Program
The residency program will consist of artists’ studio visits, off spaces, art collections, galleries, guided tour through selected exhibitions, meetings with curators as well as visit to the gallery festival curated by_ and the festival in Graz steierischerherbst’22.
Part of the program is dedicated to cooperation with international and Austrian art magazines, where the invited art critics will publish their texts on an exhibition, event, artist related to the Viennese/Austrian contemporary art scene.
In the framework of the residency a panel discussion will be held on the Role of Art Criticism.
The networking and bringing together different experts of the arts and industry, Visiting Critics Vienna aims to make a lasting contribution to Vienna as an art and cultural location by providing the Viennese scene and the critics with experience and contacts for future activities, thereby underlining Vienna‘s international perception as an important center of contemporary art is further strengthened.
Methodology
The participants are nominated by a comitee consisting of AICA Austria, Marcus Neustetter (artist) and Christoph Chwatal (art critic).
The program will be created by the mentioned committee as well as by the Verein K team both for the whole group as well individually for each participant according to her/his requests.
The professional background of the nominated critics, their geographical origin and gender balance will be taken into account.
Participants Visiting Critics Vienna 2022
Public Discussion
-> TESTIMONIALS
Published articles in the framework of Visiting Critics Vienna 2021:
-> Springerin – Review by David Mann
-> Camera Austria – Review by Re’al Christian
-> Spike – Review by Ewa Borysiewicz
The program is supported by the City of Vienna, Austrian Federal Chancellery and AICA Austria.