In our conversation in his studio in Vienna, Franz Türtscher reflects on his early fascination with images, concrete art principles, and the ideas of openness, transformation, and intuition.
On 20 and 21 May 2026, Creative Days Vienna will once again bring together leading international creative professionals for a diverse program of talks, tours, performances, and networking.
The artist’s fascination with kissaten, a unique Japanese coffeehouse culture inspired by traditional Viennese and Parisian cafés, dates back to her time as an exchange student at Tokyo Geidai.
With the curator of Vienna Digital Cultures Festival, Nadim Samman, on “Alone or Together,” the 2026 edition of VDC. The opening takes place on May 21, 2026, at FOTO ARSENAL WIEN.
The 2026 edition will host 185 physical and 20 online exhibitors from over 40 countries. Since its launch in 2016, the fair has steadily grown into a platform for publishing and zine culture.
Drawing on the spheres between public and private space, Reiter turns her attention to questions of belonging, access, and control: Who can move freely, and what separates public from private?
Welcoming us into his studio in Vienna, artist Roman Pfeffer reflects on the “I” perspective, measurement, abstraction, and earlier works, on the occasion of his solo exhibition at the gezwanzig gallery.
Ihre Praxis erstreckt sich über unterschiedliche Medien wie Textil, Malerei und Installation und ist stets geprägt von intensiven Farbkompositionen sowie einer intuitiven Formensprache.
Cultural production on stages, in galleries, and in studios is transforming. Technologies are bringing about lasting changes in how creative work is produced, distributed, and financed.
In the context of Klima Biennale Wien 2026, the exhibition program “Immediate Matters. Speak We Must We Must Speak” was curated in collaboration with and hosted by ten independent spaces.
Was in Österreich an Kunst gesammelt wird, bleibt oft im Verborgenen. Ab Mai wird sich dies ändern: 14 Sammler:innen treten mit ihren Sammlungen gemeinsam an die Öffentlichkeit.
Kunst trifft Klima und erobert bis zum 10. Mai die Stadt – in der Festivalzentrale im KunstHausWien, im öffentlichen Raum und an weiteren rund 60 Orten in ganz Wien.
With Anne Faucheret, Curator of this year’s edition of “Immediate Matters,” about the exhibition program titled “Speak We Must We Must Speak,” which will take place in ten independent art
Magdalena Herzog’s paintings explore themes of intimacy and the violence that lies beneath the surface. Drawing often serves as the starting point of her process, capturing a thought or a memory.
The exhibition „still (a little life),“ curated by Barbara Horvath, with works by Judith Eisler, Neven Allgeier, and Pakui Hardware, is on view until the 11th of April. 2026 in The Hall.
From 29 to 31 May 2026, with the opening day on 28 May 2026, the Independent Space Index once again invites visitors to discover Vienna’s diverse and vibrant independent art scene.
Will-o’-the-wisp refers to a soft, flickering light appearing in swamps or wetlands, historically interpreted as an illusion, omen, or wonder. Something not graspable, a brief moment, a light in the dark.
‘Geometrische Gefühle’ by Sabine Aichhorn at Hollerei Galerie is on view until 29 March. The series of her newest works in various formats presents the artist’s emotional states through forms.
His solo exhibition ‚Diffractions‘ is on view at Ggezwanzig gallery in Vienna until March 27; we spoke with Parsa Khalili about his balance between architecture practice and painting.
Protest, fashion history, training equipment, resistance, the search for identity, and the cultural circulation of images. Chalisée Naamani’s ‘Octogone‘ is currently on view at Kunsthalle Wien.
Melanie Thöni (*1998, Zams) is a Vienna-based painter whose work moves between color and form and Northern Alpine motifs, exploring tradition, everyday life, homeland, and female heroines.
Die Angewandte lädt zur Ausstellung der Abschlussarbeiten ein – mit Dialogführungen, Performances, einem Sound-Programm und der Abschlusslesung der Sprachkunst.
Julia Zastava is a multidisciplinary artist working with drawing, installation, sound, text, and performance, exploring transitions, narrative questions, misplaced shadows, and collapsing intentions.
“At a Close Distance,” a solo show by Austrian artist Arnold Reinthaler, runs until 23 January 2026 at gezwanzig gallery, Vienna. We discuss his process and time in his 30-year practice.
At Smart Fox Gallery, Martini revisits “The Happiness of Others“, exploring Vienna, memory, trauma, and moral ambiguity, with dreamlike softness and fluid, shifting narratives.
Adam Man is a multidisciplinary artist creating immersive environments exploring body, land, and poetry. He shares insights into his process behind Reforest, presented at brut Vienna.
Adam Man inszeniert Landschaften wie Theater. In „Reforest“ widmet er sich einem klimageschädigten Wald, den er mit Judith Hamann und Michiyasu Furutani besuchte und dokumentierte.
Zwischen Humor und Analyse: Die österreichische Künstlerin Assunta Abdel Azim Mohamed arbeitet mit Kugelschreiber und Tusche und spricht über Entwicklung, Einflüsse und Spiritualität.
We discussed epistemology, process speed and awakening with Sophie von Hellermann. Her large painting „Get Your Head Around It“ curves around Kunsthalle Wien until March 29, 2026.