Located on the Upper East Side of Manhattan on Museum Mile, the former Vanderbilt Mansion is home to the Neue Galerie, an enchanting piece of Europe in the heart of New York City. I have an appointment for an interview with the charming Vienna-born director Renée Price … Continue reading
What makes people happy? Yesterday VIENNAFAIR TV tried to find out. I accompanied the film crew during the shooting of a new video series, which will be published soon on our blog. The weather was just as perfect as the locations. A swimming pool in Vienna’s city center, a museum in Sigmund Freud’s former flat, … Continue reading
Every two years we gather in Venice to be charmed and fooled by contemporary art once again. Vita Zaman and Antje Mayer found themselves among intimate strangers: art crowd insiders, curators, gallerists, politicians, oligarchs, hang alongs, gigolos… Continue reading
I met the Viennese ‘architectural society’ at an opening at the Austrian Culture Forum in New York and had a Schnitzel in the Austrian in-restaurant Edi & Wolf, where Hollywood star Diane Kruger and Ralph Lauren have been spotted. Read about a private party at Nin Brudermann’s (AT) artist loft in Williamsburg, NY in memory … Continue reading
Sigmund Freud, Winona Ryder, Erwin Wurm, Renée Price, Adrian Ghenie and Stefan Sagmeister in the Big Apple … A Sigmund Freud’s Fruit & Nut Bar – no, a Professor (!) Sigmund Freud’s Fruit & Nut Bar (see photos down under) – on a bench in blossoming Central Park loosens up my subconscious in the search … Continue reading
Our film series with outstanding and charismatic women in art proceeds. Watch our video interview with the Grande Dame of the international gallery scene: Rosemarie Schwarzwälder. Continue reading
We are proud to present our second video interview series. New style, more Vienna impressions! We hope you enjoy our first video – as much as we do! Continue reading
This year the Generali Foundation celebrates its 25th anniversary! Congratulations from The New Contemporary Blog Team. What makes contemporary art so popular? Primarily its visual power. Hence, it is not so common that a corporate foundation focuses on a niche, as it can be seen as an intentional counterpart to the mainstream. Conceptual art and … Continue reading
“Vienna has definitely more to offer than Jugendstil and Wiener Werkstätte,” knows Tulga Beyerle. She is one of THE design experts in Vienna and published a lot of specialist literature on this topic. As the director of the Vienna Design Week she provides a platform for design at different places all over the city – … Continue reading
Last Friday the MUMOK (Museum Of Modern Art) in Vienna opened its doors to the big Franz West retrospective “Where Is My Eight?” – a tribute to one of the most important Austrian contemporary artists, who unfortunately passed away last summer. Friends, colleagues, fans, and a lot of VIPs came to the event. Continue reading
IT’S DONE. THE FIRST VIDEO IN OUR NEW SERIES “THE NEW CONTEMPORARY MEETS … ” IS OUT! IN THE NEXT WEEKS AND MONTHS WE WILL MEET OUTSTANDING PERSONALITIES FROM THE VIENNESE ART SCENE (AND IT’S EUROPEAN NEIGHBORHOOD) FOR YOU. Continue reading
Irena Karpa performed at the VIENNAFAIR party with her band QARPA and held a lecture for students at the fair. I talked with her about a new revolution in the Ukraine, her political performances, her MTV career, and her Playboy cover… Continue reading
Christian Meyer runs his gallery together with Renate Kainer since 1998. The gallery showcases Austrian “stars” like Gelitin, Heimo Zobernig, Franz West, and international artists like Liam Gillick, Yoshitomo Nara, Raymond Pettibon, and many more. http://meyerkainer.com Continue reading
Georg Kargl is one of the most prominent gallerists in Vienna, the top dog on the famous gallery street Schleifmühlgasse in Vienna. His gallery shows are legendary, almost excessive, and set trends. Buzz: It is said that many museum directors get their ideas from Kargl. Continue reading
Gallery Marc Jancou, which has its headquarters in Geneva and New York, was at the fair for the first time. At his booth Marc Jancou represented the Polish artist Slawomir Elsner (b.1976) and the British artist Ross Chisholm (b. 1977). http://www.marcjancou.com Continue reading
