Art This Week-Modern Opulence in Vienna: The Wittgenstein Vitrine, Part 2

At the Dallas Museum of Art
Modern Opulence in Vienna: The Wittgenstein Vitrine
Fran Baas Interview
Episode 231-February 25, 2015

This week, we visit the Dallas Museum of Art and speak with the DMA’s Associate Conservator of Objects, Fran Baas, about the exhibition, Modern Opulence in Vienna: The Wittgenstein Vitrine. The exhibition is up through October 18, 2015.

For more information on the exhibition:
You can find more information on the DMA’s conservation lab, here.
DMN-Michael Granberry’s piece on the Vitrine, click here.
You can find many articles online on the history of the Vienna Secession and their work. For information on them, click here.
For information on the artist/designer of the Vitrine, Carl Otto Czeschka, go here. You can see some images of his work at the MOMA website here.

Bibliography:
Vienna 1900: Art, Life & Culture. Editor Christian Brandstatter. Vendome Press, 2011.
Vienna Secession 1898-1998: The Century of Artistic Freedom. Jaroslava Bubnová. Prestel Pub, 1998.


Notes:
Dallas Museum of Art
1717 North Harwood Street
Dallas, TX 75201
And thanks to Valley House Gallery and Sculpture Garden for letting us film in the garden!

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