All articles related to Art

25.03.2012 - 08.07.2012

Beyond Seeing - Monastery of Admont

The BEYOND SEEING art works are specifically designed for visually impaired and blind people, but also for sighted people who would like to experience art with multiple senses.

15.03.2012 - 17.06.2012

Gold - Lower Belvedere

This exchibition in the premises of the Lower Belvedere is devoted to gold as a precious metal and its use in contemporary art.

06.03.2012 - 18.03.2012

Ballet Revolución

The globally unique combination of African and Spanish dance traditions, along with superior Russian dance techniques makes "Ballet Revolución" an innovative mixture of style and genre.

03.02.2012 - 29.05.2012

Anselm Kiefer - Essl Museum

Anselm Kiefer, one of the most significant artists of the present day, forms the big opening of the exhibition year in the Essl Museum. A new solo exhibition personally furnished by the collector Karlheinz Essl is on show

26.01.2012 - 15.04.2012

Herbert Brandl

The Kunstforum is presenting the first major retrospective devoted to Herbert Brandl. It includes around 60 of his works produced since the early1980s and also new paintings created especially for the exhibition.

20.01.2012 - 20.05.2012

Utopia GESAMTKUNSTWERK

The exhibition presents a contemporary perspective of the historical idea of the total work of art. With appropriate scepticism, artists have undertaken to review this legendary figure of thought, thereby casting a critical eye on the history of Modernism.

27.11.2011 - 09.04.2012

Hans Hollein

The Neue Galerie Graz is exhibiting works of world-famous Hans Hollein, who is, as a fine artist, designer and architect a truely universal artist.

09.11.2011 - 26.02.2012

René Magritte

René Magritte is one of the most popular and renowned artists of the 20th century. To retrace Magritte's artistic career, the Albertina displays more than 150 works that cover every creative phase of the artist.

21.10.2011 - 01.04.2012

Vanity

The exhibition “Vanitiy” devotes itself to the subject of photography and fashion. Groundbreaking and unknown pictures since the late 1920s testify to the suggestive power of fashion photography between innovation and tradition, consumerism and art.

15.10.2011 - 16.04.2012

Baselitz/Rainer: "Lustspiel"

The exhibition LUSTSPIEL, with new works by Georg Baselitz (born 1938) and Arnulf Rainer (born 1929), in the Arnulf Rainer Museums premises of the former, neo-classical women’s bath in Baden near Vienna is undoubtedly a very special event.

01.08.2011 - 15.04.2012

Antony Gormley - Horizon Field

Antony Gormley and the Kunsthaus Bregenz have realised a unique project in the mountains of Vorarlberg. Horizon Field, consisting of 100 life-size, solid cast iron figures of the human body, is the first art project of its kind and the largest landscape intervention in Austria.

19.07.2012 - 26.08.2012

Salzkammergut Festival Gmunden

Choose between a wide range of concerts, readings and recitals, and discover a new cultural delight every day throughout this fantastic festival.

18.07.2012 - 18.08.2012

Bregenzer Festspiele

Bregenz is different. An opera festival with two stages: a traditional opera house, home to less-known operas, and an open-air lakeside stage, where productions are held in the most spectacular fashion.

12.07.2012 - 12.08.2012

ImPuls Tanz Festival

Thousands of professional dancers, choreographers, teachers and students from around the world transform Vienna into the global dance capital for five weeks every year.

05.07.2012 - 29.07.2012

Tyrolean Festival Erl

Since 1998, a festival with international standards, mainly with visitors from German-speaking areas, but also from other parts of Europe or even the USA and Japan. The Tyrolean Festival Erl is not just any music festival.

29.06.2012 - 04.08.2012

Reichenau Festival

A top-ranking theatre festival among the Austrian summer cultural events. Only 70 miles south of Vienna, situated in a scenic mountainous setting, Reichenau has been a traditional summer resort for the Viennese high society since the late 19th century.

16.06.2012 - 03.09.2012

Finkenstein Castle Arena

Varied programme in front of the magnificent backdrop of Finkenstein Castle in Carinthia.

15.06.2012 - 10.07.2012

Innsbruck Summer of Dance

International dance performances from classical ballet to various modern dance forms, jazz and modern expressive dance.

19.05.2012

Life Ball 2012

The Life Ball is an exuberant charity event with extraordinary performances that celebrates life year after year and makes a loud and sounding statement in the fight against HIV and AIDS – resounding far across the boundaries of Vienna and Austria.

16.05.2012 - 20.05.2012

springfestival

Throughout springfestival Graz's most unique spots are transformed into venues for electronic music and art, bringing together acclaimed live acts, DJ supremos, hip bands and emerging artists.

11.05.2012 - 17.06.2012

Wiener Festwochen

This festival is a firmly-established high-point of the cultural calender in Vienna, offering exciting theatre productions as well as a great number of orchestra concerts, recitals and chamber music performances.

Scandalous and superb - the Secession

Today, it is one of Austria’s most photographed structures and a leading centre for contemporary art. But when it opened in 1898, the Vienna Secession touched off a scandal.

16.05.2012 - 16.09.2012

Klimt - The Wien Museum collection

The Historical Museum of the City of Vienna will present numerous Klimt objects, including his Portrait of Emilie Flöge (1902), posters, publications, painting smock, death mask and Egon Schiele’s drawing of the dead Gustav Klimt. Centrepiece will be the 400 Klimt drawings, the largest collection in the world, shown here for the first time in its entirety.

Klimt Year 2012

He was the speaker and organizer of the Jugendstil art movement. He was a promoter of young, up-and-coming talent. He created some of the most famous Art nouveau paintings worldwide. There is a tremendous lot of reasons for celebrating the 150th birthday of Gustav Klimt in 2012.

2012 - Vienna celebrates Klimt

Gustav Klimt would have celebrated his 150th birthday in 2012. Vienna honours the painter with several exhibitions on Klimt and the Jugendstil movement.

Encounter Klimt in Vienna!

Equally controversial and successful in his day, Gustav Klimt was one of the central figures of fin-de-siècle Vienna, the epoch that marked the beginning of Modernism. Today Vienna’s museums accommodate the majority of popular paintings as well as huge numbers of little-known drawings by Gustav Klimt.

Jugendstil - An art movement embracing life

A fresh, sensual art can be discovered in virtually every part of the town: Like no other city Vienna is shaped by the last great, unified stylistic movement in the history of art: the Jugendstil (Art Nouveau).

The golden touch of a kiss

"Either I am too old, or too nervous, or too stupid - there must be something wrong", Klimt once wrote in a letter. Though facing continuous difficulties in his work, in the years 1907 and 1908 the painter created a centrepiece of the Jugendstil movement: The Kiss.

Salzburg

Salzburg, the birthplace of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, is dominated by churches, castles and palaces. Its picturesque old town is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Graz

The Styrian capital Graz, whose roots date back to the Roman age, lies on both sides of the River Mur, and is well-known for its medieval city center and modern architectural highlights.

Vienna

Austria’s capital offers a unique blend of imperial traditions and stunning modern architecture. It is famous for its cultural events, imperial sights, coffee houses, cozy wine taverns, and the very special Viennese charm.

Linz

No other Austrian city has changed as dramatically as Linz has in recent decades. What's emerged is a modern urban centre with a flourishing economy, a city where the quality of life is exceptional.

Festival for all Senses

Austria's diverse cultural offerings include over 200 festivals, stretching from world scale events to small regional gatherings. Many of them make use of Austria's beautiful surroundings and most of them offer an outstanding culinary menu to accompany the cultural experience.

Destination Austria Holiday Journal 2011

The new edition of the popular holiday journal is hot of the press! Place your order today and your personal copy will automatically be sent to you!

Museums in Austria – a world of astonishments

Austria today offers some of the world's most important and stunning collections of modern and contemporary art.

Leopold Museum - Vienna

The Leopold Museum in the Viennese MuseumsQuartier presents Austrian paintings of the 19th and 20th century, including the world’s biggest Schiele collection in its spacious, light-flooded rooms.

Museum of Fine Arts - Vienna

Thanks to the acquisitions by and the patronage of the House of Habsburg, the gallery has an unrivaled collection of old masters. Check out room X, which contains a vast collection of works by Peter Breughel the Elder...

Haus der Musik - The Sound Museum

Haus der Musik is a modern interactive experimental museum in the historic city center of Vienna as well as the location where the Vienna Philharmonic was founded. Six floors are dedicated to the presentation of the fascinating world of music and sound. Send your ears on a discovery trip!

Gallery Belvedere - Vienna

This Baroque masterpiece houses one of Europe's most important museums. In the Upper Belvedere the world's largest collection of paintings by Gustav Klimt, alongside works by Egon Schiele and Oskar Kokoschka are on display.

Kolig, Anton (1886 - 1950)

Kogelnik, Kiki (1935 - 1997)

Kokoschka, Oskar (1886 - 1980)

Kauffmann, Angelika (1741 - 1807)

Lavant, Christine (1915-1973)

Berg, Werner (1904 - 1981)

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756 - 1791)

Mahler, Gustav (1860 - 1911)

Lehár, Franz (1870 - 1948)

Berg, Alban (1885 - 1935)

Kálmán, Emmerich (1882 - 1953)

Wolf, Hugo (1860 - 1903)

Bruckner, Anton (1824 - 1896)

Strauss, Johann (1825 - 1899)

Strauss, Johann - Father (1804 - 1849)

Suppé, Franz von (1819 - 1895)

Webern, Anton von (1883 - 1945)

Handke, Peter (born 1942)

Hundertwasser, Friedensreich (1928 - 2000)

Haydn, Joseph (1732 - 1809)

Turrini, Peter (born 1944)

Bachmann, Ingeborg (1926 - 1973)

Famous Austrians

Austria's 'great' sons and daughters have left their mark all across the centuries in politics, art, science and sport: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Gustav Mahler, Gustav Klimt, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Christoph Waltz to name just a few...

Linz Card 2012

Schönberg, Arnold (1874 - 1951)

Antony Gormley: Horizon Field

Antony Gormley's Horizon Field will consist of 100 life-size, solid cast iron figures of the human body installed into the landscape of Vorarlberg in Austria until April 2012. The work will form a horizontal line at 2,039m above sea level.

Experiences "off the beaten path"

Looking for great authentic travel experiences? Just move the "slider" to your travel preference and we'll show where we think you should go. You most likely will encounter unexpected like the "Poppy village ".

Swarovski Crystal Worlds

The Swarovski Crystal Worlds, created by Andre Heller, is a pure invitation to dream. Only a 20 minutes drive away from Innsbruck this sparkling fantasy world is definitely worth a visit.

Essential listing on Austrian and European tours including Austria

Tour throughout Austria and download a listing on Austrian and European packages offered by Australian and New Zealand tour operators.

Essential listing on music, art and cultural tours

Experience the magical atmosphere of Austria's culture and music performances and download a listing on classical music and cultural tours offered by Australian and New Zealand tour operators.

Vienna - for gay travellers

You know Vienna for it's music and culture, for the coffee houses (yes, we did have coffee houses 300 years before Starbucks, or at least that’s what tradition tells us), for the Opera and for the Imperial history that the city still showcases everywhere.

Swarovski Crystal Worlds - The Art of Crystal Fiction

People from all over the world come to Wattens near Innsbruck throughout the year to admire crystal in all its diversity and variety. Away from everyday life, the Swarovski Crystal Worlds provide a magical experience.

The easiest way to get tickets

A trip to Austria would not be the same without a visit to the opera or a concert. Get tickets ahead of time to ensure entry to the concert or festival of your dreams

Time-Honored yet Trendy: Austria's Cities

Austria’s cities fascinate with their monumental buildings spanning all major epochs from Gothic to Renaissance, from Baroque to Jugendstil, and Post Modernism. Historic settings for modern events, leisurely shopping tours and wonderful culinary experiences. Let yourself be charmed!

Art, Architecture & Design

Austrian artists, architects and designers have long moved beyond the traditional boundaries of their genres. They are and always have been world travelers, connoisseurs - and at times, provocateurs.

Modern Architecture in the Alps

At first is sounds improbable: Vorarlberg - a small, mostly rural state in the middle of the Alps - has become one of Europe's leading regions for modern art and architecture.

Modern Architecture in Tirol

The amorphous, glowing glass structure is one of the stations on the Nordkettenbahn, designed by architect Zaha Hadid. The 100-year-old mountain railway, which now has four uniquely designed stops...

Albertina - Vienna

Accommodates one of the largest and most precious graphic art collections in the world. Today, it comprises nearly 50,000 drawings and one million prints dating from all major epochs: from Late Gothic to contemporary art.

Kunsthaus Graz

The building, designed by Peter Cook and Colin Fournier, has an organic shape with a skin made of iridescent blue acrylic panels. One of the most unusual museums you'll ever visit...