Category: art
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Not good enough? Think again!
Well, it´s international women´s day again, the moment in time when all the hardships and injustices done to women in the past and in the now are brought to the forefront of media attention. But the focus of my blog today is not on the general politics of or against feminism and women´s rights. Rather,…
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An art salon in a princely collection
In what I would call an eye-popping exhibition space with walls in blazing red, blue and green (I love it!), the Albertina Museum is showing masterpieces from the Princely Collections of the House of Liechtenstein in an exhibition titled “From Rubens to Makart“. The Liechtenstein collections contain major works of European art spanning five centuries…
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A symphony of lights
No, this is not a lamp shop. This past weekend, I visited a really intriguing light and sound art installation by the artist Johannes Rass in the industrial-historical ambience of the “old technology” event space at Ottakringer Brauerei. Lumen, light, the stuff you need for life and photos. Also, lumen, the technical measure of the…
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Wild beasts and peasant life at the Albertina: Niko Pirosmani
Just before leaving for a two week trip I managed to finally go see the exhibition of paintings by the Georgian painter Niko Pirosmani at the Albertina Museum. There is just one more day to see this exhibition of naive depictions of animals, farmlife, and battle scenes. Painting to make a living Pirosmani was born…
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Japanesery
Before 1854 trade with Japan was confined to a Dutch monopoly and Japanese goods imported into Europe were for the most part confined to porcelain and lacquer ware. But when the 200-year-old Japanese foreign policy of Seclusion ended and trade between Japan and the West opened up, a sort of collection craze of Japanese art…
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Enjoying a treasure trove of art on Christmas Day
I don´t know why I thought I could finally go see the Monet exhibition at the Albertina or the Spitzmaus Mummy in a Coffin at the Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien on Christmas Day. Vienna is completely over-crowded with tourists over the Christmas and New Year´s holidays. I had purchased an Albertina gift membership for hubby and…
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A masterful hand – Bruegel at the KHM Vienna
The Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien is showing the largest ever comprehensive exhibition of works by Pieter Bruegel the Elder (sometimes spelled ’Brueghel’, and sometimes even ’Breugel’ and ’Breughel’). On display are a whopping three quarters of all of his conserved paintings, plus almost half of his drawings and prints. Last week I was so lucky…
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Bodies at the Belvedere Museum
Have you ever seen walking works of art? Or looked underneath the layers of a famous painting? Now you can, at the Lower Belvedere. Instagramers Austria was invited to see and photograph two fascinating exhibitions currently on in the halls of the Belvedere Museum: Donna Huanca – Piedra Quemada, a multi-media installation involving all your…
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In focus: old photographic views on Venice by Carlo Naya
Point and shoot, and you´ve got your beautiful view of Venice captured. It was not always so simple. A special goodie for Venice and photography lovers is currently on display at the Graphic Collection of the Academy of Fine Arts, Vienna: This first cabinet exhibition dedicated exclusively to photography, with a small selection of…
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Bloody murder at Musiktheater Linz
The other day I got to see a contemporary staging of Macbeth at the gorgeous Musiktheater Linz, thanks to an instawalk with Igersaustria. We got a behind-the-scenes tour of this impressive modern theatre building and then saw a stunning dance and music interpretation of Shakespeare´s timeless classic about the deadly thirst for power at any…
