FOTO WIEN 2023 110 Venues, 350 Artists,
300 Events
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FOTO WIEN 2023 110 Venues, 350 Artists,
300 Events
©The Late Estate Broomberg & Chanarin, Divine Violence (detail), 2013, courtesy of The Goodman Gallery MACK

FOTO WIEN 2023

For an entire month, 110 program partners — museums, cultural institutions, galleries, educational establishments, studios and off spaces — participated in the tenth edition of FOTO WIEN 2023. During the month, Vienna hosted a festival of visual media, with exhibitions, presentations, and extremely varied special events held all over the city.

The various perspectives and voices of artists, curators, gallerists, and scholars showed the richness of the medium of photography as a social tool to reflect and communicate in the world.

 

FOTO WIEN united Austrian Photography Magazines and Program Partners

A catalog published by Steidl accompanied the jubilee edition of FOTO WIEN for the first time. The 336-page book on FOTO WIEN 2023 includes essays and extensive photo spreads, and contains contributions from the magazines Camera Austria, Eikon, and Fotogeschichte as well as program partners.

 

Photography Lies

In 2023 FOTO WIEN focused on the subject Photography Lies. The discourse was conducted on various levels: How does photography capture our world in analog and digital pictures? Who is responsible for the production and distribution of images? What effect do pictures have on us? Which pictures can we trust? How can we use photography in a responsible way?

Photography Lies, the topic of FOTO WIEN 2023, is based on the assumption that there is no such thing as truthful photography—and claims that nothing is more important than truth.” —Felix Hoffmann

 

Partner Network: Vienna Is Part of EMOP!

FOTO WIEN is a member of the European Month of Photography (EMOP). Founded in Paris, the network currently unites photography festivals in Berlin, Brussels, Lisbon, Luxemburg, and Vienna that emphasize the varied nature of photography. The aim is to promote European collaboration, strengthen the international photography scene, intensify the exchange of information, and support young artists.

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FOTO ARSENAL WIEN Images for all
FOTO ARSENAL WIEN, Symbol photo for the plans location Arsenalquartier, Art for Art ©MALEK HERBST Architekten ZT

FOTO ARSENAL WIEN is the new center of photographic images and lens-based media in Austria. Initiated by the city of Vienna in the fall of 2022, the institution presents and communicates contemporary photography in all forms of appearance and use.

The temporary location in the MuseumsQuartier Wien will be replaced by its own exhibition hall in the Arsenal area at the end of 2024.

FOTO ARSENAL WIEN is a sister organization of Kunsthalle Wien, one of the most important venues for contemporary art and art discourse in Austria. As a platform, FOTO ARSENAL WIEN also organizes FOTO WIEN – Austria‘s largest biennial festival for photography, which takes place as part of the European Month of Photography (EMOP).

The artistic director of FOTO ARSENAL WIEN and FOTO WIEN is Felix Hoffmann.

FOTO WIEN 2023 Impressions FOTO ARSENAL WIEN
Aperture + art.magazine + Bildrecht GmbH + BMKÖS + Camera Austria + CEWE + Collectors Agenda + Der Standard + EIKON + EMOP + Fotogeschichte + GoodNight.at + Hunger auf Kunst & Kultur + ImpulsTanz + Institut Français d'Autriche + Kein Sonntag Ohne Techno + Magnum Photos + ORF III + Österreichisches Filmmuseum + Ottakringer + Paris Photo + Peter Fuchs | pete r. fuxxx + profil + Radio Superfly + Schlumberger + Stadt Wien Kultur + Tanzquartier Wien + VIENNA SHORTS + Vienna Würstlstand + Volkstheater + ZOOM Kindermuseum +   Aperture + art.magazine + Bildrecht GmbH + BMKÖS + Camera Austria + CEWE + Collectors Agenda + Der Standard + EIKON + EMOP + Fotogeschichte + GoodNight.at + Hunger auf Kunst & Kultur + ImpulsTanz + Institut Français d'Autriche + Kein Sonntag Ohne Techno + Magnum Photos + ORF III + Österreichisches Filmmuseum + Ottakringer + Paris Photo + Peter Fuchs | pete r. fuxxx + profil + Radio Superfly + Schlumberger + Stadt Wien Kultur + Tanzquartier Wien + VIENNA SHORTS + Vienna Würstlstand + Volkstheater + ZOOM Kindermuseum +