Gottfried Helnwein | ARTIST | News Update

With two fellow students and several hired activists, Helnwein stages a rebellion at the Akademy of Fine Arts in Vienna. The trigger was the refusal of the professors to allow student representatives a say in the entrance examinations. The event is carefully planned and choreographed by Helnwein. Professors are locked in, doors are set a blaze, the building is filled with smoke, paint splattered on the walls, windows smashed and serious damage is done. Panic breakes out and Riot police moves in. The "student revolt at the Academy of Fine Arts " makes the headlines in the Austrian media. The next day Helnwein and his colleagues get picked up by custodians of the university and charged.
Hertha Firnberg, Austrian minister of art and science, declares their action to be political and all investigations and criminal proceedings are dropped. ...


	1972 Galerie im Pressehaus Vienna ONE-MAN SHOW Die Ausstellung wurde wegen heftiger Proteste nach 3 Tagen abgebrochen


	08. June 1971 Künstlerhaus, Wien Französischer Saal ZÖTUS group show Catalogue Gottfried Helnwein Franz Zadrazil Ulrich Gansert Franz Mölk Jochen Wahl Thomas Moog ...


	1971 HELNWEIN ERHÄLT DEN KARDINAL-KÖNIG-PREIS Seit 1971 wird der Kardinal-König-Preis, vom österreichischen Bundeskanzler an Künstler verliehen, die sich mit meditativer Kunst beschäftigten. ...


	1971 Galerie D Mödling, Vienna AKTION "HORCH!" - AND ONE MAN SHOW ...


	1971 AT THE OPENING OF AN EXHIBITION AT GALERIE D IN MÖDLING, NEAR VIENNA, THE MAYOR HAS HELNWEIN'S PAINTINGS CONFISCATED BY THE POLICE ...


	1970 AKTION "DIE AKADEMIE BRENNT" (ACADEMY BURNING) With two fellow students and several hired activists, Helnwein stages a rebellion at the Akademy of Fine Arts in Vienna. The trigger was the refusal of the professors to allow student representatives a say in the entrance examinations. The event is carefully planned and choreographed by Helnwein. Professors are locked in, doors are set a blaze, the building is filled with smoke, paint splattered on the walls, windows smashed and serious damage is done. Panic breakes out and Riot police moves in. The "student revolt at the Academy of Fine Arts " makes the headlines in the Austrian media. The next day Helnwein and his colleagues get picked up by custodians of the university and charged. Hertha Firnberg, Austrian minister of art and science, declares their action to be political and all investigations and criminal proceedings are dropped. ...


	1970 Akademie der Bildenden Künste Wien HELNWEIN ERHÄLT DEN MEISTERSCHULPREIS DER AKADEMIE DER BILDENDEN KÜNSTE


	1970 Nachtgalerie im Atrium Vienna FIRST ONE MAN SHOW ...


	1969 Vienna HELNWEIN BEGINS TO WORK ON A SERIES OF HYPER-REALISTIC WATERCOLOR-PAINTINGS OF BANDAGED AND WOUNDED CHILDREN ...