Výstavy umění v Jižním Tyrolsku

Curated by 00A - Centre for Contemporary Photography, in collaboration with Cultural Cooperative Mairania 857, as part of the initiatives organised by the Municipality of Merano on the occasion of Women's Day 2025. ‘Per mezzo di sguardo immacolato’ is a photographic work composed of 20 images taken in 2023 at the “Egidio Martini” Art Gallery in Cà Rezzonico, Museum of the 18th century Venice. First Prize Winner 13th Maria Luigia Prize - 14th ColornoPhotoLife - Colorno (PR) ‘Looking at art and the works of other artists through photography generates new narratives. Framing, cutting and blurring trigger a transfiguration of the original painting, bringing it to a different compositional and symbolic plane. In a game of veiling and unveiling, I can finally address the viewer without any fear of revealing the identifying signs of my existential vicissitude. Caterina Codato

Tutti i presenti che non sono mai esistiti is the result of a dialog between the Swiss artist Roger Weiss and the Italian-Swiss artist Valentina De'Mathà about the concept of identity, memory, the perception of reality and the present. The rooms of the StadtGalerie Brixen become a metaphorical apartment in which different levels of intimacy develop depending on how you enter. The special architecture of the gallery is dominated by an elongated room with two independent entrances. The artistic intervention divides the perception of the space into two units through a chromatic duality: In one area the walls are dark, in the other white. Depending on which entrance you choose, the exhibition is perceived in completely different ways, opening up two possible readings of the story. The comparison between the works of the two artists creates a dialectical perspective through reflections on memory and the transformation of the perception of time, the tension between the material and the immaterial, between the representation of events and cultural psychological analysis.

During the First World War, a complex system of military infrastructure was built on both the Austro-Hungarian and Italian mountain fronts around the Three Peaks in the Sesto Dolomites. The traces are still visibly inscribed in the predominantly iconic mountain landscape today. The exhibition shows a selection of documents, traces and memories of the First World War in the context of the landscape of the Three Peaks plateau and the village of Sesto. It combines archaeological, historical and cultural-sociological aspects. Realized by the Platform for Cultural Heritage and Cultural Production of the Faculty of Design and Arts of the Free University of Bozen-Bolzano and financed by “Research Südtirol / Alto Adige 2019”.

Riccarda de Eccher (1954) was born in Bolzano, but at the age of ten her family moved to Friuli-Venezia Giulia. Her longing for the mountains drove her, at the age of eighteen, to enroll in a rock climbing course, and she began to frequent both the Carnic and Julian Alps as well as her beloved Dolomites. For a decade she devoted herself to climbing, repeating rock routes up to the sixth grade of difficulty, opening new routes, and participating in expeditions outside Europe. In her mature years, she turned to painting, using the watercolor technique and choosing the mountain as her subject. In Riccarda de Eccher's works, the Alps—and especially the Dolomites—become the protagonists in paintings that, by the nature of the technique, we are used to admiring in small formats, but in her work, they expand over the surface of the canvas to completely engage the viewer in their visual space. In 2006, she exhibited for the first time at the Sovilla Bookstore in Cortina. This was followed by various exhibitions in Europe (Italy, France, England, Slovenia) and in the United States. She published small books, the result of collaborations with writers, and divides her time between Italy and the United States. Open every day except Monday from 3:00 PM to 6:00 PM.

Eye contact with wild animals in the vast savannahs and forests of Africa, creating a deep bond between humans and animals. From 15 January, the Nature Museum will be showing images of this in an exhibition by Bolzano photographer Christian Passeri. Christian Passeri, who comes from Bolzano, lives in Berlin and works as a camera assistant for international film productions. He was inspired by the documentary films of the British wildlife filmmaker, naturalist and writer David Frederick Attenborough, who became famous for his award-winning nature documentaries for the BBC. Passeri has also dedicated himself to nature photography and documents the diversity of nature and its inhabitants with his camera. The exhibition is entitled ‘Contact’ - a term that captures the essence of Passeri's work: On his travels, especially through the unspoilt landscapes of Africa, he experiences fleeting but intense moments of eye contact with wild animals. These moments create a deep connection between man and animal that is emotional, moving and complex. Passeri endeavours to capture these special moments in his pictures and share them with his audience. The exhibition takes you on a journey to the origins of mankind and the magic of the wilderness. From the vastness of the savannah to the dense forests of Africa, Passeri shows the fragile yet majestic beauty of the blue planet. The exhibition will open on Wednesday, 15 January at 18:30 in the South Tyrol Museum of Nature and will run until the end of March. Free entrance.

One tour, nine centuries Your guide through almost 900 years of history General information The abbey church, the cloisters, the museum and the famous library hall: no highlights are omitted on this tour of the abbey complex. To put all the magnificent architectural and artistic features in context, our guides also give you a rundown of what is now 880-years of Neustift history. And because none of this would have taken place without the Augustinian canons, you also learn all about the order and life in the monastery. Participation in the guided tour is only possible with prior registration. To help us start punctually … Please come to the abbey entrance 15 minutes before the beginning of the tour. For online bookings, a portion of the total amount will be collected on site.

Discover the Visitor Center of the Schlern-Rosengarten Nature Park! Free guided tours every Tuesday in German. Reservation not necessary.

Many areas of the Dolomites are in the process of setting up projects to enhance the historical testimony of the Great War. Sesto di Pusteria was both victim and protagonist of this tragedy. Sesto di Pusteria is the only place of Germanic language and culture belonging to the Austro-Hungarian Empire to find itself at the front line, undergoing forced evacuation and displacement, and then, together with other places of the South Tyrol, being annexed to Italy. This chance set of events makes Sesto an emblematic place to tell the history of this period, not only for the Tyrolean citizens of today but for all the inhabitants of Europe. The vicissitudes of the civilian population and of the soldiers during this extremely important moment in history have so far surprisingly been neglected, undoubtedly because of the upheaval following the end of the war and annexation to Italy. Given the considerable interest in the First World War that is now emerging in Europe, Sesto has unique and inestimable contribution to make. The Associazione Bellum Aquilarum (Bellum Aquilarum historical association) aims to save from oblivion the surviving testimony to this tragedy in order to preserve it so that it can be handed down to future generations, not only to the young people of Pusteria, but also to those living in places once belonging to the former Austro-Hungarian Empire that were the scenes of battle here. The tragedy experienced so deeply at Sesto and in Pusteria is askin to that of many other areas of Europe which were on the front line or which, after the war, witnessed the havoc brougth on by territorial annexation. The ensuing cultural, historical and political schism was immense; without doubt, these events changed Pusteria but also Europe itself, and today - in a European perspective enabling the age-old tensions issuing from the war to be overcome - preserving these memories can aid us in the construction of our common future.

SKB ARTES - The annual programme of SKB ARTES opens with a double exhibition. Anuschka Prossliner and Sabine Steinmair will be performing 5 rooms in dialogue: In ‘line.point.texture.a dialogue’, drawings and collages by Anuschka Prossliner meet material objects by Sabine Steinmair. At the same time, Christian Kaufmann presents a selection of new, expansive works in ‘meet me in the gallery’ in the Jahreszeiten-Saal at SKB ARTES, which disguise art as something else - and yet remain art. Lines, dots and textures form the common language in which Anuschka Prossliner and Sabine Steinmair enter into dialogue. In their highly labour-intensive works, the artists combine concentration and restraint with a subtle power that breaks up existing textures and reinterprets the zeitgeist. On display are extensive two-dimensional works on paper with fineliner, biros and coloured pencils by Anuschka Prossliner and objects woven from various materials, such as textiles, paper and gold, by Sabine Steinmair. Inscrutable phenomena and the power and powerlessness of surveillance technology form the basis for Christian Kaufmann's artistic research. In this exhibition, visitors are invited to explore the boundaries of perception and technology between control and loss of control in a clearly reduced aesthetic. Curated by Lisa Trockner Opening: 13 February, 7 pm, SKB ARTES in the South Tyrolean Artists' Association Exhibition duration: 14 February - 18 April

Kaufmann's artistic practice includes graphic design, multimedia works and objects. His creations always act as artificial prostheses, analyzing man-made applications and reintroducing them in a modified context: everyday objects, concepts or technologies are aesthetically reinterpreted and placed in an artificial environment. His works are distinguished by their enigmatic character, in which many elements are decoded and recoded through sophisticated technical tools, generating a rift between rationality and emotion, between rigidity and movement, and between the artificial and natural worlds. Kaufmann's universe moves in mystery: he is not interested in the visible surface, but in what lies beneath it, exploring encrypted codes to add new levels of meaning. In his art practice it is never explicit, but always measured and calculated. The viewer discovers only what the artist has consciously arranged as an interpretive bridge. In the interactive exhibition “meet me in the gallery,” Kaufmann focuses on installations inspired by surveillance technology, interrogating its mechanisms and their impact. The exhibition space is transformed into an environment protected from eavesdropping: panels emit white noise in the ultrasonic range, disrupting small microphones, particularly those on smartphones. Contact transducers generate vibrations that make conversations unintelligible to laser scanners. These sophisticated and disguised technological practices, along with the dialectic between power and powerlessness they evoke, form the core of Christian Kaufmann's artistic research. “meet me in the gallery” is an invitation from the artist to meet him on a conceptual and sensory level-without a physical presence, but only through his creations-to explore the boundaries of perception and technology, between control and loss of control, within a clear and essential aesthetic. Christian Kaufmann, born 1986 in Bolzano, Italy. 2007/2008 - 2008 studies at the University of Salzburg in Philosophy and Psychology. 2008/2009 - 2014/2015 studies in Sculpture and Multimedia at the University of Applied Arts Vienna. Since 2010 independent artist, lives and works in Magrè (Italy). La mostra è curata da Lisa Trockner Inaugurazione: 13 febbraio, ore 19, presso SKB ARTES nel Südtiroler Künstlerbund

In the second half of the 19th century, running a business, practicing a skilled trade, or, least of all, being an alpinist was far from easy if you were a woman. The period between 1865 and 1914 saw numerous wives of photographers active in mountaineering and mountain photography, and it would not be possible to include them all in this exhibition. Instead, four women photographers were selected to represent the group in this exhibition. Among them, Elizabeth Whitshed Main takes a special place as an outstanding photographer, alpinist, and the founder of winter alpinism in general and winter tourism in the region of Engadin, Switzerland, in particular. The exhibition also features works by Gertrude Bell, Eleonore Noll-Hasenclever, and Una Cameron, three distinguished alpinists, travel journalists, and women’s rights activists. Curator: Richard Piock (TAP – Süd) An exhibition in cooperation with Soroptimist Club Pustertal and TAP - Süd

An exhibition in collaboration with AVS Alpenverein Südtirol Opening of the temporary exhibition: 21/12/2024 11:00 am

Foto Forum is pleased to present the exhibition Durchgangsland–Terradipassaggio. This solo exhibition by the artist Francesca Cirilli is the result of a series of residencies conceived by curator Stefano Riba and organized by Foto Forum, which took place in 2024 in the municipality of Fortezza. The geographical context depicted in Cirilli’s images, as well as in Riba’s textual analysis — featured in a self-published booklet presented during the exhibition — extends along a 15-kilometer stretch of the SS12 (Strada Statale dell’Abetone e del Brennero) between Fortezza and Mules. This short section is densely packed with traces that tell the story of the ancient, modern, and contemporary history of an area shaped around the construction of large-scale infrastructures, built by foreign labor forces. A key focus of the exhibition is on the temporary workers’ villages and the labor force of the Brenner Base Tunnel. While the tunnel construction site is an essential part of the project, Cirilli is less interested in the scale of the infrastructure itself and more in the stories of the people who inhabit and shape the spaces where they live and work. Particular attention is also given to the representation of the natural environment, where built structures create (or carve out) enclosed spaces that contrast with the open Alpine landscape.

Belinda Kazeem-Kamiński's Aerolectics investigates, through an unprecedented series of works, the origins and spread on the African continent of the European Catholic missionary system and its relationship with the contemporary world. The artist explores the intertwining of history and the present, looking at the removals in collective memory in particular in relation to the African context. With a multimedia and immersive journey, made up of voids and solids, voices and silences, in which objects, narratives, sounds and images follow one another, Kazeem-Kamiński traces and investigates the experience of blackness in Europe, as perceived by the white gaze. With an autoethnographic approach and adopting a polyphonic and multimedia narrative, Kazeem-Kamiński also looks at the role played by the missionary system in South Tyrol in relation to stories of the African diaspora.

The combined guided tours of the entire museum and the cathedral complex (cathedral, cloister and baptistery) take place alternately in German and Italian from Tuesday to Friday (except on public holidays). Tuesdays and Thursdays: in German at 3 p.m. Wednesday and Friday in Italian at 3 p.m. Duration: approx. 1.5 hours Price: € 5,- p.p. (excluding museum entrance)

Painting on metal foils in Stabler's Staircase Gallery in Oberbozen, Alter Mühlweg 28. Open daily, except Sunday & Holiday. Info tel. +39 0471 345480. He is a brooder, a thinker, someone who critically questions blind faith in progress. When he rushes through the streets, restless but observant, he might already be envisioning his next project: a façade, a painting, a sundial to adorn a wall, or a family crest. Gottfried Stabler, however, became particularly well-known for the gold leaf technique that he developed himself. (Text: Kuratorium Kommende Lengmoos)

The exhibition ‘Mercanti si diventa’ was created with the intention of investigating the figure of the merchant, the protagonist and soul of the city of Bozen from the earliest times, and his evolution from a ‘simple’ shopkeeper to a full-fledged fair merchant. On a local level, this qualitative leap took place between the 17th and 18th centuries, thanks to the spread of innovative trade manuals, the growing importance of Bolzano's fairs, and the role of the Mercantile Magistrate. The exhibition, which was realised thanks to loans from institutions, public archives and private collectors, aims to revive the intense commercial activity that characterised Bolzano's fairs in their heyday. The exhibition includes a reconstruction of the studio of an enterprising merchant. The maps, paintings and guild insignia on display emphasise how important transport activities were for international trade. On display are some valuable manuscripts from the Menz Archive, which give an insight into the complex structure that underpinned the organisation of a market, and some rare printed books, veritable encyclopaedias ‘of trade’. The exhibition ends with an inlaid panel by Alois Delug, an unfinished work from the early 20th century and exhibited for the first time at the Mercantile Museum. It ideally sums up those atmospheres, giving us a snapshot of the past of Bolzano, a city of fairs and markets. Exhibition in Italian and German

Scenes of peaceful life of shepherds and grazing animals, of hard work in adverse weather and in mostly uncomfortable areas: the cultural history of pastoralism moves between these two poles. When people began to settle in the Alps, bringing their domestic animals with them, the post-glacial landscape began to change. The exhibition illustrates the steps of this development up to today's debate about grazing animals and their predators. Sculptures, models, games, interviews and videos on the work of shepherds together with their dogs provide insights into the cultural practice of pastoralism and the importance of shepherds, who not only protect the flock from wolves. Shepherding can in fact play a decisive role on the environment, biodiversity, animal welfare, climate and human nutrition.

*1970 in Bolzano/Bozen (Italy), independent artist. Studio house for sculpture, public art interventions, drawing and painting in the historic Fundneyt residence near Klausen/Chiusa (Dolomites, Italy). Teaches and lectures at various universities. His works can be found in numerous international public and private collections.

Dolomythos-Museum at Innichen presents: Women scientists Many women, hardly mentioned in earlier times, made important contributions. We honour these often forgotten personalities, as well as the reserches of ordinary people from the valleys.

Immerse yourself in the fascinating world of the Dolomites and experience an unforgettable guided tour of the Nature Park House in San Vigilio. Let yourself be enchanted by the breathtaking landscape, the rich flora and fauna, the mysterious cave world and the exciting stories about the nature park.

-- L troi Unika -- The Val Gardena woodcarving tradition, the stunning natural scenery and a touch of romance are the protagonists of this unique experience. During an evening torchlight hike on the Art and Nature Trail “Troi UNIKA”, Diego Deiana explains the centuries-old craftmanship of Val Gardena as well as the displayed works. The torchlight makes the nine stations particularly atmospheric. In this way art and nature blend harmoniously into each other. _____ Meeting point: Parking place Cendevaves P2 Monte Pana Price: 25€ | 5€ for Val Gardena Active Partner Duration: 1-2 hours Number of participants: min. 1 Distance: 1,5 km Difficulty level: ●●○○○ Altitude difference in ascent: 80 m Altitude difference in descent: 80 m Use of the lift: no Period: Decembre - Middle of April Dogs allowed: yes Stroller: no Clothing and equipment: warm winter clothing, hat or headband, gloves, high winter hiking boots, if necessary crampons. _____ Minimum age: 6 years Any variation is reserved to the hiking guide!

The combined guided tours of the entire museum and the cathedral complex (cathedral, cloister and baptistery) take place alternately in German and Italian from Tuesday to Friday (except on public holidays). Tuesdays and Thursdays: in German at 3 p.m. Wednesday and Friday in Italian at 3 p.m. Duration: approx. 1.5 hours Price: € 5,- p.p. (excluding museum entrance)

During this guided tour of the museum, you will learn interesting facts about different types of rocks, animals and plants, and last but not least, about tourism and mountaineering in the Puez-Geisler Nature Park. Tour in German: 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm Tour in Italian: 4:30 pm - 5:30 pm Tour in English: upon request

"Stop for a few moments, then maybe you know how to move on." This is one of 18 phrases on the "Plauser Totentanz" illustration cards on the wall of the Plaus cemetery painted by artist Luis Stefan Stecher. What do these phrases mean? What do they mean to tell us? Art lover and expert Kainz Heinrich, tells you many interesting things about these paintings and his phrases. The event is only in german and italian language.

Enjoy a magical trip under the stars along the "Tru di Artisć", the artists'path. Admire the works of art, illuminated for the occasion, as the carriage takes you along this enchanted path. There will be a little surprise for you as well! It will be a true immersion in the beauty of art and nature. Information and reservation at the tourist offices within the day before (limited places). During the event photos or video footage may be taken for the purpose of documentation and promotion of the event and the region. The footage may be used and published on websites, on social networks and on media in compliance with the data protection regulations.

Discover the Visitor Center of the Schlern-Rosengarten Nature Park! Free guided tours every Thursday in Italian. Reservation not necessary.

The C. MONTEVERDI Conservatory invites you to its free concert series ‘Monteverdi in concert’ from 29th January 2025!

On March 21, 2025, for “Glacier Day,” a symposium will be held at 4 p.m. to promote exchange on the topic of glaciers and provide scientific insights. Renowned experts such as Georg Kaser, Felix Keller and Chris Luebkeman will give interesting insights in the panel discussion (in german language) The afternoon will begin at 3 p.m. with the opening of this year's special exhibition “Himalayas” by Thomas Biasotto. The photographer will be present in person and will speak exclusively about his work. Also a reminder that admission to the museum is free starting at 2:00 pm.

On March 21, 2025, for “Glacier Day,” a symposium will be held at 4 p.m. to promote exchange on the topic of glaciers and provide scientific insights. Renowned experts such as Georg Kaser, Felix Keller and Chris Luebkeman will give interesting insights in the panel discussion (in german language) The afternoon will begin at 3 p.m. with the opening of this year's special exhibition “Himalayas” by Thomas Biasotto. The photographer will be present in person and will speak exclusively about his work. Also a reminder that admission to the museum is free starting at 2:00 pm.