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 →
Martin Tardy – Totally Asynchronous!
Large Asynchronous 2... Not so simple... Have you ever tried drawing a realistic portrait using…
The BMW 327/28: An Auto-Biography
The BMW 327/28 Sports Convertible is a true masterclass in softly flowing elegance and undoubtedly…
Magic Colours
The Tribal Art auction in June features three magnificent African masks from the collection of Carlo Monzino, who was as passionate as collector of contemporary works as he was of African art. The…
Fundamentally not an ornament – the Bauhaus
The idea of bringing together arts and crafts reached a new peak in the German Bauhaus movement. The timelessness of the style is still popular and resonates a century later, as pieces…
Jewellery from the House of Savoy
Jewellery with pedigree The noble knight Prince Eugen is well known to every Austrian. His descendance from the House Savoy is no secret either – Eugen’s family history leads us from Italy,…
Sacred Spring of Art: Wiener Moderne
The upcoming Art Nouveau auction on 30 May 2018 at Dorotheum gives an insight into the work of great “Wiener Moderne” artists, such as Josef Hoffmann, Koloman Moser, Otto Wagner, Dagobert Peche…
Emilio Vedova and the Informel
In Europe, the beginnings of abstraction in art can be found in Informalism, with artists processing the unconscious expressively in form and colour. Two works by Emilio Vedova, an important representative of…
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…
