In the spotlight: A deep look into the soul

Every first and third Friday of the month

In the fin de siècle, Vienna was a breeding ground for an unprecedentedly fertile intellectual life in the arts and sciences. Every first and third Friday of the month, the series of guided tours is dedicated to a specific theme that reflects the achievements and special features of this era. Experience revealing and exciting insights and view the works from a completely new perspective.

Historically speaking, the period before and after the collapse of the monarchy was an era of upheaval that had a significant influence on artistic creation. How do artists such as Richard Gerstl, Oskar Kokoschka, Egon Schiele, Anton Kolig or Albin Egger-Lienz depict the themes of love, loneliness, obsession or destruction and death? Portraits, bodies and landscapes become settings for the depiction of the human psyche, whose deep layers are discovered and uncovered with today's understanding.