Wimmer’s Weekly

Help, they took away our audience!

The cultural sector is suffering, cry for help follows cry for help. And there is no end of worries in sight. Following the…

A Changing Cultural Policy: Underdevelopment in a time of uncertainty

Recently, a commentary by Stephan Hilpold, head of the feature section of Der Standard, was published with the title "Stiefkind…

Art and Conflict – Artists in the wake of illiberal Cultural Policy

Künstlerhaus Graz recently held an exhibition by the young Hungarian artist Ákos Ezer. For the museum this project is part…

“Cultural policy for election”

It had to come. Already in her first speech at the panel discussion "Cultural policy for election", the cultural spokeswoman…

Between Appearance and Reality: why cultural mediators shouldn’t fall on their own lines

Recently, the Vienna Museums Quartier organized a children's culture parcours. The art and cultural institutions based here…

Conservative – Right Wing Coalition and Cultural Politics in Austria

An interview with Michael Wimmer comparing state cultural policies of the recent past as well as similarities and differences in the cultural understanding of the black-blue government.

Kids Dress Warm!

Recently Heinz Fassmann, the Minister of Education of the ruling conservative/right-wing coalition, has launched another…
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From “The Seoul-Agenda” to “Another Road-Map for Arts Education”

This short comment is a contradiction in itself. More, it is the expression of an increasing uncertainty of the author when…

Sustainability versus Resilience

“Even in the camp of those believing in continual progress, one begins to understand that chaos is the rule of which the…

The Audience – The Unknown Entity

Recently during a rehearsal in the Burgtheater a stressed, young director burst out: “I hate the audience.” And far and…