All programme points

The Marked Self

Between Annihilation and Masquerade

BRUSEUM While formerly the portrait, above all the self-portrait, was a self-confident expression of artistic supremacy and individuality, in the late 20th century it had become the expression of increasing insecurity.

Thöny and his Contemporaries

Works from the collection.

Maria Lassnig (1919–2014)

Her gift to the collection of Neue Galerie Graz

Works from the collection

Wolfgang Temmel

North Korean Landscapes

In the context of the exhibition “Landscape: Transforming an idea”. The beauty of the North-Korean landscape is not open to travellers.

Darren Almond

Amalfi Sketchbook

In the context of the exhibition “Landscape: Transforming an idea”. On first glance, Darren Almond’s photographs seem to reveal a classic image pattern.

Landscape: Transformation of an Idea

Art from 1800 to the Present Day from the Collection of the Neue Galerie Graz

The term “landscape” can be understood in many different ways – both inside and outside of artistic discourse.

From Biedermeier to the Present

From the Collection

An overview of two centuries of fine art: the permanent exhibition of the Neue Galerie Graz shows selected works from the collection begins in 1800.

Hubert Hoffmann

All Architecture Is Spatial Art

The exhibition conveys the various aspects of Hubert Hoffmann’s work.

Damage Control

Body Art and Destruction 1968-1972

BRUSEUM The exhibition is dedicated to an aspect of artistic destruction: Body Art in its early days from the special angle of actionist self-harming.

Towards Modernity?

Paul Schad-Rossa and the Arts in Graz

In the autumn of 1900 the painter, sculptor and artisan Paul Schad-Rossa (1862-1916) moved from Munich to Graz. Attracted by a lively arts scene, he started numerous initiatives that set out to unite art and life, in the spirit of Secessionism.

Die Kunst des Herrn Nestler

The Art of Mr. Nestler

As a sculptor, graphic artist, performer and art teacher, Norbert Nestler (1942–2014) had a longstanding influence on the art world in Graz.

Ich und Du

HTBLA Körösistraße

The Private Perspective

Brus in Styrian Private Collections

BRUSEUM The exhibition allows an insight into Styrian collecting activity, showing the varied approaches to the work of Günter Brus.

Eugène Leroy

Simply Painting

In collaboration with the Musée des Beaux-Arts Eugène Leroy

André Thomkins

Eternal Network

BRUSEUM. This is the first presentation in the BRUSEUM that has not taken as its theme aspects of the life and work of Günter Brus, but rather is devoted exclusively to one of his closely associated peers.

Idea and Form

Mathematics and the Beauty of Science

Running parallel to the exhibition "Love of Maths" in the Natural History Museum, this show in the Neue Galerie Graz demonstrates the connections between mathematics and art.

Wilhelm Thöny

Under the Spell of Modernism

With this comprehensive exhibition and the catalogue raisonné that accompanies it, a long-held wish on the part of the Neue Galerie Graz and the public is finally realised, enabling an Austrian pioneer of Modernism once again to be brought closer to a wider audience.

Excursions to the Stage

Works for the Theatre by Günter Brus

Günter Brus has been active in the theatre since the 1970s. He has made his mark not only as a stage and costume designer, also as a playwright. This aspect of Brus’ work has now been brought together for the first time in the current BRUSEUM exhibition.

Maria Lassnig

The Location of Pictures

The exhibition presents works by the artist – some of them not yet shown – from all creative periods, an œuvre that traces the developments from Abstract Expressionism to representational painting in exemplary fashion.

Gardens in the Exosphere

Poems and Picture-Poems by Günter Brus

BRUSEUM The exhibition shows that Günter Brus was very active as a writer over the last 30 years.