HONG KONG.- “Para/Site Art Space, Hong Kong’s leading non-profit organization dedicated to contemporary visual art exhibitions, has named Cosmin Cosintas as its new Executive Director/Curator. His appointment is effective immediately. Mr. Costinas…
Imaginary Visions of the Land on the Nile from the Biedermeier Era at the Liechtenstein Museum
VIENNA, AUSTRIA.- In the early part of the nineteenth century, Norbert Bittner (1786–1851) executed 57 views of a journey to Egypt – without ever having set foot in the country himself. Using French and German volumes of engravings, he made i…
The Secession In Vienna Features Saskia Olde Wolbers
Vienna, Austria – With her exhibition at the Secession, video artist Saskia Olde Wolbers is showing a selection of her work in Austria for the first time, including the new piece Pareidolia (2011). Since the mid- 1990s, she has been developing ficti…
Gustav Klimt ~ Swingers in Vienna Art Hall Highlight Provocative Masterpiece
VIENNA,
Austria — In the name of art, an Austrian landmark is
encouraging visitors to confront their sexual inhibitions by having them walk
through a swingers club to reach one of Gustav Klimt’s masterpieces. The
Secession – a world-renow…
Gustav Klimt ~ Swingers in Vienna Art Hall Highlight Provocative Masterpiece
VIENNA,
Austria — In the name of art, an Austrian landmark is
encouraging visitors to confront their sexual inhibitions by having them walk
through a swingers club to reach one of Gustav Klimt’s masterpieces. The
Secession – a world-renow…
Rudolf Leopold, Austrian Art Collector, Dies Today at 85
VIENNA (AP).- Rudolf Leopold, who assembled Austria’s largest private art collection, including works allegedly stolen by the Nazis, died Tuesday at the age of 85. Leopold died at a hospital in the Austrian capital after suffering multiple organ failur…
Marilyn Manson and David Lynch Open Exhibition at Kunsthalle in Vienna
VIENNA.- It was in the nineties when Marilyn Manson
(born in 1969) became well known as a shock rocker combining
brutally
hammering industrial sounds with thick theater make-up and
controversial
texts about serial killers a…
Heimo Zobernig Wins 7th Austrian Frederick Kiesler Prize
Vienna, Austria
– The Austrian Frederick Kiesler Prize For Architecture and
The Arts 2010 will be
awarded to the
Austrian artist
Heimo Zobernig by Claudia Schmied, Federal Minister
for Education, Art and
Culture,…
The Belvedere in Vienna hosts a Major Alfons Mucha Exhibition
Vienna, Austria – The Belvedere is staging the first large exhibition in Vienna dedicated to Alfons Mucha (1860–1939). The oeuvre of Mucha, who became known as a commercial and decorative artist, will be presented with all of its diffe…
" Light-Pictures " ~ Alfred Stieglitz to Andreas Gursky at Bank Austria Kunstforum
Vienna, Austria – In autumn 2008, the Bank Austria Kunstforum will be presenting 270 highlights from the FOTOGRAFIS collection. After two decades – the last FOTOGRAFIS exhibition was in 1986. In the FOTOGRAFIS collection, started in…