The Joy of Summer Travel Magazine 2012

The southern light, the enchanting scenery and the influences of three cultures have always inspired artists in Carinthia. In Carinthia’s art museums you can follow the trail of modern and contemporary artists such as Rainer, Hoke, Oman, Bischoffshausen, Schellander, Staudacher or Kogelnik. Text by Cornelia Mathis-Haider Carinthia Magazine 42 PLACES OF INSPIRATION. Make way for the organisers of Carinthia’s cultural summer: A selection of musical high points in 2012 March–June Spring culture festival of the Carinthian Music Academy at Ossiach Abbey www.die-cma.at April–December Culture.Space.Church www.kultur-raum-kirche.com 26 May–10 August St. Paul Summer Culture Festival www.kuso-stpaul.at May Wörthersee Classics in Klagenfurt www.woertherseeclassics.com May–October International Music Weeks, Millstatt www.musikwochen.com End of June 36 th Festival of German-Language Literature in Klagenfurt http://bachmannpreis.eu June–August Friesach Burghofspiele Theatre Festival on the Petersberg www.burghofspiele.com July Music Forum Viktring-Klagenfurt www.musikforum.at July–August Theatre Festival, Porcia in Spittal/Drau www.komoedienspiele-porcia.at 24 July–31 July Medieval Weeks in Friesach with Spectaculum www.friesach.at 26 July–18 August West Side Story at the Klagenfurt Stadttheater www.stadttheater-klagenfurt.at July–August Carinthian Summer, Ossiach/Villach www.carinthischersommer.at Albeck Castle Theatre www.schloss-albeck.at Summer Evening at Millstatt Abbey www.millstatt.at Nightwalks V in Millstatt www.millstatt.at Southern Carinthian Summer Theatre Festival at Eberndorf Abbey www.sks-eberndorf.at August International Guitar Festival – La Guitarra Esencial www.laguitarraesencial.com Late Summer Music Festival in Gurk www.musikalischerspaetsommergurk.at September 9 th Trigonale Festival of Ancient Music www.trigonale.com 1-9 September 19 th International Brahms Competition in Pörtschach www.brahmscompetition.org Information at www.carinthia.at Franz Wiegele Sitting female nude, 1943 Carinthian Museum of Modern Art – MMKK. MMKK in Klagenfurt is a place for encounters with art. The exhibitions are accompanied by a lively programme of presentations. Try a stimulating visit to the museum’s own castle chapel, which is available to artists as a projection room. Two major exhibitions are taking place in summer 2012. The prelude is works by Hermann Nitsch, followed by “fokus sammlung 03” in which works by Carinthian artists of the 19 th , 20 th and 21 st centuries are juxtaposed. Exhibitions: Hermann Nitsch: 21.07 – 09.09.2012 fokus sammlung 3: 27.09 – 25.11.2012 Address: Museum Moderner Kunst Kärnten Burggasse 8, 9021 Klagenfurt www.mmkk.at Opening times: Tues – Sun: 10.00 – 18.00 Thurs: 10.00 – 20.00, public holidays: 10.00 – 18.00 Entry: Free entry for under-19s! Adults: € 5.00 Museum des Nötscher Kreises. Under the name Nötscher Kreis the circle of painters from this small place at the foot of the Dobratsch found international recognition: Together with Schiele and Kokoschka, Sebastian Isepp, Franz Wiegele and Anton Kolig were the founders of modern painting in Austria. They were later joined by Anton Mahringer, a student of Kolig’s. Apart from Isepp, who emigrated, they settled in Nötsch, where today their memory is preserved at the museum in the Wiegele house. 2012 will feature a cross-generation comparison of the works of Maria Lassnig and Franz Wiegele, who in his letters expressed his opinion of some of the nudes she had drawn. Exhibition: Maria Lassnig. Franz Wiegele. An exchange of letters and belief in art. Address: Museum des Nötscher Kreises Haus Wiegele, 9611 Nötsch im Gailtal Opening times: Opening: 22.04.2012, 23.04 – 28.10.2012: Wed – Sun and public holidays 14.00 – 18.00, guided cultural walks take place on Thursdays at 15.00! Entry: Adults: € 4.00 Werner Berg Museum. The museum to the painter Werner Berg, one of the most important 20 th century Austrian artists, has become a focus of attraction for art lovers from all over Europe. His work, whose roots lie in German Expressionism, is also a unique document about his chosen home, Southern Carinthia. Work in regions far remote from art centres is the theme linking the museums in the joint exhibition project in 2012 by the Bruck Castle Museum, the Kitzbühel Town Museum and the Werner Berg Museum in Bleiburg. Works by the Austrian painters Egger-Lienz, Walde and Berg will be on display. Exhibition: Egger-Lienz, Walde, Berg Address: Werner Berg Museum 10.-Oktober-Platz 4 9150 Bleiburg www.wernerberg.museum Opening times: 01.05 – 31.10.2012: Tues – Sun 10.00 – 18.00 Entry: Adults: € 7.00 Free audio guides. Werner Berg The neighbour, 1954 Carinthia Magazine 43

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