Avantgarde Art

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Find the most glamorous, avantgarde and magical stories of Art History and Art Museums here!

Learn about artists, who questioned art itself like the Avantgarde did. Discover Art Museums, which made special art experiences possible by their storytelling and staging. And read about Art’s glamorous protagonists, who wrote history with their charisma, their taste and their glamorous life stories.

Modern Art, Surrealism and its art stars of course are at the forefront here: Frida Kahlo, Salavador Dalí, Max Ernst, René Magritte. But also Andy Warhol, Pablo Picasso, Peggy Guggenheim and many more have shaped the Art History of the 20^th century. Enjoy their stories here!

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FACTION DAYS – The VIENNA 1900 Tour

Dive into the glamour of Vienna’s past! Read this article in German. The Vienna 1900 tour will take you to the hot spots of the epic era around 1900, when …

Header, Schiaparelli and Cocteau, Evening Jacket, 1937, Schiaparelli show, MAD Paris, 2023

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Elsa Schiaparelli. When Surrealism became Couture

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Famous COUTURIERE, surrealist ARTIST and Chanel’s fiercest ENEMY: Elsa Schiaparelli fulfilled her many roles – effortlessly as it seems. Today she might not be a huge name like Dior or …

Header Dalí, Téléphone Homard / Surrealism Beyond Borders / 2022 / Tate Modern, London

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Surrealism Beyond Borders. A new anthology written by the Tate Modern

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The Tate Modern currently stages “Surrealism Beyond Borders”, another exhibition on the ever-present art chapter of Surrealism one might think. What could art lovers possibly find at THIS new show …

Portrait of Margaret, Duchess of Argyll (Detail) / Gerald Brockhurst / 1931 / © Tate Britain

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Portraying intelligent Glamour. The Tate Britain’s six style stars

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Walking through the Tate Britain not only offers vast collections of British Art but also reveals two secret ingredients of many of the portrayed: Style and Charisma! So come with …

Header / Ausstellungsasnicht Rebecca Horn / Kunstforum Wien / 2021

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Rebecca Horn’s Art: A fabulous THEATER of MACHINES

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Calm but brutal: Rebecca Horn’s Art is a true theater of machines, located in the realm of Installation & Performance Art.

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Georgia O’KEEFFE: On the sensuality of EMANCIPATION

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Georgia O’Keeffe is one of the greats of American modernism. This article looks at the sensuality of her emancipation.

Header / Christos & Jeanne-Claudes Triumphbogen

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BREATHTAKING: Christo’s and Jeanne-Claude’s ARC DE TRIOMPHE

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Christo’s & Jeanne-Claude’s Arc de Triomphe has come to be remembered. The artist couple has achieved another coup.

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Glam Transitions – ELFIE SEMOTAN at the KUNST HAUS WIEN

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Elfie Semotan at the KUNST HAUS WIEN: A felicitous combination! Enjoy a stroll through the exhibition with this review.

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ACCIDENTALLY FABULOUS? Peggy Guggenheim and her Art Collection

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Who was Peggy Guggenheim really? Her autobiography suggests: Maybe the art collector was only accidentally fabulous.

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WARHOL at the mumok: A UNIQUE story?

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We all know Andy Warhol. But do really know his whole oeuvre? Warhol’s art at the mumok offers new insights.

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