Vienna was home to an elaborate forgery ring in the 19th century. Its mechanisms were not unlike those we see today. Authenticity is a key criterion in art valuation, but w…

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They haul bowels around by the bucket-load and allow blood to be poured over their bodies: scores of performers turn Hermann Nitsch’s actions into world-famous spectacl…

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 wit…

Ron Nagle is known for his intimately scaled sculptures that combine traditional materials such as ceramic and porcelain with other materials, including epoxy resin an…

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 w…

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 Ta…

Unlike sculpture, which Eva Hesse (1936–1970) only started working with shortly before her death, drawing was a mainstay of the artist’s practice from the beginning. The Jewish artist of G…

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…

“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 meta…

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) au…

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 …