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Lebt und arbeitet in Wien

Contemporary Art from Vienna

Art
A shaft was dug into the floor of an office.
Hans Schabus, Der Schacht von Babel, 2003, Courtesy the artist, © Bildrecht Wien, 2026

until 26.10.2026

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.

Accompanied by a public programme of talks, performances and events, it places emphasis on the city as a dynamic space of production where art is shaped by a critical approach to the forces of conservatism and a sense of its own agency.

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 focuses on new and recent works with 38 artists commissioned specifically for the exhibition and numerous artworks presented in Vienna for the first time.

The exhibition is accompanied by a new publication including commissioned essays on all the artists, as well as transcripts of conversations between curators, artists and critics who live and work in Vienna, in both German and English.

A series of artist’s editions is being produced to be sold alongside the exhibition to support Kunsthalle Wien’s programme.

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

Gray 3D site plan of the Museumsquartier Wien with the area marked in red at the location of the Kunsthalle Wien
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