Tag: contemporary art
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Making Trans Joy Visible
TIN* Artists (trans, inter, nonbinary) currently take centre stage at Villa Vida Café in Vienna´s 5th district. Last week, I had the pleasure of attending the opening of the exhibition entitled “Visible!”, which was organised on the occasion of the Trans Day of Visibility to offer trans, inter*, and non-binary artists an opportunity to present…
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Print this! A revolution in (art) print making
At the Albertina Modern, a new exhibition highlights the evolution of print techniques, and how artists experimented with this after 1945. In “ANDY WARHOL TO DAMIEN HIRST – THE REVOLUTION IN PRINTMAKING”, visitors can admire a diverse selection of large scale works from the museum´s collection of printed graphics after 1945. Among them are artworks…
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When I know your soul – Modigliani
For just a few more days you have a chance to see the first large exhibition of this Italian painter/sculptor´s works at the Albertina Museum, together with selected pieces by some of his contemporaries, such as Pablo Picasso, André Derain, and the sculptor Constantin Brancusi. Their works are also juxtaposed by artifacts of prehistoric and…
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True lies by Xenia Hausner
Can lies be true? And are Xenia Hausner´s paintings lies? What they are most certainly is skillfully staged and composed images of a reality that we can at least imagine. A reality that for some people may be reminiscent of images they have seen in the news, or maybe things they have experienced. The Albertina…
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Big on drawing
One brand-new, one that I almost missed, but thankfully did not: two exhibitions in black and white (and grey) are currently on view at the Albertina Museum. And wow, are they worth seeing! Shortly after Vienna´s museums re-opened after lockdown, I took the opportunity to visit Black White & Grey, an exhibition of contemporary large-scale…
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