All programme items

A War in the Distance

At the core of steirischer herbst ’22 is an exhibition at Neue Galerie Graz that juxtaposes historical works with contemporary artists’ projects.

Faking the Real

The Art of Enticement

Around the explosive term Fake, the exhibition at Kunsthaus Graz traces the development of the interfaces between graphic design and art since 1971, reflecting both political upheavals and technological developments.

Hito Steyerl

Animal Spirits

What is a garden, a habitat, a sphere, a cave? In a direct dialogue with the Kunsthaus Graz, the important German artist and essayistic documentary film-maker Hito Steyerl is planning an installation in Space01’s dark dome that multiply interlocks on both digital and analogue levels.

Searching for Traces …

through Earth's History

Every process that occurs in nature, whether animate or inanimate, leaves behind traces.

Kellerkino: Robert Bergmann presents Maximilian Seegert

Robert Bergmann presents his film Geister die mich, sprechen (2020) and invites the artist and filmmaker Maximilian Seegert and his work Edge Effects (2022) as a dialogue partner.

Kellerkino: Julian Ernst presents Robert Bergmann

In response to the invitation, Robert Bergmann will present his short film "Geister die mich, sprechen", 2020 and thus continues the cinematic dialogue with Julian Ernsts' "Gargoyles", 2021.

Anna Vasof

The Weight of Tears and Other Looping Stories

"The Weight of Tears and Other Looping Stories" at the Neue Galerie Graz studio presents an extensive selection of the cinematic works of architect and media artist Anna Vasof.

The archaeological peepshow

Kellerkino: Cosima Roth presents Julian Ernst

In response to the invitation, Julian Ernst will present his short film Gargoyles, 2021 and thus continues the cinematic dialogue with Cosima Roth’s Annahmelose Aufnahme, 2016.

Pretty colorful!

The rainbow phenomenon

The Folk Life Museum at the Paulustor puts the rainbow at the heart of a special exhibition and seeks answers to questions about a physical phenomenon with unsurpassed symbolic power.

A War in the Distance. Prologue

An Embattled Ukraine in Video Art and Film

In a special exhibition at Neue Galerie Graz, steirischer herbst presents historical and contemporary video art and films.

Axl Leskoschek

Brazil

Axl Leskoschek (Graz 1889–1976 Vienna) was one of the most important representatives of the Austrian avant-garde during the interwar period.

Kellerkino: Daphne von Schrader presents Cosima Roth

In response to the invitation, Cosima Roth will present her short film "Annahmelose Aufnahme", 2016 and thus continues the cinematic dialogue with Daphne von Schrader’s "Träum was schönes!" (“Sweet Dreams!”), 2021

Paul Neagu

Clothes

A Blend of Handicraft, Function and Fashion

Clothes worn by peasants in former times were predominately working clothes, which had to be practical and above all durable in their function.

Honour and Vanity

100 Years of Decorations of the Republic of Austria

On the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the legal regulation of the Austrian system of decorations, the exhibition offers an overview of the decorations of the Republic of Austria and the Austrian Federal provinces.

In a Time of Turmoil

The Village 100 Years Ago

Opening: 28.04.2022, 7pm

Monica Bonvicini

I Don't Like You Very Much

The focus of the three-part exhibition, which is being conceived and realised together with the Kunsthaus Graz and the Kunst Museum Winterthur, is the house and the spatial orders and power structures associated with it. 

Amazons of Pop!

Women artists, superheroines, icons 1961–1973

Amazons of Pop! extensively addresses the diverse pop art of a generation of women from Europe and North America who constitute the less-well-known side of the movement confidently and expressively.

The Art of Healing

On the History of Medicine