VIENNA ART WEEK 2022: CHALLENGING ORDERS

VIENNA ART WEEK 2022: CHALLENGING ORDERS
18–25 NOVEMBER 2022
Wiedner Hauptstraße 140
1050 Wien
Austria

For the 18th consecutive year, VIENNA ART WEEK will turn all spotlights on Vienna as a city of art. This year’s theme CHALLENGING ORDERS invites artists to question existing norms and orders in their artistic practice in a variety of ways: for example, by challenging and replacing existing canons, by criticizing institutions, or by rethinking the social and political status quo. VIENNA ART WEEK sees itself as a joint platform of the Viennese art community and is based on a cooperation of Viennese art institutions, art universities, galleries, and independent art spaces that is unique worldwide.

Over time, VIENNA ART WEEK has developed into one of the most important art events in the Danube region. With its 23 Art Cluster members, around 70 program partners, 35,000 visitors annually and 140 events that are open to the public free of charge, it makes Vienna’s art world visible both nationally and internationally every year in the third week of November.

The wide range of events during the week – from guided tours to expert talks, performances, workshops, exhibition openings and visits to artists’ studios – showcases the city’s high-profile art scene and is unique in its form.

PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS 2022

Exhibition in the House of CHALLENGING ORDERS (19–25 NOV, 1–7 pm) Wiedner Haupstraße 140, 1050 Vienna

A condemned office building turns into the exhibition venue for the VIENNA ART WEEK and thus a unique creative experimental space. On three floors and a total of 1,000m2, around 40 national and international artists and performers question existing orders, canons and systems and invite us to challenge our own preconceived opinions and concepts. It will include works by the Guerrilla Girls, Christa Joo Hyun D’Angelo, Coco Fusco, Regina José Galindo, Pipilotti Rist, Roberta Lima, Manu Luksch, The Yes Men, Oliver Ressler, Jenny Marketou and Lisl Ponger, among others. Curated by Robert Punkenhofer and Julia Hartmann.

Open Studio Days (19+20 NOV, 1–6 pm)

This year’s expert jury – Robert Punkenhofer (Artistic Director VIENNA ART WEEK), Angela Stief (director Albertina modern), Klaus Speidel (philosopher, art critic and curator), Rita Vitorelli (artist and publisher Spike Art Magazine) and Julia Hartmann (Associate Curator VIENNA ART WEEK) – has selected 50 artists out of 160 submissions that will open their studios throughout Vienna to visitors on two afternoons. Six guided tours take visitors to many of the studios.

CHALLENGING ORDERS Exhibition Parcours (19+20 NOV, different time slots)

The parcours leads to seven selected studios that feature works related to the theme of VIENNA ART WEEK. Curator talks will provide insights into the work of the artists. A shuttle bus will take visitors from one talk to the next.

Artists & curators:

Eva Beresin & Angela Stief • Rah Eleh & Klaus Speidel •
Soli Kiani & Julia Hartmann • Lars* Kollros & Julia Hartmann •
Guido Kucsko & Angela Stief • Barbis Ruder & Aline Lara Retzende •
Borjana Ventzislavova & Klaus Speidel

CHALLENGING ORDERS Line-up (25 NOV, 4–8 pm) Wiedner Haupstraße 140, 1050 Vienna

The annually changing theme is a stimulus for the program partners and a guideline for the content of the art week’s program. In the Line-up, discursive formats, film screenings and performances line up for an intensive afternoon at a rapid, varied pace. Among the top-class guests are Aindrea Emelife (curator, London), Jenny Marketou (artist, Athens/New York), Natascha Strobl (political scientist, Vienna), Manu Luksch (artist, London), Katharina Taylor (curator, Kiev) and Brigitte Buchhammer (philosopher, Vienna).

VIENNA ART WEEK Artist Residency powered by Superbude Vienna

In cooperation with the hotel partner Superbude Vienna, VIENNA ART WEEK offers a 2-week artist residency. The US artist Christa Joo Hyun D’Angelo, who lives and works in Berlin, has been selected. The residency studio will be part of the Open Studio Days program. In addition, the artist will participate in the exhibition at the House of CHALLENGING ORDERS.

Galleries: intensive outreach program (18+19 NOV)

Numerous guided tours will offer new insights to visitors. For example, three Gallery Tours with art mediator Lisa Moravec take participants to eleven selected top Viennese galleries:

A total of 140 events by 70 program partners (18–25 NOV)

Around 140 events in institutions, independent spaces, exhibition spaces and
galleries ensure a varied and exciting program throughout the week. Art
education is a priority, with numerous guided tours bringing visitors closer to
contemporary art. The following Art Cluster members have their exhibition opening during the VIENNA ART WEEK:

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©2022 Vienna Art Week, Rainer Fehringer, Christa Joo Hyun D’Angelo