A Symposium in Honour of Marilouise Kroker Sponsored by the Department of Political Science and the Interdisciplinary Graduate Program in Cultural, Social and Political Thought (CSPT) Friday, October 26th, 2018 Twentieth century politics was premised on the nation-state. In recent years, many politicians have suggested that long-established nations are now threatened by immigrants who do […]
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Exhibition: Jochen Lempert. Botanička kutija / Botanical Box
Francuski paviljon Zagreb, opening: 1. 9. 2018, 7 pm Duration: 2. – 19.9.2018 Since the early 1990s, Jochen Lempert (born 1958, lives in Hamburg) has produced a growing body of work comprised of nature and animal photographs which he is continually reorganising and expanding in his exhibitions and books. His photographs look at the way in […]
Exhibiton: Make Me Beautiful, Madame d’Ora
Leopold Museum, 13. 7. 2018 – 29. 10. 2018 In her studio, d’Ora captured the great names of the 20th century’s world of art and fashion, aristocracy and politics. The first artist photographed by her was Gustav Klimt in 1908, the last Pablo Picasso in 1956. She further immortalized Emperor Charles I of Austria and […]
L&R Sozialforschung und die österreichische kulturdokumentation: Update der Studie »Zur sozialen Lage der Künstler und Künstlerinnen« aus dem Jahr 2008
Wie gestalten sich die Lebens- und Arbeitssituationen von Kunstschaffenden und KulturvermittlerInnen in Österreich?
Exhibition: COLLAGE III – Subject
Fotogalerie Wien, Vienna, 13. 3. – 14. 4. 2018 Dadaist and poet Tristan Tzara called the invention of the collage the most revolutionary moment in the development of painting and meant by that the fundamental break with established forms of artistic representation that it symbolised. Implicit to the technical processes of what comprises collage — […]
Exhibition: “Holes in the Wall.” Anachronic Approaches to the Here and Now
Kunsthalle Exnergasse, Vienna, 7. 2. – 24. 3. 2018 The exhibition takes Siegfried Kracauer’s concept of history as its departure point in its exploration of contemporary questions on the basis of past moments. The featured works investigate specific historical constellations as well as the fundamental possibilities of recording and representing historical events. This self-reflexive inquiry into […]
Ausstellung: Alexandre Estrela + João Maria Gusmão & Pedro Paiva Lua Cão
Kunstverein München, 17. Februar – 15. April 2018 Curated by Natxo Checa and Kunstverein München 17 February–15 April 2018 Open Thursday–Sunday, 5–9pm Opening: 16 February 2018, 7–11pm Chinese New Year’s Afterparty at Goldene Bar From 17 February until 15 April 2018, Kunstverein München presents Lua Cão – a large-scale exhibition that tests the intersection of […]
Open Letter on the Future of Documenta
Statement on documenta gGmbH’s separation from Annette Kulenkampff To the members of the board of documenta and Museum Fridericianum gGmbH: Oberbürgermeister Christian Geselle (Vorsitzender) Staatsminister Boris Rhein (stellv. Vorsitzender) Staatsministerin Eva Kühne-Hörmann Stadtverordneter Dr.Rabani Alekuzei Stadtverordneter Marcus Leitschuh MdL Karin Müller Stadtverordneter Axel Selbert Stadtverordneter Gernot Rönz Hortensia Völckers, Vorstand der Kulturstiftung des Bundes Alexander […]
Exhibition: Dorothée Elisa Baumann / Adrian Sauer
Pasquart Photoforum, 28. 1. – 15. 4. 2018 In her artistic practice, Dorothée Elisa Baumann (*1972, lives and works in Biel and Geneva) provokes shifts and transfers, and thus creates visual obstacles for the spectator. These “collisions” or riddles invite us to consider and question the represented objects in a renewed social, political and cultural […]
Exhibition: Shirin Neshat. Women in Society
Neue Galerie – Universalmuseum Joanneum, Graz, 18. 1. – 22. 4. 2018 Shirin Neshat (born 1957) occupies a central role in the discourse on relations between the East and the West: her photographs and videos revolve around the situation of women in societies shaped by Islam, and the contradictions arising between western and oriental cultural […]
Talk: mono.klub #52 – Trevor Paglen in Conversation with Krist Gruijthuijsen
KW Institute for Contemporary Art, 16. 1. 2018, 7:30 pm “For me my works are almost like what a star is to a constellation. They are points or particulates within a larger story,” says American artist Trevor Paglen in our current issue mono.kultur #44. And indeed, there are few artists whose work is as deeply embedded in […]
Exhibition: Marianne Wex. Let’s Take Back Our Space
Tanya Leighton, Berlin, 11. 1. – 17. 2. 2018 Tanya Leighton is pleased to present the first solo exhibition in Berlin of Marianne Wex’s pioneering project about male and female body language, “Let’s Take Back Our Space: ‘Female’ and ‘Male’ Body Language as a Result of Patriarchal Structures” (1977). The encyclopedic, multi-panel installation was first shown […]
A STATEMENT FROM THE SECESSION To every time its art. To art its freedom
The program drawn up by the new Austrian coalition government quotes the Secession’s motto, “To every time its art. To art its freedom.” As the board of the Association of Visual Artists Vienna Secession, we would like to use this opportunity to spell out our understanding of the freedom of the arts: Ever since our […]
Presentation: EIKON #100 at Vienna Art Week 2017
The 100th issue of EIKON was conceived as a comprehensive special issue covering the Europe-wide EIKON Award (45+). Placed under the patronage of VALIE EXPORT, it addresses photography and media artists aged 45 or older. Women have frequently been pioneers of photography and media art, exploring the innovative potential of new media and technologies with […]
Exhibition: Eva Kot’átková. Stomach of the World
21er Haus, Vienna, 15. 11. 2017 – 11. 02. 2018 Eva Koťátková (born 1982 in Prague), the evolution of the self is a tightrope walk between internal and external pressures. Featuring a multitude of objects generating an expansive installation, her exhibition on the lower level of the 21er Haus revolves around the film “Stomach of the […]
Exhibition: Shirana Shahbazi. Group Show for Oslo
Fotogalleriet, Oslo, 03. 11. – 17. 12. 2017 Fotogalleriet is pleased to announce its forthcoming solo exhibition with Zurich-based artist Shirana Shahbazi. Shahbazi’s exhibition is the last main exhibition of Fotogalleriet’s anniversary year programme, which aims to reflect on its own existence by mapping a constellation of photographic usages and presentation formats. With the opening […]
Exhibition: Cyrill Lachauer. What Do You Want Here
Berlinische Galerie, Berlin, 03. 11. 2017 – 30. 04. 2018 Cyrill Lachauer (born 1979 in Rosenheim) is a reader of tracks. His works derive from lengthy journeys around United States backcountry, so much in the public eye of late, and back to his own roots in Upper Bavaria and Berlin. The gaps, quotations and seemingly incidental […]