Lebt und arbeitet in Wien, Contemporary Art from Vienna

Hans Schabus, *Der Schacht von Babel*, 2003

Courtesy the artist and Bildrecht Wien, 2026

Location

Kunsthalle Wien
Museumsquartier
Karlsplatz

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Curators: Daniel Baumann, Michelle Cotton & Monika Georgieva

Artists

Brishty Alam
Diana Barbosa Gil
Anna-Sophie Berger
Henning Bohl
Ramesch Daha
Judith Eisler
Scott Clifford Evans
Philipp Fleischmann
Parastu Gharabaghi
Birke Gorm
Jojo Gronostay
Benjamin Hirte
Christine & Irene Hohenbüchler
Emma Hummerhielm Carlén
Iman Issa
Ernst Yohji Jaeger
Lukas Kaufmann
Belinda Kazeem-Kamiński
Bouchra Khalili
Ludwig Kittinger
Jakob Lena Knebl
Sebastian Koeck
James Lewis
Angelika Loderer
Irina Lotarevich
Lazar Lyutakov
Harkeerat Mangat
Wolfgang Matuschek
Till Megerle
Christoph Meier
Rini Mitra
Ute Müller
Michaela Polacek
Lukas Posch
Vika Prokopaviciute
Lucia Elena Průša
Liesl Raff
Shuvo Rafiqul
Hans Schabus
Anna Schachinger
Ashley Hans Scheirl
Katharina Schilling
Toni Schmale
Nora Schultz
Sergey Spirikhin
Lucie Stahl
Josef Strau
Laurence Sturla
Marina Sula
Huda Takriti
Sergei Tcherepnin
Sophie Thun
Johanna Charlotte Trede
Emily Wardill
Dario Wokurka
Min Yoon

Kunsthalle Wien presents the most extensive survey of the Viennese contemporary art scene organised by the institution in over a decade. For six months, across all of its spaces in the Museumsquartier and Karlsplatz, Lebt und arbeitet in Wien: Contemporary Art from Vienna will bring together over 130 artworks by 56 artists who live and work in Vienna, including painting, sculpture, installation, drawing, photography, performance, sound, film and video.

Initially organised by Kunsthalle Wien in 2000, the fifth edition of Lebt und arbeitet in Wien builds upon a longstanding tradition of celebrating Vienna’s lively artistic discourse and diverse community of artists. Curated by Daniel Baumann, Michelle Cotton and Monika Georgieva, it places an emphasis on the city as a dynamic space of production, presenting new and recent works.

The exhibition will be accompanied by a year-long public programme. A new publication with commissioned texts on each artist and transcripts of conversations between curators, artists and critics living and working in Vienna will be published in German and English.

With a Klima Biennale Wien Festival Pass, you can get a reduction on the ticket price, paying €11 instead of €14.