BERLIN.- Since November 1996 the Hamburger Bahnhof has housed the National Gallery’s ‘Museum für Gegenwart’ or ‘Museum of Now’. Parallel to temporary exhibitions, the museum also presents works from its own important collections in a serious of rotati…
First Comprehensive Overview of Gabriel von Max’s Work on View at Lenbachhaus
MUNICH.- Gabriel von Max (1840–1915), artist, Spiritist and Darwinist, was a remarkable character and in many ways a paradigmatic figure of the later nineteenth century. His main focus lay in the history of the development of mankind, its origins,…
Belvedere Pays Tribute to Valie Export, a Pioneer of Media art, with Exhibition
VIENNA.- “A lying truth. Feedback feed. A recording is made of melting ice, and then played back in reverse on the monitor. The end of the recording = the beginning. Chunks of time. Flow of time. Time reversal. Time repetition. Time dissolution. T…
German Artist Manfred Pernice Develops Sculpturama Show Especially for the Secession
VIENNA.- Berlin-based German artist Manfred Pernice developed the sculpturama show especially for the Hauptraum at the Secession. His sculptural works are built or assembled out of simple, sometime painted or sprayed materials including cardboard, chip…
Karola Kraus’ Inaugural Press Conference and Introduction of the MUMOK’s 2011-2013 Program
VIENNA.- In her inaugural press conference, Karola Kraus, the new director of the MUMOK, reinforces the potential of the museum’s collection as well as the possibilities arising from the building’s architecture designed by Ortner & Ortner. In…
The Work of Artist, Writer and Experimental Geographer Trevor Paglen Displayed at Secession
VIENNA.- The work of American artist, writer and experimental geographer Trevor Paglen centres on a political and aesthetic engagement with the covert activities of the U.S. secret services and military, collectively known by the name “Black World…
Maria Bussmann Transports Viewers into Her Personal Cosmos of Memory and Imagination
VIENNA.- A journey in drawing, a journey in thought, a journey of a different kind: Maria Bussmann invites visitors to the exhibition Long Beach, NY in the Secession’s Grafisches Kabinett to take a walk along the beach. On 20 metres from a contin…
Unseen Egon Schiele Work to be Unveiled at the New Richard Nagy Gallery in UK
LONDON.- More than forty-five extraordinary works by Austrian artist Egon Schiele, previously unseen in the UK, will be unveiled at Richard Nagy’s new gallery on Old Bond Street from 07 February – 04 March 2011. Much of the four thousand work…
Unseen Egon Schiele Work to be Unveiled at the New Richard Nagy Gallery in UK
LONDON.- More than forty-five extraordinary works by Austrian artist Egon Schiele, previously unseen in the UK, will be unveiled at Richard Nagy’s new gallery on Old Bond Street from 07 February – 04 March 2011. Much of the four thousand work…
Spectacular Installation by Eva Schlegel Deals with the Theme of Flying and Falling
VIENNA.- A spectacular installation dealing with the theme of flying and falling between success and failure, at the very edge of that which is possible, stands at the center of the exhibition Eva Schlegel. In Between, is open at the MAK Exhibition Ha…