Preview VIENNAFAIR

Vernissage VIENNAFAIR

“After-Vernissage”-opening party VIENNAFAIR

The ‘Rinderhalle’ was erected in 1879 as part of St Marx cattle market and is thought to have been Vienna’s first ever wrought iron construction. First used for events during the 1975 Vienna Festival Weeks it has since been revitalised and this edificial gem is now a protected building. In keeping with this tradition the venue is to host this year’s VIENNAFAIR ‘After Vernissage Party’.

Shuttle-service from ‘Messe Wien’ to ‘Rinderhalle St. Marx’, departure 21.15

Jewish Museum Memorial ("Mahnmal") by Rachel Whiteread and Installation of Memory by Nancy Spero

Meeting Point: Museum Judenplatz, Judenplatz 8, 1010 Vienna

The memorial to the 65,000 exterminated Austrian Jews was designed by the british artist Rachel Whiteread. It is a reinforced concrete cube, whose sides look like the shelves of a library turned inside out. On the plinth surrounding the memorial are the names of the sites where Austrian Jews died during the Nazi regime.

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“Prince Eugene - general-philosopher and art lover”
Guided tour with Georg Lechner, expert of the baroque era

Prince Eugene - general-philosopher and art lover
Of Italian descent and a native French, Prince Eugene of Savoy (1663–1736), following his meteoric rise and splendid career as a military leader, became one of the most influential Austrians who
had a long-lasting impact on the country’s fate and its art and cultural history. As a diplomat and counsel to the emperors Leopold I, Joseph I, and Charles VI, he travelled across Europe from one theatre of war to the next, playing a decisive role in determining the future of the House of Habsburg. In 2010, the Vienna Belvedere, with its two palaces and Baroque gardens built by Johann Lucas von Hildebrandt in the early eighteenth century as a summer residence for Prince Eugene of Savoy, will be the venue of an exhibition presenting the prince as a general, statesman, and patron of the arts and sciences.

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MUMOK “Pictures about Pictures” – Discursive painting from Albers to Zobernig from the Daimler Art Collection

Guided tour by Renate Wiehager, curator of the Daimler Art Collection

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Leopold Museum - Exhibition „Hidden treasures of Austrian Watercolour painting“

Reception and guided tour by Dr. Rudolf Leopold of the exhibition, featuring selected works by Egon Schiele, Gustav Klimt, Rudolf von Alt and many more.

To celebrate the 85th birthday of Professor Dr. Rudolf Leopold, who founded the Leopold Museum together with his wife, Dr. Elisabeth Leopold, the museum will be mounting a special exhibition featuring a selection of approximately 200 of these precious watercolors.

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Katalogpräsentation im Kunstraum Niederösterreich und Führung durch die aktuelle Ausstellung

departure presents: curated by_ vienna 2010 “art&film”

20 artists curating exhibitions in 20 galleries

Diashow with Christian Egger on the decks

BAWAG Contemporary
Franz Josefs Kai 3
1010 Wien
www.bawagcontemporary.at

Lost in Bass
electronic music (House, Minimal, Techno)
DJ Okim (Lost in Bass) & Friends
digital movieloops: FreakA (Lost in Bass)

"Lost in Bass" Events are also referred to as "feel-well-club“, the primary aim is to create a pleasant atmosphere, for dancing or chating to electronic music (minimal, house, techno). FreakA and Okim act as host, they see the various locations (Volksgarten Pavillion and Garage-X) as their Garden, or extended living room. The digital movieloops which are generated according to the Music by FreakA, create a unique 'Lost in Bass' ambience.

THE PRINCE AS COLLECTOR
New acquisitions under Hans-Adam II von und zu Liechtenstein

Guided tour

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„MARKUS LÜPERTZ. Metamorphoses of World History“

Guided tour

Guided Tour Markus Lüpertz, Metamorphoses of World History Based on a selection of various thematic groups from different phases of the artist’s career, the exhibition explores Markus Lüpertz’ fascinating production process. The show also focuses on the artist’s monumental works on paper for the first time. These works not only fathom central subjects in Lüpertz’ development as an artist, but also radiate a particularly original intensity and expressiveness springing from their specific materiality and haptic quality.

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Collection Martin Lenikus, Bauernmarkt 1, 1010 Vienna

Breakfast and guided tour

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Arnulf Rainer Museum - "Architecture of the Frauenbad" and  exhibition "Early works by Arnulf Rainer".

Meeting Point: VIENNAFAIR FOYER / Vip Counter - departure: 16.00

Guided tour by  Dr. Roswitha Straihammer. Afterwards the Arnulf Rainer Museum will host a wine tasting.

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Art Critics Awards - Awarding

presented by basis wien and kunstwerft
afterwards live conzert: La Stampa

Sammlung Bernhard und Elisabeth Hainz
Private view

Meeting point: Kanzlei CMS  Reich-Rohrwig Hainz Rechtsanwälte Gmbh; Ebendorferstr. 3, 1010 Vienna

The collection comprises a wide range of paintings from Austrian post-war works to international and Austrian contemporary art. The emphasis of the collectors is focused on paintings. The contemporary part of the collection can be seen at the office of the Viennese law firm CMS Reich-Rohrwig Hainz. The collection does not claim to give a complete overview of all the different styles but rather understands itself as a passionate and personal selection, focussing on specific contemporary and recent positions.

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“tanzimat”
Guided tour with Ina Mertens and breakfast. The artists will be present.

In parallel to the large-scale Prince Eugene exhibition at the Lower Belvedere, Augarten Contemporary presents the show tanzimat. Artists from Turkey, Bulgaria, Romania, and Austria
address specific aspects of their respective histories of expansion and repression, as well as strategies of cultural appropriation and difference.

The term “tanzimat” comes from the Turkish language, meaning reorganization or arrangement.

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Augarten Contemporary
Scherzgasse 1a
1020 Wien

"Living and working in Vienna III" - guided tour by director Gerald Matt.

Living and working in Vienna III

In spring 2010, the Kunsthalle Wien will continue its exhibition series Living and working in Vienna by presenting a third overview, which will once more draw attention to Vienna’s manifold, original, critical, and open art scene. Like for the two exhibitions before, it has again been possible to win an international team of female curators which will map Vienna as a territory of art for the show.

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Bernhard Cella
Does text inspire me?

Artists read self chosen texts.
32 different perceptions and interpretations.
A reading performance.

With contributions by: Tina Bepperling, Franz Blaas, Michael Blum, Max Böhme, Gilbert Bretterbauer, Georgia Creimer, Emanuel Danesch, Heinrich Dunst, Sylvia Eckermann, Tomas Eller, Marina Faust, Thomas Geiger, Hanako Geierhos, Christine und Irene Hohenbüchler, Nicolas Jasmin, Annja Krautgasser, Heiko Kremer, Christian Kobald, Moussa Kone, Werner Moser, Elisabeth Penker, Lisl Ponger, Wendelin Pressl, Andreas Reiter Raabe, Almut Rink, Corinna Rusch, Leo Schatzl, Axel Stockburger, Maja Vukoje, Christof Weber, a.o.

VIENNAFAIR party at KUNSTHALLE Wien

with performance program and lectures

Lost in Bass
electronic music (House, Minimal, Techno)
DJ Okim (Lost in Bass) & Friends
digital movieloops: FreakA (Lost in Bass)

"Lost in Bass" Events are also referred to as "feel-well-club“, the primary aim is to create a pleasant atmosphere, for dancing or chating to electronic music (minimal, house, techno). FreakA and Okim act as host, they see the various locations (Volksgarten Pavillion and Garage-X) as their Garden, or extended living room. The digital movieloops which are generated according to the Music by FreakA, create a unique 'Lost in Bass' ambience.

Garage-X
Petersplatz 1
1010 Wien
www.garage-x.at

The Hidden Corners of Vienna´s First District - walking tour by Duncan Smith, author of „Only in Vienna. A Guide to Hidden Corners, Little-Known Places and Unusual Objects”.

Meeting Point: 10.45 Hotel De France, Schottenring 3, 1010 Vienna

A rare opportunity to join historian and author Duncan J. D. Smith on a unique walking tour based on his best-selling guidebook Only in Vienna. Many less well-known locations are featured, each of which speaks eloquently about the city's rich history – but without the usual crowds. Exploring Vienna from this unusual perspective guarantees a sense of discovery – and a more indelible memory to take home. (Duration: approximately 2.5 hours)

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Hotel De France,
Schottenring 3
1010 Wien

Panel discussion: Making Artists

Podium: Georg Kargl (Galerie Kargl/Vienna), Gabriele Schober (Raum für Junge Kunst/Vienna), Christiane Krejs (Kunstraum Niederösterreich/Vienna), Carl Aigner (Landesmuseum Niederösterreich/St. Pölten), Erwin Wurm (artist/Wien), Christina Starzer (artist/St. Pölten), Erwin Melchardt (art critic)

(presented bylower austria contemporary - Landesmuseum Niederösterreich ) at VIENNAFAIR

Panel discussion (EN) – presented by departure wirtschaft, kunst und kultur gmbh

Where are we now? A Conversation with AA Bronson

Renowned Canadian artist AA Bronson will address questions of the agency of artwork dealing with AIDS and its corollary with queer identity.

Moderation: Frank Wagner, Curator, Berlin

departure Lounge, VIENNAFAIR, Messe Wien, hall A, stand A0100