A show at Vienna’s Albertina reverses the more commonly held belief in art history that drawings are merely preparatory to paintings.
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Iraqi Performance Artists Use Silence as a Gesture of Dissent
The Vienna-based group Iraqi Autumn draws attention to the international community’s silence regarding the outbreak of violence in Iraq over the past two months.
Transforming the Cinema Into a Wholly Sustainable Space
The exhibition Ecocinema explores the relationship between humans and nature, and goes a step further: transforming the Kunsthalle into four movie theaters, using sustainable, natural materials.
The Relationship of Decadence to Decay in Austria’s “Pleasure Capital”
Within the theme of the “Grand Hotel Abyss,” the Steirischer Herbst 2019 art festival dropped visitors into a continuous past, present, and future of decadence, theatrics, and deviance.
A Living Forest Planted in a Soccer Stadium Incites Rightwing Backlash
Curator Klaus Littmann’s grove of trees planted in the middle of an Austrian soccer stadium has become an unlikely flashpoint.
Reconciling Secular Art in Sacred Spaces
Surprises and puzzles in Venice and Vienna, from Sean Scully to Tintoretto.
Excavating Mark Rothko’s Theatrical Foundations
The paintings Rothko made before 1948 are considered minor, but an exhibition in Vienna claims that they are essential to understanding the artist’s mature works.
Art Collector to Plant 299 Trees in a Stadium to Protest Inaction About Climate Change
The idea was inspired by a 1970 drawing depicting a forest entrapped in a big city soccer stadium.
Vienna Museum Cancels Palestine Event with South African Anti-Apartheid Leader
In response to the cancellation, Ronnie Kasrils wrote: “It’s disappointing then to find those rights now curtailed in Austria for wanting to express solidarity with the Palestinian people and sharing the South African experience and lessons with the Austrian people.”
Spotlighting a Marginalized Master of Art Brut
According to his psychiatrist, Philipp Schöpke possessed “the extreme opposite of what is called drawing talent.”
Discovering the Women of Art Brut
In Vienna, a new exhibition showcases the ideas and accomplishments of self-taught female artists.