> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://www.catapult-platform.art/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # Spark Art Fair 2025: Art in the Age of Scrolling and What Made Us Pause - URL: https://www.catapult-platform.art/spark-art-fair-vienna-2025-review-age-of-scrolling-pause/ - Published: 2025-03-22T13:07:27.000Z - Updated: 2025-03-31T20:02:56.000Z - Description: Spark Art Fair 2025: A Review by Munchies Art Club – A deep dive into the art fair that dares to disrupt the endless scroll.Plus, the ultimate game-changer: food that doesn’t taste like regret. - Author: Dominique Catherina Foertig - Tags: Art Fairs ## **SPARK VIENNA 2025 - BROKE THE -LOOP:SCROLL. STOP. REPEAT.** Art fairs often play out like a bad algorithm. **Swipe right. Keep moving. Nothing sticks.** > Some booths felt like swiping on Instagram. Others made us forget our phones. Some booths felt like Instagram in real life. Others made us forget our phones entirely. ![spark art fair vienna 2025](https://storage.ghost.io/c/1c/24/1c2478ff-417d-4e88-8226-288af467f6b9/content/images/2025/03/spark-art-fair-2025-2.webp) ****Spark Art Fair Vienna 2025 – Dive into a Weekend of Art, Surprises, and Encounters with Munchies Art Club.** **Happening now at Marx Halle, Vienna | On tour with Munchies Art Club* ![spark art fair vienna 2025](https://storage.ghost.io/c/1c/24/1c2478ff-417d-4e88-8226-288af467f6b9/content/images/2025/03/spark-art-fair-vienna-4.webp) ****Space is the Place: Spark Art Fair 2025 Awaits You.** **Image courtesy of Munchies Art Club* But [**Spark Art Fair Vienna**](https://www.spark-artfair.com/?ref=catapult-platform.art) had different plans. It hijacked the feed, flipped the script—and made us pause. Because let’s be honest: some art asks for more than a glance. Some fairs fade into the background. Spark kicked the algorithm in the shin. ![insight spark art fair 2025](https://storage.ghost.io/c/1c/24/1c2478ff-417d-4e88-8226-288af467f6b9/content/images/2025/03/arno-beck-1-1-1.webp) ****Spark Art Fair Vienna: Finally Meeting Arno Beck IRL — Straight Out of the Glitch, Presented by Falko Alexander Gallery.** **Image by Munchies Art Club* 🎯 **One artist per gallery. Real focus. No fluff. No white noise.** Just presence—raw, unfiltered, in-your-face and impossible to ignore. [SPARK Art Fair Vienna 2025: One Artist, One Vision, No DistractionsSPARK Art Fair 2025 – Upcoming: Solo presentations, top artists & exclusive insights. Join Catapult - The new Munchies Art Club Magazine at MARX HALLE, Vienna, March 21–23!![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/1c/24/1c2478ff-417d-4e88-8226-288af467f6b9/content/images/icon/munchies-art-club-magazine-68.png)Munchies Art Club MagazineDominique Catherina Foertig![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/1c/24/1c2478ff-417d-4e88-8226-288af467f6b9/content/images/thumbnail/spark-art-fair-2025.jpg)](https://www.catapult-platform.art/spark-art-fair-vienna-2025-one-artist-one-vision-no-distractions/) Spark Art Fair 2025 👉 This wasn’t another “Instagram art fair.” You know the kind: sleek booths, shiny frames, instant understanding—and instant amnesia. ![highlights, spark art fair 2025](https://storage.ghost.io/c/1c/24/1c2478ff-417d-4e88-8226-288af467f6b9/content/images/2025/03/dod-gallery--1.webp) ****Spark Art Fair with the DOD Gallery Cologne Crew — A Fantastic Encounter Featuring Bold Works by Kottie Paloma.** **Image by Munchies Art Club* **Spark didn’t want our likes. It wanted our attention.** And damn, it got it. --- ## 🧠 **GLITCH MOMENTS & AHA FEELS** Before we even properly tuned in, [**Arno Beck**](https://arnobeck.de/?ref=catapult-platform.art) hit us with a controlled visual virus. Typewriter meets pixel aesthetic. Analog machine meets digital Super Mario dreamland. [Arno Beck – Falko Alexander Gallery![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/1c/24/1c2478ff-417d-4e88-8226-288af467f6b9/content/images/icon/faviconV2)logo main![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/1c/24/1c2478ff-417d-4e88-8226-288af467f6b9/content/images/thumbnail/This-is-Not-Arno-Beck-2_WEB.jpg)](https://www.falko-alexander.com/arno-beck/?ref=catapult-platform.art) Falko Alexander Gallery + Online Store Suddenly you’re 12 again, Gameboy in hand, your parents yelling, *“Enough screen time!”* But you're glued. Beck’s work hits *that* nerve. Cool. Bold. Nostalgic. ![falko alexander gallery](https://storage.ghost.io/c/1c/24/1c2478ff-417d-4e88-8226-288af467f6b9/content/images/2025/03/falko-alexander-gallery.jpg) ****Falko Alexander Gallery Cologne Presents Arno Beck** **Image courtesy of the gallery* And the best part? It was our first time meeting Arno in person—and it was electric. ![spark art fair what you need to know](https://storage.ghost.io/c/1c/24/1c2478ff-417d-4e88-8226-288af467f6b9/content/images/2025/03/spark-art-fair-.webp) ****Falko Alexander Gallery Cologne Booth Featuring Arno Beck (Spark Art Fair Vienna)** **Image by Kurt Prinz | Used with permission from the gallery* ![spark art fair](https://storage.ghost.io/c/1c/24/1c2478ff-417d-4e88-8226-288af467f6b9/content/images/2025/03/spark-art-fair-2025-1.webp) ****Spark Art Fair Vienna 2025 Featuring Arno Beck and Falko Alexander Gallery** **Image by Kurt Prinz |* Permission by the Gallery Image: Kurt Prinz One of those encounters that feels less like an introduction and more like a *reveal*. A glitchy alignment in real time. The chat? Super grounded, super fun—the kind of artist talk that flows without trying. [Arno Beck: Discover the Art between Digital and Analog nowDiscover the promising contemporary Artist Arno Beck, where digital nostalgia meets analog craft, blending early computer graphics with traditional art forms.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/1c/24/1c2478ff-417d-4e88-8226-288af467f6b9/content/images/icon/munchies-art-club-magazine-67.png)Munchies Art Club MagazineDominique Catherina Foertig![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/1c/24/1c2478ff-417d-4e88-8226-288af467f6b9/content/images/thumbnail/arno-beck--promising-emerging-contemporary-artist--munchies-art-club-magazine--profile.webp)](https://www.catapult-platform.art/arno-beck/) Arno Beck - Artist Then enters [**Falko Alexander**](https://www.falko-alexander.com/?ref=catapult-platform.art), his long-time gallerist and friend. The vibe? Pure synergy. You could feel the years of mutual respect in how they talked about each other’s work. ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/1c/24/1c2478ff-417d-4e88-8226-288af467f6b9/content/images/2025/03/arno-beck-2.webp) ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/1c/24/1c2478ff-417d-4e88-8226-288af467f6b9/content/images/2025/03/falko-alexander-gallery.webp) ****Spark Art Fair: Arno Beck with Falko Alexander Gallery Cologne — Detail of a Typewriter Drawing** **Image courtesy of the artist and gallery* And then Falko drops it, totally casual: “Oh, and we’re doing a limited edition of automated machine drawings right here at the fair.” *Hold up. What?!* This is the kind of glitch we live for. Retro but fresh. Playful but conceptually tight. ![arno beck](https://storage.ghost.io/c/1c/24/1c2478ff-417d-4e88-8226-288af467f6b9/content/images/2025/03/arno-beck-3.webp) ****Arno Beck’s Art Practice, Captured in a Single Image** **Image courtesy of the artist* The type of nerd energy that makes you want to both high-five the artist *and* go build a robot that draws. --- Next stop: **Christine Hauptmann** and [**Kuba Freter** ](https://www.instagram.com/kuba.dsk/?ref=catapult-platform.art)(also a great photographer!) from [**DOD Gallery Cologne**](https://www.instagram.com/definition%5Fof%5Fdone/?ref=catapult-platform.art), presenting none other than [**Kottie Paloma**.](https://www.catapult-platform.art/kottie-paloma-artistic-diary-artist-residency-with-alzueta-gallery/) [DOD gallery![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/1c/24/1c2478ff-417d-4e88-8226-288af467f6b9/content/images/icon/cropped-Favicon_DOD-270x270.jpg)DOD gallery![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/1c/24/1c2478ff-417d-4e88-8226-288af467f6b9/content/images/thumbnail/wAAACH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAAUABQAAAIRhI-py-0Po5y02ouz3rz7rxUAOw--)](http://dodgallery.com/?ref=catapult-platform.art) DOD Gallery Finally—we got to see his work *in person*. ![highlights spark art fair artists](https://storage.ghost.io/c/1c/24/1c2478ff-417d-4e88-8226-288af467f6b9/content/images/2025/03/spark-art-fair-vienna-2025.webp) ****Spark Art Fair Vienna: DOD Gallery Presents Kottie Paloma’s Bold Paintings and New Sculptural Works** **Image by Kurt Prinz | Permission + Courtesy of the gallery* ![dod gallery](https://storage.ghost.io/c/1c/24/1c2478ff-417d-4e88-8226-288af467f6b9/content/images/2025/03/dod-gallery-cologne.webp) ****Kottie Paloma Presented by DOD Gallery at This Year’s Spark Art Fair — Bold Works, New Sculptures, and Fantastic Hosts** **Image by Kurt Prinz | Permission + Courtesy of the gallery* We’ve been trying to visit his studio forever. And here it was—full view, right in front of us. The booth? Bold, raw, no filter. The conversation? Even better. We expected a polite gallery pitch. We got one of the most human, fresh, and real chats we’ve had in a long time. ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/1c/24/1c2478ff-417d-4e88-8226-288af467f6b9/content/images/2025/03/kottie-paloma-.webp) ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/1c/24/1c2478ff-417d-4e88-8226-288af467f6b9/content/images/2025/03/spark-art-fair-vienna-2.webp) ****Spark Art Fair 2025 Vienna: Details of Kottie Paloma’s Work with DOD Gallery** **Image courtesy of Munchies Art Club* You know that rare moment when you realize someone actually *gets* you? That. [Kottie Paloma: Exhibition and Residence a Alzueta GalleryKottie Paloma: Contemporary painting at its best! Discover the artist during his art practice and his exhibition at Alzueta Gallery, Spain![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/1c/24/1c2478ff-417d-4e88-8226-288af467f6b9/content/images/icon/munchies-art-club-magazine-69.png)Munchies Art Club MagazineDominique Catherina Foertig![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/1c/24/1c2478ff-417d-4e88-8226-288af467f6b9/content/images/thumbnail/kottie-paloma-1.webp)](https://www.catapult-platform.art/kottie-paloma-artistic-diary-artist-residency-with-alzueta-gallery/) Kottie Paloma They weren’t selling. They were showing. Sharing. Listening. And suddenly the fair wasn’t transactional—it was personal. --- And then—boom—**Kubik Gallery from Porto**. Probably the first real *painting moment* that slapped us out of autopilot. ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/1c/24/1c2478ff-417d-4e88-8226-288af467f6b9/content/images/2025/03/kubik-gallery.webp) ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/1c/24/1c2478ff-417d-4e88-8226-288af467f6b9/content/images/2025/03/spark-art-fair-2025.jpg) A Wonderful Discovery That Made Us Stop — and shop: ****José Almeida Pereira** with ****Kubik Gallery Porto** at ****Spark Art Fair Vienna 2025** Oil and drawing. Dense. Lush. Sharp. [**José Almeida Pereira**](https://www.instagram.com/josealmeidapereira01/?ref=catapult-platform.art)**.** No warm-up needed. Love at first glance. [José Almeida Pereira![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/1c/24/1c2478ff-417d-4e88-8226-288af467f6b9/content/images/icon/fav_icon.svg)![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/1c/24/1c2478ff-417d-4e88-8226-288af467f6b9/content/images/thumbnail/Logo_Kubik_K_horizontal.png)](https://kubikgallery.com/artistas/jose-almeida-pereira/?ref=catapult-platform.art) We paused. We leaned in. We stayed. The booth felt like a portal. Then came [**João Azinheiro – Kubik Gallery**](https://kubikgallery.com/artistas/jose-almeida-pereira/?ref=catapult-platform.art), the gallerist—charming, casual, totally in his element. He gave us a mini tour. No script. Just flow. ![insight spark art fair vienna 2025](https://storage.ghost.io/c/1c/24/1c2478ff-417d-4e88-8226-288af467f6b9/content/images/2025/03/spark-art-fair-vienna.jpg) ****Spark Art Fair Vienna 2025: Kubik Gallery Porto Presents a Solo Show by José Almeida Pereira** **Image by Kurt Prinz | Permission and Courtesy of the gallery* Talked art. Talked life. Talked weird connections. One of those chats you remember not because it was loud—but because it was *real*. ## 💥 **INSTALLATIONS THAT KICKED** [**Lena Göbel**](https://www.lenagoebel.com/?ref=catapult-platform.art) at[ **PSM Gallery** ](https://www.psm-gallery.com/?ref=catapult-platform.art)hit us hard—not with shock tactics, but soul. Painting-infused woodcuts, ultrasized and personal. Like storytelling in wood. Raw. Authentic. Great. ![spark art fair 2025](https://storage.ghost.io/c/1c/24/1c2478ff-417d-4e88-8226-288af467f6b9/content/images/2025/03/spark-art-fair-2025.webp) ****Spark Art Fair 2025: Lena Göbel with PSM Gallery Berlin — Plus a Great Conversation with Gallerist Sabine Schmidt** **Image by Munchies Art Club* ![lena göbel artist](https://storage.ghost.io/c/1c/24/1c2478ff-417d-4e88-8226-288af467f6b9/content/images/2025/03/lena-go-bel-artist.webp) ****Spark Art Fair** Lena Göbel and Her Work at This Year’s Spark Art Fair, Presented by PSM Gallery Berlin **Image by Munchies Art Club* ![spark art fair vienna](https://storage.ghost.io/c/1c/24/1c2478ff-417d-4e88-8226-288af467f6b9/content/images/2025/03/IMG_7482.webp) It’s All in the Details: The Bench (We Love) by Lena Göbel at ****Spark Art Fair 2025** | **Image by Munchies Art Club* A full installative wall, made from actual metal workshop parts of her grandparents in Upper Austria. Layered on top? A supersized woodcut. You could almost smell the iron and time. [Lena Göbel: Promising Female Artist about there Art PracticeLena Göbel: Contemporary promising Artist with an artist feature on Munchies Art Club Magazine about Painting, Childhood and Woodcuts![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/1c/24/1c2478ff-417d-4e88-8226-288af467f6b9/content/images/icon/munchies-art-club-magazine-70.png)Munchies Art Club MagazineDominique Catherina Foertig![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/1c/24/1c2478ff-417d-4e88-8226-288af467f6b9/content/images/thumbnail/Bildschirmfoto-2024-03-21-um-08.44.49.png)](https://www.catapult-platform.art/all-about-lena-goebel-artist/) Lena Göbel - Artist And tucked in the back? A subtle artwork dedicated to her grandmother. --- ![suppan gallery](https://storage.ghost.io/c/1c/24/1c2478ff-417d-4e88-8226-288af467f6b9/content/images/2025/03/linda-berger.webp) ****Spark Art Fair Vienna:** [****Linda Berger’s** ](https://www.catapult-platform.art/linda-berger-unveiling-a-world-of-color-ink-and-the-art-of-concealment-with-her-mesmerizing-large-scale-drawings/)****Monumental Drawing at Suppan Art Gallery — Don’t Miss the Details, They’re Beyond Words** **Image by Munchies Art Club* ![spark art fair vienna 2025](https://storage.ghost.io/c/1c/24/1c2478ff-417d-4e88-8226-288af467f6b9/content/images/2025/03/spark-art-fair-vienna-1.webp) ****Spark Art Fair:** [ANNA LAUDEL ](https://annalaudel.gallery/?ref=catapult-platform.art)/ Ertugrul Güngör & Faruk Ertekin | Image Munchies Art Club **Alexander Giese’s booth (**[**Giese und Schweiger**](https://www.gieseundschweiger.at/?ref=catapult-platform.art)**)** gave us something else entirely—a quiet powerhouse. A **Robert Lettner** legacy, guided by the artist’s own son. This wasn’t about name-dropping. ![alexander giese ](https://storage.ghost.io/c/1c/24/1c2478ff-417d-4e88-8226-288af467f6b9/content/images/2025/03/alexander-giese.webp) ****Spark Art Fair** with [Giese & Schweiger ](https://www.gieseundschweiger.at/?ref=catapult-platform.art)/ Robert Lettner | Image Munchies Art Club It was a *generational echo*, soft-spoken and deeply moving. Memory, reloaded. --- [**Zweintopf**](https://zweintopf.net/?ref=catapult-platform.art) with [**Zimmermann Kratochwill** ](https://zimmermann-kratochwill.com/contact/?ref=catapult-platform.art)**Graz** brought installative madness meets conceptual clarity. ![spark art fair vienna ](https://storage.ghost.io/c/1c/24/1c2478ff-417d-4e88-8226-288af467f6b9/content/images/2025/03/spark-art-fair-vienna-8.webp) ****Spark Art Fair Vienna: Zweintopf with Gallery Zimmermann Kratochwill Graz** **Image by Munchies Art Club* ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/1c/24/1c2478ff-417d-4e88-8226-288af467f6b9/content/images/2025/03/zweintopf.webp) ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/1c/24/1c2478ff-417d-4e88-8226-288af467f6b9/content/images/2025/03/zimmermann-gallery-graz.webp) Zweintopf with Gallery Zimmermann Kratochwill Graz at Spark Art Fair Vienna 2025 A massive structure of branches—geometric, supersized, impossible to ignore. And in the back? A photo-based installation that hit us with emotional whiplash. [Zweintopf | Artist Couple From Styria AustriaZweintopf are Eva and Gerhard Pichler an Artist Couple from Styria Austria. Munchies Art Club present an overview about there art practice![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/1c/24/1c2478ff-417d-4e88-8226-288af467f6b9/content/images/icon/munchies-art-club-magazine-71.png)Munchies Art Club MagazineDominique Catherina Foertig![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/1c/24/1c2478ff-417d-4e88-8226-288af467f6b9/content/images/thumbnail/zweintopf--artist-duo--styria.jpg)](https://www.catapult-platform.art/zweintopf-artist-couple-from-styria/) Zweintopf- Artist Duo First laugh. Then goosebumps. That’s the ride. > **Spark Art Fair 2025 Review: From Scroll Amnesia to Aha Moments:** The goal? Find those artists who make us stop. --- ### 📲 REAL ENCOUNTERS IN THE AGE OF THE FEED Some booths were perfect simulations of Instagram—designed to please, built to forget. Others cracked something open. They stayed with us. That’s what **Spark** did right. It made us *remember*. ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/1c/24/1c2478ff-417d-4e88-8226-288af467f6b9/content/images/2025/03/galeria-karla-osorio.webp) ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/1c/24/1c2478ff-417d-4e88-8226-288af467f6b9/content/images/2025/03/selva-de-carvalho.webp) ****Spark Art Fair:** [Galeria Karla Osorio ](https://karlaosorio.com/?ref=catapult-platform.art)/ Selva de Carvalho ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/1c/24/1c2478ff-417d-4e88-8226-288af467f6b9/content/images/2025/03/breeder-gallery-spark-art-fair-vienna.webp) ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/1c/24/1c2478ff-417d-4e88-8226-288af467f6b9/content/images/2025/03/breeder-gallery-athens.webp) Spark Art Fair Vienna [The Breeder ](https://thebreedersystem.com/?ref=catapult-platform.art)/ Georgia Sagri I Art doesn’t need to scream. But it sure as hell shouldn’t whisper politely and disappear. In a world drowning in content, **memory is power**. > 💥 Spark 2025 reminded us: > Some art fairs you scroll through. > Others—you live through. And this one? **It lived back.** ## 🍽 **THE UNEXPECTED HERO: FOOD** ### **WHAT’S COOKING?** Let’s be honest—food matters. Fairs are long. You walk, you talk, you look at a hundred artworks—and then you crash. Most fairs offer overpriced sandwiches and disappointment. But **Spark**? It never lets us down. Every year, the food is part of the pleasure. Hot meals. Shared tables. Actual flavor. Zero pretense. ## Sign up for Munchies Art Club Magazine We give artists the spotlight they deserve, celebrating contemporary art and emerging talent on Instagram Subscribe Email sent! Check your inbox to complete your signup. No spam. Unsubscribe anytime. It’s not just about feeding the stomach—it resets the mood. Good art. Good food. That’s the Spark combo we keep coming back for. --- ### **Spark Art Fair 2025** More than a fair. A reset we needed. **Down with the scroll loop. Long live the pause.** [SPARK Art Fair Vienna | March 21 – 23, 2025SPARK Art Fair Vienna advocates for a new art fair concept, addressing the challenges of the art market.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/1c/24/1c2478ff-417d-4e88-8226-288af467f6b9/content/images/icon/facicon-1.png)SPARK Art Fair Vienna |![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/1c/24/1c2478ff-417d-4e88-8226-288af467f6b9/content/images/thumbnail/spark_logo_350-1.png)](https://www.spark-artfair.com/?ref=catapult-platform.art) ##