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05.10.2023

Exhibition on the 250th birthday of Friederich Mohs

Exhibition on the 250th birthday of Friederich Mohs

Press release

Mohs was the first curator and professor of mineralogy at the Joanneum in Graz and completed work on his 10-part scratch hardness scale for minerals around 1815/16.

27.09.2023

The Other. Re-Imagine the Future

The Other. Re-Imagine the Future

Press release

27.09.2023

Sol LeWitt's Wall. Performed

Sol LeWitt's Wall. Performed

Press release

Sol LeWitt's monumental work Wall is reactivated after almost 20 years and recontextualized in a dialogue with current artistic positions.

27.09.2023

Fast Forward. A glimpse into the archive of the Kunsthaus

Fast Forward. A glimpse into the archive of the Kunsthaus

Press Release

With works by Stefan Emsenhuber and Keyvan Paydar

06.09.2023

Spores

Spores

Press release

Spores are microscopic dissemination units produced by a wide variety of organisms, usually in huge numbers.

06.07.2023

Ramesch Daha. Installation in Eisenerz and at Leopoldstein Lake

Ramesch Daha. Installation in Eisenerz and at Leopoldstein Lake

30.06.2023

Solva à la Carte

Solva à la Carte

Press release

15.06.2023

Michael Schuster, COVID192020. Corona Memorial

Michael Schuster, COVID192020. Corona Memorial

Press release

30.05.2023

Now in the Right!  Paths to Equal Rights

Now in the Right!  Paths to Equal Rights

Press conference

30.03.2023

Do Poets Grow on the Trees Here? Visiting Peter Rosegger

Do Poets Grow on the Trees Here? Visiting Peter Rosegger

Press information

Peter Rosegger received many guests in Krieglach. What had to be observed? This exhibition tells of the rules and customs surrounding the visit.

10.03.2023

Manfred Erjautz. Pflugflug

Manfred Erjautz. Pflugflug

Sculpture for the Folk Life Museum at Paulustor

23.11.2022

Why? Styria and National Socialism

Why? Styria and National Socialism

Press information

The years of the National Socialist reign meant terror, persecution and the murder of millions of people. The permanent exhibition in the History Museum is devoted to this period: specially conceived for young persons aged 13 upwards, with the perspective on Styria, focused on people.

08.11.2022

Folk Costume Room

Folk Costume Room

Press release

23.09.2022 - 12.02.2023

A War in the Distance

A War in the Distance

Neue Galerie Graz, Joanneumsviertel, 8010 Graz

22.09.2022 - 08.01.2023

Hito Steyerl

Hito Steyerl

Animal Spirits

Kunsthaus Graz, Lendkai 1, 8020 Graz

22.09.2022 - 08.01.2023

Faking the Real

Faking the Real

The Art of Seduction

Kunsthaus Graz, Lendkai 1, 8020 Graz

16.09.2022 - 16.07.2023

Searching for Traces …

Searching for Traces …

Through Earth's History

Natural History Museum, Joanneumsviertel, 8010 Graz

11.09.2022

Late Summer Festival

Late Summer Festival

Austrian Sculpture Park, Thalerhofstraße 85, 8141 Premstätten

01.07. - 21.08.2022

Axl Leskoschek

Axl Leskoschek

Brazil

Neue Galerie Graz, Joanneumsviertel, 8010 Graz

03.06. - 25.09.2022

Paul Neagu

Paul Neagu

The retrospective

BRUSEUM, Neue Galerie Graz, Joanneumsviertel, 8010 Graz

BLOOM 2026

In 2026, the Universalmuseum Joanneum and Kunsthaus Graz are dedicating a joint annual theme to BLOOM. Between spring and autumn, BLOOM invites visitors to explore the flower and its close relationship with humankind.

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