The Secession Talks is a compilation of fifty talks and art-specific conversations between artists, critics and curators. Published in book form for the first time this compilation is a great lookout on Vienna's contemporary art between creativity and education.

The Secession Talks is a compilation of fifty artists' talks which accompanied the exhibitions at the Vienna Secession between 1997 and 2010. They cnotextualize the history of exhibitions at the Secession and allow a new examination and evaluation of the program. Now published in book form, these conversations between artists and well-known critics, art historians, curators, and fellow artists hold a unique position at the interface between creative production and art education.

An der Schnittstelle zwischen Kunstproduktion und Vermittlung sind die Künstlergespräche ein Bestandteil des Ausstellungsprogramms der Wiener Secession. Mit der Publikation von 50 Gesprächen von Künstlern mit namhaften Kritikern, Kunsthistorikern, Kuratoren und Kollegen ermöglicht The Secession Talks nun die erneute Betrachtung und Bewertung ihrer künstlerischen Positionen, die von 1998 bis 2010 die Ausstellungsgeschichte der Secession geprägt haben. Located at the interface between creative production and art education, the artists’ talks accompany the programme of exhibitions at the Vienna Secession. 50 of these conversations between artists and well-known critics, art historians, curators, and fellow artists are now being published in book form. The Secession Talks allows a new examination and evaluation of their positions which between 1998 and 2010 shaped the history of exhibitions at the Secession