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MEET THE ARTIST

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.
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.
Stefan Draschan
VIENNA ART WEEK in conversation with Stefan Draschan, whose photographs are a big hit on social media for a reason.
Nives Widauer
The artist has created her own cosmos over the years, following different techniques and combining analog and digital in her works.
Timotheus Tomicek
The artist, filmmaker and photographer Timotheus Tomicek gives us insights into his studio and his world of thought.
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.
Alex Ruthner
"My art is the love of life", he says and he means it! MEET THE ARTIST Alex Ruthner and let him tell you what drives his inspiration.
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
MAX FREUND
The artist finds his inspiration: "In books, discussions, the Internet, Vienna's houses, 1 € shops, dumpsters and abandoned places."
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 contempor
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

VIENNA ART – BEHIND THE SCENES

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.
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.
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.    

VIENNA ART – EXHBITIONS ON VIEW

Contemporary Week at Dorotheum
Zeitgenössische Kunst ist neben Werken der Moderne in der Auktionswoche von 23.-26. Juni 2020 im Dorotheum zu sehen.
“Bosch either experienced something crazy – or he was a brilliant creative inventor. Both is impressive to me.”
INTERVIEW with artist Christine Schlegel about her exhibition “Korrespondenzen: Bosch & Schlegel – Christine Schlegel: Reservate abtrü
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 and cataly
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.
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 various l
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 German ex