Drawing is more subtle than painting. It does not tend to jump out at you quite so much. It asks you to take your time, to look at detail, to admire fine lines. The Albertina Museum has put together a fine exhibition of contemporary drawings from the Guerlain Collection from the Centre Pompidou Paris. AContinue reading “Individualistic, sensitive, powerful – contemporary drawings at the Albertina”
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Making Truth
Can you believe it’s already the 1st of December and this year is nearly done? But, scary as that is, that’s not what I want to talk about. Rather, this is a flashback to just a couple of weeks ago when I got to meet some Viennese artists. For me it´s always a thrill toContinue reading “Making Truth”
A global adventure at home
No, I am not talking about traveling the world. Or maybe I am — but while staying home in my city. What I did the other day was virtually travel around the globe, actually around a lot of globes, right here in Vienna 🙂 I joined Instagramers Austria for a visit to Vienna´s GlobeContinue reading “A global adventure at home”
OstLicht reloads
If you are into photography and live in Vienna, you may have stopped by the centrally located Westlicht Gallery. But have you been to its sister gallery, Ostlicht? I have to admit, despite really enjoying photography, last week´s #instawalk with @igersaustria was my first visit to this great gallery. Ostlicht. Gallery for Photography is locatedContinue reading “OstLicht reloads”
Underneath it all – the long cultural history of the head scarf at Weltmuseum Wien
Headgear doesn’t define a woman´s position, but in Austria´s (and much of Western Europe´s) current political climate, the head scarf has become a symbol-laden topic of political debate. The garment has become a veiled metaphor for something else in political rhetoric. Not coincidentally, I think, the Weltmuseum Wien now has a special exhibition, not onContinue reading “Underneath it all – the long cultural history of the head scarf at Weltmuseum Wien”
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 luckyContinue reading “A masterful hand – Bruegel at the KHM Vienna”
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 anyContinue reading “Bloody murder at Musiktheater Linz”
A natural history of war – tracing an evolution
On Friday I was able to join an InstaWalk again with Instagramers Austria and Instagramers Vienna, at one of my favorite places, the Vienna Natural History Museum (Naturhistorisches Museum Wien). The museum has a new exhibition on: War. Tracing an evolution. War is a somewhat unusual topic for a Natural History Museum, I think. Is warContinue reading “A natural history of war – tracing an evolution”
Instawalking through a Mile of Art in Krems
Last Sunday I made a special day trip to Krems, less than an hour from Vienna, thanks to an Instawalk opportunity with Instagramers Austria. We spent a great day exploring the various exhibition spaces of the Kunsthalle Krems and the Forum Frohner. Kunsthalle Krems The Kunsthalle Krems-Stein in Stein an der Donau (municipality of Krems)Continue reading “Instawalking through a Mile of Art in Krems”
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”
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