Exhibition "PLACES OF POWER" On view: 29. November – 12. Dezember 2018 Zigutamve Photography Gallery Zieglergasse 34 1070 Vienna   INTRODUCTION   On the occasion of Katarzyna Zolich’s solo exhibition titled Places of Powerat the gallery space of Zigutamve-photography association in Vienna, Asija and Eva – two art historians studying and living in Vienna, asked her to perform a kind of a long-distance artist talk. Their conversation took place through written correspondence with the artist and is, therefore, presented herein written form. The artistic practice of Katarzyna Zolich focuses mostly on photography. Here exhibited photographic series of Invisible Spacesfollows the idea

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Work presentation of the Artists in Residence in the 4th quarter of 2018   The Federal Chancellery (BKA) and KulturKontakt Austria (KKA), from December 3rd, 2018 onwards, is showing the works of the following Artists in Residence who have been living and working in Vienna since October 2018 at the invitation of BKA and KKA: Duo: Karolina Balcer and Iwona Ogrodzka (Poland), Heather Beardsley (USA), Britta Benno (Estonia), Carina Emery (Switzerland), Demetris Shammas (Cyprus), Erdem Taşdelen (Canada/Turkey). The following text about their art practices and artworks showcased in the exhibition was written by Eva

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"Tomorrow Is Cancelled" - Exhibition in the framework of Curators’ Agenda: VIENNA 2018   KRINZINGER PROJEKTE Schottenfeldgasse 45 1070 Vienna, Austria Duration: 26 October – 6 November 2018 Wed – Fri: 3 – 7pm / Sat: 11 – 2pm   “Are we just secretly yearning for a fascist illiberal society that never changes?” In this provocative question, the exhibition Tomorrow Is Cancelled finds its polemic climax. Embedded into the framework of BLOCKFREI’s symposium on the legacy of 1968 and current art practices, the eight participants of its curator-in-residence program Curators’ Agenda were tasked to curate an exhibition. In collaboration with

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  From 27th till 30th of September 2018, the international art fair - viennacontemporary took place at Marx Halle in Vienna. This year's Curators' Agenda program participants have written a brief overview of the fair and its program.     Jo Ferly (Guadeloupe, French Caribbean, 1970)   Viennacontemporary 2018: all about selling art? If you are used to the major art fairs such as Frieze (London); Volta (New York) or FIAC (Paris), one may wonder slightly, in what respects could viennacontemporary bring anything new to one’s knowledge of contemporary art fairs. “A fair is (after all!) just a fair”! one may say. And Christina Steinbrecher-Pfand, acting artistic

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