Dorotheum specialists Petra Schäpers, Maria Cristina Corsini, Patrizia Pálffy, Elke and Eva Königseder let us in on their favourite artistic hotspots, artists, fashion designs and what’s at the top of their travel list.
MD in Cologne – David Ostrowski and Michail Pirgelis have opened a bar in Cologne: a hip haunt for artists by artists.
*Museum/Exhibition
“Sturm-Frauen” in the Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt – an exhibition dedicated to female painters of the 1920s. This was full of material to discover and it is terrible that female artists have been given such a subordinate role in art for so long. In K21 in Düsseldorf Agnes Martin was exhibited and Joan Mitchell in Cologne – female artists are currently well represented, and it’s about time, too!
*Fashion
Frauke Gembalies – this designer’s style is so distinct and unique. My favourite!
*Restaurant/Bar
The new Phoenix restaurant in the Dreischeibenhaus, the place to be in Düsseldorf … What else: Monkey Bar in Bikini House, Berlin
*Top of the travel list
If not Italy, then South Africa: for the light, vast landscapes, and beaches
*Artist/Artistic Hotspot/Art Project Futurism – perhaps not a “discovery” but, in my opinion, one of the most interesting and innovative Italian art projects of the last century
*Museum/Exhibition
Paul Gauguin at Beyeler Fondation in Basilea (2015)
*Design
Bruno Munari – one of the best and eclectic Italian artists/designers of the 20th century
*Fashion
CuteCircuit – the young company, founded in London by Ryan Genz and Francesca Rosella, focuses on smart textiles and wearable technology
*Restaurant/Bar
Churrasqueira Povoense in Mafra, Portugal
*Music/Drink
“La Bohéme” by Giacomo Puccini
*Top of the travel list
Ushuaia, Argentina, where the Andes meet the Southern Ocean
Centro de Arte Contemporânea Inhotim in Brazil – around 500 works of contemporary art exhibited in a park of 1,200 hectares in the middle of the jungle; Dia: Beacon – the extraordinary collection in the Dia museum, founded in 2003 on the banks of the Hudson River, including works by Donald Judd, Bruce Nauman, Richard Serra and others …
*Design
Jean-Michel Frank – his minimalist interiors characterised by clear lines and luxurious materials
*Fashion
Dries van Noten’s sense for colours and traditional materials (jacquard, brocade, silk)
*Restaurant/Bar
The Long Bar in the Waldorf Astoria Shanghai on the Bund – a 33-metre-long mahogany bar dating from 1910
*Music/Drink
The musician and composer Anouar Brahem; Corton Charlemagne – my favourite white wine from Burgundy
For fans of offal: Gasthaus Stern at 6 Braunhubergasse in the 11th District of Vienna then, afterwards to the “Kleinod” bar in the 1st district, Singerstrasse 7
Diane Arbus – “A photograph is a secret about a secret. The more it tells you the less you know.” (D.A.)
*Museum/Exhibition
Centre Guillaume le Conquérant in Normandy, the home of the Bayeux Tapestry – the famous cloth embroidery that depicts the conquest of England by William the Conqueror
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