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Contemporary Art in Vienna

Lots of contemporary art is on presentation in Vienna alongside Baroque opulence. The creative Austrian and international art scene has long since discovered Vienna as an exciting breeding ground for their creativity. Numerous museums, special exhibitions, trade fairs and festivals provide for the exciting enjoyment of art.

Nude of the painter with a tiger.

Maria Lassnig's body art

Maria Lassnig was one of the most important artists of the 20th century. To mark her 100th birthday, the Albertina is dedicating a retrospective to …

Some lamps in a room in front of a window

So much art in one city

Vienna serves up a packed program of events in the autumn of art: the Long Night of Museums, the art fair viennacontemporary, the gallery festival …

The world's best press photos

They are images that both touch and unsettle: Galerie WestLicht shows the world's best press photos again this year.

Convex & Concave, Op-Art

Vertigo, go, go!

Note: This exhibition can make you really dizzy! From the end of May, the mumok – Museum of Modern Art Ludwig Foundation Vienna will be dedicating a …

Noise Aquarium, interactive exhibition room

Beautiful new values: Vienna Biennale for Change 2019

The year 2019 is all about change. This year's Vienna Biennale even carries the word it in its name and shows how art, …

Street art in Vienna

Street Art | VIENNA/NOW Tours

Some of the best street artists in the world have immortalized themselves on many of Vienna's walls. Go on a Vienna street art tour.

Self-portrait with colored strip painted over the face.

Arnulf Rainer turns 90!

He is considered to be the co-founder of informal art in Austria and is one of the most influential artists of the present day: Arnulf Rainer …

Vienna Now

Dive into Vienna's art scene – with VIENNA / NOW

VIDEO: Experience the classics of art history and discover highlights of the avant-garde ...

mumok, Museum of Modern Art, exterior shot, "mumok" logo

mumok - Museum of Modern Art

The mumok - Museum of Modern Art Ludwig foundation Vienna in the MuseumsQuartier focuses its attention on the art of the 20th and 21st …

Kunsthalle Wien

Kunsthalle Wien

The Kunsthalle Wien presents a very high standard of contemporary art in the MuseumsQuartier and at Karlsplatz. Art-lovers visiting Vienna will not want to …

Exterior shot of Belvedere 21

Belvedere 21

The Belvedere 21 museum is not only highly interesting from an architectural point of view, but is also intensively engaged in Austrian art of the 20th and …

The Secession Museum

Secession

In 1897, Gustav Klimt and a number of other artists quit the conservative Künstlerhaus and founded a new art association called the Secession. The building of the …

MAK - Austrian Museum of Applied Arts/Contemporary Art

MAK - Museum for Applied Arts

Design is one of the main features of MAK. The museum shows furniture, glass, china, silver, and textiles from the Middle Ages to the present …

My perfect Day in Vienna

Isa's "Perfect Day in Vienna"

Accompany Street Art artist Isa (27) with an interactive video.

Christian

MYPERFECTDAY in Vienna

Spend a contemporary day in Vienna with Christian, Artist.

Exhibition view with a work by Claes Oldenburg

Contemporary Vienna

Vienna is not only imperial but also contemporary. This is proved by numerous institutions showing contemporary art.

OstLicht

Photos in the WestLicht and OstLicht

Eight hundred valuable historic cameras and special cameras as well as outstanding photographic works are being shown by the …

Ankerbrotfabrik

Art in the Bread Factory

The former Ankerbrotfabrik (Anker Bread Factory) in the 10th district is home to numerous institutions of contemporary art.

Exhibition view

MUSA Museum Start Gallery Artothek

MUSA hosting the collection of the Cultural Department of the City of Vienna, presents contemporary Austrian art with free admission.

Memorial of the Austrian Jewish Victims of the Shoah by Rachel Whiteread

Art in the public domain

Works of art can not only be seen in Vienna’s museums and galleries. Many corners of the city are dotted with art in the public domain – from …

Art installation by Anton Lehmden at the U3 station Volkstheater

Art in the Subway

Vienna’s subway (or U-Bahn) is the fastest way to get from A to B. But if you choose to spend a little more time underground in the stations, you might …

Interior shot of art gallery

From Vienna’s galleries

A tour of Vienna’s gallery scene is a journey through time spanning many centuries. It takes in everything from contemporary painting and Jugendstil …

The Yellow Fog light spectacle at the headquarters of Verbund in Am Hof.

Yellow Fog – light spectacle

The artist Olafur Eliasson has created a breathtaking light installation on the facade of the Verbund-Zentrale at the Am Hof square in the old …