​ Fear Is a Dish Best Served Hot
When fear takes a seat at the table.

​Artist: Markus Tozzer
Format: Artist talk & open conversation, followed by a studio visit
Location: Studio Walls, Löhrgasse 9, Vienna
Date: 19 November 2026 · 19:00
Language: English
Entry: Free, limited spots

​What happens when fear becomes part of the atmosphere we live in? When it quietly shapes how we see the world, how we relate to one another, and what we imagine lies ahead? And what happens when we make room to talk about it?

​From AI transforming entire professions to war in Europe, economic uncertainty and the rising cost of living, the landscape of our anxieties seems to expand by the day. The fear that settled over us during the pandemic never quite left. Meanwhile, our lives increasingly unfold through screens, leaving fewer spaces for the kind of encounters that allow us to pause, listen and make sense of things together.

​At the centre of this evening is Fear Is a Dish Best Served Hot (2021–2022), a painting by Vienna-based artist Markus Tozzer. A table is set for a meal, the chairs remain empty and coiled serpent lies on the main dish; its presence suggesting a danger already among us. Painted during the pandemic, the work captures something unsettlingly familiar: the anticipation of a threat, the tension between intimacy and vulnerability, the uneasy feeling that something has entered the room.

​On 19 November, kunstkram invites you into Studio Walls to encounter this work alongside a selection of Tozzer’s paintings, and to enter the artist’s world through a studio visit and an open conversation. The evening begins with a discussion between Markus Tozzer and journalist Minerva Burroni (Deutsche Welle, ARTE), before opening up to everyone present.

​After the conversation, Markus will take us through his studio, offering a glimpse into where his paintings take shape and an opportunity to ask him about his work. Afterwards, we can continue talking over a drink at the studio’s bar.

​kunstkram starts with art and follows the conversations that emerge from it. We look closely, exchange perspectives and allow a work to become a starting point for questions that reach beyond its frame. The artwork is there, but so are the people gathered around it. And what happens between them matters just as much.

​Come on your own or bring a friend. No prior knowledge of art or theory is needed. Just curiosity, an open mind and a willingness to take part.

​Spots are limited, so if this resonates, reserve yours. <3