VIENNAFAIR The New Contemporary is grateful to the Ministry of Culture and Monument Protection of Georgia and the Embassy of Georgia in Vienna for their generous support of the special project VIENNA Duet: Georgia “Our Caucasus i. e. Chveni Kavkasioni” curated by Irena Popiashvili and the artistic directors of VIENNAFAIR Christina Steinbrecher–Pfandt and Vita Zaman. Continue reading
In the framework of the VIENNA Click program – launched last year – the online platform for contemporary art Artlet.com (booth MZ10) will present their experience and the diverse means to communicate information about the contemporary art market, buying and selling, or building interactive networks. Continue reading
We are happy to announce the short list for The School of Happiness Award. The professional jury members – the director of LENIKUS COLLECTION Angela E. Akbari, the curator at Bank Austria Kunstforum Mag. Heike Eipeldauer and the curator for contemporary art at Belvedere/21er Haus Bettina Steinbrügge – each chose three videos from all the applications that participants from Eastern … Continue reading
The ESSL MUSEUM is known for its participative approach to art education, but it has also set new international standards in the often elitist field of exhibition curation, for example with the acclaimed exhibition project >FESTIVAL OF ANIMALS< (2011). Children, teenagers, adults, and e.g. Facebook friends designed parts of the exhibition themselves and chose the … Continue reading
The main artistic theme of VIENNAFAIR 2013 The New Contemporary – “School of Happiness” – will be introduced at the fair during the vernissage on the October 9, 2013 with a screening of the film by Harald Friedl “What Happiness Is”. Read the interview with the director to find out more about the movie. Continue reading
This year VIENNAFAIR The New Contemporary will present VIENNA XL (booth A19) for the first time, a platform for the introduction of non-profit, alternative, and artist-run spaces. Institutions from Albania, Georgia, Kosovo, Lithuania, and Serbia will be presented at the fair with the kind support of the Ministry for Education, the Arts and Culture BM:UKK. Continue reading
Explore and enjoy a curated selection of Austrian sculpture. You will find the exhibition during VIENNAFAIR from October 10 to 13 both indoors and outdoors at the fair grounds . Sorry, no Franz West this time! Indoor section is located at the booth A1: Outdoor sculptures will be displayed in the area leading to the … Continue reading
VIENNAFAIR 2013 pays special attention to families’ creativity through stimulating their children’s involvement with art. At ESSL MUSEUM’s open studio at the fair, kids and their parents can explore their own creativity! Visitors are invited to try out different painting techniques and tools and to put color, form, and movement to paper. Continue reading
VIENNAFAIR The New Contemporary is grateful to the Ministry of Culture and Monument Protection of Georgia and the Embassy of Georgia in Vienna for their generous support of the special project VIENNA Duet: Georgia “Our Caucasus i. e. Chveni Kavkasioni” curated by Irena Popiashvili and the artistic directors of VIENNAFAIR Christina Steinbrecher – Pfandt and Vita Zaman. “The art … Continue reading
Special project VIENNA Highlight is a presentation of the INNOVATION Prize, the All-Russian Competition in Contemporary Visual Art, and this year’s “Curatorial Project” prize-winner Iara Boubnova, curator of “The Eye Never Sees Itself” exhibition, the main project at the 2nd Ural Industrial Biennial of Contemporary Art. Founded in 2005, INNOVATION Prize is now one of … Continue reading
“This is the true joy in life, the being used for a purpose recognized by yourself as a mighty one; the being thoroughly worn out before you are thrown on the scrap heap; the being a force of Nature instead of a feverish selfish little clod of ailments and grievances complaining that the world will … Continue reading
VIENNAFAIR The New Contemporary is very grateful for the support for young Austrian artists from the Austrian Federal Ministry of Education, Art and Culture (BM:UKK) (www.bmukk.gv.at) in facilitating ZONE1, a special project at the fair where Austrian galleries present solo exhibitions. This is the second part of the introduction to the artists and a peek at the works from the upcoming … Continue reading
VIENNAFAIR The New Contemporary is very grateful for the support for the young Austrian artists from the Austrian Federal Ministry of Education, Art and Culture (BM:UKK) (www.bmukk.gv.at) in facilitating ZONE1, a special project at the fair where Austrian galleries present solo exhibitions. This is the first introduction to the artists and a peek at the works from the upcoming … Continue reading
The world happiness report, released on Monday by Columbia University’s Earth Institute, ranks Russia as the 68th happiest country in the world. Every Sunday at 12:00, Russian seniors gather together in a few of Moscow’s parks. Regardless of the weather, they meet each other and dance. Since I was a child I remember seeing them … Continue reading
The special project VIENNA Duet will present two insightful exhibitions from Poland and Georgia at VIENNAFAIR The New Contemporary from October 10 to 13. With the invaluable support of The Polish Institute Vienna, you have the opportunity to see a selection of the most exciting young contemporary artists from Poland, curated by Klara Czerniewska and Vita Zaman. Continue reading
