30 April-29 October 2023
Wednesday - Sunday: 10 am - 6 pm
Monday, Tuesday: closed
The triangular special exhibition room of the Museum Liaunig is transformed into a unique concert hall thanks to the interplay of music, visual art and contemporary architecture.
The changing special exhibitions "Zbyněk Sekal 100" and "Old Friends: Franz Ringel" form the framework of the sonusiade matinees 2023.
Sun 15.10.2023, 11 am
Georg Klimbacher, baritone
Graham Johnson, piano
From Franz to Franz – a Dialogue: To conclude sonusiade 2023, baritone Georg Klimbacher and Graham Johnson at the piano will interpret Franz Schubert's song cycle "Winter journey" amid Franz Ringel's expressive and colourful imagery.
Info & Ticket order: office@museumliaunig.at or +43 4356 211 15
Photos: Theresa Pewal, Clive Barda
Sat 14.10.2023, 2 pm
Hannes Priesch in conversation with Günther Moschig
Sat 28.10.2023, 11 am
Alexandra Grimmer guides through "Follow the Rabbit
Artist talk and guided tour in German. Participation in the events with a valid museum ticket, registration requested.
In the main exhibition 2023 "Follow the Rabbit" curated by Alexandra Grimmer, the Liaunig Collection shows a new side by opening the door to the Far East and presenting itself in juxtaposition with contemporary Chinese art.
The "Old Friends" series begun in 2016 will be continued with the Styrian painter and graphic artist Franz Ringel (1940-2011). The exhibition series is dedicated to artists who have been friends of Herbert Liaunig since the 1960s.
"Eyewall" is the title of a series of 49 paintings and a performance by the artist Hannes Priesch (*1954), which deals with the e-mail correspondence of the US authority FEMA before, during and after Hurricane Katrina in autumn 2005.
The approximately 300 objects – richly beaded, ceremonially used objects, but also everyday things – provide an insight into the lifeworlds and traditions of West and Central African ethnic groups and show a facet of African art that is still little explored.
Of the now well over 300 miniatures in the Liaunig Collection, this second exhibition presents a representative selection of over 120 pieces of these hand-painted portraits of the smallest scale, created between the beginning of the 17th and the end of the 19th century.