Zbynĕk Sekal 100 Years

SCHWEJK - Adventures of the Good Soldier

Wolfram Berger, recitation
Florentin Berger-Monit, sound collages (live)

SONUS Guest Concert | Matinee

Walter Auer, flute
Petra Ackermann, viola
Janez Gregorič, guitar

Von FRANZ zu FRANZ ‒ ein DIALOG | Matinee
Schuberts Winterreise 

Georg Klimbacher, baritone
Graham Johnson, piano

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 first special exhibition of the 2023 season is dedicated - on the occasion of his 100th birthday - to the Czech painter and sculptor Zbyněk Sekal (1923 Prague-1998 Vienna), who lived and worked in Vienna since 1970.

"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.

The second part of the Liaunig Glass Collection – a selection of more than 100 glasses from the various eras - has been on display since 2021. The compilation provides an overview of European glass history and shows how diverse and innovative the material glass has been designed.