Martine Syms is widely recognized for a multidisciplinary practice that reflects on contemporary visual culture with humor and biting social commentary. (more…)
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MAK
Museum of Applied Arts / Vienna
The MAK is a museum and space of experimentation for applied arts at the interface of design, architecture, and contemporary art. Its core competence lies in a contemporary exploration of these fields aimed at revealing new perspectives and elucidating discourse at the edges of the institution’s traditions. The MAK focuses its efforts on securing an adequate recognition and positioning of applied arts. It pursues new approaches to its extensive collection, which encompasses various epochs, materials, and artistic disciplines, and develops these approaches to compelling views.
Founded as the Austrian Museum of Art and Industry in 1863, the MAK is committed to a sustainable improvement of cooperation between art and the economic sphere. It supports collaborations and networks, especially in design and architecture, which facilitate the effective realization of the creative sector’s innovative ideas and offers companies new perspectives for positioning themselves on the market. The MAK develops novel ways of collaborating with corporate sponsors particularly in the context of design and architecture labs.
The MAK is a place of innovative learning that develops new ways for better understanding applied arts, design, architecture, and contemporary art. Since creative learning constitutes an essential part of applied arts, the MAK faces a two-fold challenge. The MAK increases the political and economic effectiveness of art through new perspectives of applied arts and its special areas of design and architecture, as well as contemporary art. In an age dominated by the digital, the MAK promotes outstanding inventiveness and artistic production and insists upon their relevance, and provides them a creative space, for shaping a sustainable future.
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Guide Vienna 1900 (bio) / Helmut Lang (main), Excerpts from the Selective Memory Series, Special Edit, 2020 © HL-ART
Authored Articles
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Yayoi Kusama / Dancing Lights…Jul 6, 2022 – Jan 15, 2023
In celebration of its 15th anniversary, the PHI Foundation for Contemporary Art is pleased to present Yayoi Kusama: Dancing Lights That Flew Up To The Universe. (more…)
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Cy TwomblyIn the Studio / Ongoing
Cy Twombly was a North American artist who spent much of his career in Italy. He was fascinated by the cultures of ancient Greece and Rome. In his paintings he often referred to historical or mythological figures, or included fragments of classical poetry. (more…)
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Lise SarfatiPhotographer
Born in 1958 in Oran, Algeria Lise Sarfati lives and works between Paris and Los Angeles and is represented by Yossi Milo Gallery, NY, Rose Gallery, LA, La Galerie Particulière, Paris.
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Passive. Aggression / Joseph LeeSep 8 – Oct 1, 2022
GR Gallery is pleased to present Passive. Aggression, a solo exhibition of new paintings by self-taught artist Joseph Lee. Passive. Aggression documents Lee’s time during 2020–2022. As his daily distractions dissipated under lockdown, he was forced to examine gaps, namely his liminality and inability to verbally communicate emotions (more…)
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Bayil – Behind The HillsBayil, Baku
On the horizon of the district between old, handmade fences and the sky, you can see the newly built glass skyscrapers in the bright light of the coastal center of the city, as if portending future innovations of Bayil. (more…)
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Allan SekulaPHOTOGRAPHER / FILMMAKER
Allan Sekula was an American photographer, writer, critic and filmmaker. Born in Erie, Pennsylvania in 1951, he lived most of his life in Los Angeles and the surrounding regions of southern California.
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Lubaina HimidNov 20, 2021 – Oct 2 2022
A theatrical exhibition by the Turner Prize winning artist and cultural activist, this large-scale presentation at Tate Modern will debut recent work and include selected highlights from Lubaina Himid’s influential career. (more…)
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Max BeckmannArtist / Painter
Max Beckmann (1884–1950) was a German painter, draftsman, printmaker, sculptor, and writer. Although he is classified as an Expressionist artist, he rejected both the term and the movement. (more…)
