KLAUS ALBRECHT SCHRÖDER. A retrospective on 25 years as a visionary leader of the Albertina
For 25 years, Klaus Albrecht Schröder shaped the Albertina, transforming it into one of the world’s leading art institutions. A retrospective from the Director General on his achievements.
THEAN CHIE CHAN. Ungraspably outlined
In his current exhibition in the vaultroom of the Bank Austria Kunstforum in Vienna, Thean Chien Chan explores the human face.
MARGOT PILZ. Fascination Japan
Three contemporary Austrian female artists of three generations, Margot Pilz, Eva Schlegel and Stephanie Pflaum, have produced sculptural interventions especially
HELEN LEVITT. Street Photography in New York
Until January 27, the Albertina Museum in Vienna dedicates a retrospective to one of the exponents of street photography and chronicler of New York street life,
EVA SCHLEGEL. SPACES at the Kunsthalle Krems
Kunsthalle Krems curator Andreas Hoffer guides us through the exhibition SPACES by artist Eva Schlegel. It's about borderless spaces, photography and film ...
FABIENNE VERDIER. Foundation Looser
Collector Hubert Looser states, that he has few living artists in his collection. One of them is Fabienne Verdier who had a very special career. The relationship
ALFRED SEILAND. Photography at the Albertina Museum
Until October 7th, a comprehensive retrospective in the Albertina is dedicated to Austrian photographer Alfred Seiland. Curator Anna Hanreich selected 65 photographs
FLORENTINA PAKOSTA. A Retrospective at Albertina Museum
Besides Maria Lassnig and VALIE EXPORT, she is one of the most important feminist artists in Austria: In cooperation with the Sprengel Museum Hannover, the
JULIAN SCHNABEL. Polaroids at OstLicht Gallery
For the first time in Austria, OstLicht Gallery presents Julian Schnabel’s photographic work. The American painter, sculptor and filmmaker has been taking
EVA SCHLEGEL. SPACES
Starting on 1st of July 2018 the austrian artist and former venice biennal participant presents her in situ work at Dominikanerkirche Krems an exhibition space
FLORIAN STEININGER. The Kunsthalle Krems Director about Axel Hütte
What is behind the horizon ? How does the picture continue left and right of the edge ? What else is there ? Axel Hütte’s pictures awaken the desire in the
MARTHA JUNGWIRTH. A retrospective at Albertina Museum
For the first time, the Albertina dedicates a solo retrospective to the Viennese painter Martha Jungwirth (born 1940), with key works and series arranged according
Johannes Heuer - Just No Painting
"Just No Painting" is the title of the exhibition by installation-, object-, videoartist, performer, painter, watercolorist, draughtsman and - painter Johannes Heuer.
VANGARDIST Chief Editor Julian Wiehl about Keith Haring at Albertina Museum
Keith Haring was not only an artist, he also was an activist. He advocated for human rights, and later vehemently for the cause of HIV and of AIDS, the disease
AXEL HÜTTE. Imperial - Majestic - Magical.
What is behind the horizon? How does the picture continue left and right of the edge? What else is there? Axel Hütte’s pictures awaken the desire in the viewer to be able to recognize more.
The Director’s Choice - Albertina Collection of Photography
Bloom of youth and decay of old age, city and countryside, modernism and tradition, staging and authenticity, pornography and mythology – the key feature
Rudolf Rischer - Of Drawing and Stage
What is behind the wall or behind the door? Who is on the stairs, and what is happening in the room? Buildings float in the air, perspectives are tilted, stairs
The Art of the Viennese Watercolor
Displaying the property, the journeys or the family: The art of the Viennese watercolor had its heyday in the 18th and 19th centuries before it was finally
Masterworks of Architectural Drawing from the Albertina Museum
Architectural drawing as an autonomous form of art: „Masterworks of Architectural Drawing“ is the title of the exhibition in the Albertina, the second part
Remastered: Film
The exhibition "Remastered - The Art of Appropriation" at Kunsthalle Krems is completed by a special about appropriation art within the medium film. Curated
C.A. Contemporary - Rudolf Rischer
More than fifty years Rudolf Rischer worked as a stage designer at the big theater- and opera-houses in Europe. Drawing has always been a tool for him to develop
Remastered - The Art of Appropriation
Copying as an art: „Remastered – The Art of Appropriation“ in the Kunsthalle Krems shows, besides historic examples of „appropriation art“, contemporary
RAPHAEL - A universal genius of the High Renaissance
„Raphael was a very economical draughtsman who was able to convey great emotions with just a few outlines“ says Achim Gnann, art historian and expert for Italian art between the 15th and 19th century who curated the new exhibition in the Albertina, working on the preparations for five years.
Pieter Bruegel - Drawing the World
In our days, Pieter Bruegel the Elder is mostly known as a painter, famous for paintings like „The Peasant Wedding“ or „The Tower of Babel“. However,
Tobias Pils - Untitled
Kunsthalle Krems has reopened after a year of refurbishment, showing young art by Tobias Pils in the skylight hall of the museum. Pils shows a painting installation
Sébastien de Ganay - Transposition and Reproduction (en)
Along with the reopening of the Kunsthalle Krems, the Dominican church in the centre of town will offer art exhibition to the public as well. The first exhibition
Abstract Painting Now! - Kunsthalle Krems
After one year of overall refurbishment, Kunsthalle Krems celebrated its reopening under the new director Florian Steininger. The first exhibition, Abstract
AUSTRIA - Photography 1970 till 2000
The strange familiar : Austria in the focus of the native lens at Albertina Museum in Vienna. Landscapes, spaces, identities and social environments, disappearing
James Welling - Metamorphosis
What you see isn't what you really get. There is something else—the effect of photography. According to curator Heike Eipeldauer, to an unsuspecting visitor
Maria Lassnig - Dialogues
Under the title « Dialogues », the Albertina museum shows 80 drawings and watercolours by the great Austrian painter Maria Lassnig, who passed away in 2014.
Eduard Angeli - Retrospective
Eduard Angeli’s paintings pose a big problem for art lovers. His work can not be duly appreciated when not seen live « in the flesh ». Of course it is generally
Acting for the Camera - Albertina Museum
The third exhibition with material from the Albertina’s own photography collection focuses on forms of presentation. On the basis of about 120 photographs
Kunsthalle Krems - Vision & Mission
Instead of a mere „art container“, a platform for encounters. That's how Florian Steininger, the new director of Kunsthalle Krems, describes the future
Egon Schiele - Between Modernism and Tradition
Egon Schiele’s preferred way of expression was drawing with its immediacy. In his short, 10 year-long career, he produced about 3000 of them. His paintings
Poussin to David - French Drawings at the Albertina
„Poussin to David“: The new exhibition in the Albertina Museum gives an insight into the world’s largest collection of drawings of the French baroque,
Kunsthalle Krems - Architecture and History
The Kunsthalle Krems is a part of the Krems art mile that brings together the cultural highlights in the area, like the Minoriten church, the Forum Frohner,
Mireille Binoux - At C.A. Contemporary in Vienna
A retrospective of the french painter Mireille Binoux is upcoming at C.A. Contemporary in Vienna. Get inspired by our short portrait with the collector Simon
KOMET - Poet, Painter, Performer
KOMET, he is a star and one of the most renowned turkish artists of his generation. His oeuvre is multifaceted. He examines the possibilities of language, he
FilmStills - Photography between Advertising, Art and the Cinema
From Marilyn Monroe to James Stewart. Iconic film-stills from seven decades of film history on display at Museum Albertina in Vienna, proof: What was meant
Florian Süssmayr - A picture of happy days a.o.
At Gallery CA Contemporary in Vienna the Munich based artist Florian Suessmayr is on display exhibiting his pictures of night scenarios.
Jim Dine - A Serious Man
Twins, even when they look identical, are always distinguished and recognized as two different persons, even if sometimes confounded because of their perceived alikeness.
Jim Dine - I Never Look Away
For Jim Dine - who we interviewed at his current exhibition at Albertina Museum in Vienne - the self-portrait is a meditation about the way an artist recognizes
Erwin Bohatsch - What can painting do?
"What can painting do?" More than 40 years, Artist Erwin Bohatsch explores the possibilities of painting in his artistic work and doing so, he moved from figurative
Chagall to Malevich - The Russian Avant-Gardes
Klaus Albrecht Schröder, Albertina museum director and curator of the exhibition "Chagall to Malevich - The Russian Avant-Gardes" leads us through the developments
Balthus
The first comprehensive retrospective of the controversial artist Balthus (Balthasar Klossowksi de Rola) will be on display in the Bank Austria Kunstforum until June 19, 2016.
Elger Esser - "zeitigen"
The Oskar Schlemmer State Prize will be awarded to Elger Esser, photographer who was a student of Bernd and Hilla Becher. To mark the occasion, the Kunsthalle Karlsruhe is showing an exhibition with his works. An exhibition portrait by CastYourArt.
Edvard Munch - Frieze of Life
In our film the curator Dieter Buchhart leads us through Munchs "Frieze of Life" at the museum Albertina in Vienna. One of the chief works, the Frieze of
Edvard Munch - Love, Death, and Loneliness
12 years after the last Munch exhibition in the museum Albertina in Vienna the new show concentrates on the Lithographies, etchings and woodcuts of Edvard Munch
Alfred Kubin - The Organ Grinder
"The Organ Grinder" is the first work, Alfred Kubin gave his artist-friend Lyonel Feininger as a present. Eva Michel, curator at museum Albertina in Vienna,
Drawing Now - Signs of the time
Curated by Elsy Lahner, the 36 mostly international participants of the exhibition "Drawing Now" at Viennese museum Albertina display 130 works with an expanded
Drawing Now - Drawing as a Sign of the Times
40 years after the legendary Drawing Now exhibition, organized in cooperation with the MoMA in New York, the Albertina shows another overview of the current
Rudolf Polanszky - Translineare Structures
Rudolf Polanszky’s works are concerned with finding visual correspondences with the artist’s intellectual configurations inspired by aspects of mathematical
Albertina - Tietze Galleries for Prints and Drawings
With the Sturtevant exhibition, the Albertina inaugurates the new Tietze Galleries for Prints and Drawings, on a surface of 450 sqm.
The Paris Art Salons - The Dream Archive from the Musée d'Orsay
In the choice of works made for the Albertina exhibition "Degas, Cezanne, Seurat. The Dream Archive from the Musée d'Orsay, important art movements of the 19th century are represented, like historicism, realism, impressionism and neo-impressionism, symbolism as well as cartoons and salon painting.
Elaine Sturtevant - The Art of Appropriating Art
What makes art art? Is there an aura of authenticity? Can a copy be an original? Is it reference or usurpation? Who is the author?
Siegfried Anzinger – a vortex of emotions
The focus of the exhibition in the Bank Austria Kunstforum, curated by Florian Steininger, is mainly on the pictures made in distemper -especially for this show- during the years 2012 and 2013.
Basquiat Warhol - Psychophysical Dialogues
The exhibition Warhol Basquiat in the Bank Austria Kunstforum in Vienna provides unique insights into the creative process of two very different artistic personalities.
Jürgen Messensee - Realities
At the Bank Austria Kunstforum in Vienna the artist Jürgen Messensee shows quintessences of his artistic work from the past ten years. CastYourArt visited his atelier and the exhibition and produced an artist-portrait.
Özlem Sulak - Fictive Presence
From September 19th to November 18th, the Bank Austria Kunstforum in Vienna dedicates an exhibition in its vault room to the artist Özlem Sulak, born in Turkey in 1979.
Kris Martin - Festum II
The Viennese Kunsthistorisches Museum shows in its second exhibition Festum II at the re-opened Theseus Temple a work by the Belgian artist Kris Martin.
Ugo Rondinone - wisdom? peace? blank? all of this?
The Viennese Kunsthistorisches Museum opened its exhibition series at Theseus Tempel at the Volksgarten with the swiss based artist Ugo Rondinone. CastYourArt
MUSA - Beauty Contest
Beauty and its construction and deconstruction in art can be seen in great diversity at the MUSA in Vienna until May 26th 2012. World-famous actress and
Tomak - PHANTOMAK
In the exhibition “PHANTOMAK” in the Vienna University of Technology, sculptures by the artist Tomak are presented to the public for the first time.
Alexander Steinwendtner - Random. Clean Cuts.
Rather than expressing something directly, the force of artistic expressivity lies within manifesting the getting-to-talk within the work itself.
Aivazovsky - A Russian fairytale
Aivazovsky is regarded as the master of seascapes. In his lifetime he dedicated himself to this motif as a metaphor for life, of desire as well as the struggle between nature and culture.
PHANTOMAK - The First Hit.
"The First Hit of PHANTOMAK: The Ear Problem. No Problem." Masquerade, demasquerade, illusion, delusion, covering, decovering, position, superposition, appearance,
Prince Eugen - General, Philosopher and Art Lover
An exhibition on the statesman and art patron Prince Eugene of Savoy-Carignan at Vienna’s Orangerie and Lower Belvedere.
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Esra Ersen- Interview with the artist at the tanzimat Exhibition
Esra Ersen is interested in the formation of identity and its transformation in different contexts or power structures. Her work "Carousel" shown in the exhibition
Gulsun Karamustafa - Interview with the artist at the tanzimat Exhibition
Gulsun Karamustafa is a contemporary artist and film maker from Turkey. In 2009 she was the artist in residence at the Augarten Contemporary in Vienna.
Franz Kapfer - Interview with the artist at the tanzimat Exhibition
Franz Kapfer is an artist from Austria. His interest lies in patterns of representation. In his work "Trophies" in exhibition tanzimat (Augarten Contemporary 21.
Oswald Oberhuber - The Passions of Prince Eugen
The early works of Oswald Oberhuber, born in Meran in 1931, are classified as informal sculpture. The artist has always felt that it was too limiting to develop
Thomas Hirschhorn - The Eye
To flare up, to freak out, to lose it—to see red. Red stands for danger, the red stoplight, red stands for pain and suffering, the red flag, red stands for
ILA - Seek and you shall find not.
Intensity can be fascinating. However, levity also holds a certain charm. The artist’s name, ILA — which stands for the sentence in German: einen “Immens