Prized both as gems and as healing stones, aquamarines go back a long way in… Read More →
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A singular œuvre that transcends image and painting: With his iconic Übermalungen and powerful self-portraits,… Read More →
Is there anything in Vienna apart from Mozart, Sissi and Schönbrunn? Of course there is!… Read More →
Jewellery from the House of Savoy
Jewellery with pedigree The noble knight Prince Eugen is well known to every Austrian. His…
Sacred Spring of Art: Wiener Moderne
The upcoming Art Nouveau auction on 30 May 2018 at Dorotheum gives an insight into…
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…
Church of St. Leopold: Otto Wagner & Kolo Moser
Modern Saints Kolo Moser died in 1918, the same year as his colleague and artist friend Otto Wagner. A hundred years later, four design sketches that Kolo Moser created for the glass…
The Gianni Colombo Collection
Collecting art Outstanding works of art from the collection of Gianni Colombo, a prominent Italian artist and representative of kinetic art, will be auctioned at Dorotheum on the 16th and 17th of…
Lucio Fontana: Third Dimension
Space-giving Art In his work Lucio Fontana pursues the fundamental artistic idea of merging architecture, painting and sculpture. In his quest for a new special art from that overcomes the limitations of…
Women artists in late Renaissance Italy
The appearance of women artists in late Renaissance Italy caused wonder and amazement. During the late Italian Renaissance women artists made a prominent appearance and Dorotheum´s sale of Old Master paintings on…
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…
