Metropole and viennacontemporary join forces to help new buyers navigate the local art scene in style
When you visit the sauna for the first time, you may feel a bit unsure of yourself –where do you look, when can you talk? Well, the art market ...
Security was tight in Vienna on Wednesday for the official visit of the Iranian President Hassan Rouhani. A wide area around the Hofburg palace in Vienna’s 1st District was cordoned off, and helicopters could be heard circling in the blue and sunny s...
Follow big and little sister on a break-in! The destination: Artist Hannes Mlenik’s Arch in the Vienna Prater Ateliers. Once inside, the sisters convene under the arch to perform an ancient love ritual, to activate the objects of their desire. But ...
The cruelest punishment imaginable,” said the Viennese modernist architect Adolf Loos, “would be to be locked up in a prison cell decorated by Josef Hoffmann.”
Contemporaries though they were, the two design legends were at conceptual sword poin...
FOREIGN DOGS, KEEP OUT!
Gottfried Waldhäusl, FPÖ state councilor for Lower Austria, expressed concerns over dogs with a migrant background while discussing security policies. “I am glad the FPÖ finally found its core competence: the closure of dange...
Keanu Reeves and Winona Ryder attempt to revive the classic romantic comedy in Destination Wedding
The world around us might be constantly changing, but some things never go out of style. Case in point: Destination Wedding, a film that is nothin...
Tim Hadley details just how much the German General Staff knew about the weaknesses of the Austrian-Hungarian army
Until German unification in 1871, Austria-Hungary and the German states had been in near-constant conflict. Hopes for a “Greater G...
After a six-year hiatus, the Californian alt rockers are finally back on tour
Once labeled as “a nu-metal band for people who don’t like nu-metal bands,” by the Chicago Tribune, the Californian band Incubus has been a critical favorite almost si...
