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Vienna Art Week returns with fifth anniversary festival

Preview by Samantha Cox

Vienna Art Week begins again on 16 November, celebrating its fifth anniversary with another fascinating programme of events.

The festival, which is set up in collaboration with the Vienna Arts Cluster, brings together many of the biggest art institutions and associations in Vienna. It aims to celebrate the vibrancy and diversity of Vienna�s rapidly developing arts scene.

This year�s programme is extensive and varied, but places great emphasis on the work that goes into setting up exhibitions and developing an art career, offering behind-the-scenes insights into the contemporary art world.

For this reason, many of the talks on offer may appear a little esoteric: it seems likely that much of the material covered in talks such as �Curatorial Practice and the Art Market� or �The Pathology of Collecting� will be difficult for those not involved in the art world to digest.

Nonetheless, the festival will certainly achieve the organisers� aim to develop and expand the city�s contemporary arts scene, offering a multitude of opportunities for networking and skills-development within the contemporary art community.

There is much of interest to the general public as well. Guided tours of many of the city�s most important current and permanent exhibitions will be conducted by the museum curators themselves, offering a unique opportunity to hear the opinions and thought-processes of the minds behind the city's most successful museums.

Other highlights are likely to be "Gallery Night" on 17 November, during which 50 galleries around the city will be open until midnight, and "Performance Night" on the 20th, which offers some intriguing-sounding experimental performances in the Museums Quarter.

There is little question that Vienna Art Week holds, and will continue to hold an important place in Vienna�s cultural calendar. This year it certainly looks as if it will achieve its aim of developing and expand Vienna�s burgeoning arts scene, offering not only those already involved the chance to network and develop their skills but also giving members of the public a chance to connect with and develop enthusiasm for the Viennese art world.

For more information, see www.viennaartweek.at

Austrian Times

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