Hello lovelies,

it's been a while since the meet-up but I still want to tell you about it because it was such a great afternoon. I was made aware that there will be a free art exhibition at Palais Liechtenstein in the heart of Vienna and that made my super excited. Why? Because I have a dress that has a print of a fresco located at Palais Liechtenstein and I always wanted to go but the Palais was usually too expensive. 

B. from the lolita club also saw the news and she decided to host a meet up for us. 

The day of the meet-up was sunny, but not too warm for a spring day.  

We met in the little park/Vorhof just in front of the entrance and waited. Others came and we broke away to snap a few pictures when a lady in her 50s asked what we are doing here dressed so weirdly. I explained that we were a fashion club and had an outing, which was definitely not the explanation she had expected but she trotted off, probably to tell her girlfriends who were standing around gawking at us. 

Our group was almost complete and we entered the Palais. Even the entrance was beautiful with frescos and gilded stucco. We stored our bags and parasols in the cloak room and then headed to the first room. 

 

The theme of the exhibition was "Noble Begierden. Eine Geschichte des europäischen Kunstmarkts" also called "dealing in splendour" in English and it was about the history of the European art market. 

Here is the description of the homepage: 

The art market, with all its players, institutions and mechanisms, has always been a source of fascination. Next spring, the Liechtenstein Garden Palace will host a groundbreaking international exhibition focusing on the underlying dynamics of the art market for the first time, such as marketplaces, sales strategies and pricing. In this exhibition, the Collections of the Prince of Liechtenstein shed light on the European art trade, from classical antiquity and the Italian city-states of the Renaissance to the Golden Age of the Netherlands, sensational presentations and transatlantic sales in the nineteenth century. 

This allows visitors to experience how many phenomena of the art market are essentially centuries old. As trend-setting developments often originated in cities and regions, separate rooms in the special exhibition are dedicated to these centres of innovation, illustrating the progress and novel practices that took place there. This highlights not only the lasting impact of art dealing on the dissemination of works, but also on the development of the arts and art history. - PalaisLiechtenstein.com

 

To be honest, there was not a lot of information about this specific theme but that was alright as I was more interested in the pictures anyway. Or maybe I didn't see the texts. The exhibition included paintings from Rembrandt, Brueghel, Monet and Klimt and a few others. Also, look at these frescos! They were absolutely stunning. How much would I need to pay an artist to paint my ceiling?

My favourite part of the museum was the library. I wish I were Belle from Beauty and the Beast and just own a library and sit in a comfy chair and read all day. Too bad I only made videos and no pictures, but you can watch the reel at the end of the post!

 

 

  

Upstairs were more modern pictures which I am not a fan of so I just quickly scanned them and went to the next room. 

But I liked this Venus picture, it reminds me of the pastel paintings by Fragonard or Jean-Étienne Liotard from the 18th century. This pictures is from 1863 and was painted by Alexandre Cabanel. 

In the central hall, the Hercules room, everybody met up again and we made pictures and the group picture. 

 

As we were ready to leave, we made our way to the eastern staircase and there is was. The fresco I had been looking for. It was a joy seeing it live for the first time. Although we had a hard time fitting me and my dress and the fresco into one picture we shot a few nice pictures. 

 

 

But we were successful!

The rest of the group continued on to a cafe but Hias and I left to go home. Our mission was done and we just wanted to put our legs up and rest a bit. 

And here is the reel from youtube to watch where you can see more of the paintings, the lolitas and the beautiful library.

 

And the next reel is about the dress and the fresco: 

 

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Auris Lothol