David Mathews
Raw art From Crazy and Untrained Minds at Museum Gugging
Art brut and its origins are laid bare at Museum Gugging.Amongst the many startling visions on display at the Museum Gugging is an unassuming pencil sketch of a man dressed in a mundane suit,...
Albertina Exhibition Proves That Egon Schiele’s Drawings are as Good as his Paintings
The Albertina displays a different view of Egon Schiele's oeuvre.The cultural landscape of Vienna is indelibly marked by the work of Egon Schiele, and the superb collection of his paintings at the Leopold Museum...
Indulge Your Macabre Curiosity at the Narrenturm’s Sensational Medical Museum
The world’s first psychiatric clinic lives on as the pathological-anatomical museum.Hidden away in a corner of the Altes AKH (Vienna’s former general hospital), the Narrenturm (Tower of Fools) is a striking five-storied cylindrical building,...
Werner Herzog Retrospective at Filmarchiv Austria
Iconic and iconoclastic, the famous German director is celebrated in a retrospective at the Austrian Film ArchiveVienna’s Filmarchiv Austria currently has the distinction of hosting the first truly comprehensive retrospective of the work of...
On Screen: The Red Turtle
Having garnered a number of awards at 2016 film festivals, including the Prix spécial « Un Certain Regard » at Cannes, Studio Ghibli’s The Red Turtle is due for general release in 2017. In the meantime,...
On Display: The Future Has Arrived
At the Kunsthalle, The Promise of Total Automation imagines the shape of things to comeAn intriguing attempt to parse the possible futures headed our way, The Promise of Total Automation at the Kunsthalle examines...
On Stage: The Misunderstanding
A searing and original production of Camus’ absurdist drama, tackling notions of alienation and isolationTheater-goers, rejoice! One of Vienna’s eminent theatrical institutions, the Volkstheater, is now bringing Austrian theater to an international audience. The...