About Vienna Artwork Week

Vienna Artwork Week 2022 showcases Vienna’s vibrant artwork scene from November 18–25, 2022. Along with round 70 program companions, it gives every week of inspiring artwork from the Baroque to the current with free admission. For the 18th consecutive yr, Vienna Artwork Week will flip all spotlights on Vienna as a metropolis of artwork. 

This yr’s theme, Difficult Orders, invitations artists to query present norms and orders of their inventive observe in varied methods, for instance, by difficult and changing present canons, criticizing establishments, or rethinking the social and political establishment.

With its 23 Artwork Cluster members, round 70 program companions, 35,000 guests yearly, and 140 occasions open to the general public freed from cost, Vienna’s artwork world is seen nationally and internationally yearly within the third week of November. The wide selection of occasions through the week – from guided excursions to knowledgeable talks, performances, workshops, exhibition openings, and visits to artists’ studios – showcases town’s high-profile artwork scene and is exclusive in its type.

Program Highlights of 2022

Exhibition within the Home of CHALLENGING ORDERS (19–25 NOV, 1–7 pm) > Wiedner Haupstraße 140, 1050 Vienna.

A condemned workplace constructing of 1,000m2 turns into the exhibition venue for the Vienna Artwork Week.

Round 40 nationwide and worldwide artists and performers invite us to problem our preconceived opinions and ideas.

It’ll embrace works by the Guerrilla Ladies, Christa Joo Hyun D’Angelo, Coco Fusco, Regina José Galindo, Pipilotti Rist, Roberta Lima, Manu Luksch, The Sure Males, Oliver Ressler, Jenny Marketou and Lisl Ponger, amongst others. Robert Punkenhofer and Julia Hartmann curate them. Learn extra >

Open Studio Days (19+20 Nov, 1–6 pm)

Knowledgeable juries curate open studios. Thus, this yr, Robert Punkenhofer, Creative Director of Vienna Artwork Week, and plenty of different specialists have chosen 50 artists out of 160 submissions that may open their studios all through Vienna to guests on two afternoons. Six guided excursions take guests to lots of the studios. Learn extra >

Difficult Orders Exhibition Parcours (19+20 NOV, completely different time slots) 

The Parcours results in seven chosen studios that characteristic works associated to the theme of Vienna Artwork Week. Curator talks will present insights into the artist’s works. 

A shuttle bus will take guests from one speak to the subsequent. 

Artists & curators: Eva Beresin & Angela Stief • Rah Eleh & Klaus Speidel • Soli Kiani & Julia Hartmann • Lars* Kollros & Julia Hartmann • Guido Kucsko & Angela Stief • Barbis Ruder & Aline Lara Retzende • Borjana Ventzislavova & Klaus Speidel

CHALLENGING ORDERS Line-up (25 NOV, 4–8 pm) > Wiedner Haupstraße 140, 1050 Vienna 

The yearly altering theme is a stimulus for this system companions. Within the Line-up, discursive codecs, movie screenings, and performances line up for an intensive afternoon at a speedy, various tempo. 

Go right here to view the Full Program >