Maria Lassnig. The Ninth Decade Museum Moderner Kunst Vienna 13 February – 17 May 2009

By Mark Westall • 13 February 2009
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Maria Lassnig. The Ninth Decade
Museum Moderner Kunst
13 February – 17 May 2009
On the occasion of Maria Lassnig’s 90th birthday, Vienna’s MUMOK hosts a major solo exhibition of her work. Approximately 100 paintings and drawings will be on display, focussing on her output from the last 10 years.
The exhibition coincides with a further presentation of Lassnig’s work at the Museum Ludwig in Cologne, ‘Maria Lassnig: Inside Out’ (14 March – 16 June 2009), which features a selection of works that date from the late 1940s.

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Mark Westall

Mark Westall has spent over thirty years creating platforms for culture. Since founding FAD Magazine in 2006, he's dedicated his career to documenting, championing and questioning contemporary art through publishing, criticism and conversation. As founder and editorial director of one of the UK's leading independent contemporary art publications, he has interviewed artists, reviewed exhibitions and covered the ideas shaping contemporary visual culture for more than two decades. He also founded Art of Conversation, Despoke and FAD Bazaar, and regularly serves as a judge for international art and photography awards.

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