ERWIN WURM. School
Erwin Wurm presents his new work School on the occasion of his exhibition at the Albertina Modern. In doing so, he allows visitors to feel how, metaphorically speaking, school has been “tight” for a long time and perhaps still is at times.
INSIGHT CHRISTIAN EISENBERGER. Cathedral Innsbruck
"Insight Christian Eisenberger" is an intervention by artist Christian Eisenberger in the cathedral of Innsbruck. Invited by bishop Hermann Glettler the artist produced an artwork, which – in his choice of materials and his themes – is extremely versatile and provocative and stimulates reflection. Our CastYourArt film puts his artwork in focus.
LAWRENCE WEINER. Out Of Sight
The written sculpture "OUT OF SIGHT" by artist Lawrence Weiner, who died last year, invites us to interact and take part. Now the Albertina Museum in Vienna presents this artwork in public space.
DAVID HOCKNEY. Portraits at the Bank Austria Kunstforum Vienna
A short Film with curator Bettina M. Busse about David Hockney's major portrait works at the Bank Austria Kunstforum in Vienna.
AMEDEO MODIGLIANI. Female Semi-Nude, 1918, Batliner Collection
Amedeo Modigliani, born in Livorno, is today considered one of the most expensive modern artists. On the occasion of the upcoming exhibition "Modigliani. Revolution of Primitivism" at the Albertina Museum in Vienna, General Director Klaus Albrecht Schröder will introduce the artist and the main features of his art using the work "Female Semi-Nude" (1918) from the Batliner Collection.
PABLO PICASSO. THE SLEEPY DRINKER. A picture review by Albertina director Klaus Albrecht Schröder
We focus All Eyes On "The Sleeping Drinker" by Pablo Picasso in this picture review with Albertina director Klaus Albrecht Schröder. The focus is on a woman, absorbed in herself sitting at a cafe table, the whole scene is shrouded in a nocturnal blue.
CLAUDE MELLAN. HEAD OF A SATYR & THE VEIL OF VERONICA. A picture-review by Albertina Curator Laura Ritter
Together with Albertina curator Laura Ritter, we direct All Eyes On two completely exceptional works from the seventeenth century by French artist Claude Mellan.
PABLO PICASSO. WOMAN IN A GREEN HAT. A picture review with Albertina director Klaus Albrecht Schröder
In the film clip "Woman in a Green Hat" from the series "All Eyes On" from the Albertina Museum, director Klaus Albrecht Schröder tells us more about Picasso's choice of color and motif for this painting.
FRANZ SEDLACEK. Winter Landscape. A picture review by Gottfried Helnwein
In our film from the Albertina series "All Eyes On", the painter Gottfried Helnwein tells us how the painting "Winter Landscape" by Franz Sedlacek affects him.
HOW TO RECOGNIZE A FAKE? Copy or Original: Raphael?
Two works by Raphael, but one of them is a copy ... which one? We met Achim Gnann, curator at the Albertina and expert on Italian art from the 15th to 19th century, to let you in the secrets to distinguish between original and copy.
FRANZ SEDLACEK. "Evening Landscape" & "Song in the Twilight". A picture review by Gottfried Helnwein
"Evening Landscape" and "Song in the Twilight" are two works by Austrian artist Franz Sedlacek, who belonged to the tradition of magical realism. In our film from the Albertina museum the painter Gottfried Helnwein discusses the artist's two works.
MIKE KELLEY. Kandor 13
What do Batman and American artist Mike Kelley have in common? Kandor. In our film contribution, Albertina curator Elsy Lahner introduces the work "Kandor 13" by Mike Kelley.
MAX BECKMANN. Self-portrait in the Hotel. A picture-review by Gottfried Helnwein
In our film clip from the Albertina Museum in Vienna artist Gottfried Helnwein reviews Max Beckmann's work "Self-Portrait in a Hotel".
VALIE EXPORT. Body Sign Action
VALIE EXPORT is one of the most famous Austrian artists of post-war history. In our film feature, ALBERTINA MODERN chief curator Angela Stief outlines the art of VALIE EXPORT, based on her painting "Body Sign Action".
KIKI KOGELNIK. Outer Space
Angela Stief, chief curator of ALBERTINA MODERN, gives us an insight into the work of Kiki Kogelnik and her time, based on Kogelnik's work "OUTER SPACE".
EDGAR DEGAS. Sich waschende Frauen
Anlässlich der Albertina Ausstellung "Das Archiv der Träume aus dem Musée d'Orsay" spricht Albertina Direktor Klaus Albrecht Schröder über die meisterhaften Pastelle des Künstlers Edgar Degas.
EVA SCHLEGEL. Faszination Japan
Drei zeitgenössische österreichische Künstlerinnen aus drei Generationen, Margot Pilz, Eva Schlegel und Stephanie Pflaum, haben eigens für die Ausstellung "Faszination Japan." im Bank Austria Kunstforum Rauminstallationen zum Thema „Teehaus als Ort der Begegnung“ gestaltet.
Ein Interview mit der Künstlerin Eva Schlegel zu ihrer Intervention.
EIN WEGWEISER DURCH ZEITGENÖSSISCHE ABSTRAKTE MALEREI. Martha Jungwirth, abstrakte Figur und Natur
Direktor Florian Steininger von der Kunsthalle Krems leitet uns durch die zeitgenössische Kunsttheorie. Im aktuellen Beitrag spricht er über eine Arbeit der Oskar Kokoschka Preisträgerin Martha Jungwirth und über das Verhältnis von abstrakter Figur und Natur.
JIM DINE. Selbstporträts
Jim Dine hat Zeit seines Lebens Porträts von sich selbst angefertigt. Nun zeigt die Albertina eine Auswahl von 60 Werken aus einer 232 Selbstporträts umfassenden Schenkung an das Museum. Antonia Hoerschelmann, Kuratorin der Albertina, spricht im CastYourArt Interview über die Selbstporträts des amerikanischen Künstlers.
ALBRECHT DÜRER. Feldhase
Gemalt von Albrecht Dürer vor über fünfhundert Jahren, gilt der Feldhase noch heute als ein Meisterwerk der Zeichenkunst. Zu Hause ist er im Albertina Mueum in Wien. Wir haben Albertina Direktor Klaus Albrecht Schröder gebeten, uns mehr über dieses wunderbare Tier und seine Einzigartigkeit zu erzählen.
CLAUDE MONET. Der Seerosenteich
Albertina Direktor Klaus Albrecht Schröder im Interview über eines der zentralen Werke der Sammlung des Albertina Museums in Wien - Claude Monets Seerosenteich.
MARC CHAGALL. Der Spaziergang
Albertina Direktor Klaus Albrecht Schröder präsentiert in unserem neuesten Beitrag ein Bild von Marc Chagall, das wie kein anderes die Leichtigkeit zeigt, die Liebe für unsere Seele bedeuten kann.
LEE MILLER. In Hitlers Badewanne
Die Fotografin Lee Miller wurde mit 35 eine der wenigen weiblichen Kriegsfotografen und kam im zweiten Weltkrieg zusammen mit den Alliierten nach Deutschland. Dort fotografierte sie den Horror des Krieges und des Holocaust. Eine weltberühmte Aufnahme aus dieser Zeit zeigt sie in Hitlers Badewanne. Albertina Kurator Walter Moser über Lee Millers Werk dieser Zeit.
STEPHANIE PFLAUM. Faszination Japan
Drei zeitgenössische österreichische Künstlerinnen aus drei Generationen, Margot Pilz, Eva Schlegel und Stephanie Pflaum, haben eigens für die Ausstellung "Faszination Japan." im Bank Austria Kunstforum Rauminstallationen zum Thema „Teehaus als Ort der Begegnung“ gestaltet. Ein Interview mit der Künstlerin Stephanie Pflaum zu ihrer Intervention.
MARGOT PILZ. Fascination Japan
Three contemporary Austrian female artists of three generations, Margot Pilz, Eva Schlegel and Stephanie Pflaum, have produced sculptural interventions especially
EVA SCHLEGEL. SPACES
Starting on 1st of July 2018 the austrian artist and former venice biennal participant presents her in situ work at Dominikanerkirche Krems an exhibition space
A guide through contemporary abstract painting - Sean Scully and Neo-Constructivism
Director Florian Steininger from Kunsthalle Krems guides us through contemporary art theory. This time he talks about the Irish painter Sean Scully and gives
DOROTHEE GOLZ. Hohlwelten
Die Rauminstallation in der MQ ARTBOX in Wien zeigt transparente Hohlwelten der Künstlerin Dorothee Golz. Ein CastYourArt Film über ihre Rauminstallation.
Tobias Pils - Untitled
Kunsthalle Krems has reopened after a year of refurbishment, showing young art by Tobias Pils in the skylight hall of the museum. Pils shows a painting installation
Gottfried Helnwein - Of Painting
Gottfried Helnwein is doubtlessly one of the most prominent and controversial hyperrealist painters of our time. . Hyperrealist painting stands in contrast
Christian Doppler - To please Mankind and to its Benefit
The Doppler effect, named after the physicist from Salzburg, Christian Doppler, is well known, not only from physics class in school. The phenomenon for which Doppler found a physical explanation is observable in daily life as well, for example when a loud vehicle drives by, its sound being distorted when approaching and when moving away.
Vincent van Gogh - The Sower
The work of Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh, when he still lived in The Netherlands, was of a dark, often brown color. But when van Gogh went to France and got
Paul Delvaux - Landscape with Lanterns
"One of the most beautiful and touching pictures of our collection" - that is how Albertina-Director Klaus Albrecht Schröder values LANDSCAPE WITH LANTERNS
BALTHUS. Polaroids
Als Balthus weit über 80 war und den Zeichenstift nicht mehr gut halten konnte bediente er sich der Technik der Polaroids. In unserem Beitrag sprechen Bank Austria Kunstforum Direktorin Ingried Brugger und Chefkuratorin Evelyn Benesch zur Thematik der umstrittenen Polaroids des berühmten Künstlers.
Caspar David Friedrich - The Stages of Life
Caspar David Friedrich’s "Stages of Life" is one of the most famous artworks of the Romanticist painter. The journeys of human lives are symbolized by ships
Edvard Munch - The Scream
“I was walking along the road with two friends – the sun was setting – suddenly the sky turned blood red – I paused, feeling exhausted, and leaned on
Constantin Luser - From Inside of Time
Expanding from his enormous output of drawings, Constantin Luser has developed his ideas into the third dimension with his „spatial drawings“, made of wire and brass.
Lyonel Feininger - The Green Bridge I
"The Green Bridge I" is an artwork, which can be considered as prototypical for the works of the artist Lyonel Feininger. Ulrich Luckhardt, curator of the Albertina
Alfred Kubin - The Organ Grinder
"The Organ Grinder" is the first work, Alfred Kubin gave his artist-friend Lyonel Feininger as a present. Eva Michel, curator at museum Albertina in Vienna,
Monika Grzymala - Drawing Spatially. Vortex.
Monika Grzymala’s „spatial drawing“ unfolds in three dimensions, as an installation made of four kilometers of black tape. It is direct, concise and coherent
Rainer Prohaska - Drawing an Orange Line
While Monika Grzymala and other artists of the exhibition Drawing Now at the museum Albertina in Vienna transcend the two-dimensionality of drawing, Rainer
Alexander Steinwendtner - Georg Trakl Boulevard
Martin Heidegger called his oeuvre one single great poem, and Rilke was enthusiastic about the rhythm and wording of his verse. They were referring to Georg Trakl, one of the greatest poets in the German language.
STEPHANIE PFLAUM. Ein Ort aus Jetzten
Im tresor des Bank Austria Kunstforums in Wien ist bis zum 13. Juli 2014 eine große Installation der Künstlerin Stephanie Pflaum zu sehen. Das Kunstwerk im Porträt von CastYourart.
SOFIE THORSEN. Spielplastiken
Der Künstlerin Sofie Thorsen, geboren 1971 in Århus in Dänemark, widmet das Bank Austria Kunstforum vom 23. Mai bis zum 14. Juli 2013 eine Ausstellung im tresor. Ein CastYourArt Interview mit der Künstlerin und Heike Eipeldauer, Kuratorin der Ausstellung.
Kris Martin - Festum II
The Viennese Kunsthistorisches Museum shows in its second exhibition Festum II at the re-opened Theseus Temple a work by the Belgian artist Kris Martin.
Ugo Rondinone - wisdom? peace? blank? all of this?
The Viennese Kunsthistorisches Museum opened its exhibition series at Theseus Tempel at the Volksgarten with the swiss based artist Ugo Rondinone. CastYourArt
Tomak - PHANTOMAK
In the exhibition “PHANTOMAK” in the Vienna University of Technology, sculptures by the artist Tomak are presented to the public for the first time.
Fernando Botero - Abu Ghraib
On the occasion of the “Botero” exhibition in the Bank Austria Kunstforum, curator Dr. Evelyn benesch will speak about the artist’s Abu Ghraib series.
PHANTOMAK - The First Hit.
"The First Hit of PHANTOMAK: The Ear Problem. No Problem." Masquerade, demasquerade, illusion, delusion, covering, decovering, position, superposition, appearance,
Irene Andessner - Art Protectors
Irene Andessner resuscitates the Tableau vivant with “Art Protectors” in the Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna. The exhibition 'The Gold Age. Dutch Group
Esra Ersen- Interview with the artist at the tanzimat Exhibition
Esra Ersen is interested in the formation of identity and its transformation in different contexts or power structures. Her work "Carousel" shown in the exhibition
Gulsun Karamustafa - Interview with the artist at the tanzimat Exhibition
Gulsun Karamustafa is a contemporary artist and film maker from Turkey. In 2009 she was the artist in residence at the Augarten Contemporary in Vienna.
Franz Kapfer - Interview with the artist at the tanzimat Exhibition
Franz Kapfer is an artist from Austria. His interest lies in patterns of representation. In his work "Trophies" in exhibition tanzimat (Augarten Contemporary 21.
Johannes Deutsch - The Invisible Garden
What would a virtual world be like without computers? The artist Johannes Deutsch tries to make the answers to this question tangible through his art project,
MICHAEL MAIER. Künstlergeburtsmaschine
Gleich dem Spermium, das erfolgreich das Ei befruchtet, muss das Kunstwerk in einem fruchtbaren Milieu heranwachsen. Ein Kunstwerk des Künstlers Michael Maier im CastYourArt Porträt.
SIGNA – The Northern Complex Method
As the artistic duo SIGNA, Signa Soerensen and Arthur Koestler provide our world with replicas of itself. They install reproductions of the original, three-dimensional
Sweat – The Workshop
In Heinrich Kleist's essay, "On the Marionettentheater", a discussion takes place between a layman and the principal dancer of the city opera. The layman, impressed
Thomas Hirschhorn - The Eye
To flare up, to freak out, to lose it—to see red. Red stands for danger, the red stoplight, red stands for pain and suffering, the red flag, red stands for