EVENT LANGUAGE: ENGLISH
From October, Kunsthalle Wien’s vitrine in the MuseumsQuartier will present a new 62-metre painting by Sophie von Hellermann.
This large-scale public artwork is the second in a new series of annual commissions for the vitrine that extends around the south-western wall of Kunsthalle Wien’s building on the outer arch of the MuseumsQuartier.
Von Hellermann’s paintings draw variously on fiction and reality, referencing characters from legend, myth and fables alongside history, popular culture and current affairs. This new work considers the epistemology of ideas in honour of Oswald Wiener, under whom Sophie von Hellermann studied at Kunstakademie Düsseldorf. Just as the painting wraps around the building, the title Get Your Head Around It unfurls a story of human knowledge and understanding.
The commission forms the focus for a special event on the occasion of VIENNA ART WEEK where Sophie von Hellermann will be in conversation with Michelle Cotton.
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.
Artist Sophie von Hellermann in conversation with director Michelle Cotton
11 Nov 2025/19:00-20:30H
Kunsthalle Wien Museumsquartier
Museumsplatz 1, 1070 Wien, Österreich
Sophie von Hellermann, Courtesy die Künstlerin und Pilar Corrias, London, Foto: Daniel Gurton
