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Austria's leading international contemporary art fair.
18 – 20 September 2026 | Messe Wien, Halle D Be part of the experience!
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From September 11 – 14, 2025, Austria’s leading fair for contemporary art will gather established galleries, exciting newcomers, and curated special exhibitions in the spacious Halle D of Messe Wien.

19/12/2025

As we bring a remarkable year for viennacontemporary to a close, we extend our heartfelt thanks to everyone who helped shape the 2025 edition.

Under the artistic leadership of the fair became a vibrant meeting point for contemporary culture, marked by strong public engagement, meaningful collaborations, and powerful artistic voices that resonated far beyond Vienna.

With a renewed focus on curated sections – STATEMENT, ZONE1, CONTEXT, and the debut of VC VAULT, dedicated to risk-taking emerging practices – viennacontemporary 2025 reaffirmed its role as both a dynamic marketplace and a platform for discovery and critical exchange.

We are deeply grateful to our partners, prize supporters, institutions, and collaborators across Vienna who helped turn the city into a vibrant stage for contemporary art.

As we reflect on this edition, we are confident that the foundations laid this year will support future growth, new perspectives, and continued artistic dialogue.

Wishing you a warm, peaceful, and inspiring holiday season.
The viennacontemporary Team ✨

17/12/2025

Spotlight of the Week: FRIEDEN TUN. — On Justice, Democracy & Gender

November 30, 2025 – March 28, 2027

FRIEDEN TUN. challenges us to rethink peace not as a final state, but as an ongoing social and political process — one that is personal, collective, and deeply shaped by questions of justice, democracy, and gender. The exhibition invites audiences to engage with peace through artistic, critical, and multi-voiced perspectives, exploring its meanings in everyday life, history, and society. Women are placed at the centre, not only as subjects of war but as active agents in peace-making, resistance, and rebuilding.

Presented by Frauenmuseum Hittisau — the first and only women’s museum in Austria, and the only one of its kind in a rural region — the exhibition brings together artistic works, historical narratives, and lived stories that invite reflection, emotion, and action.

15/12/2025

If star signs were contemporary artworks… ✨
Part 1: Aries → Virgo

From explosive performances to perfectly aligned grids — which one are you? 👀
Swipe → find your sign
Comment ↓ tell us if it’s accurate

09/12/2025

This week in Vienna: big openings, talks, and end-of-season gatherings. If you’re looking for inspiration, the city is full of it
Discover what’s on via the link in our bio. ✨

04/12/2025

Spotlight of the Week: Bucolica by Anna Hulačová

November 14, 2025 – March 1, 2026

In “Bucolica,” Czech artist .hulacova (*1984, Sušice) creates a techno-futuristic world infused with ancient storytelling, mythological symbolism, and reflections on agriculture and ecology.

Her hybrid sculptures move between figuration and abstraction. Combining concrete, ceramics, wood, and living beeswax structures cultivated by her own hive, Hulačová merges industrial aesthetics with natural materials, revealing tensions between idealization and industrialization, nature and civilization, community and individuality.

In the scenic venue of , Hulačová weaves together ancient legends, socialist-realist echoes, and futuristic imagery. The result is an expansive, atmospheric tableau: a sculptural reflection on agriculture, labor, technology, mythology, and the shifting relationship between humans, machines, and the natural world.

Many thanks to for showing us around!

02/12/2025

viennacontemporary heading west!
A visit to Hard, Vorarlberg, brought us to and Gottfried Bechtold’s impressive exhibition alterswerk #20 / 2025, as well as to the newly founded auction house , gearing up for their debut auction this Thursday!
Thank you for having us! ✨

01/12/2025

The first week of December is off to a vibrant start!
With talks, openings, and new exhibitions lighting up the city, there’s so much to explore.
Find all highlights via the link in our bio. ❄️✨

26/11/2025

Win two annual passes for the Secession!

As an artist-run international institution exhibiting contemporary art, the Secession is an open venue for presentations of new creative ideas and engagements with the urgent concerns of our time. Confronting the complex realities of life and global challenges, we believe it is a core part of our mission to grapple with questions of cultural and social policy and showcase ambitious visions that spark public debate.

Upcoming exhibitions:
June Crespo | John Smith | Atelier Bow-Wow
12.9. – 16.11.2025
Opening & summer party: 11 September, 7 pm

How to win: write an e-mail to [email protected] until 3.12.2025.
Subject: 2 annual passes

Good luck!

25/11/2025

Spotlight of the Week: calorie, by

7 November 25 - 22 February 26

In her exhibition “calorie,” Vienna-born artist Judith Fegerl (*1977) explores the complex notion of warmth — merging technology, materiality, and feminist discourse. Warmth, understood as a process of exchange and movement, permeates private, social, and political spheres, raising the question: What is the right temperature for living bodies and technological systems?

Taking its title from the historical unit of energy, calorie becomes a lens through which Fegerl examines measurement, power, and control — especially where the human body is concerned.

From global warming to technological energy flows to the heat of social coexistence, the creative and destructive potential of warmth is central to the exhibition. Heat remains invisible, perceptible only physically — yet it has always shaped Fegerl’s artistic practice.

At OK Linz, works from different creative periods unfold in new spatial and conceptual constellations, while new pieces developed specifically for the show make thermal processes tangible. Even the museum’s architecture becomes an active participant in her investigation of heat and its transformative force.

Fun fact: presented a solo booth with Judith Fegerl at 2025, highlighting her significance within the contemporary Austrian art scene.

Curated by .

Guided Tours:
✨ Curators’ Tour with Susanne Watzenboeck
Fri, 28.11.25, 4:00 pm

✨ Combi Tour with “Brigitte Kowanz. ISTR”
Sat, 13.12.25, 2:00 pm
Sat, 21.02.26, 2:00 pm

Credits:
1-4: Installation views „calorie“; photo: ©️ Günter Richard Wett; Courtesy of the artist and Galerie Hubert Winter
5-6: Installation view Galerie Hubert Winter at viennacontemporary with a solo booth of Judit Fegerl, photo: ©️kunst-dokumentation.com

24/11/2025

The Christmas lights are up in Vienna — and art events are sparkling just as brightly. A full week ahead with openings, talks, and performances across the city.
Discover everything happening from Nov 24–30 via the link in bio. ✨

This week with:

kandlhofer , and many more.

20/11/2025

Today on World Children’s Day, we honour the Convention on the Rights of the Child — a reminder that every child has the right to learn, play, and participate.

At , our Kids Program, supported by and , creates spaces where young visitors can explore art freely, discover their own voices, and engage with culture on their terms.

Art empowers children. Let’s keep empowering them together. 💙✨

Photos: ,

Adresse

Messe Wien Halle D, Trabrennstraße 7
Wien
1020

Webseite

http://www.viennacontemporary.at/, https://www.viennacontemporary.at/en/tickets/

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