September 8–October 14, 2023
Curated by, Vienna‘s gallery festival featuring international curators, will enter its 15th round from September 8 to October 14 2023. Since its formation in 2009, the gallery festival has become a central event for contemporary art in Austria. Curated by, which brings together both established and young galleries, annually presents contemporary positions selected by international curators on an overarching theme. After last year‘s selection of the theme was made by an initiator, this year once again the issue and title were decided democratically between all participating galleries.
The Neutral
“What does it mean to be neutral? Can we really afford to choose neutrality as a guiding principle for political action?“
With the epochal change a year ago, the question and the concept of the neutral, of neutrality, have been forced back into the center of political and cultural attention. How can one be neutral now, is often heard. Or: Those who promote neutrality in the face of the Russian invasion of Ukraine are, on the contrary, taking a stand. “Not an easy stance for neutrality, indeed,“ as Maximilian Geymüller notes in the impulse text for this year‘s theme.
In the art world, the ideas of the neutral, the in-between, and the non-binary have been generating resonances and positions for quite some time.
The impulse essay by Maximilian Geymüller is available for download on our website (curatedby.at/impulse).
Participating galleries and curators 2023
Charim Galerie Wien, by Julia Hartmann
Crone Wien, by Ingo Taubhorn
Croy Nielsen, by Quinn Latimer
E X I L E, by Pınar Öğrenci
FELIX GAUDLITZ, by Helena Papadopoulos
GIANNI MANHATTAN, by Giulia Civardi
Galerie Martin Janda, by Luiza Teixeira de Freitas
Galerie Kandlhofer, by Sacha Craddock
Georg Kargl Fine Arts, by Cathrin Mayer
Christine König Galerie, by Agnieszka Pindera
Krinzinger Schottenfeld, by Verena Formanek
Krobath Wien, by Giovanna Manzotti
Layr, by Nick Irvin
MEYER*KAINER, by Gaby Cepeda
Gregor Podnar, by Dr. Kirstin zu Hohenlohe
Galerie Eva Presenhuber, by Tobias Pils
Galerie nächst St. Stephan Rosemarie Schwarzwälder, by Roman Kurzmeyer
GABRIELE SENN GALERIE, by Raphael Oberhuber
silvia steinek galerie, by Martha Kirszenbaum
SOPHIE TAPPEINER, by Theresa Roessler
VIN VIN Gallery, by Lucrezia Calabrò Visconti
Galerie Hubert Winter, by Allyson Spellacy
WONNERTH DEJACO, by Juliette Desorgues
Zeller van Almsick, by Angelo Plessas (P.E.T. Projects)
Program
The exhibition openings in all 24 participating galleries will take place on September 8 from 12–7pm and on September 9 from 12–6pm.
For one month Curated by offers a broad program around contemporary art in Vienna with numerous openings, panel talks, performances, talks and guided tours. Opening hours September 12 – October 14, Tuesday–Friday 12:00 to 18:00, Saturday 12:00 to 16:00.
The festival continues to focus on physical engagement with artworks in the exhibition space. This year, Curated by is further developing the experience gained in recent years with regard to the possibilities of digital mediation formats: on the official website and on social media, visitors will be offered in-depth video content that will allow them to experience the exhibitions in digital space as well.
About Curated by
In its fifteen years of existence, the gallery festival Curated by has developed into a central and indispensable event for contemporary art in Vienna, which – supported by selected Vienna-based galleries – has become an international showcase for the city. The focus on content through the annual theme, the international orientation through the choice of curators and artists, the unusual format as a festival, and the collaborative shoulder-to-shoulder approach of the galleries make Curated by a unique contemporary art project with international reach.
For any questions or further information please contact: office@curatedby.at
Press
For information on all exhibitions, participating galleries, curators and artists, please visit our website and press area, or contact Tanya van Breda Vriesman, press@curatedby.at.
