Wendezeiten / Zeitenwende

curated by Johannes Rauchenberger

‘Wendezeiten / Zeitenwende’ - this strange pair of terms, which, as I recently read in the newspaper, no longer needs to be translated, is also used in English and other languages: You know what it means. It's about now, about this current turning point, which marks a global pandemic that has just been overcome, the climate crisis, the migration crisis, the upheaval with AI, the threat to liberal democracies, the real and possible war situation. Depending on how you look at it, the term ‘turning point’ can be used to symbolise an epochal turning point, a political reorientation or a social upheaval.

Wolfgang Wiedner, 4 Köpfe, Foto: Bernhard Wolf

Oliver Ressler, We Have a Situation Here, 2011

Sammlung Wolf

The collector Erich Wolf has transferred his collection of Styrian contemporary art, including the specially adapted art room in the Spiegelgitterhaus, to the cultural centre at the Minoriten. Johannes Rauchenberger, director of the KULTUM, will curate thematic exhibitions from the collection, supplemented by additional loans.