Richard Hawkins in Conversation with Christian Liclair

This event is organised by the University of Applied Arts Vienna and Kunsthalle Wien on the occasion of the exhibition
Richard Hawkins – Potentialities at Kunsthalle Wien Museumsquartier. 

Between Fandom and Fetish

Richard Hawkins splices art history's Old Masters with the internet's young subs, Bonnard with BelAmi, Forrest Bess with pop icons and porn stars — weaving desire through the annals of art history. In this conversation at angewandte, Hawkins and art historian Christian Liclair delve into their visual obsessions: from ecstatic visions and fanatical research to the feverish pleasures of painting. A little foreplay to Hawkins’s forthcoming exhibition at Kunsthalle Wien, opening November 25, 2025.