ONGOING & UPCOMING:
02.05. — 07.06.26
VIENNA -COPENHAGEN. DEN FRIE COPENHAGEN
For the exhibition Vienna–Copenhagen. Den Frie Udstilling 2026, 45 members of the artists’ association Den Frie Udstilling invite their colleagues from the sister institution, Wiener Secession, to participate as guest exhibitors. Like Den Frie, the Vienna Secession was founded in the 1890s, and the two institutions remain among the few exhibition venues in Europe still owned and run by artistsAs is the case of Den Frie Udstilling, Wiener Secession also counts some of the country’s most prominent artists among its members. The exhibition presents more than 45 artists from Den Frie Udstilling in dialogue with more than 100 Austrian artist colleagues from Wiener Secession. The exhibition is organised by Kristoffer Akselbo and Henrik Plenge Jakobsen from Den Frie Udstilling, and Sofie Thorsen, Michael Part and Jun Yang from Wiener Secession, assisted by Clemens Battisti.
Secession artists: Abdul Sharif Baruwa, Aglaia Konrad, Almut Rink, Andreas Fogarasi, Anja Manfredi, Anna Meyer, Axel Stockburger, Barbara Holub, Barbara Kapusta, Bernhard Fruer, Bruno Mokross, Carola Dertnig, Christian Egger, Christian Hutzinger, Christian Kosmas Mayer, Christian Schwarzwald, Christina Zurfluh, Christoph Weber, Claudia Märzendorfer, Elisabeth Grübl, Eva Schlegel, Fabian Seiz, Florian Pumhösl, Georg Petermichl & Stefan Reiterer with Romana Zöchling, Georgia Creimer, Gerda Lampalzer, Gerwald Rockenschaub, Gilbert Bretterbauer, Günther Selichar, Hans Schabus, Heidrun Holzfeind, Heliane Wiesauer-Reiterer, Irina Lotarevich, Johanna Tinzl & Katrin Hornek, Jojo Gronostay, Josef Trattner, Judith Fegerl, Julie Hayward, Julius Pristauz, Jun Yang, Karl-Heinz Klopf, Katrina Daschner, Klaus Mosettig, Klub Zwei (Simone Bader & Jo Schmeiser) with MAIZ, Lazar Lyutakov & Rada Boukova, Leopold Kessler, Maja Vukoje, Manfred Grübl, ManfreDu Schu, Manuel Gorkiewicz, Maria Bussmann, Maria Theresia Litschauer, Marina Faust, Markus Krottendorfer, Maruša Sagadin, Meina Schellander, Michael Gumhold, Michael Huey, Michael Kienzer, Michael Part, Min Yoon, Miriam Bajtala, Nick Oberthaler, Nicolas Jasmin, Nicole Six & Paul Petritsch, Nika Kupyrova, Nikolaus Gansterer, Nita Tandon, Norbert Pfaffenbichler, Oliver Ressler, Oscar Cueto, Patrick Baumüller, Peter Sandbichler, Peter Zolly, Ralo Mayer, Richard Hoeck, Rini Tandon, Roland Kollnitz, Ryts Monet, Sabina Hörtner, Siegrun Appelt, Siggi Hofer, Sigrid Kurz, Simone Bader, Sofie Thorsen, Sonia Leimer, Sonja Gangl, Stephanie Misa, Susanne Jirkuff, Suse Krawagna, Svenja Deininger, Thomas Baumann, Thomas Feuerstein, Thomas Reinhold, Tom Eller, Ulrike Müller, Ute Müller&Christoph Meier&Robert Schwarz&Lukas Stopczynski, Werner Feiersinger, Werner Kaligofsky, Werner Reiterer, WIENER TIMES – Susanne Schneider & Johannes Schweiger, Wolfgang Capellari, Yein Lee.
Den Frie artists: Ann Lislegaard, Bjørn Nørgaard, Camilla Berner, Danh Vo, Ebbe Stub Wittrup, Elle Klarskov Jørgensen, Elsebeth Jørgensen, Finn Reinbothe, FOS, Freddie A. Lerche, Glenn Sorensen, Henriette Heise, Henrik B. Andersen, Henrik Plenge Jakobsen, Jane Jin Kaisen, Jason Dodge, Jytte Høy, Jørgen Michaelsen, Kasper Akhøj, Kirsten Lockenwitz, Kirsten Ortwed, Kristoffer Akselbo, Lars Bent Petersen, Leif Kath, Lis Nogel, Margrete Sørensen, Maria Finn, Martin Erik Andersen, Mette Winckelmann, Mikkel Carl, Milena Bonifacini, Molly Haslund, Morten Stræde, Nanna Abell, Pernille With Madsen, Peter Holst Henckel, Pia Rönicke, Poul Pedersen, Signe Guttormsen, Simon Dybbroe Møller, Simon Starling, Svend Danielsen, Søren Elgaard, Søren Jensen, Søren Lose, Tamar Guimarães, Thorbjørn Lausten, Torben Ebbesen, Torben Ribe, Uffe Isolotto, Ulrik Heltoft, Yvette Brackman.
15 April – 26 May 2026
SHAKEN GROUNDS: SEISMOGRAPHIES OF PRECARIOUS PRESENCES
The Shaken Grounds research project brings together artists, scientists, and curators to explore how seismic disturbances — natural and anthropogenic — shape perception, bodies, and collective forms of coexistence. Situated at the intersection of artistic research, geology, somatic practice, performance, and filmmaking, the project approaches seismography as a transdisciplinary method for sensing, translating, and relating bodies, technologies, and the Earth under conditions of instability. From 16–30 April 2026, methods and artefacts developed between 2023 and 2026 (within the Austrian Science Fund’s PEEK Programme) will be presented in an experimental laboratory at AIL, accompanied by participatory film shoots, workshops, and talks.
The exhibition officially opens on 4 May 2026 18:00 at AIL Angewandte Interdisciplinary Lab Vienna and outlines the first curatorial axes of a larger group exhibition and conference planned for 2027 at the Museum of Contemporary Art Zagreb. The project is supported by Creative Europe. With contributions by Valerio Acocella, Bjarki Bragason, Arno Böhler, Alexander Damianisch, Oscar Fernandez Bellon, Helga Franza, Nicolas Freytag, Sabine Folie, Aleksandar Grabovski, Nikolaus Gansterer, Mariella Greil, Jens Hauser, Victor Jaschke, Beatrice Jaschke, Peter Kozek, Anna Líndal, Vesna Meštrić, Werner Moebius, Susanna Ravelli, Sylvia Scheidl, Ana Škegro, Lucie Strecker, Kaloyan Vasev, VestAndPage, etc. More details soon.