We proudly present the award ceremony event with a guided tour named "Insights":
The Koschatzky Art-Award ("KA") is a competition held every two years since 2005, which aims to honour and promote young emerging artists up to 35 years of age. Approx. 2,400 works by approx. 800 artists from approx. 80 countries are submitted to the jury of the KA. The Koschatzky Art Award is the largest graphic art award in Europe and has already served as a springboard for many artists for an international career. The Rotary Club Wien-Albertina has launched this initiative and is now organizing the KA'21 together with the Rotaract Club Wien-Albertina for the 9th time.
211 works by 74 artists were nominated as part of the Koschatzky Art-Award by the jury chaired by Karola Kraus (General Director of mumok Vienna) and can now be viewed LIVE in the state rooms of the Schönborn-Batthyány Palace.
EXHIBITION DURATION: May 20. - 22. and May 25. - 28. 2021
VISITING HOURS: 11 a.m. – 4 p.m.
LOCATION: Palais Schönborn-Batthyány, Renngasse 4, 1010 Vienna
The currently legally prescribed corona rules apply. Rapid antigen tests are offered on site free of charge.
Let yourself be inspired by the creativity of the young artists and visit the exhibition!
The winners of KA’21 will be announced at the official award ceremony on May 26, 2021 on this website, on YouTube, Facebook and Instagram.
Download Invitation as PDF
Any work on paper1 by artists who are over the age of 18 and below the age of 352 may be entered into the competition. .
The Art-Award key dates, starting with online submission followed by the 3-stage jury process and ending with the award ceremony, can be found here.
1st prize: € 6,000 / 2nd prize: € 4,000 / 3rd prize € 2,500. In addition, the organizer and sponsors plan to purchase a number of works.
7 October 2020
Rotary and Rotaract Club Wien-Albertina warmly welcome you to the Koschatzky Art-Award.
25 November 2020
Starting date for online submissions (Phase 1)
31 January 2021, 12pm CET
Closing date for online submissions: 31 January 2021, 12pm midnight (Central European Time CET).
22 March 2021
Selected artists will be invited to submit their works in the original.
(Phase 2)
Beginning of April 2021
A catalog of all nominated works will be provided in online format. (Phase 3)
(only in german)
12 April 2021, 2-6pm
Submission of the original works selected by the jury – Palais Schönborn, Renngasse 4, 1010 Vienna (Austria).
20-22 and 25-28 May 2021, 11am-4pm
Selected nominated works will be presented in Palais Schönborn-Batthyány in Vienna.
26 May 2021, from 7pm
The award cerermony event will be broadcasted via livestream and without any audience.
• A guided tour “Insights” by Mrs. Eleonora Frolov (international curator and expert for contemporary art)
• Award ceremony by the jury chairwoman Karola Kraus and the presidents of the Rotary / Rotaract clubs Vienna-Albertina
Walter Koschatzky was born on 17 August 1921 in Graz. He attended high school and the military college Liebenau near Graz. Between 1940 and 1945 he performed military service before going on to study art history, history and philosophy at the University of Graz. From 1956 he headed the “Neue Galerie” at the Landesmuseum Joanneum in Graz. In 1961, he was appointed Director of the Graphic Collection Albertina in Vienna, a position he held for 25 years. During this time, he gained broad respect for his academic research and 210 exhibitions of ancient and modern art in the Albertina itself. Other exhibitions organized in Austria and abroad helped establish the collection’s global reputation. Walter Koschatzky lectured at the universities of Vienna and Salzburg, was a member of many international committees and served as a juror at major graphic biennials e.g. in Ljubljana, Varna, Cracow and Puerto Rico. He published numerous books on the art of graphics, the art of watercolors, the art of drawing, Rudolf von Alt, and Albrecht Dürer's landscape watercolors, and also made art films for the Austrian Broadcasting Network - ORF (Telemuseum, Rudolf von Alt, The Century of Austrian Watercolor, Thomas Ender). Walter Koschatzky died on 9 May 2003 in Vienna.
General Director mumok Vienna
Chairwoman
Culture Publicist
Member of Jury
Artist
Member of Jury
Art Expert
Art Auctioneer
Member of Jury
Rotary Club Wien-Albertina
President 2020/2021
Member of Jury
Rotaract Club Wien-Albertina
President 2020/2021
Member of Jury
Past-President Rotary Club
Wien-Albertina 2017/2018
International curator and expert
for contemporary art
Photo: © Laurin Würdig
(only in german)
The Koschatzky Art-Award offers a wide range of sponsoring opportunities Download (ZIP 92,4MB) Sponsoring packages (PDF 46KB)
Call for entries, video spot, logos, press photos, ... Download (ZIP 95,4MB) Press release, April 2021 (PDF 33KB) Press image, April 2021 (JPG 8,4MB) Press release Award Ceremony,
May 2021 (PDF 33KB) Press images Award Ceremony,
May 2021 (ZIP 4,4MB)
Press inquiries:
Prof. Claus Reitan
claus.reitan@aon.at
Winners of the Koschatzky Art-Award
(2005-2019) Download (PDF 3,2MB)
In addition to the promotion of young artists through the Koschatzky Art-Award, the Rotary Club Wien-Albertina set up a legally dependent fund with effect from October 1st, 2011, from which a scholarship of at least 6,000.00 € per year according to established guidelines is awarded. This scholarship is called "Koschatzky Art-Award Scholarship" (KA scholarship) and is awarded to young, aspiring artists who have got into financial hardship through no fault of their own.
You can find more information about the scholarship and how it is awarded here.
We thank our sponsors:
Do you have any questions? Don't hesitate to get in touch with us!
The Koschatzky Art-Award is organized by Rotary Club Wien-Albertina which is registered as an association under Austrian law and is a member of the worldwide Rotary organization. Clubs are non-political, non-religious and open to all cultures, races and creeds.
Address: Renngasse 4, 1010 Vienna, Austria
E-Mail: office@koschatzky-award.art
Press inquiries:
Prof. Claus Reitan
claus.reitan@aon.at
