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Herbert Bayer Gottfried Helwein, The Golden Age 1, 2003 Shirin Neshat, Speechless, 1996 Gerold Tagwerker, Urban Studies, Toronto #2, 2001
VALIE EXPORT, Selbstporträt mit Stiege und Hochhaus, 1989 László Moholy-Nagy, Fotogramm, 1925 Erich Lessing, General De Gaulle am Forum von Algier, 1958 Nadar (Gaspard Félix Tournachon), George Sand, 1864
 

Photography

The photo collection of the LENTOS Kunstmuseum currently includes about 1,100 exhibits. It focuses on historical photography, new objectivity, artist portraits, post-war photography affiliated with the photo agency "Magnum" and contemporary positions.

The foundation of the collection includes historical photographs by Nadar, Lewis Carroll, Frederick H. Evans, John Jabez Edwin Mayall and Roger Fenton.
Currents of new objectivity are evident in photos by Karl Blossfeldt and Walter Peterhans. From the context of Bauhaus and Surrealism there are works by Man Ray, Raoul Hausmann, André Kertész, László Moholy-Nagy and Alexander Rodchenko. The famous photo montages Self Portrait (1932) and Lonely Metropolitan (1932) by Herbert Bayer represent an important contribution from the period of Bauhaus photography.

Important political events and milieu studies of the 1950s and 1960s as reportage photography are represented with works by Inge Morath, Erich Lessing, Franz Hubmann and Ernst Scheidegger.
Focal points of contemporary photographic works by VALIE EXPORT, Sabine Bitter / Helmut Weber, Canan Dagdelen, Shirin Neshat and Gerold Tagwerker relate to urbanism studies, media criticism and critique of gender and representation.

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On December, 24th and 25th as well on January, 1st the LENTOS is closed.
On December, 31st it is open from 10am to 4 pm.

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