Vienna
Let Wallpaper* guide you through the worlds of art, design and architecture in Vienna - and discover where to go and what to see when you travel to Vienna.
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Explore Villa Beer, a rare modernist Viennese icon reborn
A refreshed Villa Beer, originally designed by Josef Frank and Oskar Wlach, is about to open to the public, following a meticulous restoration of the Viennese modernist house
By Ellie Stathaki Published
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The appeal of the ‘internet boyfriend’: Richard Hawkins in Vienna
‘Potentialities’ at Kunsthalle Wien sees the American artist dissect the appeal of today’s movie hunk in his first institutional show in more than a decade
By Zoe Whitfield Published
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The Wallpaper* team’s travel highlights of the year
A year of travel distilled. Discover the destinations that inspired our editors on and off assignment
By Sofia de la Cruz Published
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Inside Helmut Lang’s fashion archive in Vienna, which still defines how we dress today
New exhibition ‘Séance de Travail 1986-2005’ at MAK in Vienna puts Helmut Lang’s extraordinary fashion archive on view for the first time, capturing the Austrian designer-turned-artist’s enduring legacy
By Sofia Hallström Published
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One to watch: Brazilian designer Danilo Reis’ altars are spiritually charged
The first Black Brazilian designer at Vienna Design Week presents ‘Ascensão’, a series of altars and objects exploring salvaged materialities and diasporic identities
By Tianna Williams Published
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Vienna Design Week 2025 is a pit stop for the future
Vienna Design Week (until 5 October 2025) continues its nomadic journey – revisiting forgotten spaces, rethinking ageing and tradition, and exploring what design means in a world defined by movement and change
By Hiba Alobaydi Published
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The women making digital art before the internet
'Radical Software: Women, Art & Computing 1960–1991' at Kunsthalle Vienna & recently at MUDAM Luxembourg, doesn’t pretend to portray the totality of tech in art, instead taking the specific 31-year period of the title to shed light upon 48 women artists who engaged critically with computation
By Will Jennings Published
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Out of office: what the Wallpaper editors have been doing this week
A week of jetsetting has seen the editors in Tokyo, Milan, Vienna, Miami, New York and drinking Guinness with Jonathan Anderson in London
By Bill Prince Published
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‘It was a golden age of design’: Adam Štěch on modernism’s enduring allure
Czech architectural historian Adam Štěch, whose travelling ‘Elements’ exhibition is at MAK Vienna, on his odyssey to document the world’s modernist marvels, and what's next
By Hiba Alobaydi Published
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Spend the night at Vienna’s Imperial Riding School, a revitalised hotel with a horsey heritage
Imperial Riding School, a former military equestrian camp, canters back into Vienna’s hotel scene after a contemporary refresh led by Goddard Littlefair
By Alia Akkam Published
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The Hoxton, Vienna is a hotel rooted in history and quirkiness
The Hoxton, Vienna offers everything from a dynamic auditorium to a Cuban-inspired rooftop bar and pool
By Sofia de la Cruz Published
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Carl Auböck's masterpieces go on display in Vienna
The influence of the Carl Auböck Workshop on Austrian design is highlighted with a new exhibition at MAK, Vienna’s Museum of Applied Arts (until 13 October 2024)
By Léa Teuscher Published
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Last chance to see: Marina Abramović revisits her Energy Clothes in a piercing Vienna show
Marina Abramović considers the role of the body in ‘Energy Clothes’, debuting a new photo series and installation at Vienna’s Galerie Krinzinger, open until 29 July 2023
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The art display at Vienna's Max Brown hotel rivals museum collections
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The highlights and hidden gems from Vienna Design Week 2014
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That seventies show: remembering Hungary’s forgotten neo-avantgarde movement
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Vienna’s art scene gathers pace, from auctions to Wes Anderson’s curatorial debut
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Vienna Biennale for Change dissects our digital future
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Sans Souci — Vienna, Austria
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Hotel Topazz — Vienna, Austria
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Hotel Daniel — Vienna, Austria
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Vienna’s newest hotel, is housed in the former home of Austria’s domestic intelligence agency
By Emilee Tombs Last updated
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Transitory Objects exhibition, Vienna
By Ellie Stathaki Last updated
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City of art: Nathalie Du Pasquier's comprehensive solo show in Vienna
By Elana Wong Last updated
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Gregor Sailer’s surreal photography: architecture at the margins of civilisation
In a new exhibition, ‘Unseen Places’ at Kunst Haus Wien, Gregor Sailer looks back at 20 years of working in inaccessible landscapes, sealed-off territories and restricted military areas.
By Petra Loho Last updated
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Art patron and TBA21 gallery founder Francesca von Habsburg opens the doors to her Vienna residence
The April 2007 issue of Wallpaper* (W*98) saw us visit the Vienna residence of Austrian art patron and aristocrat Francesca von Habsburg. She regularly swaps pieces between her home and the gallery space she founded in 2002, TBA21, which hosts over 250 works by artists including Freud, Pollock and Mapplethorpe
By Emma O'Kelly Last updated
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Sofitel Stephansdom in Vienna by Jean Nouvel
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