Impossible to pigeonhole: Maria Lassnig (1919–2014)
Late appreciation, great success and a book tip Works by Maria Lassnig are currently in…
Vienna Art Week 2015
All Vienna will be about VIENNA ART WEEK from 16-22 November 2015.
Mayerling: Crown Prince Rudolf and Mary Vetsera
A chance find helped give unexpected insight into the Mayerling Incident: in summer 2015, Mary Vetsera’s hitherto unknown original farewell letters resurfaced in the vault of a prominent Viennese private bank and were…
Giuseppe Uncini: autonomy of matter
Two works from different creative phases provide insight into the œuvre of the Italian artist Giuseppe Uncini, who sought in his struggle for space to restored the original meanings of objects. After achieving…
Gemstones: flowering splendour in the Museum of Natural History
Extraordinary precious stones from an important part of great international collections. Astrid Fialka-Herics, head of the Dorotheum Clocks and Jewellery Department, presents her favorite piece of jewellery from the world’s great museums.…
Franz Xaver Messerschmidt: bizarre heads
Franz Xaver Messerschmidt and his unique œuvre shine in the latest volume of the “Belvedere Werkverzeichnisse”, a series of catalogues raisonnés published with generous support from Dorotheum. The catalogue was recently published…
Futurism: The world in motion
Futurism – Italy’s artistic answer to a social change, culture, and art influenced by scientific progress and technological advances, driven by the urge to react to the French cultural self-positioning and leave…
Modern Art
