At least once a year I visit the summer music festival in Grafenegg, Weinviertel, just an hour from Vienna. This year I am visiting twice, because on Saturday I had the opportunity to participate in an instawalk to this great location. Together with our Instagramers Austria host Oliver Oth an a group of fellow instagramers,Continue reading “A musical romance somewhere over the rainbow”
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A Viennese Paradise at the Gallery of the Academy of Fine Arts
Anton Hartinger was a Viennese flower painter of the 19th century. Until 26 August 2018 you can see a (small) selection of his many flower and plant illustrations at the Gallery of the Academy of Fine Arts. Hartinger was a prolific painter, he produced almost 900 botanical illustrations. On view here are some watercolor paintingsContinue reading “A Viennese Paradise at the Gallery of the Academy of Fine Arts”
This Candyman can!
Hand-made goodness at the Zuckerlwerkstatt Yesterday I got to join an instameet, or let´s call it an instatreat, with Instagramers Austria to a very special little candy shop in the heart of Vienna: die Zuckerlwerkstatt. I don´t normally talk about shops on this blog, but I think this one definitely qualifies as Vienna culture. Continue reading “This Candyman can!”
Double pleasure at the Albertina Museum
Last week I had a chance to join Instagramers Austria again for a tour of the Albertina Museum´s latest retrospective exhibitions of two great Austrian artists: Alfred Seiland and Florentina Pakosta. Alfred Seiland Alfred Seiland is a photographer, but really I would call him a camera artist. Seiland was born in Austria in 1952 andContinue reading “Double pleasure at the Albertina Museum”
Stargazing in Ottakring
I don´t know how many times I have gone by the Kuffner-Sternwarte in the greenbelt of Ottakring, Vienna´s 16th district, and never gone inside. This grave omission has now been remedied, thanks to the very informative (and free) history tour given by a volunteer of the Kuffner-Sternwarte Association. When it comes to Ottakring, most ofContinue reading “Stargazing in Ottakring”
Up! Art at vertiginous heights
Up above the clouds so high, like a diamond in the sky… — Well, admittedly the art installation and view tower of HÖHENRAUSCH – Das andere Ufer in Linz is not quite that far up, but high enough to give you impressive all-round views over Linz and a chance at refreshment on a hot dayContinue reading “Up! Art at vertiginous heights”
Call of the wild: biodiversity days in Vienna
In a couple of days, it´s time to visit Lainzer Tiergarten. On 8 and 9 June this lovely forest park in Vienna´s West will be hosting the 17th Vienna Biodiversity Day. This event is co-organized by the Vienna Environmental Protection Department (MA 22) as a contribution to the “GEO Day of Biodiversity“. (Actually, theyContinue reading “Call of the wild: biodiversity days in Vienna”
Giant hat pins and other fantasy objects: Gironcoli
The other day I was finally able to visit the exhibition Shy at Work, an extensive selection of works by Bruno Gironcoli at the MUMOK. A couple of these objects are on display in the public space in front of the MUMOK – you can´t have missed them if you have passed through the MuseumsquartierContinue reading “Giant hat pins and other fantasy objects: Gironcoli”
Abstracting nature – variations on a photographic theme
Something a little different today. Last Saturday, in glaring sunshine, I participated in a thematic photo walk along the Donaukanal near Kunsthaus Wien – Museum Hundertwasser. From time to time the museum offers photo walks based on themes in their current exhibitions. “Some Plant Volatiles” by Hamburg-based photographer Jochen Lempert provided the foundation for Saturday´sContinue reading “Abstracting nature – variations on a photographic theme”
I (never) promised you a rose garden
But here it is… Spring sprang fast this year. Before we knew it, the lilac bloom came and went. But there is compensation: an explosion of colorful roses all around Vienna. This merry month of May, which at times feels like summer, seemingly everywhere your eye roams it is met by exuberant red, pink, whiteContinue reading “I (never) promised you a rose garden”
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