Viennacontemporary

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viennacontemporary Magazine reports on the activities of viennacontemporary and provides you with in-depth insights into what’s going on in the art world. We publish interviews with gallerists, collectors, artists, and art lovers. Our main focus is Austria, but we also explore the art scene in Southern and Eastern Europe and beyond. viennacontemporary is not only a reflection of the contemporary art landscape in the region. It’s about people, society, trends, and dialogue.

Opening Day

viennacontemporary opens its landmark tenth edition today

The tenth edition of Austria’s leading international art fair, viennacontemporary, opens today in Halle D of Messe Wien. With around 360 artists represented at the fair, and 18 new gallery participants, the 2024 edition is the largest to take place in recent years.   A key moment in the international art world calendar for discovering […]

Join the Conversation

Meet the seven impressive art professionals who will come to Vienna in September to join the conversation.

Join the Conversation is an international networking initiative that invites emerging and senior art professionals, curators, and critics to experience and engage with the Viennese art scene in-depth. It is organized by viennacontemporary and takes place with the kind support of the Vienna Business Agency. The program offers numerous visits to galleries, off-spaces, museums, and […]

Art Events in the City

Discover some of the festival partners of viennacontemporary that happen around the fair

September is around the corner, bringing the tenth edition of Austria’s top art fair, viennacontemporary. But that’s not all—Vienna and the surrounding region will host several other major art festivals around the same time, making it a late summer art hub. We’ve got everything you need to dive into Vienna’s vibrant art scene, with joint […]

Meet Vienna’s Gallerists

Sophie Tappeiner | Galerie Sophie Tappeiner

viennacontemporary presents Vienna’s vibrant gallery scene. Find out what drives them, why they see Vienna as a hotspot for contemporary art, and the secret places where the art scene can be found. Sophie Tappeiner founded her eponymous gallery Sophie Tappeiner in 2017. It is a critically engaged space that has developed a strong focus on […]

VCT STATEMENT: The Color Of Energy

Artist List

For the exhibition The Color of Energy, curator Mirela Baciak employs color as a metaphor to narrate stories that reflect on energy flows: red in its different hues links heatwaves scorching major European cities to the color of blood; green is as much the color of grass as it is of money; black, being the […]

Meet Vienna’s Gallerists

Martin Janda | Galerie Martin Janda

viennacontemporary presents Vienna’s vibrant gallery scene. Find out what drives them, why they see Vienna as a hotspot for contemporary art, and the secret places where the art scene can be found. Galerie Martin Janda was founded by Martin Janda as alternative exhibition space in 1992. In the following years, the field of activities was […]

Meet Vienna’s Gallerists

Maximilian Thoman | Galerie Klaus und Elisabeth Thoman

In this new series, viennacontemporary presents Vienna’s vibrant gallery scene. Find out what drives them, why they see Vienna as a hotspot for contemporary art, and the secret places where the art scene can be found. Meet Maximilian Thoman, whose parents founded Galerie Klaus und Elisabeth Thoman in 1977. Today, the gallery that is based […]