What Herbert Brandl Really Wanted to Do at the Vienna State Opera
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For the first time the motif, which covers the problematic original Iron Curtain of the Vienna State Opera every year, comes from an already deceased artist. Herbert Brandl died in 2025, without being able to realize his actual project here.
I've reported here several times on the unveiling of the Iron Curtain at the Vienna State Opera, a new one at the start of each season: here, here, etc. The original, dating from 1955, is the work of a Nazi favorite named Eisenmenger, but it's a protected monument and cannot be removed. Therefore, for the past 29 years, it has been covered every autumn, always with the work of a living artist. This year, an international jury selected the Austri…
This year, the Iron Curtain in the Vienna State Opera comes from a non-living artist for the first time. A work by the painter Herbert Brandl, who died in 2025, adorns this season the space that hides the stage space before and after the performances.
With all the joyful expectation, it also had something admirable: with the unveiling of this year's Iron Curtain in the Vienna State Opera with a work by Herbert Brandl, a work by a no longer living artist now adorns the 176 square meter area, which hides the stage space before and after the performances.The abstract painting by the painter, who died in 2025, is a kind of hybrid between water and heaven.
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