Around the Galleries
Collectors are heading for Dublin and Paris, where a wealth of fairs and exhibitions awaits them.
Isabel Andrews, Monday, 25th August 2008
To celebrate its 35th anniversary, the Albertina Gallery (Lobkowitzplatz 1, Vienna; +43 1 513 14 16) – not to be confused with the museum of the same name – is staging an exhibition of 20th-century Austrian art and furniture. A particularly strong group of works on the theme of ‘the nude’ includes Oskar Kokoschka’s Dresdner Aquarelle (1921) and colourful Stehender Mädchenakt (1921; Fig. 1), Egon Schiele’s Spiegelungen (1908) and Gustav Klimt’s detailed study for his lost painting Die Freundinnen (1916-17). Furniture is best represented by a cupboard and a carpet design by Josef Hoffman from the turn of the century, and by chairs designed by Adolf Loos for Vienna’s Café Museum.
Looking ahead to October, the 10th Art International Zurich (16-19 October), will be offering modern and contemporary art in the city’s Kongresshouse. Among the 80 dealers participating are two Seoul-based galleries offering contemporary Korean works on paper. For further information on the fair, visit www.art-zurich.com
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