Vienna for Art’s Sake!

Belvedere, Vienna, 27 February – 31 May 2015 For a period of three months, contemporary art will pervade the glamorous ambience of Prince Eugene of Savoy’s former residence within the framework of the exhibition Vienna for Art’s Sake!. Having been invited by designer and creator Peter Noever, thirteen prominent contemporary artists will enter into a […]

Frederick Kiesler: Artist, Architect, Visionary

Austrian Cultural Forum Budapest, 23 February – 2 April 2015 According to the 125th birth anniversary of Friedrich Kiesler Austrian architect and designer the Austrian Cultural Forum and the Austrian Friedrich Lillian Kiesler Foundation jointly presents an exhibition on Kiesler’s oeuvre. The exhibition enriched by accompanying programs organized by the MOME and the Design Terminal.

Fent és lent

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Gyökerek és ágak

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Ways to Modernism

Josef Hoffmann, Adolf Loos, and Their Impact MAK, Vienna, 17 December 2014 – 19 April 2015 The exhibition presents a contrasting selection of works from two pioneers of Modernism, complete with historical background and examples of their impact extending up to the present day. Josef Hoffmann (1870–1956) and Adolf Loos (1870–1933) were the most important […]

Small overview 2014

Monument restoration in Pest County The booklet listed 46 major reconstruction work from Pest County. Twenty large-scale or partial restoration offers detailed informations about the circumstances of the restoration, the history of the buildings and the cultural and historical significance of the projects.

A to Z

The World of Isay Weinfeld Az Wien, 18 December 2014 – 23 February 2015 Isay Weinfeld is not only among the most sought-after contemporary Brazilian architects but is also successful in the areas of exhibition design, stage set, furniture and object design and, in particular, as a film-maker. Like no-one else he has succeeded in […]

From Sade to Duchamp

Two Exhibitions in Paris Sade. Attacking the Sun Musée d’Orsay, Paris, 14 October 2014 – 25 January 2015 Donatien Alphonse François de Sade (1740–1814) completely transformed the history of both literature and the arts, first as an underground writer, and later by becoming a veritable legend in his lifetime. The Divin Marquis’s work is a […]

Viollet-le-Duc, Visionary Archaeologist

Cité de l’architecture et du patrimoine, Paris, 20 November 2014 – 9 March 2015 On the occasion of the 200th anniversary of the birth of Eugène Viollet-le-Duc (1814-1879), this retrospective exhibition presents the unique work of this great architect, theorist and restaurateur, founder of the Museum of Comparative Sculpture whose museum of French Monuments is […]

Viennese Hagenbund – The Network of the Modern

Unteres Belvedere, 11 October 2014 – 1 February 2015 Text: György SzegÅ‘ Active in Vienna between 1900 and 1938, a group of artists managed to stand well above daily politics. Its members were not only from Austria: many Hungarian, Czech, Slovenian and Polish artists kept in touch with each other after the disintegration of the […]