
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...
06/09/2022
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...
07/06/2022
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
27/05/2022
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.
12/05/2022
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
20/02/2022
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
21/03/2022
Challenging orders
The theme of VIENNA ART WEEK 2022 invites to question existing norms and orders.
09/03/2022
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
20/12/2021
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.
10/12/2021
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.
16/11/2021
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. 
10/11/2021
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.
15/10/2021
The Culture & Technology Podcast
The Culture & Technology Podcast is a virtual salon — hosted by the Vienna Business Agency together with Severin Matusek.
28/09/2021
After the intoxication
Christine König Gallery presents a satyr play of a special kind as part of curated by: thoughtful, sober, sympathetically 'unbaroque'.
05/08/2021
Conversation between the shores
With Birgit Jürgenssen and Cinzia Ruggeri, Galerie Hubert Winter juxtaposes two radical individualists who never met during their lifetimes.
19/07/2021
Drifting
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.
07/07/2021
Healing Confusion. A visit with Marc Dion
At Galerie Kargl, Mark Dion explores the question of the principles by which we order things.
21/06/2021
Between the dots of light
With "Pattern As A Teacher" at Felix Gaudlitz Valentina Triet generates an invisible body inhabiting the voids.
17/06/2021
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.
15/06/2021
A Gallery Tour through Schleifmühlgasse
Our third gallery stroll takes us through Schleifmühlgasse in Vienna's 4th district.
27/05/2021
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.
20/05/2021
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.
12/05/2021
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.
03/05/2021
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.
26/04/2021
Yuji Agematsu
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.
12/04/2021
Losing Control
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.
12/03/2021
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.
06/03/2021
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
15/02/2021
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
03/02/2021
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.
25/01/2021
Notgalerie
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.
07/01/2021
Nicoleta Auersperg
The artist tells how bread baking inspired her artistic work and the importance of materials and shape transfer.
22/12/2020
Ezgi Erol
The transdisciplinary artist Ezgi Erol tells us what role vacuum cleaners and sociology play in her artistic work.
09/12/2020
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
01/12/2020
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".
30/11/2020
Artist-Talk with Katharina Höglinger
VIDEO-TALK: Francesca Gavin, curator, in conversation with the artist Katharina Höglinger
25/11/2020
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.
24/11/2020
GALLERY TOUR
VIDEO TOUR: Robert Punkenhofer, artistic director of VIENNA ART WEEK, leads through some of the most exciting galleries in Vienna.
16/11/2020
VIDEO VIEWS in the studios of artists of the Open Studio Days
13/11/2020
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.
08/11/2020
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.
12/10/2020
LIVING RITUALS
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.
22/09/2020
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.
18/09/2020
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.
30/06/2020
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.
14/07/2020
Contemporary Week at Dorotheum
Zeitgenössische Kunst ist neben Werken der Moderne in der Auktionswoche von 23.-26. Juni 2020 im Dorotheum zu sehen.
19/06/2020
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.
29/05/2020
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
12/05/2020
Stefan Draschan
VIENNA ART WEEK in conversation with Stefan Draschan, whose photographs are a big hit on social media for a reason.
06/08/2020
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.
27/04/2020
LIVING RITUALS
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!
20/04/2020
Nives Widauer
The artist has created her own cosmos over the years, following different techniques and combining analog and digital in her works.
08/04/2020
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".
06/04/2020
Timotheus Tomicek
The artist, filmmaker and photographer Timotheus Tomicek gives us insights into his studio and his world of thought.
30/03/2020
Soli Kiani
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.
04/03/2020
Somewhere between Genius and Lunacy
In this exhibition series, contemporary artists are invited to examine the portrayal of the Last Judgement by Hieronymus Bosch.
19/03/2020
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
18/02/2020
MAX FREUND
The artist finds his inspiration: "In books, discussions, the Internet, Vienna's houses, 1 € shops, dumpsters and abandoned places."
11/02/2020
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
18/12/2019
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.
04/12/2019
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!
21/11/2019
Studio Visit at Claudia Märzendorfer
VIDEO: Studio Visit at Claudia Märzendorfer (Open Studio Day Exhibition Parcours)   https://youtu.be/cMv-i8jkE6g
16/11/2019
Studio Visit at Lois Renner
VIDEO: Studio Visit at Lois Renner (Open Studio Day Exhibition Parcours)   https://youtu.be/rB_bffnCsnQ
15/11/2019
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.    
14/11/2019
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.
13/11/2019
Silent helpers
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.
12/11/2019
District Tours
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
11/11/2019
Ron Nagle
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.
10/11/2019
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
08/11/2019
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.    
05/11/2019
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.      
27/10/2019
„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
11/10/2019
MAKING TRUTH
“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.”
20/09/2019
„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
02/09/2019
„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

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