Every week we cover the most relevant and fascinating art shows in town, but these upcoming days are truly special for us: three of our team members have exceptional openings in Vienna! Yana Barinova, Development Director of VCT, curated the show “contrapunct” which opens on Wednesday at Künstlerhaus. Aliaksei Barysionak, from the Exhibitor Relations team, … Continue reading
The weather might be getting worse and rainy, but Vienna’s cultural life blossoms as if it were spring. Get an overview of the top exhibition openings and events for this week including the group show Death and the Maiden in Kunstforum Wien, the exhibition ACTING IN THE NOW featuring the nominees for the Ö1 Talent Scholarship, and attend the 30 … Continue reading
Austrian National Holiday is a common day off for most citizens, so use it wisely and fill it with some art! Multiple museums are opening their doors for free this day so you can have a look at their collections. And if you feel like experiencing something completely new: Gregor Podnar, a new gallery in … Continue reading
This week is packed with new and exciting shows and happenings across the city. Whether you feel like joining a discussion or lecture – such as, for example, the conversation with Anna Daučíková at the Secession – or prefer to visit one of the many exhibition openings, have a look here for what we selected … Continue reading
How to keep work stress from taking over your life? Balance it out with some art! We prepared some recommendations so you can enjoy art happenings right after an exhausting workday. Vienna Weekly presents a selection of weekly exhibition openings, (online) talks, and art events taking place in Vienna. Discover the contemporary side of the city. MONDAY, … Continue reading
The international art autumn is in full swing. Festivals and biennales are popping up in Tcheck Republic, Poland, Austria and many other places, many of which address the ongoing war in Ukraine. viennacontemporary presents the Top 5 Insider Picks of inspiring exhibitions and collaborations currently on show with focus on Central and Eastern Europe, and … Continue reading
We missed you! Our team is back from holiday and ready to share outstanding art experiences, top exhibitions, and festival openings in Vienna! Find our list of recommendations below. Vienna Weekly presents a selection of weekly exhibition openings, (online) talks, and art events taking place in Vienna. Discover the contemporary side of the city. TUESDAY, … Continue reading
Power of art collaborations: new voices, new platforms and new opportunities The best things in art happen in-between. Between reality and imagination, between past and future, between the genuine and the artificial, between precise attention to current events and and the crossing of time boundaries. And in any case between people. These are collaborations that … Continue reading
It’s time for museums to harness a dialogue on the importance of this genre, one that is removed from speculation in the art market. There is such an abundance of portraiture at art fairs, gallery shows, online art platforms and auctions dedicated to African art that collectors are spoilt for choice. This has caused some … Continue reading
Modernity presents us with a number of questions. What if “phygital” art is the new normality? How can crypto reality converge with the established contemporary world? How can the modern art market give artists more power, impact, and freedom? The artists Angie Taylor, Anna Kostritskaya, Bard Ionson, Dmytro Fedorenko, Gala Mirissa, Gary Cartlidge, Ilan Katin, … Continue reading
Don’t fear the Sommerpause, art goes on in Vienna! As we enter the final month before our fair, we are excited to highlight the (admittedly sparse) selection of opening and closing exhibitions in Vienna and greater Austria during the sleepy mid-August weeks. Whether you’re looking for a showstopper at DIT’s “Silent Gallery” space on Schleifmuhlgasse, … Continue reading
This week Vienna has passed the scorching peak of summer and begun to look towards the fall, and its galleries are following suit! Make sure to visit one of many exhibitions closing this weekend to catch a last moment of summer work before galleries reset for September. See the long-running shows at Knoll Gallery, KROBATH, … Continue reading
Yana Barinova recently joined the viennacontemporary team as a Development Officer approaching the main statement this year: Ukraine. We discussed the importance of cultural heritage, her professional breakthroughs and the impact of war on the Ukrainian art and social sector. We especially focused on the potential of artistic and cultural poliсy of viennacontemporary 2022 and … Continue reading
Don’t let the small number of events on this list fool you into thinking the upcoming week will be dull — between opening exhibitions of artists as notable as Jordan Wolfson (Kunsthaus Bregenz), and groups as exciting as Bryndís Björnsdóttir, Juliana Lindenhofer, Siggi Sekira, and Chin Tsao (Wonnerth Djaco), there is plenty to keep you … Continue reading
viennacontemporary presents our Top 5 Insider Picks – inspiring exhibitions and collaborations in the greater art world. We look forward to sharing a selection of outstanding art events currently on show in Central and Eastern Europe, and beyond! 3 June – 10 October 2022The Museum of Modern Art, Warsaw, Poland 1. The Dark Arts: Aleksandra … Continue reading
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