Austria Annual Program Tender

The Krems Art Mile comprises eight core institutions the Frohner Forum the Krems Minoritenkirche Sound Room the Krems Art Gallery the Lower Austria State Gallery the Krems Caricature Museum the Lower Austria Artothek the Museumkrems and the Dominican Church. There are also numerous cultural partners such as the Ernst Krenek Forum AIR - Artist in Residence Niedersterreich the Literaturhaus Niedersterreich the Stadtpark gallery and the cinema in the Kesselhaus.On the unique art and culture area which extends over a walking distance of 1.6 kilometers - and thus one mile - from Minoritenplatz in Stein via Museumplatz to Dominikanerplatz in the old town of Krems there will be 25 new exhibitions next year four Festivals two sound art works an open-air cinema at the Kesselhaus the autumn Kinder.Kunst.Fest for the whole family and last but not least two anniversaries 20 years of the Krems Caricature Museum and 25 years of Glatt Verkehrt are on the program.As a focal point in the exhibition program the Kunstmeile Krems 2021 will put strong women in the spotlight In the Kunsthalle Krems artist Patricia Piccinini who lives in Australia will shake up the audience from March 13 to June 27 2021 with her sculptures some of which are made of humans animals or machines . From October 16 2021 to March 6 2022 the Landesgalerie Niedersterreich will be researching the work of the Art Clubs female artists in the largely undiscovered epoch between the Second World War and the feminist avant-garde of the 1970s. Outstanding female artists such as Maria Biljan were linked to the network -Bilger Johanna Schidlo Susanne Wenger and Maria Lassnig.The Krems Caricature Museum on the other hand will provide an exclusive insight into the illustrations by the extraordinary author Christine Nstlinger with Feuerroten Friederike from November 14 2021 to March 6 2022. The main exhibition in museumkrems Where have you gone Die Frauen von Krems sets off from April 10 to November 1 2021 on a search for traces of the forgotten women in the history of the city such as the abbess Maria Benedicta Rizzi or the motorcycle racer Mitzi Nahmer.In the Kunsthalle Krems the Patricia Piccinini show will be followed from July 17 2021 by a personale on Margot Pilz who has been one of the most important feminist artists internationally since the early 1980s until November 1 2021. In autumn the Vienna-based artist Angelika Loderer will present new sculptural and procedural works specifically for the rooms of the Kunsthalle Krems November 20 2021 to April 3 2022. In addition to the Feuerroten Friederike the Caricature Museum Krems also presents a best-of political caricatures and picture stories from the state of Lower Austria with the show Treasures from 20 Years from February 21 2021 to January 30 2022.In the Landesgalerie Niedersterreich in addition to the artists of the Art Club the Wachau World Heritage Site and the group exhibition Auf zu Neuem from March 27 2021 to March 6 will continue to be available until March 2022 with almost 500 works from the late 18th to the mid-20th century February 2022 focus on female artistic positions from Broncia Koller-Pinell to Eva Schlegel Brigitte Kowanz and Elke Silvia Krystufek.As part of the festival Imago Dei will be devoted to the dialectic of light and darkness under the title Gegenlicht in eight concert evenings from March 11th to April 5th 2021 with a large part of the last edition canceled due to the corona. Presentations will also be made up for at the Donaufestival but a number of new projects are also being planned for In the Year of the Metal Ox from April 30 to May 9 2021. From July 9th to 25th 2021 the Glatt Verkehrt festival will catch up on its Focus on Italy with music from South Tyrol to Sardinia supplemented by new projects that have been created especially for the festival. Finally from November 18 to 21 2021 the European Literature Days will transform the Krems Minoritenkirche sound space into an inspiring meeting place for international authors.