Great news from viennacontemporary long time partner! Given the success of the first few months since its inception, 25th Anniversary of the illy Art Collection Installation by Robert Wilson named “THE DISH RAN AWAY WITH THE SPOON everything you can think of is true” is extended until September 10th in Venice. Continue reading
We are very happy to announce that curator and artist Walter Seidl will be contributing to the #viennacontemporaryMag in the upcoming months. In the first post he writes about the presence of Eastern European artists at the Venice Biennale. Continue reading
Preview of the 56th Venice Biennale in pictures. Continue reading
Watch the video from the talk Biennial Culture: What can the Spectator learn from a Biennial?, which was held at the fair in 2014. Continue reading
Read an interview with artist Irina Nakhova, who will be the first woman to represent Russia in 2015 Venice Biennale with a solo exhibition. Continue reading
VIENNAFAIR The New Contemporary is grateful to the Ministry of Culture and Monument Protection of Georgia and the Embassy of Georgia in Vienna for their generous support of the special project VIENNA Duet: Georgia “Our Caucasus i. e. Chveni Kavkasioni” curated by Irena Popiashvili and the artistic directors of VIENNAFAIR Christina Steinbrecher–Pfandt and Vita Zaman. Continue reading
VIENNA Talks showcases a broad spectrum of presentations, discussions, and debates with important representatives of the contemporary art scene. This year’s Talks provides an exciting and multifaceted platform for art professionals from different Eastern focus regions – people who rarely have the chance to meet each other – to represent their countries to the fullest … Continue reading
VIENNA Talks showcases a broad spectrum of presentations, discussions, and debates with important representatives of the contemporary art scene. This year’s Talks provides an exciting and multifaceted platform for art professionals from different Eastern focus regions – people who rarely have the chance to meet each other – to represent their countries to the fullest … Continue reading
VIENNA Talks showcases a broad spectrum of presentations, discussions, and debates with important representatives of the contemporary art scene. This year’s Talks provides an exciting and multifaceted platform for art professionals from different Eastern focus regions – people who rarely have the chance to meet each other – to represent their countries to the fullest … Continue reading
We can’t get enough of Venice! Every second year at the beginning of summer the art community from all over the world gathers in Venice to see the very best – and maybe also the worst – of art at the biennale. And so do I. Here is an insight into the national pavilions of … Continue reading
Following last year’s VIENNAFAIR The New Contemporary kick-off with a curated section of the VIENNA Quintet program in which Georgia played an important role and many artists came to Vienna, we promised to visit Tibilisi. By the end of May everything was set up for the visit! Continue reading
This year’s focal point of the 13th Istanbul Biennial is the “notion of the public domain as a political forum”. Its motto seems to be more topical than ever. Protesters disturbed a performance in the Istanbul Biennial’s side programme … Continue reading
I stayed behind in rainy Venice to see the most talked about pavilion. Lithuania, of course (shared with Cyprus)! I say Olympic gold once more. The project is commissioned by Aurimė Aleksandravičiūtė and Jonas Žakaitis ( ex-Tulips and Roses gallery, currently Federal magazine) Continue reading
Who is this man with these expressive black eyebrows? A lot people might know who, as this German is a big name in the art world: Nicolaus Schafhausen, the new director of Kunsthalle Wien (*1965 in Düsseldorf) and curator of the 6th Bucharest Biennale 2014. The New Contemporary met him for a cup of coffee … Continue reading
To give an insight into the Hungarian art scene I think it’s good to introduce you to the artist who is going to represent the country at one of the most significant events in the art world, at the Venice Biennale. I met with Zsolt Asztalos in a book shop’s cafe close to Budapest’s recently renamed, … Continue reading
#viennacontemporary Magazine 