New Viewings is an experimental exhibition platform, a utopian space, a generator which invites curators and artists to develop projects free from limitations. Visitors get an overview of current discourses, curators and artist positions. It is also a marketplace. Browsing through the ongoing carousel of shows and works you can discover and buy from upcoming and established artists as well as commission new projects.
New Viewings was founded by Galerie Barbara Thumm. Although this project was inspired as a response to the pandemic lockdown, New Viewings has matured into its own destination. New Viewings has become a pioneering platform which explores new modes of gallery presentation and new ways to create market access. It has created a diverse network of artistic positions and ideas. The gallery has invited curators to host a series of four solo shows. A virtual gallery space was provided as a blank canvas to the artists, inviting them to experiment, to test new ideas. It is an opportunity to the artists to create a presentation of their work that would either be impossible due to resource constraints, gallery spaces or even strategic confines as determined by expectations of that artist’s oeuvre.
Our aim is to empower artists to draw a “second ring” around their work with an intent on exploring new ideas without reservation. Virtual and analogue merge in this space. It creates a new understanding of how these two spheres can coexist. It is not understood merely as an online viewing room, but rather as an experimental extension to the gallery space. The exhibitions can be read as propositions. Please do contact the gallery if you would like to discuss a possible realization of projects.
The decision to invite each curator with a set of four solo shows, allows each curator to make a comprehensive presentation of their current practice and direction of research. The overview of the network of curators thus becomes a reflection on current debates and maintains a high-level discourse of curatorial practices that the gallery is also known for.
New Viewings is also a market place. Each contributing artist presents a selection of available works. These can be already existing works, or renderings of works which can be commissioned. Even the entire installations can potentially be offered, or become starting points for commissions. Covering a large range of media and prices, New Viewings provides viewers with a new kind of market place that is content driven and creates access as diverse as the shows, to discover new and upcoming artists’ works as well as rare works by established artists.
In the market place, you can either browse through our selected highlights, of one work by each artist. You can also choose to see the complete and continuously growing overview. Transparency of the prices and accessibility are important to us. This is why works can be sorted by date, medium or price. It enables starting collectors to get an instant idea of price ranges and affordability.
New Viewings is an entertaining and informative. It aims to invite the visitor to be curious, to browse through the vast offer of creativity and to get in touch, to inquire.
Enjoy your visit.
