Top-Tips in Vienna - October 2010: open-air opera | Michelangelo | Art / BrutCenter Gugging

“Oper live am Platz” (open- air opera)

September/October 2010. After the success in May and June “Oper Live am Platz” is back in September and October with live broadcasts of selected performances on a giant outdoor screen - entry is free of charge. (Vienna State Opera, 1., Opernring 2, www.wiener-staatsoper.at)

Exhibition: „Michelangelo“

October 10, 2010–January 9, 2011. Vienna’s Albertina presents the first extensive exhibition on Michelangelo for more than 20 years. Precious works from the Graphic Arts Collection of the Albertina and loans from museums and private collections in Europe and the United States offer an unparalleled overview of the artist’s oeuvre. (www.albertina.at)

Exhibitions at Art / Brut Center Gugging

The Art / Brut Center Gugging, 20 kilometers from Vienna, is the world’s most important place of uninfluenced art. From October 6, 2010 to March 30, 2011 two exhibitions are on view: In the exhibition „judith & shields.! – judith scott meets tribal art” the „thread“ artwork by Judith Scott and painted wood shields from New Guinea are presented. The exhibition „sava.! sekulic” is dedicated to the artist of the same name from Dalmatia who became famous with his mystical, mythological paintings. (Art / Brut Center Gugging, www.gugging.at)

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