This exhibition is organized and presented by the Vienna-based Plattform für junge Kunst – Bäckerstrasse 4. The platform was founded by Gabriele Schober with the intention of giving young artists an opportunity to present their work and to engage ...
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Features & upcoming events
Margarete Berger-Hamerschlag. A Lifetime of Passionate Endeavour
21 May – 30 July 2010 | Austrian Cultural Forum London
This exhibition will reflect the artistic life of the Austrian artist Margarete Berger-Hamerschlag (1902-1958) and her remarkable images of youth clubs in post-war London in particular.
Studying at the Kunstgewerbeschule in Vienna in 1921 Berger-Hamerschlag ...
Lick Our Souls: Blended Bodies and Golden Loopholes. Elke Auer & Esther Straganz
2 June – 30 July 2010 | Austrian Cultural Forum London
Elke Auer and Esther Straganz use found objects, poems and quotidian materials to create installations, performances and wearable sculptures exploring the micro-politics of gender, sex and sexuality. For "Lick Our Souls" at the Visual Arts ...
Persistence of Vision
18 June – 30 August 2010 | FACT
How does memory influence what we see? What part does technology play in shaping both how we see and what we remember? Informed by scientific research and inspired by historical developments in media technology, FACT ...
The New Decor
19 June – 5 September 2010 | Hayward Gallery
This summer the Hayward Gallery presents The New Décor; an international survey of over 30 contemporary artists, including some of the leading sculptors of our time, who explore interior design as a means of ...
BCLT Literary Translation Summer School
18 – 24 July 2010 | Leeds University
The annual British Centre for Literary Translation Summer School brings together writers and translators for an intensive week of literary translation workshops. Award winning Austrian writer Gabriele Petriceck will be writer-in-residence for the German-English language ...
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News
Soundings film online
De Novo Arts has produced an online short film about this year's Soundings platform entitled 'Inspired by Mahler'. You can view it here.
First European Centre for the History of Physics opened in Styria
Under the name “echophysics“ (European Centre for the History of Physics), the first European institution of this kind has opened in the sumptuous baroque Palace of Pöllau near Hartberg (Styria) on 29 May 2010.
Austrian curator appointed at The Museum of Modern Art
Independent curator, author, and lecturer Sabine Breitwieser has been appointed Chief Curator of the Department of Media and Performance Art at The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York. Ms. Breitwieser, who from 1988 to 2007 served as founding Director and Curator of the Generali Foundation, a public contemporary art museum in Vienna, will begin her new position at MoMA on October 4.
1938-2008: Legacies and Lessons in post-war Austria
Over the last decade, important new research has been undertaken on Austrian history during the period 1938 - 1945 and the post-war era. Through a series of public lectures, organised by the Austrian Embassy London, in co-operation with the Wiener Library and the Austrian Cultural Forum London, eminent Austrian scholars and experts presented new research and shed some light on the questions raised. These lectures can now be viewed online at www.doew.at/frames.php?/post-war_austria.html
Franziska Ullmann and Peter Ebner at Venice Architecture Biennale
Under the title, “People meet in architecture” the 12th Venice Architecture Biennale will take place from 29th August to 21st November 2010. Among the 43 international architects, engineers and artists, invited by the Biennale’s new Director, Japanese architect Kazuyo Sejima, feature Austrian architects Franziska Ullmann and Peter Ebner.
Rondo-Studios, Styria: Artist in Residence 2011
The Styrian Provincial Government is offering foreign scholarships to young free-lance artists in all fields from European and non-European countries for the year 2011. These scholarships will be awarded upon proposal by a jury. The deadline is May 31, 2010. More information is provided on www.kulturservice.steiermark.at
Curator for 54th Venice Biennale 2011 appointed
Minister of Culture Claudia Schmied appointed Eva Schlegel as curator of Austria's contribution to the 54th Venice Biennale 2011.
New MUMOK Director appointed
On 22 March 2010 German art historian Karola Kraus was appointed as new director of the Museum of Modern Art (MUMOK) in Vienna. Incumbent Director Edelbert Köb will resign on 1 October 2010.