Navigating Angst Line-up 2026

Every year, Vienna Art Week organizes an afternoon with in-depth program points around the motto of the respective edition, intended to stimulate further thought and reflection. In cooperation with the Dorotheum, Vienna Art Week has invited Bulgarian political scientist Ivan Krastev, one of the most distinctive voices in the debate on the crisis of liberal democracy, to speak about how to deal with fear in today's world. Keynote by Ivan Krastev: 'When We Went to See the End of the World' In Robert Silverberg's science fiction story 'When We Went to See the End of the World' from 1972, time travel had become the country's most important growth industry. People spent their vacations traveling to the end of times to watch the world sink under water, go up in flames, or simply disappear. But while the lovers of doomsday tourism told their stories of the world's final hours, the news reported that an earthquake had leveled California to the ground, a monstrous amoeba had poisoned the water supply, the American President had just been murdered, and riots threatened to tear the city apart. When you follow what is happening, you get the impression that it—unlike the catastrophes you see on distant time travels—is not a natural disaster but a political catastrophe that is bringing the world to an end. If you want to see the end of the world, you just have to look out the window. The world we live in is not very different. And the question is: Could the shadow of catastrophe be our best chance to secure the future of humanity? My answer is: No. Ivan Krastev is Albert Hirschman Permanent Fellow at the Institute for Human Sciences (IWM) in Vienna and Chairman of the Center for Liberal Strategies (CLS) in Sofia. He is a founding member of the Europ

Navigating Angst Line-up 2026 takes place on 9 November 2026, 17:00 – 18:00 at Dorotheum.

9 November 2026, 17:00 – 18:00

Dorotheum · Dorotheergasse 17, 1010 Wien

This event is in the Burgviertel neighbourhood (1st district) – known as historic, grand, courtly.

Nearest public transport stop: Plankengasse (2A), ~100 m.

Sights nearby: Palmenhaus (Wien), Albertina (Wien), Wiener Hofburg.

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