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300000-people-saw-the-Helnwein-exhibition-Fact-and-Fiction-at-the-Albertina-Museum

Albertina Museum, Vienna

Gottfried Helnwein, Fact and Fiction, Solo Show - 25.10.2023 – 11.02.2024

The Helnwein show set a new record for the number of visitors for an exhibition of a living artist in the history of the Albertina. mehr

Bigger-Than-Art

Newport Beach Film Festival 2024

Sean Penn and Gottfried Helnwein

A Documentary by Alvaro Porras and Gonzalo Fernandez de Cordova

Bigger than Art is a feature documentary that delves into the profound themes of art through the perspectives of some of today's most renowned contemporary artists. Central to the film is a dialogue between acclaimed artist Gottfried Helnwein and actor Sean Penn, as they explore the origins of art, humanity's relationship with it throughout history, and its remarkable capacity to transcend boundaries. mehr

Inside-Bigger-Than-Art-The-10-Year-Film-That-Attempts-to-Redefine-Creativity

Los Angeles magazine

Anastasia Van Batenburg

Ten years ago, Spanish filmmakers Alvaro Porras and Gonzalo Fernández de Córdova set out to capture the lives, philosophies, and creative processes of some of the most influential contemporary artists to reveal their unique ability to create a tool for transcendence and connection that is Bigger Than Art. At the heart of the film is a captivating conversation between Helnwein and award-winning actor and director, and villain of the newest action blockbuster, One Battle After Another, Sean Penn. mehr

El-Espacio-SOLO-muestra-por-primera-vez-en-Espaa-la-obra-de-Gottfried-Helnwein

Una retrospectiva reúne 40 piezas del artista austríaco La exposición recorre temas como la violencia, el fascismo o la infancia

El Espacio SOLO Independencia acoge por primera vez en España una gran retrospectiva del artista austríaco Gottfried Helnwein, figura clave del arte contemporáneo europeo. mehr

The-Inverted-Image-Helnwein-and-the-Ethics-of-Seeing

XIBT Art Magazine

At SOLO Independencia, in Madrid

At SOLO Independencia, in Madrid, Helnwein: mundos invertidos unfolds less as an exhibition than as a conceptual disturbance. The first major retrospective in Spain of Gottfried Helnwein resists the stabilizing logic typically associated with retrospection. Rather than organizing a career into legible phases, it constructs a fractured visual field in which time, memory, and representation are held in a state of permanent tension. mehr

KAWS-ART-COMIX

ALBERTINA modern Museum, Vienna

KAWS along with Jean Michel Basquiat, Gottfried Helnwein, Katherine Bernhardt, Cosima von Bonin, Eliza Douglas, Öyvind Fahlström, Magdalena Suarez Frimkess, Futura 2000, Red Grooms, Blalla W. Hallmann, Keith Haring, Isolde Maria Joham, Mike Kelley, Michaela Konrad, Brigitte Kowanz, Misleidys Francisca Castillo Pedroso, A. R. Penck, Joyce Pensato, Raymond Pettibon, Ad Reinhardt, Peter Saul, Kenny Scharf, Tschabalala Self, H. C. Westermann, Micha Wille, Sue Williams. mehr

Gottfried-Helnwein-und-Paul-McCarthy-Kunstprojekt-Solo-In-Madrid

Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung

Hans-Christian Rößler

Solo für zwei Sammler

Zwei Kunstsammler beleben mit SOLO Contemporary die spanische Szene. Inzwischen gibt es mehrere Orte in Madrid, an denen sie ihre Kollektion ausstellen. Derzeit zu sehen: Gottfried Helnwein und Paul McCarthy. mehr

Helnwein-mundos-invertidos

21/03/2026 - 31/12/2026

Museo Solo Indepencia

SOLO Independencia presenta una exposición dedicada al artista austriaco Gottfried Helnwein. La exposición reúne obras procedentes de la colección SOLO, del propio artista y de colecciones privadas internacionales, y examina la relación entre el lenguaje visual de Helnwein y las obras de otros artistas contemporáneos. mehr

Paul-McCarthy-and-Helnwein-at-Museo-Solo-Contemporary-Madrid

Art Museum SOLO Independencia, Madrid

mundos invertidos features many of the artist’s most iconic creations, shown together with a selection of works from SOLO. The exhibition has been made possible with the collaboration of over a dozen different collections and includes significant pieces loaned by the artist himself, as well as recently produced sculptures and oil paintings. In Helnwein’s upturned worlds, fiction and reality combine to portray the most disquieting aspects of human nature. mehr

Sergio-Ramos-at-the-opening-of-the-Helnwein-Show-at-Museo-Solo-Contemporary

Museo Solo Contemporary

It was a pleasure to meet Gottfried today, chat for a bit, and admire his work up close. A true inspiration, a great artist, and a true rock star! - Un placer saludar hoy a @gottfriedhelnwein, charlar un ratito y poder admirar su obra de cerca. Todo un referente, gran artista y una auténtica estrella del rock. mehr

Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts, AMFA

Works of socio-political artist Gottfried Helnwein

The gift includes works by modern artists Oleksandr Bohomazov, Natalia Goncharova, and Mikhail Larionov; Dadaist and fashion photographer Erwin Blumenfeld; socio-political artist Gottfried Helnwein; realist John Register; formal abstraction artist James Hayward; sculptor Kristine Mays; and Pop artist Mel Ramos, among many others. mehr

Dark-Angel-of-Pop-Art-Why-Everyone-Is-Freaking-Out-About-Gottfried-Helnwein

Hyperreal kids, blood, bandages, Disney nightmares: Gottfried Helnwein is back in the spotlight – and collectors are paying big money while TikTok turns his paintings into pure shock content. mehr

Systemsprenger

Sven Michaelsen

In 1972, violent protests brought Gottfried Helnwein’s first exhibition to premature end. His Depictions of bandaged and wounded children struck a nerve in postwar Vienna, and his later work earned him the title “Master of the Scandalous” from the Guardian. Over 50 years later, Helnwein lives in a castle in Ireland. mehr

Den-AugenBlick-sehen

Museum KUNSTWERK | Sammlung Klein

Die über 60 gezeigten Gemälde und Fotografien von u. a. Gregory Crewdson, Xenia Hausner, Gottfried Helnwein, Alex Katz, Tracey Moffatt, Shirin Neshat, Michelangelo Pistoletto und Arnulf Rainer halten den Blick der abgebildeten Personen in einem bestimmten Augenblick fest: Wohin schauen die Personen? Richtet sich ihr Blick auf etwas innerhalb oder außerhalb des Bildraumes? Sind ihre Augen geschlossen und ist ihr Blick nach innen gerichtet? Was verraten ihre Augen und ihre Mimik über ihre inneren Welten? mehr

The-Next-Generation-of-Austrian-Jews-Showcased-as-Renovations-Begin-on-Viennas-Oldest-Synagogue

These children are the guarantee that Judaism will always be part of Austria,' said artist Gottfried Helnwein.

Portraits of children from a local Jewish school were unveiled to kickoff the extensive restoration of the Stadttempel, Vienna's oldest synagogue, in the runup to its 200th anniversary. 'They are the guarantee that Judaism will always be part of Austria,' said artist Gottfried Helnwein. mehr

Star-Kuenstler-Helnwein-macht-Kunst-fuer-Stadttempel

Bald ist das größte österreichische Gebetshaus für Juden 200 Jahre alt. Es gehört dringend renoviert, Künstler Gottfried Helnwein hilft.

Mit diesem besonderen Kunstprojekt – wieder stehen Kinder im Mittelpunkt – sollen Mittel für die Restaurierung des Wiener Stadttempels gesammelt werden. Helnwein will damit die Zukunft des Judentums in Österreich betonen und ein starkes Zeichen für Erinnerung und Erneuerung setzen. mehr

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