New York City has about as many inhabitants as all of Austria. No wonder everything is bigger, wider and higher there. Nevertheless, there are also commonalities between the American west coast metropolis and Vienna.
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The view of Manhattan with the famous Empire State Building
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Local art in the culture forum
There is street art to be admired – as in Vienna on one or the other house front. But the artistic development can not only be observed outside, but also inside: Similar to the Anker bread factory, empty factories and halls in Bushwick, a district in north Brooklyn, are being transformed into studios and exhibition spaces.
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“What you can observe here is the confluence of the work of gallery owners and artists. In addition, more and more artists are moving here. I guess there are already a thousand art studios in this area,” curator John Silvis told ORF.
The artists come mainly from the USA – but there is also room in New York for Austrian works. Because the Austrian Cultural Forum is currently running the exhibition: Vienna Complex. Among other things, there is a lounger designed by Franz West. The piece is usually housed in the Freud Museum in Vienna and was once a gift from the artist himself.
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“Golden Adele” as a crowd puller
Another well-known work that can be seen in New York: Klimt’s “Golden Adele”. Ronald Lauder, ex-US ambassador in Vienna, bought it in 2006 for 107 million euros – so much had never been paid for a painting. The Golden Adele is on display in the Neue Galerie in Manhattan. “People think the picture has been in New York forever. It’s a star, it’s our Mona Lisa, it’s the main reason people visit the new gallery,” said director Renée Price.
Other Klimt works, Schiele paintings and exhibits from the Wiener Werkstätte can also be seen there.
Honor for film industrialists
As part of the Vienna Weeks in New York, George Pilzer, the son of the famous filmmaker Oskar Pilzer, was presented with a street sign with his father’s name on it. Because in Hietzing, opposite the Rosenhügel studios, Oskar-Pilzer-Platz will soon be reminiscent of him.
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City Councilor for Culture Mailath-Pokorny (left) presented the street sign to George Pilzer
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Among other things, the film “Maskerade” with Paula Wessely and Willi Forst was shot under his leadership. The now 92-year-old was very touched by the recognition of his father’s achievements. Pilzer also really wants to come to Vienna – when the place will officially be given his father’s name.
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