Thirteen pieces of artwork have been stolen from an exhibition in Linz. The artworks were lithographs by the artist Bernhard Gwiggner and had been done on folded paper, a medium called leporello. They were on show at the ICON-Galerie in Linz as part of the Dao ji jing exhibition where 701 pieces of work were […]
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15 Artists for 15 Wines
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Fifteen Austrian artists came together at the Dominikanerbastei in Vienna this week as part of a unique new project where they are being exhibited together and promoted by the Klasan Advertising Agency. The agency is located at the site of the former Bleich-Rossi gallery in the city’s poshest district that was snapped up last year […]
Fake Gaddafi shocks refugees
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An Austrian artist has terrified asylum seekers by posing as Muammar al-Gaddafi.Bernhard D., an award-winning theatre actor, donned a fake sand-coloured uniform, a black wig and large sunglasses to resemble the Libyan dictator when he marched through the streets of Lampedusa. Tens of thousands of people from North Africa have arrived on the Italian island […]
A painting worth tens of thousands of Euros has been stolen from a Viennese hotel.Managers of the citys five-star Hotel Bristol said today (Mon) that the burglars cut the artwork by late Polish painter Wojciech Kossak out of its frame at the weekend.The piece of art depicting a war battle was hanging in a hallway. […]
Thieves return Fuchs paintings
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Priceless paintings by an iconic Austrian artist have resurfaced four months after being stolen, it has emerged.Viennese police confirmed today (Weds) that “Architectura Caelestis Monstranz” and “Der Gekreuzigte zwischen dem Versucher und dem Engel der Tröstung” by Vienna School of Fantastic Realism spearhead Ernst Fuchs were placed in the garden of a weekend lodge […]
Animal activists are up in arms over a Viennese performance artists announcement to jump into a basin of fledglings.Artist Renfah said today (Fri) he planned to hurl himself into a glass container of 10,000 male chicks which would be turned into food immediately after birth at his studio in Wieden district next Wednesday (8 September).A […]
Cerha to get Salzburg gong
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Friedrich Cerha will be honoured with the 2011 Salzburg Music Prize, it has emerged.The 84-year-old composer and conductor who received the Austrian Decoration for Science and Art in 2005 is the third artist after Salvatore Sciarrino and Klaus Huber to get the award which includes a prize money of 60,000 Euros.The three-member […]
Vienna rules out Hrdlicka Museum
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Vienna government leaders have dismissed appeals to set up a museum dedicated to the work of Alfred Hrdlicka.The late sculptors disappointed widow Angelina Sigmeth-Hrdlicka said yesterday (Tues): “I love the idea of a Hrdlicka Museum in Vienna. I think he would deserve it.”Sigmeth-Hrdlicka stressed her late husbands output had been extensive.City officials however said they […]
A sculpture of a bearded Mona Lisa crafted by an Indian artist praised as “Asias Damien Hirst” has gone on display in Vienna.Subodh Gupta said yesterday (Tues) he wanted to communicate with late French-American artist Marcel Duchamp with his work “Et tu, Duchamp?”.Duchamp controversially reproduced Leonardo da Vincis most famous painting with a moustache and […]