Kovacek & Zetter is a Viennese gallery founded in 1999 by the gallery owners and art dealers Claudia Kovacek-Longin and Sophie Zetter-Schwaiger. Located in the city centre on Stallburggasse, the gallery exhibits European modern and contemporary art, with a particular focus on Austrian artists.
The gallery places a strong emphasis on contemporary art. Its programme features renowed Austrian artists such as Gottfried Helnwein, Martha Jungwirth, Erwin Wurm, Hubert Scheibl, Jakob Gasteiger, Gunter Damisch, Xenia Hausner, Eduard Angeli, Michela Ghisetti, Mercedes Helnwein and Alfred Haberpointner. Alongside painting, design and sculpture also play an important role Pioneering Austrian artists from after 1945, including Wolfgang Hollegha, Josef Mikl, Markus Prachensky, Max Weiler, Maria Lassnig, Friedensreich Hundertwasser, Anton Lehmden, Arik Brauer, Hermann Nitsch, Arnulf Rainer and Kiki Kogelnik, are also in the spotlight.
Works by Albin Egger-Lienz, Oskar Laske, Gustav Klimt, Oskar Kokoschka, Egon Schiele and Alfons Walde. Space is also given to Austrian Stimmungsimpressionismus, featuring works by Tina Blau, Marie Egner, Theodor von Hörmann, Leontine von Littrow, Emil Jakob Schindler and Olga Wisinger-Florian.
Six to eight exhibitions are held in the gallery each year, each accompanied by a catalogue based on art-historical research. As well as solo exhibitions, the programme features exhibitions dedicated to different periods.
The Kovacek & Zetter Gallery regularly participates in art fairs both in Austria and abroad, such as Art&Antique at the Vienna Hofburg and Art Austria at the MuseumsQuartier, or Highlights – International Art Fair Munich. In 2023, the gallery took part in art KARLSRUHE for the first time.
In November 2025, the gallery opened a second location at Plankengasse 5 in Vienna’s 1st district. Across two floors, the Kovacek & Zetter Plankengasse gallery presents contemporary art of the highest calibre, with a focus on female artists and emerging artists. The opening exhibition featured Mercedes Helnwein with the show ‘Sometimes’.
