Address: Messe Wien, Hall D, Trabrennstraße 7, 1020 Vienna
Dates: September 11–14
VIP Preview: September 11, 12:00–17:00
Opening: September 11, 17:00–21:00
Public Opening Hours:
September 12–13, 11:00–19:00
September 14, 11:00–18:00
From September 11 to 14, Kim? Contemporary Art Centre will participate in viennacontemporary, the international contemporary art fair in Vienna. Kim? will present works by Latvian artists Anna Egle and Krista Vindberga to an international audience, strengthening the connection between the Latvian art scene and the global contemporary art discourse.
Krista Vindberga’s newly created charcoal drawing series This Is Not A Love Story embodies collective memory and reveals the tension between the fragility and vulnerability of beauty. Inspired by photographs collected over nearly 25 years, she turns to the motif of blooming roses in the hands of young people, where hands and gestures become the central subject, illuminating the moment when romance transforms into melancholy and threat.
Anna Egle’s works intertwine monumentality with delicate, jewel-like fragility. Her sculptures are marked by poetic lightness and layered symbolism, unfolding through transformations of form and evoking multidimensional meanings.
Participation in the fair offers Latvian artists the opportunity to enter the view of international collectors, curators, and institutions, strengthening Latvia’s presence in the global contemporary art scene. viennacontemporary is Austria’s leading international contemporary art fair, bringing together galleries, artists, and art professionals from around the world each year. One of its main focuses is creating intersections between Eastern and Western European art.
Anna Egle (born 1990) is a sculptor from Riga. Her practice spans a wide spectrum—from delicate, jewel-like sculptures to large-scale projects with clay figures up to 6 and 9 meters high, cast in bronze. In 2017, she earned her Master’s degree in Sculpture at the Art Academy of Latvia. Since 2011, she has held solo exhibitions in Latvia and participated in group shows in Latvia and across Europe.
Krista Vindberga (born 1989) is a visual artist working across media and scales, from small, carefully crafted drawings to large-scale scenographies for theater and opera collaborations. Her works fuse visual art and scenography into spatially intense, symbolic forms. Vindberga has held several solo exhibitions, participated in international shows, and received awards including recognition at the Prague Quadrennial (2019) and the Latvian National Theatre Award. She has twice been nominated for the Purvītis Prize, and her works are held in the collections of the Latvian National Museum of Art, the Latvian Museum of Contemporary Art, and private collections.
viennacontemporary 2025 will present 103 galleries from 25 countries, including:
AG18, Austria, Vienna / Los Angeles
Alessandro Casciaro, Italy, Bolzano / Venice
Ani Molnár Gallery, Hungary, Budapest
ArtNoble Gallery, Italy, Milan
Autokomanda, Serbia, Belgrade
Avantgarde Gallery, Croatia, Zagreb
Bold Gallery, Czech Republic, Prague
Borgenheim Rosenhoff, Norway, Oslo
CHB, Germany, Berlin
COMMA, Slovakia, Bratislava
CRONE, Austria, Berlin / Vienna
Centralbanken, Norway, Oslo
Charim Galerie, Austria, Vienna
Christine König Galerie, Austria, Vienna
City Galerie Wien, Austria, Vienna
dépendance, Belgium, Brussels
Die Angewandte, Austria, Vienna
Doza Gallery, Bulgaria, Sofia
ELEKTROHALLE RHOMBERG, Austria, Salzburg
Einspach & Czapolai Fine Art, Hungary, Budapest
Galerie Brugger, Austria, Klaus, Vorarlberg
Galerie3, Austria, Klagenfurt / Vienna
Galleria Studio G7, Italy, Bologna
Galeria Catinca Tabacaru, Romania, Bucharest / Harare
Galerie 422, Austria, Gmunden
Galerie Dantendorfer, Austria, Vienna
Galerie Elisabeth & Klaus Thoman, Austria, Innsbruck / Vienna
Galerie Ernst Hilger, Austria, Vienna
Galerie Hubert Winter, Austria, Vienna
Galerie Kandlhofer, Austria, Vienna
Galerie Krinzinger, Austria, Vienna
Galerie Martin Janda, Austria, Vienna
Galerie Sophia Vonier, Austria, Salzburg
Galerie Sturm & Schober, Austria, Vienna / Stuttgart
Galerie Zimmermann Kratochwill, Austria, Graz
Galería Mascota, Mexico, Mexico City
galerie gugging nina katschnig, Austria, Maria Gugging
Green On Red Gallery, Ireland, Dublin
Gregor Podnar, Austria, Vienna
Hieke Kunsthandel, Austria, Vienna
Himera, Romania, Timișoara
HOS Gallery, Poland, Warsaw
JECZA, Romania, Timișoara / Bucharest
JEDNOSTKA, Poland, Warsaw
Jiri Svestka Gallery, Czech Republic, Prague
KALI Gallery, Switzerland, Lucerne
Kai Middendorff Galerie, Germany, Frankfurt am Main
Karpuchina Gallery, Czech Republic, Prague
Kim? Gallery, Latvia, Riga
Kisterem, Hungary, Budapest
Kolekcionart, Croatia, Zagreb
KOW, Germany, Berlin
Krupa, Poland, Wrocław
KROBATH, Austria, Vienna
Layr, Austria, Vienna
Le Guern Gallery, Poland, Warsaw
le vite, Italy, Milan
Little Bird Place, Bulgaria, Sofia
Lombardi—Kargl, Austria, Vienna
Lukas Feichtner Galerie, Austria, Vienna
Mario Mauroner Contemporary Art, Austria, Salzburg
MEYER*KAINER, Austria, Vienna
Meno Parkas Gallery, Lithuania, Kaunas
MLZ Art Dep, Italy, Trieste
MOLSKI gallery, Poland, Poznań
OstLicht. Galerie für Fotografie, Austria, Vienna
Persano, Italy, Turin
Przeciąg Gallery, Poland, Warsaw
RIBOT, Italy, Milan
Richard Saltoun Gallery, United Kingdom, London / Rome / New York
RizzutoGallery, Italy, Palermo / Düsseldorf
Rodler Gschwenter Gallery, Austria, Vienna
SANDWICH, Romania, Bucharest
Sector 1 Gallery, Romania, Bucharest
Shore Gallery, Austria, Vienna
Smolka Contemporary, Austria, Vienna
SOPHIE TAPPEINER, Austria, Vienna
SOLO, Romania, Bucharest
Spilne Art, Ukraine, Kyiv
Station Contemporary Art Gallery, Slovakia, Bratislava
Suprainfinit Gallery, Romania, Bucharest
SUPPAN, Austria, Vienna
The Second Act, United Kingdom, London / Blackburn
Tkalka Gallery, Slovenia, Maribor
TBA, Poland, Warsaw
Van Rij Gallery, Poland, Krakow / Ćmielów
Victor Lope Arte Contemporaneo, Spain, Barcelona
VUNU, Slovakia, Bratislava / Košice / Vienna
WHOISPOLA, Poland, Warsaw
zs art, Austria, Vienna
ZERO…, Italy, Milan
More information: darta.purvlice@kim.lv