MEET THE ARTIST: MAX FREUND
In MEET THE ARTIST, we are proud to present some of the artists, whose studios could be discovered during the Open Studio Days of VIENNA ART WEEK. Today, we’ll introduce you to Max Freund.
…
Vienna Art WeekNews
News
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 impres…
Best Moments of Vienna Art Week 2019
Vibrant, inspiring, creative like the city: that was Vienna Art Week 2019!
https://youtu.be/lqk5uRzRhtU
…
Studio Visit at Lukas Pusch
Norbert Kettner, Managing Director Vienna Tourist Board, visited Lukas Pusch in his studio. Find out what Mozart, China and a cheap plastic violin have in common. You will also learn why the c…
Vienna Art Week 2019 in Images
As time goes by. The 15th Vienna Art Week is history – but what kind of history: with two days of Open Studio Days, more guided tours than ever before, sophisticated discussion panels, studi…
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 Real
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…
MAKING TRUTH Line-up
…
Silent helpers
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…
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 wit…
Ron Nagle
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…
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 w…
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 Ta…
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. It is, in other words, an exhibition platform at v…
Forms Larger and Bolder: EVA HESSE DRAWINGS
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 …”
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…
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 meta…
„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) au…
„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 …