Vienna’s Artistic Oasis Celebrates Its Tenth Anniversary
The Museums Quartier is one of the world’s largest artistic and cultural spaces, and the urbane living room at the heart of the Austrian capital. This year, Vienna’s meeting place for those with a passion for culture is celebrating the tenth anniversary of its opening with a wide range of events – from Austria’s first and only open-air cartoon exhibition (to 31 July) through the “Sound Heaven” (10 June to 1 October) to the great Open Air Festival, with live music acts and a spectacular 3-D projection (30 June).
Homage To The Rat Pack
They sing, swing and step: Reamonn’s Rea Garvey, Xavier Naidoo, Sasha and comedy star Michael Mittermeier continue their smash hit tour with the Big Band, and are guesting at the Wiener Stadthalle on 9 and 10 December. “Alive and Swingin’” is the name of their tribute to the legendary appearances by Sammy Davis Jr., Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin and Joey Bishop in the early1960s. So the public can look forward to a musical journey back in time this winter. Coot.
Visionary And Lateral Thinker
From 30 June to 3 October, the Archi- tekturzentrum Wien is devoting a show entitled “It still amazes me that / became an architect” to architect and artist Alexander Brodsky. The show is designed to offer an insight into the “other Moscow”, which contrasts starkly with Russia’s breakneck, often untamed development elsewhere. Brodsky’s architecture is low-key by comparison, and deeply-rooted in the traditional building culture of the country. For the Architekturzentrum Wien, he is putting into practice a “Total Installation” incorporating the exhibition hall, which is designed to put its spell on visitors.
