VIENNA
,
Austria
,
Dec. 17
/CNW/ - As one of the world's largest centers for contemporary art and culture with more than 60 different art and culture facilities, the MuseumsQuartier Wien will once again be offering a number of cultural highlights in 2010. The selection ranges from visual and performing arts to architecture, music, fashion, theatre, dance, literature, children's culture, and digital culture.
In quartier21, a creative cluster for 21st-century art and culture that offers space and support to small and medium-sized cultural initiatives within the MuseumsQuartier, the freiraum quartier21 INTERNATIONAL program series that was successfully launched in
October 2009
will be continued. Its first two exhibitions attracted about 10,000 visitors before the end of 2009.
After exhibitions on design from Central
Europe
and fashion from
Italy
("50(plus or minus) anni di moda italiana", on view until January 20), the next show, "Digital Material Luzern" (
February 11
to
March 21
) will present digital culture from
Switzerland
. More exhibitions on fashion, design, and digital culture are planned for the future.
The reading series LiteraturQuartier21, with writers like Lida Winiewicz, Jurgen Ernst, Julian Schutting, Christine Velan,
Peter Slavik
, and
Rosa Pock
, will continue through the end of March. Additional highlights are "Tricky Women 2010", an animated film festival for women from
March 4
to 8, and the short film festival "VIS
Vienna
Independent Shorts" from
May 27
to
June 2
. "MQ
VIENNA
FASHION WEEK" is scheduled for
September 22
to 26.
In addition, "Sommer im MQ" will be launched on
April 29
with "Kons goes proms", an event in cooperation with the
Vienna
Conservatory. The projected start date for the "Winter im MQ" event series is
November 18
.
The big museums and exhibition halls in the MuseumsQuartier Wien have plenty to offer as well. The LEOPOLD MUSEUM, for instance, is presenting "Giacometti - Cezanne - Picasso", a show with selected works from Fondation Beyeler Collection, from
September 17
to
January 17, 2011
. There will also be exhibitions featuring "watercolor masterpieces" (
February 26
to
May 24
) and the art of "
Joseph Maria
Olbrich" (
June 11
to September 27).
At MUMOK - Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig, the exhibition "Changing Channels" (
March 5
to
June 6
) is a creative exploration of television as a mass medium, while "Ideas in Painting" (
March 26
to
October 3
) is about discursive painting. A show called "Hyper Real: Realism in Painting and Photography" is also planned (
October 22
to
February 13
, 2011).
KUNSTHALLE wien is presenting "Tropicalia", a survey of the 1960s in
Brazil
(
January 29
to May 2). Other important exhibitions are "The Street as Studio: From Basquiat to Banksy" (
June 25
to
October 10
) and "POWER UP: Female Pop Artists" (
November 5
to
February 20
, 2011).
At the Architekturzentrum Wien, the oeuvre of Arbeitsgruppe 4 will be presented for the first time in a show called "Holzbauer, Kurrent, Spalt" (
March 4
to May 31). "Best of Europe: Mies van der Rohe Award 2009" will present top submissions for this important architecture competition (
June 24
to September 13).
Tanzquartier Wien will be presenting outstanding national and international productions throughout the year. A special highlight is the Austrian premiere of "KONTAKTHOF mit Teenagern ab 14" with "Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch" from
Germany
(
February 26
& 27). Another exciting performance is "La Pornographie des ames" with "Dave St. Pierre" from
Canada
(
March 9
& 10).
At Halle E+G, Streetdance will be performing "Bounce - Insane in the Brain" at the beginning of the year (
January 4
to 17). The annual "Wiener Festwochen festival" will return in May and June (
May 14
to June 16).
There will also be lots of exciting programs and events for kids and teens in 2010. "Ha Zwei Ooo" is an interactive exhibition on water at ZOOM Kindermuseum from March to August. The theater for young audiences DSCHUNGEL WIEN will be hosting the Austrian premiere of the Australian production "Hoods" on the occasion of the "World Day of Theater for Children and
Young People
" (March 20). "Das ist mein Ding!" is a coproduction with the Wiener Festwochen (June 5). And as always, wienXtra-Kinderinfo has lists and brochures available on more than 60 topics relating to recreation for children.
For detailed information and complete listings of exhibitions in 2010, visit the websites of the individual institutions or http://www.mqw.at.
Subject to change.
For further information: MQ Press Relations: Irene Preissler, E: [email protected], Tel.: +43-1-523-5881 - 1712
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