The monumental installations erected by Christo and Jeanne-Claude in public spaces around the globe left… Read More →
Pierre-Auguste Renoir Paysage à Cagnes, 1898 oil on canvas, 30 x 38 cm, estimate €220,000… Read More →
To mark Breguet’s 250th anniversary, an exceptional example of the famous French watchmaker’s art will… Read More →
Diamonds have fascinated us for thousands of years. They are celebrated as the hardest natural… Read More →
Michael Young: game of chance
DESIGN FIRST - 20 JUNE 2017 Michael Young is one of the most exciting designers…
Informalism: sheer spontaneity
Informalism, or art informel, takes centre stage at Dorotheum's contemporary art auction on 31 May. Informalism a.k.a.…
Erwin Wurm: interview on art
With his One Minute Sculptures, which he calls the decisive moment of his career, Erwin Wurm has imbued the term ‘sculpture’ with a performative dimension. Together with Brigitte Kowanz, he represents Austria at the…
Brigitte Kowanz: light as a metaphor for life
Brigitte Kowanz takes a distinctive position regarding her international ranking in the most recent history of art. Since the 1980s, light as a medium, which she explores in relation to space and…
ZERO: white is a colour
Besides gold and silver, white was the ZERO artists‘ most favoured colour. White, above all else, epitomised the group‘s guiding ambition: The societal utopia of a new dawn. BY PETRA SCHÄPERS White is…
Tano Festa – Michelangelo as a pop star
Mona Lisa on chocolate: Alongside Mario Schifano, Tano Festa was one of the most eminent protagonists of the Roman scene in the 1960s and 1970s, the “Scuola di Piazza del Popolo”. Among…
Turi Simeti: in praise of the ellipse
Turi Simeti in conversation with Federico Sardella, co-editor with Antonio Addamiano and the Turi Simeti Archive of the Catalogue raisonné, soon to be published by Skira, discusses his art, its form, colour…
Modern Art
Carla Accardi & Piero Dorazio: Art, Freedom, Innovation
Works of art from the Italian avant-garde have long been among the highlights of Dorotheum‘s Contemporary Art auctions. Two canvases by Carla Accardi and Piero Dorazio demonstrate the vitality and innovative power…
