Kunsthalle Vienna celebrates digital art with a large women's exhibition

In the Museumsquartier Vienna, February 28 will open a groundbreaking exhibition under the title "Radical Software: Women Art and Computing 1960-199". This impressive show presents over a hundred works by fifty artists from fourteen countries and offers a unique insight into the development of digital art from a feminist perspective. The versatility of the works of art ranges from painting to sculpture to computer -generated drawings and texts, all of which have arisen before the era of the Internet. In this form it is the first exhibition of its kind in German -speaking countries, as orf.at reported.

premieres and retrospectives

In addition to the opening of the exhibition on digital art, the Kunsthalle Vienna will show several important solo exhibitions over the course of the year. From June 27, retrospectives will be opened by Nicola L. and Ibrahim Mahama, the latter being the first solo exhibition of a Ghanaian artist in the history of the Kunsthalle. In addition, Richard Hawkins and the Chinese artist Guan Xiao will be presented from November 27th and from October 10th, who also have the first individual exhibitions in Austria. These comprehensive programs underline the international orientation and commitment of the Kunsthalle for contemporary art and artists.

In addition, on January 23, the new exhibition space with the award winners of the Kunsthalle Wien Prize 2024, Rawan Almukhtar and Ida Kammerloch will open on Karlsplatz. Autumn 2025 will follow another show with future award winners. The Kunsthalle also sets the digital focus with the “Vienna Digital Cultures” festival, which will take place in the entire city from May 6th. This innovative exhibition under the title "Model Collapse" is curated by Nadim Samman and addresses challenges in the field of artificial intelligence.

The Kunsthalle Vienna itself, which started in 1992 as a provisional container construction on Karlsplatz, has since developed into an important place for contemporary art. In 2001 she moved into its current main building in the museum district, which combines modern architecture with historical substance, and offers two halls for a dense exhibition program. Another exhibition area is located in a glass pavilion on Karlsplatz, which serves in 2001 for a variety of exhibitions and events, as Kunsthalle Vienna documents.