Tag: #viennamuseums

  • Enjoying a treasure trove of art on Christmas Day

    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…

  • Hard to forget images at WestLicht Gallery

    Hard to forget images at WestLicht Gallery

    This weekend (which luckily is a long one) is your last chance to see the World Press Photo exhibition at WestLicht gallery.  The WestLicht Gallery is a non-profit association that puts on great photography shows.   Now for the 17th year it is hosting the World Press Photo exhibition.   On view are award-winning  images related to…

  • Giant hat pins and other fantasy objects: Gironcoli

    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 Museumsquartier…