Art news from ‘Vienna’

Secession, Vienna: Unrest of Form. Imagining the Political Subject

Unrest of Form. Imagining the Political Subject Exhibition parcours A project by Wiener Festwochen, Academy of Fine Arts Vienna, and Secession In cooperation with Museumsquartier Wien Curated by Karl Baratta, Stefanie Carp, Matthias Pees, Hedwig Saxenhuber, and Georg Schöllhammer May 11 – June 16, 2013 Dmitri Gutov, Neil Belufa, Party Island, Aquarium 2 The annual [...]

Galerie Martin Janda, Vienna: U.F.O.–NAUT JK (Július Koller) orchestrated by Rirkrit Tiravanija

U.F.O.–NAUT JK (Július Koller) orchestrated by Rirkrit Tiravanija 10.04.–25.05.2013 Rirkrit Tiravanija Untitled (Remember JK, Universal Futurological Question Mark U. F. O.), 2013 Pigment print, 251 x 200 cm Galerie Martin Janda is showing the exhibition U.F.O.-NAUT JK (Július Koller) orchestrated by Rirkrit Tiravanija from April 10 to May 25, 2013. Based on Július Koller’s conceptual [...]

Vienna Gallery Weekend @ Mario Mauroner Contemporary Art Vienna

Vienna Gallery Weekend – Joan Hernández Pijuan @ Mario Mauroner Contemporary Art Vienna Dear friends of the gallery, In the context of the Vienna Gallery Weekend 2013, we have the pleasure of inviting you to attend the opening of the exhibition   "Das Maß der Zeit, der Lauf der Malerei" by the spanish painter Joan [...]

Krobath Gallery, Vienna: Esther Stocker

Esther Stocker 10.04.–01.06.2013 Esther Stocker’s modernist form language manifests itself in a variety of artistic media, addressing a theme that dates back to the abstraction of painting in the early 20th

Salzburger Kunstverein, Salzburg: The Practice of Love

The Practice of Love 25.04.–07.07.2013 Main Hall Exhibition view Salzburger Kunstverein 2013 Photo: Andrew Phelps, (c) Salzburger Kunstverein The exhibition The Practice of Love includes national and international contemporary art perspectives that deal with love as a culture practice.

BankAustria Kunstforum, Vienna: Meret Oppenheim

Meret Oppenheim 21.03. – 14.07.2013 Meret Oppenheim, Das Paar, 1956, Privatbesitz © VBK, Wien, 2013 Meret Oppenheim (1913–1985) Is one of the most important and individual artists of the twentieth century.  Even while she was still young, Breakfast in Fur – a cup clothed

Galerie Emanuel Layr, Vienna: TRISHA BAGA & NO BROW

TRISHA BAGA & NO BROW Benjamin Hirte | Lisa Holzer | David Jourdan | Nick Parker | Philipp Timischl | Nicole Wermers | Westphalie curated by Katharina Zimmer Aesthetic has long become a commodity of the twenty-first century, has already been internalized by mass culture and has been implemented by the market as a functioning

Galerie Krinzinger, Vienna: Gold & Silver

Gold & Silver Ding Zhang, Sishun Wang 09 April – 05 May 2013 Seilerstätte 16‎ 1010 Wien OPENING HOURS: TUESDAY – FRIDAY 12 – 6 SATURDAY 11 – 4

Galerie Mezzanin, Vienna: Nuts should chew themselves!

Michael Hakimi Nuts should chew themselves! 10.04–31.05.2013 A button doesn’t need pants and a wad of smoke doesn’t need fire. Signs float, left to themselves, casually through the world, meaning here: through supermarkets and over

Galerie Elisabeth & Klaus Thoman, Vienna: Fog over Malia Bay

Tal R Fog over Malia Bay 23.02.13 – 27.04.13 Galerie Elisabeth & Klaus Thoman is proud to announce its second exhibition with the artist Tal R. In Innsbruck, in 2004, we presented his series House of Prince, which in the meantime has travelled far, receiving a lot of attention internationally, and now is

Gallery Lehner Vienna: Vilma Eckl

Vilma Eckl Duration: 17.04.2013 – 10.05.2013 Vilma Eckl was born on June 26, 1892 in Enns. She attended the private painting schools of Berta from Tarnoczy, Rosa Scherer, and Tina Kofler in her subsequent

Galerie nächst St. Stephan, Vienna: Plant Hunters

ISA MELSHEIMER Plant Hunters   20 MAR – 27 APR 2013 Installation view: Vorhang, 2013, fabric, thread, 400 x 300 cm Ward'scher Kasten, 2013, reinforced concrete, glass, soil, seeds, plants, 43 x 60 x 36 cm gouache on paper, 50 x 70 cm In  her installations, sculptural and textile works, and gouaches, Isa Melsheimer  not [...]

MUMOK Kino, Vienna: Changer d’image

Changer d’image – a series of performative events Live performances by Chto delat? and Ruti Sela Followed by a discussion with the curators and artists. Chto delat? Partisan Songspiel, 2009 © Chto delat? On the occasion of tranzit’s 10th anniversary, tranzit and ERSTE foundation announce a series of performative events with the title Changer d’image [...]

Mario Mauroner Contemporary Art VIENNA: In Order

Douglas HENDERSON @ Mario Mauroner Contemporary Art VIENNA – Room NumberOne Title: "In Order" Dates: 31.01.2013 – 20.04.2013 HENDERSON Douglas, born in Baltimore (USA) in 1960, lives and works in Berlin and New York City. Mario Mauroner Contemporary Art VIENNA    Weihburggasse 26 1010 Wien Austria Hours: TU-FR 11a.m. – 7p.m. SA 11a.m. – 4p.m.

Knoll Galerie Wien: Claim Against Fame

Alexander Brener & Barbara Schurz – Claim Against Fame 04. April – 01. June 2013 Alexander Brener & Barbara Schurz, the infamous artist couple has, during their stay in Portugal published a new book: The Claim Against Fame. In the exhibition, we will present three of the seven chapters of the book as the original [...]

STEINEK Gallery, Vienna: Go To Reference

Ilse Haider: go to reference 9 April – 31 Mai 2013 Vernissage 9 April 2013, 19 Uhr

URBAN STRATEGIES SUMMERSCHOOL 2013

URBAN STRATEGIES SUMMERSCHOOL 2013 June 21st to July 19th 2013 The Urban Strategies Postgraduate Program at the University of Applied Arts Vienna offers annual summerschool-programs as intense design training. The four-weeks teaching format serves as an opportunity for students and young professionals of architecture and planning as well as design and arts related disciplines to [...]

Open Systems launches quarterly journal and ARTSLAB now!

Open Systems is proud to announce a joint launch of the online publishing forum with the Third Text – Critical Perspectives on Contemporary Art and Culture Magazine (Routledge, London) in January 2013. Issue 1, Winter 2013  Editor: Gülsen Bal  Title: Of Many Worlds! Focus on what formulates an understanding relative to the “exhibition making” while [...]

Galerie nächst St. Stephan: HEINRICH DUNST- About A B order

Heinrich Dunst: About A B order 25 JAN – 9 MAR 2013  OPENING: 24 JAN 2013, 7 pm  The exhibition begins with a prelude. In the so-called Login room, which faces Grünangergasse, we see a wall on which huge plastic letters commonly used for promotional signs are leaning. Because Heinrich Dunst talks about “playing forms,” [...]

STRABAG ARTAWARD INTERNATIONAL 2013

STRABAG ARTAWARD INTERNATIONAL 2013 Participating countries 2012 – 2014: Austria, Poland, Romania, Russia INVITATION FOR ONLINE APPLICATION: 14 Jan – 17 Feb 2013 / www.strabag- artaward.at  STRABAG SE is one of the leading construction groups in Europe. Operating from its core markets of Austria and Germany, the company is also active through numerous subsidiaries in [...]