Art
Erwin Wurm’s Slapstick Social Critique
The apparent humor in Wurm’s current retrospective in Vienna camouflages a cultural and historical pessimism that recurs in his art.
Vienna
Art
Simone Fattal Stages Battles Between the Mortal and Heavenly
The Lebanese-American artist speaks to the fragmented cultural spaces of regions host to ancient civilizations, which merge with her own displacement.
Art
Tamuna Sirbiladze’s Visions of Wrenching Intimacy
In Not Cool but Compelling, the artist's works churn with the turmoil of life, like emotions sketched in real time.
Art
A Transhistorical Approach to Five Centuries of Art
An exhibition drawn from the collection of the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna examines how nationhood and identity have been constructed over time.
Art
When a Coin is Worth a Thousand Histories
Around the World in 80 Coins at Vienna’s Kunsthistorisches Museum tells the stories of ancient gods, queens, and everyone in between.
News
To Draw Museum Visitors, Vienna Turns to AI (and Cats)
The city has launched a new cat-paign — ehm, campaign — that puts a feline spin on famous Austrian artworks.
News
Art Collective Ousted From Viennese Kunsthalle Speaks Out
“We wanted Kunsthalle Wien to address multiple Viennas, not just the old established one,” said What, How & for Whom, whose contract at the institution was not renewed.
Art
Immersing Yourself in the Works of Gustav Klimt
Gustav Klimt: Gold in Motion transforms a historic bank in Manhattan into the unlikely setting of an immersive art experience one visitor called “mesmerizing.”
News
Italy Thwarts Potential Illegal Sale of $2M Artemisia Gentileschi Painting
The Carabinieri's art crime unit said Gentileschi's masterpiece "Caritas Romana" was on its way to be sold in Vienna.
News
Hundreds Denounce Academy of Fine Arts Vienna's Cancelation of Lecture on Palestine
Scholar Walaa Alqaisiya's talk was pulled following accusations of antisemitism from pro-Israel groups.
Art
Vienna’s Belvedere Museum Highlights Three Early Modernists Who Straddled Europe and Asia
For the first time in three centuries the Belvedere Museum is displaying creations by artists who are not Austrian and have no connection to Austrian art.
Art
What Are Messerschmidt’s Bizarre 18th-century Sculpted Heads Trying To Tell Us?
For Franz Xaver Messerschmidt, his Character Heads were his way to forestall the demons that tortured him.