The Südbahnhotel is the symbol of a modern and artistically inspiring epoch. Artists like Arthur Schnitzler, Hugo von Hofmannsthal and Sigmund Freud are closely linked with it.More
The American artist Andrew Mezvinsky is one of the most interesting young artists currently working in Vienna. His installation for the Museum Judenplatz comes from Primo Levi's reflections on survival in Auschwitz, especially Levi's thoughts on the definition of a good day at Auschwitz.More
Every year on the so called Seder-evening Jews read the story of the liberation of the Jews from slavery and the Exodus from Egypt – the Haggadah shel Pesach. The Viennese artist Arik Brauer has created a new Haggadah, which is first on display at the Jewish Museum.More
The pictures by the Austrian photographer Erich Lessing are world-famous. His legendary photo of Leopold Figl and the Allied foreign ministers on the balcony of the Belvedere at the signing of the Austrian State Treaty has become an icon of the new Austria. Lessing experienced the persecution and deportation of his family from Vienna. He himself managed to flee to Palestine and was able to make a career of his youthful hobby.More
Harry Weber’s photo-book “Heute in Wien” appeared in 1996 alongside an exhibition of the same name at the Jewish Museum Vienna. The impressive black-and-white photos made history. Sixteen years later the Viennese photographer Josef Polleross has followed the traces of Harry Weber to provide a photographic record of life in the Jewish community today, particularly in Vienna’s 2nd district Leopoldstadt.More
In 1980 Andy Warhol created a series of portraits of important Jewish personalities of the twentieth century. The idea came from Warhol's friend and gallerist Ronald Feldman, who inspired Andy Warhol to investigate the Jewish intellectual realm. From a list of nearly 100 names of famous Jews, ten were chosen. Ten Jews who were not only prominent, but the greatest thinkers, leaders and creative talents of the twentieth century. Even if the portraits were dismissed as superficial, the work made sure that many people reflected on the history and achievements of the people portrayed.More
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