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With their abstract works, Austrian artists in the post-war years managed to become part of the international avant-garde in a very short time. ALBERTINAmodern curator Antonia Hoerschelmann guides us through the exhibition "THE BEGINNING. Art in Austria 1945-1980", pointing out the crucial artistic features and protagonists of abstract art in Austria.

In Austria's post-war art especially from the 1960s and 1970s on we can find constructivist, concrete and also cinetic artworks. In #7 of the CastYourArt series about the opening exhibition "The Beginning" at ALBERTINAmodern chief-curator Angela Stief highlights the main protagonists of the austrian geometric abstraction and their ideas.

STRABAG Artaward International promotes and supports young artists working in the media of painting and dreawing. In 2020, it will be awarded for the twenty-fith time. CastYourArt visited the group exhibition of the prize winners at STRABAG Kunstforum and filmed an exhibition view.

Under the title "Gerhard Richter. Landscape", the Bank Austria Kunstforum Wien is bringing Gerhard Richter to Vienna with a landscape retrospective – the largest exhibition up to date devoted exclusively to Gerhard Richter's landscapes. CastYourArt interviewed Lisa Ortner-Kreil and Hubertus Butin, the two curators of the exhibition and produced an exhibition-portrait.

In the film clip "Woman in a Green Hat" from the series "All Eyes On" from the Albertina Museum, director Klaus Albrecht Schröder tells us more about Picasso's choice of color and motif for this painting.

Although Jakob Gasteiger startet his career when the Austrian  "Neue Wilde" painters like Brandl, Damisch, Anzinger, Bohatsch, Mosbacher, Reinhold, Scheibl, Schmalix got famous, his work is completely different - abstract, not expressive, minimalistic. In his work Gasteiger experiments with paint, with the material not the color. Now the Albertina museum in Vienna has a retrospective of his work on display and we asked Albertina Direktor Klaus Albrecht Schröder to introduce us to his work and the exhibition.

With 170 works from its own holdings, the Albertina presents a grandiose panorama of five centuries of city and landscape views; some of the works have not been on public view for decades. In our exhibition-opening film Albertina director Klaus Albrecht Schröder, chief-curator Christof Metzger and exhibition curator Eva Michel walk with us through the exhibition and talk about the excellent artworks.  Andrea Mayer, state secretary for art and culture opens the exhibition.

In our film from the Albertina series "Tours & Talks" Albertina director Klaus Albrecht Schröder meets the artist Jakob Gasteiger in his Atelier in Vienna and talks with him about his artistic development, what influenced him and about characteristica of his art.

"Wonderland" - Fascinating confrontations and contrasts of outstanding artistic positions are on view at the Albertina Modern in Vienna until September 19. 2021. In our exhibition-portrait Albertina Director Klaus Albrecht Schröder and Angela Stief, chief-curator at the Albertina Modern, guide us through the exhibition.

Hubert Scheibl currently has a solo exhibition dedicated to him in the Albertina's Basteihalle. Under the title "Seeds of Time," earlier works are exhibited together with entirely new series and - for the first time in Austria - objects. In our Film Albertina director Klaus Albrecht Schröder and curator Antonia Hoerschelmann guide us through the exhibition and afterwards we follow a talk of Klaus Albrecht Schröder with the artist in his studio.

A short interview with the STRABAG Artaward International 2021 recognition prize winner Samuel Paučo, at the STRABAG Kunstforum introducing the artist and his work.

Albertina Curator Antonia Hoerschelmann and the artist Hubert Scheibl guide us through his exhibition "Seeds of Time" at the Albertina Museum in Vienna.

The œuvre of Martin Noël is the focus of a retrospective that has just opened in the Basteihalle of Vienna's Albertina. A CastYourArt exhibition portrait.

In our film Albertina general-director Klaus Albrecht Schröder and curator Antonia Hoerschelmann accompany us through the exhibition and the impressive oeuvre of artist Michela Ghisetti.

A short interview with the STRABAG Artaward International 2021 recognition prize winner Marcin Zawicki, at the STRABAG Kunstforum introducing the artist and his work.

A short interview with the STRABAG Artaward International 2021 recognition prize winner Natália Šimonová, at the STRABAG Kunstforum introducing the artist and his work.

The 21 sculptures and 21 drawings in the Albertina's Pfeilerhalle provide an impressive insight into the last two decades of the work of the English sculptor Tony Cragg. Curated by Antonia Hoerschelmann, this is the first solo show the Albertina has dedicated to the 73-year-old sculptor.

A short interview with the STRABAG Artaward International 2022 recognition prize winner Ákos Ezer, at the STRABAG Kunstforum introducing the artist and his work.

A short interview with the STRABAG Artaward International 2022 main-prize winner Andreas Werner, at the STRABAG Kunstforum introducing the artist and his work.

Insights into a turning point in art history after the Second World War provides "Ways of Freedom", the new show of abstract painting at the Albertina Modern. We asked Albertina Modern director Angela Stief for an introduction into the theme and exhibition.

Insights into a turning point in art history after the Second World War provides "Ways of Freedom", the new show of abstract painting at the Albertina Modern. In part two of our film we asked Albertina general director Klaus Albrecht Schröder for an introduction into the theme and exhibition.

A short interview with the STRABAG Artaward International 2022 recognition prize winner Marcin Jasik, at the STRABAG Kunstforum introducing the artist and his work.

A short interview with the STRABAG Artaward International 2022 recognition prize winner Dániel Bernáth, at the STRABAG Kunstforum introducing the artist and his work.

A short interview with the STRABAG Artaward International 2023 recognition prize winner Jósefina Alanko, at the STRABAG Kunstforum introducing the artist and her work.

Part 2 of the Albertina Klosterneuburg opening exhibition revolves around the art movement of abstraction after World War II and the return of figuration in the confrontation with the shadows of the past. A CastYourArt exhibition portrait.

Raphael Renaud has devoted his art to the big cities and the forests of this world. Tumult and Silence is therefore not only the title of our CastYourArt artist portrait of the Berlin-based Frenchman, but also of the exhibition of the artist, which takes place at C.A. Contemporary in Vienna from May 4. 2021.

On September 8th, Maria Lassnig, regarded as Austria’s most eminent female painter, would have celebrated her 100th birthday. On the occasion the Albertina shows a comprehensive retrospective, in cooperation with the Stedlijk Museum Amsterdam. CastYourArt interviewed Antonia Hoerschelmann, curator of the Lassnig show at the Albertina Museum.

Per Kirkeby is considered one of contemporary painting’s great mavericks. Consistently worked on since the late 1960s, his paintings always include landscapes

The abstract artist Ahmet Oran shows new works in the C.A. Contemporary gallery in Vienna. To a large part, the pictures were made in Istanbul, the hometown

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

The Swiss collection Hubert Looser is amongst the most outstanding private collections of modern and contemporary art in Europe. Its foci lie in Surrealism,

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

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

Material, form, repetition and alteration are fundamental for the abstract works of the Vienna based artist Suse Krawagna. On the occasion of the reopening

As an artist, Jakob Gasteiger has dedicated himself entirely to abstraction. His primary and working material is paint, not colour.

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

After one year of overall refurbishment, Kunsthalle Krems celebrated its reopening under the new director Florian Steininger. The first exhibition, Abstract

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

Proportions, levels, materials, colour, backgrounds –the phenomenological characteristics of Val Wecerka’s works refer to the conditions of our perception of reality. No statical vision is possible there – we see dynamic fields that require the participation of the viewer.

In the 1950ies Gerhard Ruehm was the most radical experimenter of the Viennese underground art-scene.

On the occasion of the presentation of new works by Ahmet Oran we visited the gallery CA Contemporary and produced an exhibition portrait. The artworks

Aylin Tektas, an Istanbul born painter, studied in Vienna at the Academy of fine arts. First influenced by the artworks of her mother - a painter as well - she started painting portraits of people.

"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

„Down with Art. Long live technical science“ was the slogan of the productivist manifest by Alexander Rodchenko and Varvara Stepanova. Exhibiting the life

Every city is a collective text, transmitting and storing the collective memory, a geographic and historical narrative, streets and highways articulate forms through which we relate to urban space or distance ourselves from it. Thus we all have using the street in common, be it by driving, by walking or by loitering.

The art of Manfred Hebenstreit is an ongoing open experiment, into which the artist puts everything: body and soul, sensations and emotions, irony and restlessness.

The pictures of Mireille Binoux draw the observer into distorted landscapes; puzzling him and making him feel at home at the same time. Although abandoning

Until May 12th, 2013 a retrospective of the artist Rudolf Goessl is presented at ZEITKUNST Niederösterreich in the Lower Austria Contemporary gallery St.

Change, transformation, mutation, metamorphosis: Manfred Wakolbinger questions the surrounding space around us and puts our perception on a new level, in order

The Fondation Hubert Looser is one of the foremost private collections of modern and contemporary art in the region of Switzerland, placing its main focus on

Rather than expressing something directly, the force of artistic expressivity lies within manifesting the getting-to-talk within the work itself.

In his dream scenarios, Gürkan Coşkun aka Komet has the role of the stage director. Who are these strange creatures inhabiting that world, these chimeras

Warhol, Newman, Wool “Barney is now at another party.“ When exhibitions show artistic developments in a larger context, it is a good thing for every visitor.

As opposed to other media like film or music, in principle, painting does not lend itself to as many possibilities, explains the painter, Thomas Reinhold.

On the occasion of his exhibition "İz" in Istanbul starting on 12 October 2011 6.30 pm at Artgalerim Nişantaşı we replay from our archives the artist portrait