Tag: #kunsthistorischesmuseum
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Bridging art and nature
Vienna, Austria – A new performance event, Ganymed Bridge, takes place in Vienna from May to October 2023. The event is a collaboration between the Kunsthistorisches Museum and the Naturhistorisches Museum. The event features a whole 15 different performances, including music, theater, dance, and spoken word. The performers are drawn from around the world, and…
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Heavy metal fashion
Imagine being weighed down by a suit made of iron or steel. Actually, as I was told during a tour of the current exhibition at Vienna´s Kunsthistorisches Museum, KHM, men wearing these metal carapaces were able to walk, run and jump in it. That must have taken some muscle power, in addition to agility, but…
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Renaissance Women at the KHM
At the Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien you can currently still visit a very beautiful exhibition of luminous portraits of women dating back to the Renaissance, with works from several collections around the world. Titian´s Vision of Women is on only until 30 January 2022. I was lucky enough to be invited to see it before it…
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An Ode to Joy: Beethoven Moves
It is never too late to be moved by Beethoven. Ludwig van Beethoven spent a good many years living in Vienna, where he died in 1827, and he was without a doubt one of the great representative of the First Viennese School of the Classical period. Beyond being a great composer, he was also a…
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Love – actually, Ganymed in love at the KHM
All you need is love, and Ganymed: another wonderful evening of performances and art at the Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien. What a beautiful evening of theatre, and music, dance, and the visual delights of the setting at the KHM! Love and song – songs about romantic love dominate the charts. But do we really know…
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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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