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Van Gogh  |  Art, September 5 - December 7, 2008 The Albertina's autumn exhibition offers a new perspective on Vincent van Gogh by focusing on the artist as both painter and draughtsman. Fifty paintings and 100 major watercolours and drawings are on loan from over 60 lenders around the world. They underscore the artistic unity between van Gogh's expressive draughtsmanship and his radically new use of colour. It is the first Van Gogh show in Austria for more than half a century. Image: Vincent van Gogh Self-portrait with straw hat and artist’s smock, 1887 Oil on canvas © Amsterdam, Van Gogh Museum - Vincent van Gogh Foundation Albertina Albertinaplatz 1 A-1010 Wien, Austria Opening hours: Monday to Saturday 10am –6 pm except Wednesday 10am  9pm Entrance to the Museum is free, but some events and special exhibitions have an admission charge http://www.albertina.at

MUNTEAN / ROSENBLUM Between what was and what might be  |   Contemporary Art, 09 12 2008 - 02 1 2009 The Essl Museum presents new pictures and films by the Vienna-based artist couple Markus Muntean and Adi Rosenblum. A series of new large-scale works has been created specifically for this exhibition and will be shown straight from the artists’ studio, complemented by works from the Collection Essl. Image: MUNTEAN / ROSENBLUM Untitled (Can thought wake you….), 2008 oil on canvas 210 x 260 cm Sammlung Essl / The Essl Collection An der Donau-Au 1 3400 Klosterneuburg / Wien, Austria Opening hours: Tue - Sun: 10 am - 7 pm Wed: 10 am - 9 pm / Closed on Mondays Admission: Adults € 7,00 / concessions € 5,00 Free Admission from 7 from until 9 pm http://www.sammlung-essl.at

Christian Schad  |  Art, 09 26 2008 - 01 6 2009 Christian Schad (1894 - 1982) is considered the main German representative of the New Objectivity Movement. The Leopold Museum presents his first comprehensive restrospective. Image: Christian Schad, Sonja, 1928 Leopold Museum Museumsplatz 1 1070 Wien, Austria Hours: Daily 10 am-6 pm / Thursday 10 am-9 pm Closed on Tuesday Admission: Adults € 9; Concession 7 € and 5,50 € http://www.leopoldmuseum.org/

Arnulf Rainer Dieter Roth. Mixing and Separating  |   Contemporary Art, 09 26 2008 - 01 11 2009 The Belvedere is showing the first comprehensive exhibition of works produced in a common effort by Arnulf Rainer and Dieter Roth, dating from 1973 to 1980. Some 150 paintings, photographs, video films, and sound installations provide an insight into one of the most exciting collaborations between avant-garde artists during the 1970s. Osterreichische Galerie Belvedere Upper Belvedere, Prinz Eugen-Str. 27 1030 Vienna, Austria Opening Hours: Monday to Sunday: 10 am - 6 pm / Closed on Monday  Admission: Belvedere combi-ticket  Valid for Upper Belvedere, Lower Belvedere, Orangery, Palace Stables, Privy Garden, Atelier Augarten, Gustinus Ambrosi-Museum  general  € 12.50 / concessions € 9.50 and  € 8.50 Upper Belvedere ticket general  € 9.50 / concessions € 7.50 and € 6 Lower Belvedere ticket valid from 3 October 2007: Valid for Lower Belvedere, Orangery, Palace Stables, Privy Garden Adults € 9.50/ concessions € 7.50 and  € 6.50 http://www.belvedere.at

Gustav Klimt and the Kunstschau 1908  |  Art, 10 1 2008 - 01 18 2009 On the occasion of its 100th anniversary, the show is going to be revived in the Belvedere's exhibition: as from October, a part of the original exhibits - which will partly be presented in replicas of the former exhibition rooms  and additional works by artists that were presented at the Kunstschau 1908 as well as documentary photographs, models, original plans, and a film, will serve to illustrate the details and dimensions of this extraordinary event. An architectural model will demonstrate the location of the Kunstschau premises within their urban context. Read the complete review Image: Gustav Klimt Der Kuss, 1908 Öl auf Leinwand 180 × 180 cm Belvedere, Wien © Belvedere Wien Osterreichische Galerie Belvedere Upper Belvedere, Prinz Eugen-Str. 27 1030 Vienna, Austria Opening Hours: Monday to Sunday: 10 am - 6 pm / Closed on Monday  Admission: Belvedere combi-ticket  Valid for Upper Belvedere, Lower Belvedere, Orangery, Palace Stables, Privy Garden, Atelier Augarten, Gustinus Ambrosi-Museum  general  € 12.50 / concessions € 9.50 and  € 8.50 Upper Belvedere ticket general  € 9.50 / concessions € 7.50 and € 6 Lower Belvedere ticket valid from 3 October 2007: Valid for Lower Belvedere, Orangery, Palace Stables, Privy Garden Adults € 9.50/ concessions € 7.50 and  € 6.50 http://www.belvedere.at

Andreas Eriksson  |   Contemporary Art, 10 9 2008 - 01 11 2009 MUMOK presents a work by Swedish artist Andreas Eriksson,  Bâloise art prize winner, who won the award based on his installation comprised of a selection of paintings, photographs and a bronze sculpture of two almost identical trees. Eriksson is first of all a painter whose work comprises a broad spectrum of abstract approaches from the constructivist-architectonic to the poetic and mystical.  Read the complete article Image: Andreas Eriksson, A Second Time, 2007, bronze sculpture, two parts, MUMOK Wien, Schenkung der Bâloise-Gruppe, Courtesy Galleri Riis, Oslo, © VBK Wien, 2008 MUMOK - Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig Wien MuseumsQuartier Museumsplatz 1, A-1070 Wien,  Austria Opening hours: Tue-Sun: 10.00 a.m.-6.00 p.m. Thu: 10.00 a.m.-9.00 p.m. Admission: general  € 9 / concessions: € 7,20 http://www.mumok.at

Intervention: Franz Kapfer  |  Installation, 10 22 2008 - 03 1 2009 At the outermost edge of the ceiling fresco in the Marble Hall of the Upper Belvedere two Turkish slaves eke out their existence among allegories of princely virtues. The young Austrian artist Franz Kapfer positions large mirrors exactly underneath these pictures of lamentation and tyranny, on a floor covered with blood-red foil. Osterreichische Galerie Belvedere Upper Belvedere, Prinz Eugen-Str. 27 1030 Vienna, Austria Opening Hours: Monday to Sunday: 10 am - 6 pm / Closed on Monday  Admission: Belvedere combi-ticket  Valid for Upper Belvedere, Lower Belvedere, Orangery, Palace Stables, Privy Garden, Atelier Augarten, Gustinus Ambrosi-Museum  general  € 12.50 / concessions € 9.50 and  € 8.50 Upper Belvedere ticket general  € 9.50 / concessions € 7.50 and € 6 Lower Belvedere ticket valid from 3 October 2007: Valid for Lower Belvedere, Orangery, Palace Stables, Privy Garden Adults € 9.50/ concessions € 7.50 and  € 6.50 http://www.belvedere.at

Peter Kogler - 79-08  |   Contemporary Art, 10 30 2008 - 01 11 2009 Peter Kogler counts as one of the most internationally successful Austrian artists of the middle generation. At the very latest his second documenta participation (Kassel, 1997) and the realisation of his astonishing interventions in public spaces brought his walk-in labyrinthine rooms and their biomorphic forms to the attention of a wider public. The MUMOK is now presenting a large'comprehensive oeuvre with over 100 works from 1979 to 2008. Image: Peter Kogler ohne Titel / untitled, 2008 Installation, Computeranimation, Projektion, Loop installation, computer animation, projection, looped MUMOK Fassadenprojekt / Façade project Foto: MUMOK, Lisa Rastl © MUMOK MUMOK - Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig Wien MuseumsQuartier Museumsplatz 1, A-1070 Wien,  Austria Opening hours: Tue-Sun: 10.00 a.m.-6.00 p.m. Thu: 10.00 a.m.-9.00 p.m. Admission: general  € 9 / concessions: € 7,20 http://www.mumok.at

Zilvinas Kempinas  |  Installation, 10 31 2008 - 01 25 2009 The exhibition presents works of Zilvinas Kempinas (*1969,  Plunge, Lithuania, lives and works in New York),  who  will represent Lithuania at the Venice Biennial in 2009. As a showcase of sensory abstractions, the exhibition presents the mystery of fleeting phenomena and invisible forces: the rotation of wind, shadow as an ornament, the play of reflected light. Image: Zilvinas Kempinas, Columns, 2006, © Zilvinas Kempinas, VBK, Wien, 2008; Courtesy der Künstler und/the artist and Spencer Brownstone Gallery, New York KUNSTHALLE Wien Museumsplatz 1 A-1070 Vienna, Austria Opening hours: daily 10 a.m. - 7 p.m. / Thursday 10 a.m. - 10 p.m. Admission: hall 1 € 7,50 / concessions: € 6 hall 2 € 6,- / concessions: € 4,50 http://www.kunsthallewien.at

European Month Of Photography; Mutations II  |  Photography, 10 31 2008 - 01 31 2009 The European Month of Photography brings together the seven photography festivals of Berlin, Bratislava, Luxembourg, Moscow, Paris, Rome and Vienna in a single network. Mutations II is the network's second common project. It deals with the relationship of photography and video. Artists chosen: Peter Aerschmann, Alice Anderson, Pirmin Blum, Gast Bouschet et Nadine Hilbert, Christoph Brech, Elina Brotherus, Olga Chernyesheva, Ori Gersht, Terezia Golasova, Laurent Goldring, Ulrich Gebert, Laurent Grasso, Jan Kudej , Ange Leccia, Oliver Möst, Tim Parshikov, Matteo Peterlini, Peter Puklus, Tuomo Rainio, Jutta Strohmaier, Wolfgang Thaler. Image: © Michael Appelt, "Matthias & Teresa", aus der Serie "Zwischenmenschlich"  European Month of Photography http://www.europeanmonthofphotography.eu/

AUSTRIA conTEMPORARY  |   Contemporary Art, 11 14 2008 - 02 8 2009 Art from Austria is on the upswing. In its show AUSTRIA conTEMPORARY, the Essl Museum turns the spotlight on artists who do not yet have a strong presence in the arts and exhibition sector but who are expected to shape the art scene in the next years. 16 artistic positions have been selected from more than 1.000 applications. Image: VIRGILIUS MOLDOVAN TANZSCHRITT, 2007 Foto: Mischa Nawrata, Wien © Virgilius Moldovan Sammlung Essl / The Essl Collection An der Donau-Au 1 3400 Klosterneuburg / Wien, Austria Opening hours: Tue - Sun: 10 am - 7 pm Wed: 10 am - 9 pm / Closed on Mondays Admission: Adults € 7,00 / concessions € 5,00 Free Admission from 7 from until 9 pm http://www.sammlung-essl.at

Second Life   |  Photography, 11 27 2008 - 12 8 2009 An Exhibition of photographs by Benjamin Béchet Leopold Museum Museumsplatz 1 1070 Wien, Austria Hours: Daily 10 am-6 pm / Thursday 10 am-9 pm Closed on Tuesday Admission: Adults € 9; Concession 7 € and 5,50 € http://www.leopoldmuseum.org/

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