Published articles from our Art Writing Programme
In March 2025, Phileas hosted a four-day workshop with Reporter-Akademie, in which our six participants gained news skills in narrative journalism and reportage.
As part of the workshop, the participants visited artist studios, which served as a space for dialogue and exchange, allowing the art writers to engage with the artists and their creative processes. As a result of these interactions, each participant produced a reportage capturing their experiences, insights, and reflections. The final texts got published in Austrian media, in collaboration with Die Presse, Falter, Der Standard and Kurier.
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A visit to the Viennese studio of artist James Lewis. The Brit works with smells, telephone numbers and manhole covers. How does it all fit together? An essayistic portrait.
Sarah Rinderer
Die Presse, 12 July 2025 -
The Viennese painter Evelyn Plaschg was known for her intimate depictions of the body, but now she is turning her attention to the public space. A politicisation of art in times of a shift to the right?
Mareike Schwarz
Der Standard, 19 March 2025 -
The painter and sculptor Anna Schachinger scrutinises traditional gender roles. In the fight against patriarchy, she sometimes uses an iron in her paintings.
Robert Maruna
Der Standard, 22 March 2025 -
A meeting with the Syrian artist Huda Takriti, who deals with the legacy of colonialism
Justine Konradt
Falter, 27 March 2025 -
The Vienna-based British ceramic artist Laurence Sturla is regarded as a radical voice in sculpture.
Liudmila Anoshenkova
Kurier, 3 May 2025 -
Free entry, a glass of wine in your hand, contemporary art - the off-space scene in Vienna is lively and accessible. But this scene is under the threat of massive cuts, fuelled by the political shift to the right.
Celeste-Sarah Ilkanaev
Kulturknistern, 26 March 2025
Photo: © Lea Sonderegger