Die österreichische Medienmanagerin Eva Dichand teilt ihre Zeit und Leidenschaft zwischen Medien und Kunst: Die Geschäftsführerin und Herausgeberin der kostenlosen Tageszeitung Heute ist ebenso stellvertretende Vorsitzende des Albertina-Kuratoriums sowie Mitglied des Internationalen Rates des Metropolitan Museum. New York und des Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris. Mit uns sprach sie über ihre zeitgenössische … Continue reading
Vienna-based collector Richard Rella is an avid supporter of the contemporary art scene and its stakeholders. He is president of the Künstlerhaus Freundesverein, the oldest artists’ association in Austria, and a member of the mumok board. We talked to Richard about how his love for contemporary art developed and the crucial factors when it comes … Continue reading
The art collection of Elisabeth and Bernhard Hainz comprises around 800 works, half of which can be found in Mr. Hainz’s law firm CMS. viennacontemporary visited the Viennese lawyer there and talked to him about collecting as an opportunity for endless discoveries, mental training, and personal development. Scroll down for German viennacontemporary: Let’s start at … Continue reading
Viennese lawyer Alexia Stuefer was struck by a passion for collection about 15 years ago and has since continued to extend her unparalleled collection of female artists, including Kiki Kogelnik, Elke Krystufek, Eva Schlegel, and Maria Temnitschka. We talked to Alexia about her approach to collecting. Let’s start at the beginning: when did you start … Continue reading
Franz Ihm and Nina Gscheider are no strangers to art and the digital sphere: Nina Gscheider is the founder of Segurio, a company offering simple and fast online insurance protection for collectors and lovers of beautiful things. Franz Ihm’s company Tectus Risk Management offers insurance for works of art, musical instruments and high-value private property. … Continue reading
Eva and Manfred Frey, both Vienna-based doctors and art collectors, have been committed to art their entire lives. While they usually like to stay out of the spotlight, they kindly met with viennacontemporary for an online interview from their home in Vienna to talk about their passion for discovering young art, the importance of social … Continue reading
“You have to see art, it has to live.” Helmut Marko, former racing driver and motorsport boss of Red Bull, about his art collection, the connection of Formula 1 and art, and why his entire art collection can be found is his hotels in the city of Graz. Continue reading
“When I look at a great picture, it feels like the beginning or the end of a movie.” JP Managing Director Daniel Jelitzka is a passionate collector of photography. With viennacontemporary, he talks about his love for portraits, his rules when it comes to collecting, and why he and his sons had to undress for … Continue reading
Kunstalm is the name of an artist in residency programme and sculpture park by the owners Katrin Liesenfeld-Jordan and Dirk Liesenfeld of art-lodge Hotel in Carinthia, Austria. In spring, we visited the sculpture park and discovered spectacular artworks in direct dialogue with it’s surrounding landscape. Continue reading
This year we will showcase a number of special exhibitions at viennacontemporary International Art Fair. To announce the participation of Art Collection Deutsche Telekom at the fair, we interviewed the curators Rainald Schumacher and Nathalie Hoyos. Read our conversation on their visions for Art Collection Deutsche Telekom, the importance of art from Central and Eastern Europe and … Continue reading
The Birgit Lauda Art Foundation established as a non-profit organisation where art and feminism meet. With the aim to support artists and to donate all its proceeds to the project “Women without Borders” by Dr. Edit Schlaffer, the foundation is dedicated to the empowerment of women worldwide. We spoke to Birgit Lauda (Founder) and Talina Bauer … Continue reading
A talk with the former director of the Belvedere museum, Agnes Husslein, about collecting art and the first-ever public exhibition of The Heidi Horten Collection at the Leopold Museum. Continue reading
Collection SANZIANY, at the Palais Rasumofsky, is one of the biggest private museums in Austria. Available by appointment only, it is located at Landstrasse in Vienna’s third district. Adrian Riklin and his partner Antonis Stachel share their home with more than 2.000 works of art and are famous for the most entertaining guided tours! Learn … Continue reading
It was natural for the director of the viennese gallery Ernst Hilger Michael Kaufmann to start collecting art, as he was fascinated by it since he was a student. Together with his fiancée Ronald Harder they started the exhibition project “Spielzimmer” and show young artists in the basement of their apartment and I visited them … Continue reading
Bernhard Moss started buying art when he was a student. Soon after, he met his wife Ruth, who joined him in his passion for contemporary art. I met the couple in their house at Baumgartenhöhe, a picturesque area of Vienna, to find out more about their collection. Continue reading
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