Monthly overview on #viennacontemporaryMag of the most interesting exhibitions across Eastern Europe, handpicked by Tina Kaplar, editor in chief of Art Guide East. Чутливість / Sensitivity I Central House of Artists, Kiev artists: Nampei Akaki (Japan), Stepan Handzha (Ukraine), Jura Kanevski (Ukraine), Weronika Ławniczak (Poland), Stanislaw Legus (Poland), Igor Okuniev (Ukraine), Volodymyr Pavlov (Ukraine), Kristina Podobed (Ukraine), … Continue reading
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viennacontemporary 2016 | Amy Bryzgel | Interview
by Kate Sutton I first met Amy Bryzgel more than ten years ago, in the St Petersburg studio of Sergey Bugaev-Afrika, when Amy was researching for her dissertation at Rutger’s, home of the Norton Dodge Collection. Since that time, Amy has parlayed her studies into a full-blown database on the art from the former communist … Continue reading
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viennacontemporary 2016 | Galleries from Eastern Europe
viennacontemporary is the largest art fair in the region, offering the highest concentration of Eastern European galleries worldwide. Exhibitors from the Baltics to the Balkan will showcase their local talents as well as internationally renowned artist. Bucharest gallery EASTWARDS PROSPECTUS will show Romanian artist Mircea Stanescu (1954). Stanescu’s primary ways of expression are photography, drawing … Continue reading
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viennacontemporary 2016 | Galleries from the Western Hemisphere
Exhibitors from across Europe and the US mix and mingle with the Austrian and CEE art scenes at viennacontemporary. Check out the galleries from Paris, London, New York, Antwerp, Amsterdam, Porto, Barcelona, Zurich, Geneva, Trento and Mallorca! London gallery FOLD will show Simon Callery, Ellen Hyllemose, Finbar Ward and Michaela Zimmer. Each artist in … Continue reading
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Vienna Weekly | 5.09-11.09
Summer is over, that means we have a very busy week ahead of us with opening night of curated_by, new exhibitions at Secession and much more. TUESDAY, September 6 Exhibition opening: Sevda Chkoutova at Projektraum Viktor Bucher |19:00 | Praterstrasse 13/1/2, 1020 Exhibition opening: Gülsün Karamustafa, Bernd Oppl at Galerie Krinzinger | 19:00 | Seilerstaette 16, 1010 Exhibition opening: Rudolf Goessl at 21er Haus | … Continue reading
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viennacontemporary 2016 | Galleries from Emerging Art Markets
Discover rising art stars from China, video art from Taiwan and hidden gems from Dubai! These far-travelled galleries, are conquering Europe through Vienna, from September 22-25 at viennacontemporary, Marx Halle Vienna. Dubai-based gallery Carbon 12 will be showing new works by gallery artists, including Austrian Painter Bernhard Buhmann. The artist’s surreal, large-format and often playful works conjure … Continue reading
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viennacontemporary 2016 | Cinema : Me, Myself and I
Cinema presents films and videos by Austrian and international artists, submitted by galleries participating in viennacontemporary. Developed and curated by Olaf Stüber, the format will this year explore artistic self-representation in film and video. Self-portraits are perhaps as old as art itself. Once it was a realm reserved to painters and sculptors. With postmodernism, the classical definition of … Continue reading
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curated by_vienna 2016 |”Meine Herkunft habe ich mir selbst ausgedacht”
Vienna’s leading contemporary art galleries will be presenting specially curated exhibitions on the topic “Meine Herkunft habe ich mir selbst ausgedacht” [My Origins? I made them up]. The festival, coordinated and supported by the Vienna Business Agency and their creative centre departure, is on display from September 9 to October 15. In contrast to the times of … Continue reading
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viennacontemporary 2016 | Disempowering the Totalitarian : Introduction to artist Shubigi Rao
written by Bharti Lalwani Through a practice that spans fifteen years, Singapore-based artist and lecturer Shubigi Rao (b. 1975, Bombay) excavates cultural memory by diligently sifting through the detritus of human history. Her study of 13th century ‘science’, brain theory, meta-physical puzzles, language, literature and art theory among other topics, give way to meticulously conceptualised … Continue reading
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Gallery Weekend Budapest 2016 | What not to miss?
Take a peek into the Hungarian capital’s thriving art scene on the weekend of Septmeber 9-11. Here’s which events and exhibitions you should experience at the third edition of Gallery Weekend Budapest. The first GWB was first organized in 2014 as a bottom-up initiative by for-profit art galleries in Budapest. The Hungarian contemporary art scene felt … Continue reading
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Solo Expanded | Letter from the Curator
Curated by Abaseh Mirvali, Solo Expanded is a new section of viennacontemporary, showcasing solo- and dual-artist exhibitions that focus on contemporary languages, from current classics to new and recent productions. Abaseh Mirvali is an Independent Contemporary Art & Architecture Curator & Project Producer, based in Berlin and Mexico City. Mirvali served as CEO, Executive Director and … Continue reading
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viennacontemporary 2016 | Studio Guided Tours
viennacontemporary strives to provide straightforward and enjoyable access points to contemporary art, paying special attention to the variety and diversity of visitor groups. During the Studio Tours conducted in English and German youth and students meet curators from Austrian art institutions and gain valuable insights into the contemporary art scene. All tours start at the Meeting Point. Thursday, … Continue reading
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Vienna Weekly | 12.09-18.09
With just 9 days to go to viennacontemporary this week in Vienna will be quiet. Here are some art events to warm up before the big viennacontemporary week sprint. TUESDAY, September 13 Exhibition opening: Marina Sula at Galerie Gabriele Senn | 18:00 | Schleifmühlgasse 1a, 1040 Exhibition opening: Thomas Gänszler at Bäckerstrasse 4 | 19:00 | Bäckerstrasse 4, 1010 WEDNESDAY, September … Continue reading
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Content vs. Medium | Interview with Inna Bazhenova
The Art Newspaper and The Art Newspaper Russia will host a media forum on the opening day of viennacontemporary, 21 September. The Art Newspaper publisher Inna Bazhenovas talks about why “Content vs. Medium” is what discussions on new media should be centered around. “New media: Content vs Medium” will look beyond the “Print vs Digital” … Continue reading
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“Museums should provide everything I want” | Interview with Paul Alezraa
On the occasion of upcoming panel discussion “Is There a Future for Museums?”, September 20 at MQ, Vienna, museum expert Paul Alezraa from Avesta Group talks about how to stay relevant for digital natives, embracing new technologies and forgetting about visitor numbers. How can we make sure that museums will still exist in 2050 and … Continue reading
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viennacontemporary 2016 | ZONE1
ZONE1, the format for solo presentations of young Austrian art, once again promises a program full of surprises. Realized with the kind support of the Austrian Federal Chancellery, these are the up-and-coming Austrian artists presented at viennacontemporary. This year’s artists have been selected by Severin Dünser, curator of contemporary art at the 21er Haus, Vienna, from submissions … Continue reading
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Too much is written about art? We don’t think so!
Here is what viennacontemporary has to offer for those who love to read up on art: An expanded Media Zone to browse the newest art and culture magazines, special talks on developments in Baltic and Nordic art scene (hosted by arterritory.com and Collector’s Agenda), and a book store hosted by Verlag für moderne Kunst! viennacontemporary is happy … Continue reading
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viennacontemporary 2016 | How to get to Marx Halle?
Your quickest way to viennacontemporary! Marx Halle: Karl-Farkas-Gasse 19 A-1030 Vienna How to get there…. … by public transport: Subway U3 (easy from Stephansplatz) Stop: Erdberg (exit Nottendorfer Gasse) Walking distance: 10 minutes Stop: Schlachthausgasse (exit Schlachthausgasse) Walking distance: 10 minutes Tram 18 (easy from Wien Hauptbahnhof / Vienna Main Station) Stop: Viehmarktgasse Walking distance: 5 … Continue reading
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viennacontemporary 2016 | Talks
Introducing this year’s Talks Program, the highlight of which are the panel discussions under the title ‘Keys to Contemporary Art: Public Image’, curated by Kate Sutton. As countries around Europe begin to bow and cower under new tides of nationalism, the notion of “the public” – what that includes and whom it excludes – must … Continue reading
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viennacontemporary 2016 | Collectors Forum
Collectors Forum is a series of talks dealing with the subject of collecting art in the context of a globalized art scene. This year’s theme „Going Public“ is curated by Julien Robson who will speak with notable art collectors about the visions underlying private collections and the motivations of art collectors to present their collections … Continue reading
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