On the occasion of Gottfried Helnwein’s 75th birthday, the ALBERTINA presents a comprehensive exhibition of his works from the last three decades. In each of his paintings, Helnwein, the artist born in Vienna in 1948, raises an indictment against cruelty and ruthlessness as well as the horrors of fascism.
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The new world is devoid of humour. People are being axed left, right and centre. Replacing real people with self-driving buses, fully automated supermarket checkouts and airline phone lines is like a lottery win. And now artificial intelligence? Soon, machines will be able to do everything, even generate deceptively authentic articles. Does this mean the end of all certainty? The end of all jobs?
Inspired by the digital revolution and in response to an increasing scarcity of resources, Austrian designer and entrepreneur Gregor Pirouzi has developed a new creative concept based on the fair share principle for the textile industry that breaks with linear systems and establishes fair partnerships between the creative industry and its producers…
Travelling always involves planning. A lot of it. Where are we going? What do we want to do? What do we want to see? Where’s best to grab a coffee, snack, lunch, dinner, drinks? There are too many questions for someone who loves to explore and see new places but hates the planning part of it – the endless scrolling through Instagram and TikTok to find the latest hotspots. So, I asked ChatGPT…
For the fifth consecutive year, the digital and physical design platform Isola joins the Dutch Design Week 2023 taking place in Eindhoven (Netherlands) from October 21st to 29th, 2023, and presents two main exhibitions inspired by Isola’s theme of this year, Nothing Happens if Nothing Happens..
Welcome to the “NILS am See”, a hotel where you would prefer to stay forever. In spring 2023, this unique boutique hotel opened in Weiden am See, offering an exclusive feel-good atmosphere throughout Austria. The unique atmosphere of the “NILS am See” was created by the interior designers of Mezza—Maiso .
Louis Vuitton zelebriert die Kunst des Reisens seit 1854 und bricht in diesem Herbst erneut zu neuen Horizonten auf, mit der Veröffentlichung von drei weiteren Titeln der Fashion Eye Reihe von Fotobüchern: Wien von Stefanie Moshammer, Hongkong von Frank Horvat und Deauville von Omar Victor Diop. Wie bei den vorangegangenen Titeln zeigt jedes Buch ein Land, eine Region, eine Stadt oder einen Ort mit den Augen eines Modefotografen…
Max Weißenböck from MAM Vienna hangs himself on a cross on Vienna’s Stephansplatz for 24 hours. That sounds provocative? It is!
From 2001 we work with different media such as photography, performance, video and installation exploring the concepts of history and memory and landscapes on the border between amnesia and cancellation, between reconstruction and repression “with a provocative approach always played on the thin border between irony and parody, between displacement and visual and semantic ‘detournement’ “.
Louis Vuitton launches the Tambour Moon Flying Tourbillon Kaleidoscope – a limited edition of the highest watchmaking art. The new watch combines the traditional craftsmanship of Cloisonné-Emaille with an artistic reinterpretation of the monogram flower. To bring the extraordinary kaleidoscope to life, Louis Vuitton chose a unique flying tourbillon caliber made entirely at the Fabrique du Temps Louis Vuitton.
The seventh edition of the Festival del Paesaggio di Anacapri kicks off: from Sept. 9 to Nov. 5, 2023, the event conceived and curated by Arianna Rosica and Gianluca Riccio returns to enliven the evocative spaces of the Fondazione Axel Munthe – Villa San Michele and various public places in the historic center of Anacapri, Capri…
Louis Vuitton is proud to present Creating Infinity: Yayoi Kusama x Louis Vuitton that marks the culmination of an unprecedented collaboration with world-renowned artist Yayoi Kusama. Through its pages Creating Infinity invites readers to immerse themselves in the artistic works of the groundbreaking artist and the revolutionary fashion collection she designed, as they journey across the fundamental artistic themes that inspired the collaboration with Louis Vuitton…
From October 13th to November 13th, Gallery at the Albertina ▪ Zetter dedicates a representative overview of the extensive artistic oeuvre spanning six decades to the universal artist Christian Ludwig Attersee…
Artistic Director of Jewelry and Watches for Louis Vuitton, Francesca Amfitheatrof brings a new perspective to the ancient art of jewelry design creating revolutionary collections for the Maison. Operating in the heart of Paris, she approaches each of them following a theme, as a storyteller would approach a novel, but written in the oldest materials on our planet – diamonds, coloured stones and golds…
In 2023, to mark Serpenti’s 75th anniversary, Bulgari launched an international artistic initiative called Serpenti Factory, focusing on the snake as an endless source of creative inspiration. Their approach encompasses many aspects of the emblem, from heritage to craftsmanship, to multi-sensory technologies and the advertising campaign celebrating the 75th anniversary of the motif, linking past, present and future…
The master of the Renaissance: Michelangelo is one of that handful of artists whose fame has remained unbroken for centuries. Although his art and ideals are deeply rooted in the thinking of his time – the heyday of the Renaissance and the advancing 16th century – the impact of his art extends to the present day.
From the roots of a majestic Amazonian tree to the cells inside our bodies and the galaxies above, everything is connected. London-based experimental art collective Marshmallow Laser Feast (MLF) will illuminate these hidden connections beyond our everyday perception, in a world premiere exhibition at ACMI this summer, from 23 November 2023 – 14 April 2024.
ALBERTINA MODERN’s major fall exhibition is dedicated to outstanding artists from both countries. However, it does not focus on the long history that connects us, but allows important collection positions of the ALBERTINA to enter into an exciting dialogue in a direct juxtaposition – for example Maria Lassnig with Georg Baselitz, Arnulf Rainer with Gerhard Richter, Franz West with Sigmar Polke.