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VIENNAFAIR The New Contemporary 2012
September 20–23, 2012
Messe Wien, Hall A, Messeplatz 1, 1020 Vienna
Vienna, September 19, 2012
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122 Austrian and international galleries from 26 countries celebrate the 2
opening of the eighth edition of VIENNAFAIR The New Contemporary
A new fair format for Vienna: VIENNAFAIR The New Contemporary 3
Galleries at VIENNAFAIR The New Contemporary
Focus on Central, Eastern, and Southeastern European countries 4
with established and new artistic positions
Contemporary Turkish art also in the limelight in 2012 4
Galleries from the Western hemisphere 5
Austriaʼs gallery scene 5
Exciting solo presentations in ZONE 1 6
Advisory board and admissions committee 7
New fair architecture 7
Local art collectors as partners of VIENNAFAIR The New Contemporary 8
The Art Vectors Investment Partnership and its board members
International Art Industry Forum 9
Information hub at the intersection of culture and economy
Cooperations 10
Biographies 12
Sponsors and partners of VIENNAFAIR The New Contemporary 13
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Visitors program with experts from the international art world
VIENNA QUINTET, VIENNA TALKS, VIENNA SONIC, VIENNA LIVE,
VIENNA STUDIO, VIENNA CLICK, VIENNA SELECTED
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Gallery list

122 Austrian and international galleries from 26 countries celebrate the opening of the
eighth edition of VIENNAFAIR The New Contemporary
“With the new name VIENNAFAIR The New Contemporary we wanted to emphasize from the
very beginning Viennaʼs role as a trendsetter and a hub for cultural exchange between the
Eastern and Western hemispheres. We are very pleased that our investment could make a
contribution to enhancing a shared cultural and economic development,” says Sergey
Skaterschikov, founder of Next Edition Partners GmbH and majority shareholder of VF
Betriebsgesellschaft mbH. “It was clear from the start that Viennaʼs extremely vibrant
contemporary art scene needs an art fair that corresponds with the international reputation of
the galleries, the exhibition houses, and the artists who reside here. I would like to thank the
entire team and all those who have supported us here in Vienna and around the world. But
above all, I would like to congratulate the two artistic directors Christina Steinbrecher and Vita
Zaman for implementing the vision of VIENNAFAIR The New Contemporary in such a short
time frame and developing such an extensive and exciting program,” underlines Dmitry
Aksenov, also a founder of Next Edition Partners GmbH and majority shareholder of VF
Betriebsgesellschaft mbH.
“With 122 galleries from 26 countries, we present a VIENNAFAIR The New Contemporary
that does justice to Viennaʼs role as a marketplace and takes decisive steps toward the future.
We are experiencing a convergence of the formerly separated western economic zone with
the increasingly more influential markets of Central, Eastern, and Southeastern Europe. We
have successfully won the participation of some of the most prestigious and likewise many of
the most interesting emerging galleries from both hemispheres – a first big step on our path to
position VIENNAFAIR The New Contemporary at the pinnacle of international developments
in contemporary art and the global art market,” points out Christina Steinbrecher, artistic
director, satisfied with the eighth edition of VIENNAFAIR The New Contemporary.
“In addition to VIENNA QUINTET, a special exhibition about the latest developments in
contemporary art in the five former Soviet republics Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia,
Kazakhstan, and the Ukraine, which are becoming significant protagonists in European
culture, and the project “DIYALOG”: Art from Turkey, which presents galleries and institutions
from another dynamic region, we have developed an ambitious supplementary program that
presents highly topical facets in the production of contemporary art, some for the first time in
Vienna. We have invited fantastic musicians, performers, and lecturers from Berlin, Moscow,
Los Angeles, New York, and many other cities to Vienna to create an inspiring program that
will make VIENNAFAIR The New Contemporary the highlight of Viennaʼs contemporary art
calendar. Among others, the program includes the musical duo Tosca, who will present their
new CD, a solidarity demonstration for the Russian punk band Pussy Riot, along with a tribute
to Franz West, one of the most important international representatives of contemporary
Austrian art who just recently passed away,” says Vita Zaman, summarizing the extensive
visitors program of VIENNAFAIR The New Contemporary.
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A new fair format for Vienna: VIENNAFAIR The New Contemporary
In our largely globalized society, artistic questions and strategies comply less and less with
the borders of topographic or political geographies. Rather, they increasingly reflect new
forms of a sociocultural discourse that links different stakeholders – also with the help of new
social media – into a global network regardless of cultural boundaries. A place located at the
intersection of different cultures which recognizes its function as a catalyst in the
advancement of these new cultural identities is virtually predestined to assume a position at
the forefront of new artistic developments.
With its rich cultural heritage, but also an extraordinarily dynamic and increasingly multi-ethnic
contemporary art scene, Vienna deserves an art fair with an international format that
corresponds with its status of a metropolis and with Austrian galleries that have, for many
years, successfully positioned themselves in the international art market. With the elaboration
of the exhibition format behind VIENNAFAIR The New Contemporary, an important first step
has successfully been made toward an enhanced international presence in the gallery scene
and, above all, among art collectors around the world. The participation of renowned
international and national galleries in combination with the presentation of younger galleries
that act as forerunners in contemporary art production enables VIENNAFAIR The New
Contemporary to offer the unique opportunity to experience the work of established artists
alongside that of emerging artists and new talent – and a chance for buyers to expand their
own art collections in both directions.
The idea of Europe as an expanded economic and cultural space, beyond the borders of the
EU, is central in the further development of the focus on Central, Eastern, and Southeastern
Europe, an idea that once again demonstrates VIENNAFAIR The New Contemporaryʼs
unique position in the international art fair circuit. In addition to the numerous Eastern
European galleries, many of which began their international careers in earlier editions of
VIENNAFAIR, VIENNAFAIR The New Contemporary also presents Istanbulʼs upcoming
gallery scene, both renowned and young galleries from St. Petersburg and Moscow, and even
a special showcase of art from the Caucasus region, which is still far removed from the art
market. This creates an unrivaled and lively platform for exchange between the still very
Western-oriented art market and regions in which totally new forms of cooperation between
art, economy, and civil society are currently blossoming.
Informed significantly by the parallel development of digital technologies and the historical
emergence of new political geographies, unprecedented cooperations are forming
internationally between the individual arts sectors, between high and pop culture, and
between artistic practices and the creative industries. VIENNAFAIR The New Contemporary
investigates these phenomena – for example, in the special program VIENNA CLICK and
also prior to the fair in its International Art Industry Forum – and demonstrates the creative
potential of such interconnections.
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Galleries at VIENNAFAIR The New Contemporary
Focus on Central, Eastern, and Southeastern European countries with established and
new artistic positions
47 galleries from the focus region Central, Eastern, and Southeastern Europe come to
VIENNAFAIR The New Contemporary 2012: the 0gms Gallery from Bulgaria; the Galeria Plan
B, Ivan Gallery, JECZA GALLERY, and SABOT from Romania; DRDOVA GALLERY, dvorak
sec contemporary, hunt kastner artworks, and the Vernon Gallery from the Czech Republic;
Temnikova & Kasela Gallery from Estonia; and the galleries Forsblom and TAIK from Finland.
The Gardens and Vartai Galerija from Lithuania and Alma Gallery from Latvia decided to
participate as well. Hungary is represented this year with six galleries: acb Gallery, Erika
Deák Gallery, INDA Galéria, Kisterem, Ani Molnár Gallery, and VILTIN Galéria; Poland with
five: BWA Warszawa, lokal_30, Profile Gallery, Raster, Starter Gallery. Slovenia participates
with P74 Gallery and Galerija Gregor Podnar; Slovakia with amt _ project; Croatia with
Galerija Marisall; the Ukraine with Mironova Gallery; and Iran with Shirin Art Center. The most
participants from one of the focus regions this year, however, come from Russia, which sends
seven galleries to VIENNAFAIR The New Contemporary: 16th LINE art gallery, Anna Nova
Art Gallery, Marina Gisich Gallery, Gallery 21, Pecherskiy Gallery, pop/off/art gallery and
Triumph Gallery.
As in previous years, Erste Bank is facilitating the main focus on Central, Eastern and
Southeastern European countries within VIENNAFAIR The New Contemporary. “We promote
artists and galleries from the East and Southeastern regions of Europe by supporting galleries
that would not have been able to participate in the fair because of their economic situation. As
a result of this strategy, VIENNAFAIR The New Contemporary has developed a profile that
we would like to continue to support under the new management,” states Ruth Goubran, head
of Community Affairs and Sponsoring at Erste Bank.
There are also eight galleries from Turkey, two of which partake in the regular gallery
program, MERKUR and die Galeri Zilberman, and six in the special project “DIYALOG”: Art
from Turkey.
Contemporary Turkish art also in the limelight in 2012
The successfully initiated dialogue between Vienna and Istanbul will continue at the 2012
VIENNAFAIR The New Contemporary in the special project “DIYALOG”: Art from Turkey. Coinitiated
and supported by OMV for the second time, six galleries from Istanbul – The Empire
Project, MARS İstanbul, Galeri Nev İstanbul, NON, Rampa İstanbul, and Rodeo Gallery – will
show a representative cross-section of the diversity of Turkeyʼs emerging contemporary art
scene. In addition there will be an information zone about the art scene in Turkey. This
special project is curated by art critic Nazlı Gűrlek who was born in Istanbul.
Over and above its economic engagement, OMV would like to contribute with this project to
cultural dialogue in the field of contemporary fine arts. In addition to Austria and Romania,
Turkey is one of the core markets of the integrated, international oil and gas company.
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Galleries from the Western hemisphere
VIENNAFAIR The New Contemporary not only attracted interesting, and in part new galleries
from the focus regions but also from the Western hemisphere. The largest portion from
Western Europe, as was the case in the previous years, comprises 18 participants from
Germany, from which thirteen are based in Berlin: Aanant & Zoo, Buchmann Galerie, Galerie
Campagne Première, carlier | gebauer, DITTRICH & SCHLECHTRIEM, Galerie Patrick
Ebensperger, FELDBUSCHWIESNER, ftc. fiedler taubert contemporary, Andrae Kaufmann,
Galerie Opdahl, Galerie Jette Rudolph, ZAK | BRANICKA, and the gallery Michael Schultz,
which in addition to Berlin also runs galleries in Seoul and Beijing. From Cologne come the
gallery Klaus Benden and the Figge von Rosen Galerie, from Stuttgart the Galerie Hollenbach
and PARROTTA Contemporary Art, and from Frankfurt the Kai Middendorff Galerie. On board
this year are also the Belgian Micheline Szwajcer gallery (Antwerp) as well as the Bernard
Jordan gallery and Orel Art, both from Paris, France. Great Britain is represented with three
participants from London: Ancient & Modern, Gazelli Art House, and IBID Projects. Italian
galleries come to Vienna from Rome, OREDARIA Arti Contemporanee and Wunderkammern;
Turin, Galleria Glance; and Bologna, P420. The Swiss participants are AB Gallery from
Lucerne and Grieder Contemporary Gallery from Zurich. The Simone Subal Gallery and Marc
Jancou Contemporary are both based in New York; the latter also runs exhibition spaces in
Geneva.
Carbon12 from Dubai in the United Arab Emirates and Gallery H.A.N. from Seoul, South
Korea, finally top off the broad spectrum VIENNAFAIR The New Contemporary has to offer.
Austriaʼs gallery scene
Traditionally, Austrian galleries were pioneers in the establishment of a global appreciation of
contemporary art, and they have developed Vienna in particular into an important market and
information hub for contemporary art production. A total of 41 galleries from Austria will
participate in VIENNAFAIR The New Contemporary. The fair showcases works from the
summer exhibitions of the Salzburg-based Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac (Georg Baselitz, Erwin
Wurm, and Ilya & Emilia Kabakov), Galerie Nikolaus Ruzicska (a.o. Gerold Miller, Imi
Knoebel, Brigitte Kowanz), Galerie Altnöder (a.o. Johanna Kandl, Alois Mosbacher, and
Ingeborg Strobl), and Mario Mauroner Contemporary Art with Jan Fabre. From Graz, Artelier
Contemporary brings national and international editions (a.o. John Baldessari, IRWIN,
Michael Kienzer) to Vienna, Galerie Eugen Lendl presents paintings by Markus Bacher and
Klaus Wanker, and Zimmermann Kratochwill displays the photography of Lena Cobangbang
and paintings by Otto Muehl. The Innsbruck-based Galerie Bernd Kugler shows among other
works objects by Madeleine Boschan and paintings by André Butzer, and Galerie Elisabeth &
Klaus Thoman, also from Innsbruck, Clegg & Guttmann, Thomas Feuerstein, and Franz
West; from Reith im Alpbachtal, Galerie Schmidt will be present with works by Angelika
Krinzinger and Markus Bacher. Almost without exception, the most important proponents of
the Viennese gallery scene will be present at VIENNAFAIR The New Contemporary: artmark
galerie wien (a.o. Johannes Deutsch), Charim Galerie (a.o. with VALIE EXPORT, Moussa
Kone, and Lisl Ponger), Galerie Chobot (a.o. Alfred Haberpointner, Walter Moroder), Galerie
Heike Curtze (a.o. Christian Ludwig Attersee, Günter Brus, Arnulf Rainer), Galerie Ernst
Hilger (Gunter Damisch, Jiri Kolar, Andy Warhol a.o.), Andreas Huber (Carola Dertnig,
Leopold Kessler, Dan Rees), and Galerie Martin Janda (a.o. Raoul de Keyser, Roman
Ondák). Georg Kargl Fine Arts presents a.o. Martin Dammann, Mark Dion, and Muntean
Rosenblum, Knoll Galerie Vienna/Budapest AES+F, Tony Cragg, and Csaba Nemes,
Christine König Galerie a.o. Anetta Mona Chisa & Lucia Tkáčová, G.R.A.M., and Stanley
Whitney; KONZETT brings Christian Eisenberger and Otto Muehl, Galerie Emanuel Layr a.o.
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Plamen Dejanoff and Tillman Kaiser, Galerie Krinzinger sculptures by Hans Op de Beeck and
Manfred Wakolbinger, KROBATH Vienna | Berlin Julian Opie, Ugo Rondinone, and Esther
Stocker; Galerie Lang Wien showcases a.o. Gottfried Leitner; GALERIE LINDNER is there
with a.o. Heinz Gappmayr; Meyer Kainer naturally presents Gelatin and Franz West; and
Galerie nächst St. Stephan Rosemarie Schwarzwälder features Polly Apfelbaum, Herbert
Brandl, and Adrian Schiess, among other artists. The list from Vienna goes on: Galerie Raum
mit Licht, who will present works by John Hilliard and Ernst Koslitch a.o., GABRIELE SENN
galerie with a.o. Elfie Semotan and Hans Weigand, Kunsthandel Heinrich Steinek with a.o.
Walter Pichler, and Galerie Hubert Winter with a.o. Lawrence Weiner. From Gmunden and
once again at the fair is Galerie 422 Margund Lössl with a.o. Xenia Hausner and Otto Zitko.
And last but not least, Arnold Schmidt and Oswald Tschirtner will be showcased by galerie
gugging at VIENNAFAIR The New Contemporary.
Exciting solo presentations in ZONE 1
ZONE 1, a proven site of exceptional presentations, is also a part of the 2012 VIENNAFAIR
The New Contemporary. Galleries are given special conditions for twenty-square-meter
spaces in an open booth system where they can make solo presentations of the works of
young artists. The Graz-based artist Wolfgang Becksteiner presents object and video art at
the booth of Galerie Heike Curtze (Vienna); spaces are a central theme in the paintings of the
Austrian Dominik Louda, who will be featured by Kerstin Engholm Galerie (Vienna). Stephan
Reusse, who taught at the Media Art College in Cologne from 2000 to 2006, displays his
media art with Lukas Feichtner Galerie (Vienna); with the project Djinni in a Bottle, Galerie Lisi
Hämmerle (Bregenz) presents cutting-edge art with the latest 3D technologies; Projektraum
Viktor Bucher (Vienna) exhibits works by Daniel Leidenfrost, known for his staged
photography; and Andrae Kaufmann (Berlin) presents drawings and objects of Bettina Krieg.
Christina Zurfluh, who was invited by Galerie Mezzanin (Vienna) to ZONE1, combines
painting and sculpture in her works. The recently opened OstLicht. Galerie für Fotografie
(Vienna) contributes with the photographer Andreas Duscha. Architecture of the modern is
thematized by GABRIELE SENN galerie (Vienna) in their presentation of Marko Lulić. Ilse
Haider presents her multimedia photographic works at the booth of Galerie Silvia Steinek, and
Jana Farmanová spices up ZONE1 with her serial imagery at the booth of Vernon Gallery
(Prague). After a residency in Bad Gastein this summer, Florian Neufeldt is showing new
works at the ZONE 1 stand of Gallery Opdahl (Berlin). The subject of money plays a
significant role in Carlos Airesʼs installation in ZONE 1, which is being presented by Mario
Mauroner Contemporary Art (Salzburg/Vienna). Figge von Rosen Galerie (Berlin) are making
their entire stand available for the Russian-born, Nottingham (GB) resident artist Velena
Popova. Room-filling sculptures by Gregor Gaida can be expected at the PARROTTA
(Stuttgart) stand in ZONE 1. Polina Kanis was already present in Vienna this year in the group
show Russian Renaissance. Her videos will be presented in ZONE 1 at the VIENNAFAIR The
New Contemporary by Galleria Glance (Turin). The Alma Gallery of Riga will be presenting
Lithuanian Krišs Salmanis who was born in 1977. Manila native Jayson Oliveria will present
his paintings with Zimmermann Kratochwill (Graz).
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Advisory board and admissions committee
Miryam Charim (Charim Galerie, Vienna)
Ursula Krinzinger (Galerie Krinzinger, Vienna)
Mihai Pop (Galeria Plan B, Cluj)
Asia Zak (ZAK | BRANICKA, Berlin)
New fair architecture by BWM Architects and Partners
The fair architecture has been redesigned by BWM Architects and Partners. A decentralized,
open exhibition architecture creates attractive spaces throughout the complete exhibition
area, integrating the diverse participants from different regions in the happenings on an equal
basis and providing visitors with clear orientation points. This year, the VIP lounge has been
relocated and designed as a green recreational area. There are ten “forested” islands
populated with dozens of real spruce trees made available by Austrian Federal Forests.
Under the title “Counterpoint: Natural Art Space / Artificial Nature Space”, they form a visual
counterpart to the exhibition area while offering a “green” relaxation zone for the visitors.
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Local art collectors as partners of VIENNAFAIR The New Contemporary
“We all have different approaches to art and art collecting. Nevertheless, what we share is the
interest in a strong domestic gallery scene and an internationally attractive marketplace for
contemporary art in Vienna. For us, the involvement in this partnership has less to do with the
classic notion of the shareholder; rather it is the opportunity to offer idealistic support and to
set an example for Vienna as a city of art,” says Franz Wojda, shareholder of VF Beteiligungs
KG, on the motivations of the group of local collectors to become involved in VIENNAFAIR
The New Contemporary.
VF Beteiligungs KG was founded by an Austrian group of art collectors under the aegis of
Edelbert Köb (university professor and curator, director of the mumok museum moderner
kunst stiftung ludwig wien 2001–2011) and owns 30% of the VF Betriebsgesellschaft mbH.
Other founding members include: Bernhard Hainz (lawyer and art collector), Martin Lenikus
(entrepreneur, art collector and sponsor), Eduard Pomeranz (entrepreneur and art collector),
Martha Schreieck (architect), Andra Spallart (art collector) and Franz Wojda (university
professor, art collector, founder of KPMG Management Consulting Österreich, board
chairman at the University of Applied Arts Vienna 2002–2008, and deputy chairman of the
board of trustees at mumok museum moderner kunst stiftung ludwig wien 2002–2011).
The Art Vectors Investment Partnership and its board members
The new Art Vectors Investment Partnership initiated by Sergey Skaterschikov will launch at
VIENNAFAIR The New Contemporary 2012. The idea emerged from the shared interest of art
collectors to not only buy artwork for their own collections but to also give interested investors
the opportunity to participate in the establishment of a sophisticated art collection from an
economic perspective. An international board composed by Edelbert Köb, consisting of
Joseph Backstein, director, Institute of Contemporary Art Moscow, Levent Çalıkoğlu, chief
curator, Istanbul Museum of Modern Art, Nicolaus Schafhausen, designated artistic director of
KUNSTHALLE wien, and Rainald Schumacher, freelance curator and author, Office for Art,
Berlin, will make a selection of artworks at VIENNAFAIR The New Contemporary to be
purchased for the collection. In the coming five years, a minimum of one million Euros will be
available annually for purchases by the Art Vectors Investment Partnership at VIENNAFAIR
The New Contemporary. The finance market specialist Friedrich Kiradi, who will assume the
role of economic director of the Art Vectors Investment Partnership, sees not only financial
advantages but, above all, cultural advantages in this partnership. “In addition to the annual
purchases at VIENNAFAIR The New Contemporary it is also important to us to enter into
long-term cooperations with museums, exhibition houses, and galleries. Time and again, we
want to make artwork accessible to the public in exhibitions and to provide our partners with
firsthand information about the art scene from artists, curators, and galleries. We are pleased
that we can make a contribution to the success of VIENNAFAIR The New Contemporary with
the Art Vectors Investment Partnership,” says Friedrich Kiradi about the plans of the Art
Vectors Investment Partnership in the coming years.
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International Art Industry Forum – Another program highlight:
Information hub at the intersection of culture and economy.
Just before the opening of VIENNAFAIR The New Contemporary 2012, Skateʼs Art Market
Research in cooperation with Deloitte Luxembourg, the Art Investment Council, The Art
Newspaper, and leading personalities from cultural industries warmly invite you to participate
in the first International Art Industry Forum on September 19 and 20. A high growth potential
and a sheerly inexhaustible innovative power are predicted for the cultural economy and its
affiliated creative industries. The International Art Industry Forum will explore the potential of
this new economic branch from different perspectives. In five lecture blocks – The Evolution
of the Art Industry: Four Perspectives, New Models in Art Investment, Who Will Invest in the
Art Business, New Directions in Art Finance, and New E-Models in the Art Business – new
models of art investment will be introduced, the possibilities of new cooperations between
private investors, governmental funding organizations, and foundations in the funding of
cultural projects will be discussed, new business models in art consulting and the rental of
artworks presented, and the importance of the digital revolution for the art market will be
emphasized on the basis of select best practice examples. Furthermore, the panel discussion
The Emerging Economics of the Art Business at the end of the conference will present an
outlook toward the developments we can expect in the coming years.
Among the speakers are Christoph Thun-Hohenstein, director, MAK (Vienna), Anna Somers
Cocks, chief executive, The Art Newspaper (London), Anders Pattersen, managing director,
ArtTactic (London), Spencer Hyman, Artfinder (London), Alexander Spuller, art collector and
director of the Art Photography Fund (Vienna), Andrea Jungmann, managing director of
Sothebyʼs Austria (Vienna), Michael Plummer, co-founder, Art Investment Council & Artvest
(New York), Thomas Galbraith, director of Analytics, Artnet, New York, Noah Horowitz,
author, “The Art of the Deal: Contemporary Art in a Global Financial Market” and managing
director, The Amory Show (New York), and Etienne Schneider, Minister of the Economy and
Foreign Trade, Luxembourg. Detailed information and registration under:
www.artindustryforum.com
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Cooperations
Austrian cultural institutions at VIENNAFAIR 2012 The New Contemporary
Cooperations with museums and cultural institutions will successfully continue in the
information area of VIENNAFAIR The New Contemporary. The presentation of the activities of
Lower Austrian cultural institutions under the joint brand LAC – Lower Austria Contemporary
will this year once again be a fixed point in the program. Also aKademia Gallery (Tbilisi),
akademie.GERAS (Vienna), BAWAG Contemporary (Vienna), Essl Museum
(Klosterneuburg), eSeL.at | MULTImART (Vienna), KulturKontakt Austria (Vienna), Red
Carpet Artprice (Vienna), and Sensaria (Budapest) will present their programs at
VIENNAFAIR The New Contemporary 2012.
VIENNAFAIR The New Contemporary has developed a special VIP collectors program in
cooperation with museums, cultural institutions, and collections. These partners include,
among others: Academy of Fine Arts Vienna, Albertina (Vienna), Architekturzentrum Wien
(Vienna), BAWAG Contemporary (Vienna), Belvedere / 21er Haus (Vienna), Essl Museum
(Klosterneuburg), Generali Foundation (Vienna), Hilger BROTKunsthalle (Vienna), Jewish
Museum Vienna, KUNSTHALLE wien (Vienna), Kunsthistorisches Museum (Vienna),
KUNSTRAUM NOE, Leopold Museum (Vienna), mumok museum moderner kunst stiftung
ludwig wien (Vienna), Secession (Vienna), and Sammlung Lenikus (Vienna) SAMMLUNG
VERBUND (Vienna), and TBA 21 Augarten Wien.
VIENNAFAIR The New Contemporary continues cooperation with departure, The
Creative Agency of the City of Vienna
curated by_vienna is a project by departure that commissions co-operations between
Viennaʼs leading contemporary art galleries and internationally renowned curators. Now in its
fourth year, curated by_vienna 2012 will be held in 22 galleries throughout the city, opening
on September 20 and running until October 25. Under the title “art or life: aesthetics and
biopolitics”, this yearʼs project conceived by Eva Maria Stadler in cooperation with the
galleries explores the interconnections between work, economy knowledge, and politics. The
focus is centered on the question of how art approaches the interplay between work and life
and what role it plays in the process. 25 curators have been invited to develop special
exhibitions for the participating galleries. During VIENNAFAIR The New Contemporary an
accompanying discussion program “art or life: in conversation” will take place at the curated
by_vienna booth. Further information: www.curatedby.at
Vienna Chamber of Commerce awards Gallery Prize for the best booth presentation
once again in 2012
Already for the seventh time President Brigitte Jank will present the Galleries Prize of the
Vienna Chamber of Commerce for the most innovative and exceptionally creative booth
presentation at VIENNAFAIR The New Contemporary. Prize money in the amount of 5000
EUR will be awarded in two categories respectively: The “Emerging Gallery Prize” focuses on
young galleries that were founded in the last five years. The “Established Gallery Prize”
honors an established gallery whose many years of work and presence in Vienna have
strengthened Viennaʼs position as a hub in the international art market.
Further steps toward internationalizing the Vienna art marketplace
In order to help advance the targeted internationalization of the Vienna art marketplace,
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VIENNAFAIR The New Contemporary opens doors for exhibitors to enter into new
partnerships and business fields above and beyond the art market. In the framework of
VIENNAFAIR The New Contemporary the international auction house Sothebyʼs will present
select artworks from this yearʼs Autumn Auction of modern and contemporary art. Also the
domestic auction house Dorotheum will present their varied selection of services at their own
booth. Therewith VIENNAFAIR The New Contemporary has established new cooperations
that represent yet another strong incentive for international collectors to come to Vienna.
VIENNAFAIR The New Contemporary is pleased to announce two new partners:
VTB Capital Investment Management and Redline Capital Management S.A.
VTB Capital Investment Management is one of the key business divisions of VTB Capital,
VTB Group investment arm. This enables VTB Capital Investment Management to use the
international platform and experience of VTB Capitalʼs experts, bringing an unambiguous
advantage to existing and potential clients, and making it possible to provide a wide range of
investment solutions for individual and institutional investors. Their main offerings include
open-ended unit investment funds, discretionary managed accounts for high net worth
individuals and financial institutions, including money of pension funds, insurance companies,
endowment funds of nonprofit organizations and money of indemnification funds of selfregulating
organizations. VTB Capital Investment Management is also engaged in
management of venture funds, private equity and hedge funds.
Redline Capital Management S.A. facilitates cross border investment capital flows between
Russia and international capital markets. It manages innovative investment vehicles with a
focus on carefully selected economic growth stories around the world. Redline caters to ultra
high net worth individuals and institutional investors and creates custom tailored investment
products for them. Through the alliance with the Luxembourg-based East West United Bank,
Redline offers a world-class suite of financial services and structuring solutions.
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Biographies
Christina Steinbrecher, artistic director, VIENNAFAIR The New Contemporary
Christina Steinbrecher was born in 1983 in Kazakhstan. She studied at Manchester University
in Great Britain, where she graduated with a Master in Contemporary Art in 2007. In addition
to her role as the artistic director of Art Moscow 2009–2012, she has been the curator and
head of the Sputnik Art Foundation since 2010, held an executive function for the Innovation
Prize of the National Centre for Contemporary Art, Moscow since 2011, and since the same
year has been the artistic director of Moscow House of Artists. She also co-curated the
exhibition “Unconditional Love” in the framework of the 53rd Venice Biennale and was a
member of the curatorial team for the 3rd Moscow Biennale 2009.
Vita Zaman, artistic director, VIENNAFAIR The New Contemporary
Vita Zaman was born in 1976 in Lithuania. She studied art and art history at Goldsmiths
College, University of London and photography at the Royal College of Art, London. She also
completed a master degree in Creative Curating at Goldsmiths College. She founded and led
IBID Projects in London and Vilnius prior to working with the renowned Pace Gallery in New
York, where she until 2011 established many contacts with the most important galleries in
Europe and the USA as well as many young galleries around the world.
Sergey Skaterschikov, founder, Next Edition Partners GmbH
Sergey Skaterschikov graduated Moscow State University (MGU) with degree in economic
geography and holds MBA from the Fuqua School of Business, Duke University (USA).
Sergey has 19 years of professional experience of which he dedicated first seven years to
entrepreneurship. In 1992 he established Skate Press, Russiaʼs premier financial data
provider at that time, managing it throughout the 90s, and was the creator of Russiaʼs first
stock market benchmark, the MT Index. Following sale of Skate Press to Independent Media
and red-stars.com Sergey was a private investor in small-scale media, IT and financial
services businesses around the world, worked as Director for investment banking at Dresdner
Kleinwort Wasserstein, and also served on the boards of a number of large Russian
companies, both in executive and non-executive roles. Sergeyʼs core competencies are
strategic planning, finance, mergers and acquisitions, investment management and corporate
governance. Sergey entered art industry in 2004 when he started Skateʼs Art Market
Research in New York and since then built it into perhaps the most authoritative art
investment research firm globally. In 2001 Sergey established his New York based private
equity and investment advisory firm, the IndexAtlas Group, sold it in May 2011 and afterwards
established Next Edition Partners GmbH in Vienna where he remains the shareholder as of
today. Currently Sergey serves as executive board member of Luxembourg based and
regulated investment management firm Redline Capital Management SA, is a non-executive
board member of London Stock Exchange listed LSR Group and of Russiaʼs automotive
retailer Independence Group.
Dmitry Yu. Aksenov, founder, Next Edition Partners GmbH
Dmitry Yu. Aksenov is a Russian national with over 20 years of professional experience in the
national real estate sector. Dmitry holds degrees from the Moscow Institute of Physics and
Technology and from the Institute of Business Studies (IBS-Moscow) at the Russian
Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration. Dmitry is founder and
chairman of RDI Group (www.rdigroup.ru), one of the key players in the real estate market in
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the Moscow region, and co-owner of luxury real estate brokerage franchise Moscow
Sothebyʼs International Realty (www.moscowsothebysrealty.ru). Since 2010, after acquiring
minority ownership interest in Skateʼs LLC (www.skatepress.com), the worldʼs leading art
investment research venture, Dmitry has been an investor in the art industry. He is a
renowned art patron with philanthropic interests in a number of art education programs and
support for cultural institutions in Russia. He is a member of the supervisory board of the
Institute of Contemporary Art Moscow (http://www.ica.moscowbiennale.ru).
Sponsors and partners of VIENNAFAIR The New Contemporary
Main sponsor
ERSTE BANK
Sponsor special project “DIYALOG”: Art from Turkey
OMV
Partners
VTB Capital IM, Redline Capital Management S.A., Next Edition Partners, Skateʼs Art Market
Research, International Art Industry Forum
Other sponsors & supporters
departure, the creative agency of the City of Vienna, hs art service austria, Le Meridien,
Vienna Chamber of Commerce, BENE, Illy, Vöslauer, Austrian Federal Railways, Austrian
Federal Forests
Funding
BMUKK – Austrian Federal Ministry for Education, Science and Culture, Vienna Municipal
Department for Cultural Affairs and Science
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VIENNAFAIR The New Contemporary 2012
September 20–23, 2012
Messe Wien, Hall A, Entrance A
Messeplatz 1, 1020 Vienna
Opening Hours
Thursday, September 20, 2012, 11:00 am – 7:00 pm
Friday, September 21, 2012, 11:00 am – 9:00 pm
Saturday, September 22, 2012, 11:00 am – 7:00 pm
Sunday, September 23, 2012, 11:00 am – 6:00 pm
Tickets
€ 18.00 Day ticket for adults
€ 9.00 Reduced day ticket
€ 12.50 Reduced day ticket for clients and employees of sponsors
€ 29.00 4-day ticket
€ 9.00 After-Work-Ticket (Thursday/Friday starting at 4:00 pm)
Free entrance for children under 14
Free entrance for students from 11 am – 2 pm
upon presentation of a valid student ID card
Information
www.viennafair.at
For further inquiries: VIENNAFAIR VF Betriebsgesellschaft mbH
Markus Huber
Speaker
VIENNAFAIR
VF Betriebsgesellschaft mbH
Museumstraße 3b/17, A-1070 Vienna
T +43 699 15 23 50 51, mhuber@viennafair.at
Press relations: VIENNAFAIR The New Contemporary
Christina Werner
w.hoch.2wei. Cultural Project Management
Breite Gasse 17/4, A-1070 Vienna
T +43 (0)1 524 96 46-22, werner@kunstnet.at
Press downloads www.viennafair.at/press
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