CERCLE DIPLOMATIQUE - issue 4/2017

SAVOIR VIVRE DOROTHEERGASSE
INFO
DOROTHEERGASSE
Jüdisches Museum
Dorotheergasse 11
jmw.at
Galerie Ernst Hilger
Dorotheergasse 5
hilger.at
Charim Galerie
Dorotheergasse 12/1
charimgalerie.at
Café Leopold Hawelka
Dorotheergasse 6
hawelka.at
Dorotheum
Dorotheum Galerie
In der Dorotheum Galerie im
Erdgeschoss des Palais Dorotheum
stehen neben
Antiquitäten und ausgewählten
Kunstwerken auch viele
exklusive limitierte Editionen
bekannter Künstler zum
sofortigen Verkauf bereit.
In the Dorotheum Gallery, on
the ground floor of the
Dorotheum Palace, many
exclusive limited editions of
well-known artists are
available for immediate sale,
in addition to antiques and
selected works of art.
Auktionen (Auswahl)/
Upcoming auctions:
Jugendstil / Art Noveau,
4.12.2017
Ölgemälde 19. Jahrhundert /
Oil painting of the 19th
century, 5.12.2017
Silber und Russisches Silber
/ Silver and Russian silver,
12.12.2017
Zeitgenössische Kunst /
Contemporary arts, 13.12.2017
Alte Meister / The old
masters, 18.12.2017
Historische Waffen und
Militaria / Historic weapons
and militaria, 21.12.2017
Die nächsten großen
internationalen Auktionswochen
finden im April 2018
statt. The next big
international auction weeks
will take place in April 2018.
Dorotheergasse 17
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Die Dorotherergasse folgt dem mittelalterlichen Grundriss der Stadt; das Jüdische Museum residiert seit 1993 im Palais Eskeles an der
Dorotheergasse 11.
The Dorotheergasse follows the city´s outline of the Middle Ages; since 1993, the Jewish Museum resides at Palais Eskeles at
Dorotheergasse 11.
Böhm betont. Dank des in den letzten 20 Jahren aufgebauten
Netzes von Außenstellen gelingt es dem
Dorotheum für seine internationalen Auktionen
stets hochkarätige Werke nach Wien zu lotsen „Bis
zu 80% der Lose bei den großen Auktionen stammen
aus unseren Repräsentanzen“, merkt Böhm an. In
Rom, Milano, Brüssel, München, Düsseldorf und
London – strategisch den Hotspots des Kunstmarktes
folgend – ist das Auktionshaus präsent; ein Netzwerk,
dem das Dorotheum seine führende Stellung
verdankt.
Trotz aller Globalisierungstendenzen, die natürlich
längst auch den Kunsthandel durchdringen, ist
das Dorotheum eine genuin Wienerische Institution
geblieben, wo neben den großen internationalen
Events fast täglich eine Auktion in einer der mehr als
40 Sparten über die Bühne geht. Auch der Österreichische
Staat bringt seine Preziosen – kürzlich etwa
das im Zuge des Parlamentsumbaus ausgemusterte,
komplette Mobiliar des Plenarsaales – traditionellerweise
im Dorotheum zur Versteigerung. An der Do-
rotheergasse 17 verdichten sich Tag für Tag Wiener
Geschichten und die internationale Kunstgeschichte
zu einer immer wieder aufs Neue spannenden Erzählung.
The narrow, slightly curved lane between Graben
and Augustinerstrasse is a piece of Vienna
rich in history. Once a popular residential district
of the baroque nobility and lined with numerous
palaces with swell sounding names, today many art
dealers and the galleries Charim and Ernst Hilger also
reside here – two important addresses for contemporary
art. At number 6 in the world-famous Café
Hawelka, generations of Viennese intellectuals came
together. Number 11 has been the Jewish Museum
since 1994. However, the most prominent building at
this top-class address is undoubtedly the Dorotheum.
The well-known auction house, as well as the street,
inherited its distinctive name from the Dorotheer monastery,
once located here. Closed in 1782, it was
PHOTOS: ROIS&STUBENRAUCH; PID SCHAUB-WALZER
henceforth home of the auction house founded in
1707 on the orders of Joseph I. In 1901, the Dorotheum
moved into its splendid palace which features the
prestigious style of the Ringstrasse architecture.
A busy atmosphere surrounds visitors in the
sprawling building. Chic employees rush across the
corridors. The experts at the Dorotheum, responsible
for their respective areas such as for instance the old
masters, stamps, jewellery and contemporary art sit
behind solid, dark oak doors. The enormous Dorotheum
Palace is reminiscent of a ministry or government
building. The expansive, neo-baroque staircase leads
past the interventions of contemporary artists such as
Esther Stocker and Erwin Wurm to the auction hall
on the second floor. During the four major annual
auction weeks of autumn and spring, the tranquil atmosphere
gives way to an expectant jumble. Throughout
this time, a steady stream of visitors pushes up
and down the stairs while feverish suspense for bidding
captures those present in the hall. World-class
works of art are regularly auctioned off at the Dorotheum.
In the recently completed auction week at the
end of November, there were two fantastic drawings
by Egon Schiele, as well as important works by Maria
Lassnig.
In addition to classical modernism and contemporary
art, the old masters are the driving forces of the
Dorotheum auctions, as Managing Director Martin
Böhm emphasises. Thanks to the network of branch
offices established in the last 20 years, the Dorotheum
manages to attract high-profile works to Vienna for its
international auctions. „Up to 80% of the lots at the
big auctions come from our representative offices,“
notes Böhm. The auction house is present in Rome,
Milan, Brussels, Munich, Dusseldorf and London –
strategically following the art market hotspots. The
Dorotheum owes its leading position to this very network.
Despite all globalisation tendencies, which of
course have long penetrated the art trade, the Dorotheum
has remained a genuinely Viennese institution,
where in addition to the major international events,
an auction is held almost every day in one of the more
than 40 divisions. The Republic of Austria has also
traditionally auctioned off its valuables in the Dorotheum
– recently, for example, the complete furniture
of the plenary hall, which was retired in the course of
the parliamentary reconstruction. At Dorotheergasse
17, Viennese stories and international art history unfold
daily into a narrative that is always exciting.
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