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FRIDA KAHLO
RETROSPECTIVE

1 September – 5 December 2010

©Frida Kahlo, Selbstbildnis mit Dornenhalsband, 1940, Harry Ransom Research Center University of Texas Austin
© Banco de México, Diego Rivera & Frida Kahlo Museums Trust, México, D.F./VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn, 2010/VBK, Wien, 2010

In autumn 2010, the Bank Austria Kunstforum is presenting the first comprehensive exhibition on Frida Kahlo ever shown in Austria. The myth of the Mexican artist has taken on global format; Frida is an icon with star character: identification figure of Mexican culture, forerunner of the feminist movement, flagship figure of a mega-merchandising machine, incandescent and exotic film material for Hollywood.

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BIRGIT JÜRGENSSEN
RETROSPECTIVE

16 December 2010 - 6 March 2011

©Birgit Jürgenssen, Ohne Titel (Selbst mit Fellchen), 1977-78
© Sammlung Verbund

In the winter of 2010/11, the Bank Austria Kunstforum and the Sammlung Verbund will jointly present the first posthumous retrospective of the work of Birgit Jürgenssen (1949-2003). The Vienna-born artist is regarded as one of the internationally outstanding representatives of the feminist avant-garde. Basing her work on the emancipatory potential of Surrealism and inspiration by Freudian psychoanalysis in dialogue with the social-critical discourse of her generation, since the late 1960s she developed a complex and stylistically multifaceted art.

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AIVASOVSKY
PAINTER OF THE SEA

17 March - 10 July 2011

©Iwan Konstantinowitsch Aiwasowski, Die Neunte Woge, 1850
© Staatliches Russisches Museum, Sankt Petersburg

The Bank Austria Kunstforum will be presenting a premiere in spring 2011 - the breathtaking work of the Russian painter Ivan Konstantinovich Aivasovsky (1817-1900): Aivasovsky was a living legend, celebrated in international exhibitions and is today a household word in Russia. Yet he is for the most part unknown beyond his national boundaries.

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PIERRE BONNARD
1867 – 1947

14 October 2011 - 4 April 2012

©Bonnard
© VBK, Wien, 2009/11

The Bank Austria Kunstforum is planning a retrospective of the work of Pierre Bonnard for winter/spring 2011/12, the very first exhibition ever devoted to this artist in Austria. It will present around 90 paintings from international museums and private collections and trace Bonnard’s work from its beginnings in the Nabis circle, the influence of symbolism and impressionism, and on to the 1940s.

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