Collector Agenda

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In the Studio Robin Kid, Rambouillet, France

Robin Kid works with images that feel less made than encountered. Cowboys, cops, fragments of cartoon Americana: images that existed long before he picked them up, suspended somewhere between memory and mass culture. Raised in the south of the Netherlands by his grandparents, in a former mining neighbourhood bordering an American army base, he grew up with the idea of the U.S. glowing faintly from the other side of the fence.

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In the Studio Megan Plunkett, Los Angeles, CA

American artist Megan Plunkett turns away from depicting people, instead focusing on everyday objects. Drawn from consumer culture, and the film industry, her carefully constructed photographic series cultivate a sense of estrangement within things that might otherwise feel familiar.

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In the Studio Elisabeth von Samsonow, Vienna/Lower Austria

Elisabeth von Samsonow is a philosopher, artist, author and emeritus professor of Philosophical and Historical Anthropology at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna. In her work she brings together art, ecological concerns and feminist theory.

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Collector Stories Otto and Saskia Wiesenthal, Vienna

It has been twenty-five years since Otto Wiesenthal resigned from a managerial position to devote his time to the transformation of a house in Vienna’s seventh district built during the period of intensive industrial expansion at the end of the nineteenth century into the Hotel Altstadt Vienna, a key role in this decision, was the intention of installing his personal art collection. We met with Wiesenthal and his daughter Saskia, the hotel’s marketing and art manager and an art collector in her own right, in one of the suites of the “Altstadt” filled with design and art for a conversation about life with beautiful things and of that which is special about Vienna.

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Seven weeks, 14 opera productions, three world premieres and a wealth of concerts: this is the Munich Opera Festival 2026. The programme covers a wide range: from Baroque – with George Frideric Handel’s *Alcina* as the festival premiere at the Prinzregententheater – through 19th-century opera classics to contemporary musical theatre. With Brett Dean’s Of One Blood – a commission from the Bavarian State Opera – the world premiere production from the current season returns once again to the Nationaltheater. With the festival premiere of Richard Wagner’s Die Walküre at the Nationaltheater, Tobias Kratzer and Vladimir Jurowski set another milestone for the new Munich Ring of the Nibelung, following their acclaimed production of Rheingold.

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The next Flow Festival takes place in Helsinki on 14–16 August 2026. Flow Festival is a premium music and arts festival that has been held in Helsinki since 2004. Over the years, it has evolved from a small club event into a pioneering festival, attracting 90,000 visitors over three days. The festival takes place in the former power plant area of Suvilahti, conveniently located near the city centre. This unique industrial setting serves as a stunning backdrop for Flow’s exceptional production and atmosphere, showcasing an innovative and content-driven program that blends popular culture with experimental arts. Already announced acts for Flow 2026 include Florence + The Machine, Zara Larsson, Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, Turnstile, SOMBR, Geese, Clipse, Oklou, Kettama, Honey Dijon, Nu Genea Live Band, Lambrini Girls, and many more.

Exhibition poster for Parastou Forouhar Written Room at Landesgalerie Niederösterreich with abstract black Arabic calligraphy motifs on white backdrop.

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Parastou Forouhar is one of the most prominent voices in contemporary Iranian art. Her work unites her personal experiences as an exile with artistic expression that transcends geographical and cultural boundaries. Her works are characterized by emotional depth, political reflection, and aesthetic clarity.

Poster for Julian Charrière's 'Spiral Economy' exhibition at Museo Corner Venezia during the Venice Biennale.

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The exhibition Spiral Economy at the Museo Correr stages a dialogue between Julian Charrière and Antonio Canova, placing stone at the center as a poetic material and witness of time. It invites reflection on the relationship between humanity, matter, and time, presenting stone as a living bearer of geological and planetary history.

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From June 18 to June 21, Art Basel 2026 brings the international artworld together. It features over 200 leading galleries and more than 4,000 artists from five continents. Many high-quality exhibitions take place concurrently in and around Basel, creating a region-wide art week.

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Terike Haapoja, New York City
From launching a political party for the others – all beings excluded from political society today – to the critique of human exploitation of the nonhuman world, Finnish new media artist Terike Haapoja is situating her art to encompass the most difficult topics of our time. She has a message for us: not only do we have a necessity to break the human-centered world order, but also to foster better communication between each other.
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Editions

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Jonny Niesche
»Chocolate Box Portals«

Diptych: left panel with dark blue textured surface; right panel with blue and white speckled pattern.

Clemens Wolf
»Expanded Metal Pigment Paintings«

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Madeleine Boschan
»What lays bare in me«

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