{"id":49477,"date":"2022-07-15T06:35:00","date_gmt":"2022-07-15T05:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/?p=49477"},"modified":"2025-06-20T14:19:20","modified_gmt":"2025-06-20T13:19:20","slug":"past-exhibitions-kunst-haus-wien","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/museums\/past-exhibitions-kunst-haus-wien\/","title":{"rendered":"Kunst Haus Wien: exhibition archive"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/kunsthauswienpastsmall.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/kunsthauswienpastsmall.jpg\" alt=\"Fa\u00e7ade of the Kunst Haus Wien\" class=\"wp-image-49476\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/kunsthauswienpastsmall.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/kunsthauswienpastsmall-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Another favourite location of mine: the Kunst Haus Wien has a permanent Hundertwasser exhibition and regular special exhibitions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>See also:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Current <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/museums\/hundertwasser\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"17067\">Kunst Haus Wien info<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/entertainment\/events\/exhibitions\/#modernart\">Contemporary art exhibitions<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>These links lead to articles on the headline exhibitions I&#8217;ve covered here at Visiting Vienna, just to give you an idea of the general (high) quality you can expect.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sadly, I&#8217;ve not been able to visit since the switch away from photography exhibitions (now under the aegis of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/museums\/foto-arsenal-wien\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"64035\">Foto Arsenal Wien<\/a>) to a focus on (green) themes as expressed through contemporary art.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Kunsthauswienhundertwasser1.jpg\" alt=\"Front entrance of the Kunst Haus Wien\" class=\"wp-image-68993\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Kunsthauswienhundertwasser1.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Kunsthauswienhundertwasser1-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\">(The Kunst Haus Wien: also home to the Hundertwasser Museum)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Mining Photography (2023)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Given the topic of photography and environmental and socioeconomic impacts, you might imagine a collection of shots of deforestation or queues outside unemployment offices. But <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/museums\/mining-photography-exhibition\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"57865\">Mining Photography<\/a> was about photography and <em>its<\/em> impacts: a change of perspective.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So we learnt about the medium&#8217;s role in consumption of energy and other resources through time, along with such associated issues as worker conditions in mines. Contemporary art positions complemented the documentary displays.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Unseen Places (2022\/2023)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>A fascinating selection of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/museums\/unseen-places-photo-exhibition\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"50719\">photos by Gregor Sailer<\/a>, who specialises in shots of those architectural locations the public rarely gets to see: the inaccessible, inhospitable, or rare.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The spectrum ranged from off-limit industrial complexes to arctic installations and Potemkin villages. Quite apart from the aesthetics, the photos encouraged you to ponder the associated socioeconomics, politics and environmental issues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">When the Wind Blows (2022)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Two dozen local and international artists offered their photographic and video perspectives on the meteorological phenomenon that is wind.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The works in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/museums\/when-the-wind-blows\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"41954\">When the Wind Blows exhibition<\/a> ranged from abstract studio pieces to photos documenting wind&#8217;s role in environmental change.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Susan Meiselas (2021-2022)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>An exhibition dedicated to one of the great documentary photographers. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/museums\/susan-meiselas-exhibition\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"34542\">Susan Meiselas retrospective<\/a> focused on particular photo series from five decades of work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A notable highlight was the area dedicated to her Nicaraguan photojournalism, including the background story on THAT shot of a Sandinista revolutionary throwing a Molotov cocktail: the photo made it into Time&#8217;s Top 100 most influential images of all time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(As an aside, Susan Meiselas herself took us around and her empathy and humanity left a big impression on me.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Elfie Semotan (2021)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>A rare example of an Austrian photographer achieving huge international acclaim. Elfie Semotan straddles the commercial and artistic world, though this retrospective focused on her work in the latter environment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/museums\/elfie-semotan-exhibition\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"31485\">Semotan exhibition<\/a> featured around 160 photos split into themes and included, for example, her landscapes and portraits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div align=\"center\"><em>Ad:<\/em><br><\/div><div data-tiqets-widget=\"discovery\" data-cards-layout=\"horizontal\" data-content-type=\"product\" data-content-ids=\"1026469,974356\" data-partner=\"visitingvienna\" data-tq-campaign=\"DA_KunstHausWien\"><\/div><script defer src=\"https:\/\/widgets.tiqets.com\/loader.js\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">After us, the Flood (2020-2021)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>An exhibition that gains in poignancy with each passing newspaper headline. The photographs in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/museums\/sintflut-flood-photo-exhibition\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"27048\">After us, the Flood<\/a> illustrated and documented the growing environmental crisis, and reminded us of the pressing urgency for remedial action.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Numerous Austrian and international photographers contributed works that cut through the complexities of modern economic and environmental systems to present stark images: some desolate and dystopian, others showing beauty in despair. All offering a warning that those in charge will no doubt continue to ignore.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Alec Soth (2020)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>A retrospective for a legendary photographer. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/museums\/alec-soth-at-the-kunst-haus-wien\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"23362\">Alec Soth exhibition<\/a> included several of his famous series produced during travels through the US and its communities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We also got to see more recent work, such as the <em>I Know How Furiously Your Heart Is Beating<\/em> series, which offered a more eclectic mix than some of the older themed photographic journeys.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Street. Life. Photography (2019-2020)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Ah, the never-ending bucket of delights that is street photography.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rather than take a commonplace chronological approach, though, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/museums\/street-photography-exhibition\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"18896\">Street. Life. Photography exhibition<\/a> placed works from a range of photographers, locations and times into five themed areas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So we enjoyed classic motifs from the likes of Robert Frank and Diane Arbus alongside a new generation of street photographers. This allowed us to trace changes in techniques, as well as simply enjoy the variety of perspectives and creativity possible in this genre.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Another favourite location of mine: the Kunst Haus Wien has a permanent Hundertwasser exhibition and regular special exhibitions. These links lead to articles on the headline exhibitions I&#8217;ve covered here at Visiting Vienna, just to give you an idea of the general (high) quality you can expect. 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