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sible for innumerable art projects in
public spaces, including the legendary
project »Kunst Raum Donau« from the
late’80s. Some of her artists, among
them Candida Höfer or the Slovenian
group IRWIN, have become classics.
Austrian painter Stefan Sandner is the
most important new addition.
An der Hülben 3, (512 53 30)
www.galeriegritainsam.at
ART EVENTS
�� Viennafair – The International Contemporary
Art Fair —— Around 126 galleries
are on show at the small Viennafair
(established in 2005) attracting
around 15,000 visitors. Its function as a
showcase for both national as international
galleries focusing on young art
with a heavy emphasis on Central and
Eastern Europe helped more or less to
build up a unique profile amongst international
art shows. The side program
tries to attract art collectors from all over
the world to buy art in Vienna, but they
are still waiting for the crowds to arrive.
Messe Wien, Messeplatz 1, hall A, (727 200)
April/May
Daily ticket € 15
www.viennafair.at
festival for fashion & photography —— The
festival started out in a small cellar in
town, today it’s one of the cities major
society events with a broad program
that takes place at the Museums
Quartier and other various locations
across the city. The festival features
national and international designers,
artists, photographers and fashion
experts. The program includes fashion
shows, awards, exhibitions, lectures,
shopping venues and of course a lot of
»see and to be seen« parties.
Festival office:
Unit f büro für mode
Gumpendorferstraße 56, (219 84 99-0)
May/June
www.9festival.at
viennaartweek —— An Art Cluster Vienna
event, this is a coming together of all
important Viennese museums, exhibition
spaces and art institutions. Exhibitions,
discussions, tours, and atelier visits
pertaining to contemporary art take
place in a variety of places all over
Vienna. One of the biggest art events in
town.
Art Cluster Vienna
Spiegelgasse 16, (402 25 24)
November
www.viennaartweek.com
ALTERNATIVE SIGHTSEEING
�� Sigmund Freud Museum —— Museum
of one of the world’s most important
scientists, Sigmund Freud, located in
the house where Freud lived and
worked from 1891 to 1938. The birthplace
of all you wanted to know – or per-