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Week 10 – no comment

Some art in the mix.

Northwest view from Donauturm (Danube Tower): Kahlenberg with transmission tower, Leopoldsberg, Danube river, Florido Tower. Vienna, 13 July 2026.
Over the New Danube: Millennium Tower at left, Donauturm at right. Vienna, 13 July 2026.
“Woman with dove – Shaping Our Common Future”, by Fintan Magee (2024). United Nations offices in Vienna, 14 July 2026.
The hare with amber eyes. Netsuke from Ephrussi-de Waal collection, on permanent loan to Jewish Museum. Vienna, 15 July 2026.
Die Doppelgängerin (the female doppelganger), by Valie Export (2010), in Belvedere21 Sculpture Garden. Vienna, 16 July 2026.
60 seconds: “Yellow Fog”, by Olafur Eliasson (1998/2008). Vienna Am Hof, 17 July 2026.
“Caress (Cardinal & Nun)”, by Egon Schiele (1912). Leopold Museum, Vienna, 18 July 2026.
Vienna MuseumsQuartier, 18 July 2026.
Summer variation. Vienna Am Hof, 19 July 2026.
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“Vergessen / forgetting”, Brigitte Kowanz (2009), Jewish Museum Judenplatz. Vienna, 19 July 2026.

Week 9 – no comment

Start of the 3rd & final period.

“Zeichen Symbol Zitat”, Martin Kohlbauer (1998): 4 tall white pillars represent the former Leopoldstadt Temple’s original height and testimony of its subsequent destruction in the 1938 Pogrom. Vienna, 6 July 2026.
Mammatus in the sky over Volksgarten. Vienna, 7 July 2026.
Vienna MuseumsQuartier, 7 July 2026.
Vienna Hauptbahnhof, 9 July 2026.
Beethoven’s summer residence 1818 and 1819, in the Hafnerhaus. Mödling, 9 July 2026.
Hundertwasser redesign of the city’s waste incinerator in Vienna Spittelau, 10 July 2026.
U4 Karlsplatz. Vienna, 10 July 2026.
U4 Heiligenstadt. Vienna, 11 July 2026.
On 3 June 1924, Franz Kafka died of tuberculosis, here in the former Hoffmann sanitorium. Kierling, 11 July 2026.
Vienna Albertina, 12 July 2026.
Jugendstil (Art Nouveau) on Köstlergasse. Vienna, 12 July 2026.

Week 8 – no comment

I swapped capital cities.

Reproduction of “Medicine” (c. 1900) by Gustav Klimt. Medical University of Vienna, 28 June 2026.
“Unendlichkeit des Lichtes” (Eternity of Light), by Billi Thanner (2025). At the top of Vienna’s Votive Church, 28 June 2026.
Vienna Stephansplatz, 29 June 2026.
Vienna Secession, 1 July 2026.
Vienna, 1 July 2026.
Test-set. Vienna City Library, 2 July 2026.
Spittelberggasse, Vienna, 2 July 2026.
Lentos Kunstmuseum, Linz, 4 July 2026.
U3 Westbahnhof, Vienna, 4 July 2026.
The Albertina celebrates its 250th anniversary. Vienna, 5 July 2026.

Week 7 – no comment

A change of scenery.

Opened 3 weeks ago, construction of the Sri Ganesha Hindu Temple began in 2010 with financing entirely from donations. Near Berlin Hermannplatz, 22 June 2026.
Berlin’s northeast sky at 323am: unusually bright slivers at upper-left appear to be an example of noctilucent clouds high in the atmosphere. A sleepless 22-23 June 2026.
Berlin, City West, 23 June 2026.
Berlin U-Bahn, U5 Museumsinsel – 24 June 2026.
Not soon enough. Berlin Frankfurter Allee, 24 June 2026.
“The Dream”, by Victor Ash, 2019. Berlin Hellersdorf, 26 June 2026.
Weather forecast for Saturday, June 27: temperatures from +27°C (81°F) on the North Sea coast to +41°C (106°F) along the upper-Rhine and in Saxony.
Berlin airport train station, 27 June 2026.
Vienna airport train station, 27 June 2026.
“Notes of Berlin” display at Tempelhofer Feld, 24 June 2026.

My Vienna: Austrian artist Julia Bugram

Above/featured: The artist in their workspace in Vienna. Photo, 11 Jul 2025 (X70).

The sculpture provided the introduction in 2022.

Two clasped hands, each as tall as a person. Each hand made with 1-million 1-Eurocent coins.

Seen in 2022, next to St. Stephan’s Cathedral. Seen next in 2023, the sculpture moved near the big fountain at Schwarzenbergplatz. A wonderful crowdfunded project, created by Austrian artist Julia Bugram.

In spring 2025, I receive a kind invitation to visit her studio in Vienna; come July and I’m in the city’s 5th district. I make my way up to the 2nd floor of a renovated pre-war building, and arrive at a cozy working art-space shared between Julia and a second artist. I’m not surprised to find tall ceilings, big windows, a small kitchen, and just enough space and storage for two artists to share and split the rent.

In her practice, Julia explores themes surrounding community and society; and how art can create, enhance, and strengthen connections among people. Her artistic influences include: Hilma af Klimt, Mela Diamant, Renate Bertlmann, Margot Pilz, Jakob Lena Knebl, Martha Jungwirth. We spoke at some length about the economic and cultural challenges facing contemporary Austrian artists in the creation and distribution of their work, as well as the difficulty of commuting between Vienna and her home in Burgenland. I’m looking forward to seeing what she’ll create in the near future.

Links to her website and Instagram.

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