Over a period of six months, Kunsthalle Wien will present across all of its exhibition spaces the largest survey of Vienna’s contemporary art scene that the institution has organized in more than a decade. Sculptures, installations, drawings, paintings, photographs, performances, and videos by more than fifty artists will be brought together in an exhibition that places a particular focus on newly commissioned works and pieces that have not previously been shown in Vienna.

The title of the exhibition derives from a survey first presented at Kunsthalle Wien in 2000 and revisits a format that offers insight into the dynamic, transnational, and culturally diverse artistic communities living and working in Vienna today. The exhibition will be accompanied by a year-long public program.

Complementing the exhibition, a new publication will be released featuring newly commissioned texts on all participating artists as well as transcripts of conversations between curators, artists, and critics living and working in Vienna, published in both German and English.

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Kunsthalle Wien Museumsquartier

Kunsthalle Wien is the City of Vienna’s institution for international contemporary art and discourse. At its venues in Museumsquartier and on Karlsplatz, it presents exhibitions of contemporary art and contextualizes them in their social and political contexts.

Lives and Works in Vienna: Contemporary Art from Vienna

1 May 2026 - 26 Oct 2026

Museumsplatz 1, Wien, Österreich

Judith Eisler, Hanna, 2019

Lebt und arbeitet in Wien: Contemporary Art from Vienna

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