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Works by former students and teachers at Kunsthalle Wien

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Lebt und arbeitet in Wien
Contemporary Art from Vienna
1.5.–26.10.2026
Curators:
Daniel Baumann, Michelle Cotton & Monika Georgieva 

With the exhibition Lives and Works in Vienna, the Kunsthalle demonstrates the diversity and vitality of Vienna’s contemporary art scene. The exhibition also features numerous works by former students and faculty members of the Academy, including Brishty Alam, Philipp Fleischmann, Parastu Gharabaghi, Birke Gorm, Jojo Gronostay, Benjamin Hirte, Christine & Irene Hohenbüchler, Emma Hummerhielm Carlén, Iman Issa, Belinda Kazeem-Kamiński, Jakob Lena Knebl, James Lewis, Irina Lotarevich, Lazar Lyutakov, Till Megerle, Rini Mitra, Hans Schabus, Anna Schachinger, Ashley Hans Scheirl, Toni Schmale, Nora Schultz, Sophie Thun, Johanna Charlotte Trede, Emily Wardill, and many others.

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 with commissioned texts on each artist and transcripts of conversations between curators, artists and critics living and working in Vienna published in German and English.

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