Exhibitions and visual arts archive

All that remains... the teenagers of socialism

All that remains... the teenagers of socialism

13 March – 9 April 2010 | Waterside Projects Space
Originally from Vienna, Austrian artist Gerda Leopold casts the analytic eye of the foreigner on post-‘89 Germany in order to investigate the relationship between history and its residue in the imaginary. Mauer is a ...
Cairo's Zabbaleen

Cairo's Zabbaleen. Photographs by Hermann Huber

12 – 28 March 2010 | Genesis Theatre
The photographs in this exhibition document the daily way of life for the Zabaleen, a marginalized group of about 26,000 Coptic Christians, living in Egypt.  They are a community of recyclers who have been ...
Gerti Deutsch – Between Vienna and London

Gerti Deutsch – Between Vienna and London. Images from Austria and England (1932–1952)

3 February – 11 May 2010 | Austrian Cultural Forum London
Gerti Deutsch (1908–79) came to London from her home city of Vienna before the Anschluss in 1938. She brought with her a portfolio of photographs, including the studio portraits of Austrian artists and musicians ...
A Man Named Su

A Man Named Su. Wolf Suschitzky – Photographer and Cameraman

19 January – 28 February 2010 | Austrian Cultural Forum London
In conjunction with SYNEMA – Society for Film and Media, Vienna. The ACF in cooperation with Synema celebrates the life and career of photographer and cameraman Wolf Suschitzky with a special evening featuring an exhibition private ...
Clemens Stecher: Charade II and IV

Clemens Stecher: Charade II and IV

13 – 24 January 2010 | University of Hertfordshire Galleries
The University of Hertfordshire Galleries presents Charade II, by the Vienna-based artist Clemens Stecher. The exhibition will comprise images, collages, large-scale projects and paintings. The centrepiece of the show is a collection of hand-made comics ...

Peter Rauter: Exiles from Austria

13 January – 21 February 2010 | Freud Museum London
The photographic exhibition 'Immigrants of Influence' honours Austrian refugees who, like Sigmund Freud, fled to England and made a substantial contribution to life in their adopted country. Photographer Peter Rauter (1948-2006) was influenced by his ...

News

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.

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.

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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

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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.

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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.

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Sculptor Bruno Gironcoli dies

Bruno Gironcoli was one of Austria's most important sculptors of recent times, best known as the creator of monumental, organic shapes and huge distorted replicas of domestic objects, covered in silver or gold paint.  He died in Vienna on 19 February 2010 at the age of 74.  Read the full obituary in the Independent by Marcus Williamson here.