All programme items

Jennifer Mattes

Atlantis Bars

A silvery, melancholic glitter world where time stands still. Mirages, ships, and tears have come to rest here, while the world keeps turning. Jennifer Mattes assembles found material from film, music, and furnishings into fantastical hybrid figures of abandoned film sets.

All Manner of Household Remedies

On Herbs, Ointments and Forgotten Healing Tradition

Main Theme 2021 The special exhibition ranges from so-called farmer doctors and ‘all manner of healing knowledge’ to forgotten household remedies, farmers’ medicinal traditions and intended purposes typical of the region.

Death triumphant

Scenes of war

The early modern period is marked by war and its dramatic consequences for countries and people. Art, above all the popular graphic print, has handed down a vivid and often shocking image of it.

The Archbishops’ Gold

Salzburg Coins from the Collection of Bankhaus Spängler and the Universalmuseum Joanneum Coin Cabinet

The exhibition shows a selection of these splendid gold coins

Cat tree: Dejan Marković

Polyphonic Assemblage

The artist Dejan Marković took the title of the sculpture literally and developed a site-specific (im)possible situation between two invited cats, the sculpture and the architecture of the Kunsthaus.

SHOWING STYRIA: what will be

Towards a Plurality of Futures

The exhibition what will be is dedicated to identifying the traces of the future in the here and now.

SHOWING STYRIA: how it was

Space and History

The contribution by the History Museum to SHOWING STYRIA 2021 is dedicated to the interplay between man and nature.

SHOWING STYRIA: how it is

Worlds – Changes – Perspectives

The exhibition undertakes a survey of the current social situation and cultural forms of expression, linking these how a Central European region sees and perceives itself, one which also enjoys especial popularity as a tourist destination.

wald.heimat

Rosegger’s Dream and Reality

What Rosegger was able to tell about these people and the forest, and what forests mean for us today – these are the themes addressed in the special exhibition.

Art Space Styria 2020

This exhibition in the Neue Galerie Graz shows the various artistic positions with works created in 2019 through 2020.

Julije Knifer

Uncompromising

Julije Knifer was one of the most internationally renowned artists from Croatia post-1945, who achieved world fame in the fields of concrete and conceptual art.

Artothek Styria 2020

The Artothek Styria offers art enthusiasts the chance to hire selected originals from the Neue Galerie Graz for private use. The Arthotek will be realised for the fifth time already in 2020. Some 20 works are available for rent, which can be viewed for the duration of the exhibition and reserved. After the exhibition is over, those persons who have reserved artworks may take them home for their effect to unfold in the renter’s private space. In this way, art in a museum directly reaches the public.

Forever Beautiful!

Styria in the Karl A. Kubinzky Collection

Along with tens of thousands of objects relating to Graz, the Kubinzky Collection contains some 12,500 picture postcards from the various regions of Styria.

Herbert Brandl

TOMORROW

The exhibition at the Kunsthaus Graz places Brandl’s most important groups of works, abstract and figurative painting, painting and sculpture, in relation to each other and to the space of the Kunsthaus.

Dominik STEIGER

Reverie Laborer

15.10.2020: Open House: 5–10 pm, Opening: 7pm Lesliehof The BRUSEUM exhibition gathers together the most important works from Steiger’s extensive output.

Ladies First!

Women Artists from Styria 1850–1950

The female art of Styria has never been analysed and presented in detail, so this project sets out to do so.

On Slave Raiders and Aphid Farmers

Ants in Styria

The fascinating life of the 100 ant-species which can be found in Styria is presented by living animals, scale models and photos.

Claudia Larcher

face 2 face

The studio exhibitions can be visited free of charge.

The Romans on Schöckl Mountain

Since 2015 the Institute for Archaeology at Graz University has been researching the Roman excavation site on Schöckl Mountain in Styria.

Bill Fontana. Primal Energies

What does energy sound like? An immersive exhibition and an urban sound project draw attention to the inner connections between nature and culture.