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
