Francesca von Habsburg and T-B A21(Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary Space in Progress) Art collecting has throughout history been an exclusive pastime for aristocrats and the wealthy. After World War II in Austria, the new social democratic government took over this role, creating a climate of relative liberalism in which most art projects were supported by the federal government. Since the takeover of the conservative-right wing coalition...
Vienna Exhibition view from Belgrade Art Inc., Secession 2004, Photo: Pez Hejduk Courtesy: Secession, Vienna Since centuries Vienna has been the melting pot of mid-European culture. Although Habsburg Austria could be defined as a forerunner of globalization until the outbreak of WW1, contemporary Austria still has to come to grips with the legacy of its Eastern neighbors. Bordering on 5 of the 10 new Eastern...
VIENNA The body is the all-time favourite hit theme in Vienna. Vienna was the cradle of post-war Europe body art and performance. Now exhibitions dedicated to Wiener Aktionismus, or Viennese Actionism, are widely in evidence. Hermann Nitsch, the originator of the classical 1960s St. Marx performance , the “orgy-mystery-theatre” involving mainly blood and dead animals, had his retrospective show at Essl Collection (until 11 January)....
