A coded letter from Maria Theresa which will be up for sale on 17th December… Read More →
On the 12 December 2024, Fritz Muliar would have turned 105 years old. On that… Read More →
Prized both as gems and as healing stones, aquamarines go back a long way in… Read More →
What do art and clubbing have in common? They open doors to a world beyond… Read More →
LEGENDS AND NEWCOMERS – Contemporary Week at Dorotheum
Andy Warhol (1928–1987), Man Ray, 1974, acrylic and silkscreen ink on canvas, 101 x 101 cm, €300,000 –…
Susanne Bisovsky: Viennese chic at heart
Susanne Bisovsky’s œuvre is at once completely Viennese and entirely independent, rooted in the Austrian…
Franzobel: A Basket Case
We continue with myArt MAGAZINE’s regular literary series in which renowned Austrian writers are commissioned to write a new work, inspired by an object or artwork currently for sale at Dorotheum. In…
Blooming glory
Spring is here and as chance would have it, Dorotheum is auctioning more than a dozen floral paintings in May 2022. The pictures reflect various changes in painting over the course of…
Jakob Lena Knebl & Ashley Hans Scheirl at the Venice Biennale
SEDUCE AND PERSUADE Jakob Lena Knebl & Ashley Hans Scheirl are the closest Vienna gets to having its own Gilbert & George. They are regarded as Austria’s hottest cultural export of the…
A Lost Penitent Magdalen by Titian
A lost Titian, once part of the celebrated collections of Christina, Queen of Sweden (1629-1689) and Philippe II, Duke of Orléans (1674-1723) is included in Dorotheum's sale of Old Master Paintings on 11th…
Chronographs – innovative timekeepers
What does car racing have in common with the moon landing? Answer: fast vehicles and a high level of interest in recording processes precisely! In 1815, the French watchmaker Louis Moinet constructed…
Modern Art
20 years of VIENNA ART WEEK
Is there anything in Vienna apart from Mozart, Sissi and Schönbrunn? Of course there is! When it comes to art, VIENNA ART WEEK and its Artistic Director, Robert Punkenhofer, have been trying…
