VIENNAFAIR is considered as the most important art fair for contemporary art in Austria. Hanna Nitsch, Aaron-Block (2009) The sixth edition of VIENNAFAIR (May 6-9, 2010) was aiming to strengthen Vienna's posit...

VIENNA ART WEEK 09

2009.11.27　 Text: Daniel Kalt

In a way, the art world is a creative business just like any other – we can think of design, film, theatre, fashion etc. –, at least where it comes to the necessity of joining forces in order to gain visibility and at...

CULTURAL CAPITAL LINZ09

2009.9.10　 Text: Daniel Kalt

In 2009, Linz will be a capital of culture and a host within Europe. A motto frequently associated with Linz, the capital of the province of Upper Austria and the country's third largest city, is the short rhyme In...

VIENNAFAIR 2009

2009.5.13　 Text: Daniel Kalt

As capitals and "second cities" all over the globe struggle for recognition as creative hubs, Vienna has one very important asset to count on. Situated at the heart of Central Europe, the Austrian capital does well in...

DIAGONALE 2009

2009.3.12　 Text: Daniel Kalt

Now in its eleventh year, Diagonale is the festival of Austrian film and attracts everybody who is somebody in Austrian film-making to the the country's second biggest city for five days. One can only agree with the n...

VIENNA ART WEEK 08

2008.11.22　 Text: Daniel Kalt

Audacious art venture in Austria. Excuse us, but has anybody ever given the pitiable flock of art lovers, fashionistas and design aficionados a caring thought? With fashion, art and design weeks popping up like mus...

VIENNA FORUM TO FIGHT HUMAN TRAFFICKING

2008.3.11　 Text: Christina Merl

There’s increasing political talk about “sex workers”. Front-page articles deal with prostitution, sexual violence and even murder. But while listening to our politicians and reading the stories in our newspapers, ca...

BLICKFANG WIEN 2007

2008.1.25　 Text: Christina Merl

Design freaks like myself gathered at the opening of the fourth Blickfang, an international furniture fair in the Vienna MAK, in October. Food-Bowl by Pulpo Blickfang is a progressive platform for young intern...

LUXURY PLEASE

2007.12.14　 Text: Christina Merl

Luxury and beauty shows are en vogue. There are the ones for “the bold and the beauty”, such as Luxury please in Vienna’s Hofburg Imperial Palace; and there are the ones for the “mainstream”, such as La Donna in Vienn...

YOUNG ART AUCTION: A SYMBIOSIS OF ART AND INDUSTRY

2007.8.27　 Text: Christina Merl

A handful of industrial Austrian players are trying to find new forms of art sponsoring to promote young and talented artists. And they seem to be truly innovative in doing so: A pilot project initiated by Artware, Ju...

VIENNA JAZZ FESTIVAL 2006

2006.7.5　 Text: Christina Merl

After a few extremely hot and muggy weeks Vienna still won't cool down. Thought it's been raining all day Viennese jazz fans can feel the heat again tonight at the opening of the 16th edition of the legendary Vienna J...

CSI OTTAKRING: SUPER SPECIAL AGENT UZGUR AND HIS TWO ASSISTANTS

2006.6.5　 Text: Christina Merl

When Super Special Agent Uzgur, a dutiful civil servant whose ambitious goal in life is to fight against racism, sex and crime in Vienna's district of Ottakring and whose grim day-to-day adventures include broken coff...