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Tony Cragg, Gottfried Helnwein, Maria Lassnig, Hermann Nitsch, Arnulf Rainer, Hubert Scheibl, Erwin Wurm, Eduard Angeli, Gunter Damisch, Xenia Hausner, Kiki Kogelnik

Xian Zheng zeigt im Kubin-Haus eine umfangreiche Serie von Ateliers bildender Künstler:innen aus Österreich, die in den letzten vier Jahren entstanden ist. Präzise und detailgetreu gibt die Künstlerin mit unzähligen Bleistiftstrichen die aus der Vogelperspektive erfassten Interieurs wider. Die großformatigen Zeichnungen geben Einblick in die faszinierenden Entstehungsorte von Kunst und die Schaffensumgebung zahlreicher Künstler:innen, von Johanna Kandl bis Gottfried Helnwein.

Part I, opening soon, will highlight artists from the very first year, such as abstractionists, Erik Saxon, James Hayward, and David Simpson alongside international gallery stalwarts including Austrian painter and conceptual artist Gottfried Helnwein and French Nouveau Réaliste Jacques Villeglé [1926-2022], among many others.

Helnwein imitates the alleged incorruptibility of a camera using the means of painting. In fact, the artist uses photographs as a template and thus comes even closer to reality. But it is precisely painting that relegates all depictions to the realm of fiction. The precision and cleanliness of his working method transform dirty reality into meditative, quiet images that, when viewed, inevitably maneuver us into a dilemma between beauty and horror, admiration and disgust, attraction and protest. Helnwein's works are timeless statements against appropriation, aggression, destruction and violence.

Drei großformatige Triptychon-Darstellungen über Jesu Tod, Auferstehung und Geistaussendung sind von Aschermittwoch, dem 14. Februar bis zur Langen Nacht der Kirchen am 7. Juni zu sehen.

The Philharmonie de Paris has decided to turn its attention to extreme music, devoting a brand-new exhibition to it from April 4 to September 29, 2024. An opportunity to learn more about this powerful musical genre by exploring its codes and the wealth of its myths. For the first time in France, an installation will present a documented picture of this movement, where music, popular culture, anthropological vision and contemporary art are in dialogue.

The exhibition KAFKAESQUE focuses on reflections on Franz Kafka's work and poetics in contemporary visual art offering not a historical perspective of his work, but a view that reflects our present-day situation with all its complexities and ambiguities.

Gottfried Helnwein, Cecilia Bullo, Sandro Chia, Liz Finch, John Gibbons, Patrick Graham, Marcelle Hanselaar and Kevin Mooney.

To celebrate the 75th birthday of Gottfried Helnwein, the ALBERTINA Museum is showing a large-scale exhibition of his output from the past three decades. The Vienna-born artist Gottfried Helnwein’s oeuvre is characterized by his interest in the themes of pain, injury, and violence. A central motif of his is the figure of the vulnerable and defenseless child as a proxy of sorts, one that embodies all psychological and societal anxieties.

L’imminente mostra nel museo viennese, in occasione del suo 75mo compleanno, fa da sfondo ad una chiacchierata con l’artista austriaco tra i più conosciuti e apprezzati a livello internazionale

In collaboration with the Vienna Insurance Group, Gottfried Helnwein transformed the Vienna Ringtower into an oversized call against violence. On a total of 3,000 m², Helnwein makes the experience of violence among women and children visible.

Representational Art has been an integral part of the visual arts for centuries, experiencing a huge resurgence in popularity in recent years. The works depict the world around us, often with a realistic approach or accurate representation, from the human condition to social and cultural issues, to the perception of our surroundings. Representational painting has been used to depict a wide range of emotions, stories, and themes, becoming a powerful form of expression that conveys messages of social and political importance, as well as capturing the beauty of the everyday. Popular culture has also often been inspired by representational paintings, especially cinema, through films that explore themes and issues such as romance, beauty, fear, and the human condition.

Contemplating Character explores the evolution of portraiture in 81 works on paper by 68 artists. Executed by some of the most famous portraitists in Europe and America, the works range in date from the 18th century to present day and encompasses the many art styles and movements during this expanse of time.