The OPEN Exhibition: Celebrating Architecture & Art at the Heidi Horten Collection
This exhibition offers an illustrative insight into the diverse collection, focusing on light art and artistic writing.
The "OPEN" exhibition commemorates the inauguration of the Heidi Horten Collection's new museum building, highlighting its unique architecture and the site's rich history. Visitors can explore a diverse array of artworks, including significant light art pieces and works that delve into writing as an artistic element. This presentation offers an insightful glimpse into humanity's engagement with existence through art.
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Exhibition summary
OPEN celebrates the inauguration of the Heidi Horten Collection's new museum building, highlighting its architecture and the history of the site. The exhibition offers an illustrative insight into the diverse collection, focusing on light art, the phenomenon of writing in art, and humanity's engagement with existence.
Curatorial context
The exhibition 'OPEN' marks the inauguration of the Heidi Horten Collection's new home, a museum designed by next ENTERprise architects. Inspired by patron Heidi Goëss-Horten's vision, the exhibition focuses on the building itself, the history of its site, and serves as a stage for art.
The exhibition delves into the collection's diversity and thematic centers, presented across three chapters. The first chapter highlights the museum's significant collection of light art, initiated in 2001 with a work by Dan Flavin. The second chapter explores the concept of writing as an artistic element in both classical paintings and light works within the collection. The third chapter is dedicated to works that investigate humanity's relationship with existence, the physical world, the inner spiritual life, and nature.
A selection of works from Heidi Goëss-Horten's decades-long collection, including recent acquisitions of contemporary art, are featured, offering an illustrative glimpse into its breadth and depth.
Admission and ticket notes
Information regarding tickets and admission is not detailed on this page. Visitors are directed to general museum information for further details. The page mentions a festive opening with guests from culture and business, but not specific visitor ticketing policies for the exhibition itself.
OPEN key exhibition facts
Review exhibition status, schedule, venue context, and attribution details for OPEN at Heidi Horten Collection in Vienna
Venue
Heidi Horten Collection
Current status
Completed
Exhibition schedule
Jun 3, 2022 – Oct 2, 2022
Artist line / attribution
With works by John M. Armleder, Stephan Balkenhol, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Alighiero Boetti, Philippe Bradshaw, Barry Flanagan, Dan Flavin, Lucio Fontana, Lena Henke, Damien Hirst, Joseph Kosuth, Brigitte Kowanz, Claude and François-Xavier Lalanne, Constantin Luser, Ulrike Müller, Tim Noble & Sue Webster, Nick Oberthaler, Stefan Oláh, Marc Quinn, Robert Rauschenberg, Lili Reynaud-Dewar, Margherita Spiluttini, Philipp Timischl, Franz West and Erwin Wurm.
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